June 2, 2013 - Pancake Breakfast & Fly-In |
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For some reason, there were just a lot of fly-in events today. My Dad and I ended up going to a pancake breakfast at Cross Keys Airport, New Jersey (17N) and a fly-in at New Garden Airport, Pennsylvania (N57). We could have also gone to a pancake breakfast at Gettysburg or a fly-in at Wings. Here my Dad poses by the RV just after landing at Cross Keys. I have never been to this airport before. |
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Not too many planes on hand but enough to make it interesting. The pancakes were served in that Quonset hut building.
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The breakfast quality was surprisingly good. I'd give it an A-. A lot of people drove instead of flying in.
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EAA Chapter 216 hosted the event. | ||||||
Mugsy and Jerry showed up soon after we did. After we had our fill of pancakes, sausage and coffee, we headed out to our aerial machines. | ||||||
One of my old Citabria Trunk Monkey friends, Mark B., was giving Young Eagle rides in his Citabria. That's him on final slipping it in.
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Mugsy, Jerry and I left Cross Keys, joined up over the field, and headed about 20 miles east across south Philadelphia to New Garden Airport. We did a nice three-ship overhead break for the folks on the ground. Quite a few airplanes flew in. They also were towing gliders. The gliders are just visible on the grass on this side of the runway. |
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Jerry pondering deep thoughts next to his RV-8.
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There were quite a few people milling about. | ||||||
This is the coolest radio-controlled plane I've ever seen. It is a four-engine B-24 Liberator of World War II fame. | ||||||
The local EAA Chapter has their own building perched on a hill overlooking the airport.
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Looking down from the hill. | ||||||
They had some neat vintage cars on hand.
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The three RV's. | ||||||
The picture doesn't really capture it, but this Inland Sport is bright pink. | ||||||
They even had a live band going strong in the big hangar. | ||||||
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An old World War One truck in mint condition.
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Ron from my EAA Chapter flew his Mini Coupe to the fly-in. The Mini Coupe can be built from plans and is inexpensive to build and fly. | ||||||
Sort of looks like an Ercoupe. | ||||||
Up in the EAA Chapter building on the hill, we enjoyed the shade -- it was getting pretty warm outside -- and checked out some of the chapter projects like this Pitts.
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One of the Pitt's wing spars. Pretty beefy. | ||||||
A "Sportster" project which will feature the Australian Rotec-2800 radial engine.
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A Zenith CH-750 kitplane. This place specializes in short take-offs and landings (STOL). I wouldn't mind having one. | ||||||