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Fly-In Information - Please Read and Pass Around
THE 14th ANNUAL WOOD, FABRIC, & TAILWHEELS FLY-IN WILL BE HERE SOON!
This entire article will be dedicated to the fly-in so please read it thoroughly if you plan to attend. PLEASE PASS IT AROUND to other pilots to insure everyone gets and reads it.
Every fly-in in existence tells everyone how great this year’s event will be but we will not do that. We would love to tell you about all the neat planes that have committed to show, but again, we will not do that. Nor will we tell you how much fun this one will be for anyone... |
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Our Fly In Sponsors Are The Best
The following is a list of sponsors for the 14th Annual Wood, Fabric, and Tailwheels Fly In to be held September 25, 2010. Please support this great group as they have gone out of their way to help us make this event one of the best yet.
This group was founded by Jed Keck a few years back after the National Biplane Association decided to call it quits and go home. Jed's organization is rapidly increasing in size and his online collection of biplane photos, stories, information, and legends is hard to beat.... |
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Work kampers
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| Debbie and Carey's motorhome looking out of the runway |
Every year, it seems that we are fortunate to have work kamper volunteers to bail us out in the time of need. This year is no different. A couple weeks back, we received an email from Debbie Smith and Carey Kriger asking if we needed any help in ramping up for the fly-in.
Unfortunately, they said they could only be here for 3 weeks and would have to miss the fly-in. That didn't seem right to have helpers working on an event that they would have to miss but they assured us that it... |
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IMPORTANT FLY-IN INFORMATION - RSVP's REQUIRED FOR DINNER
This year, once again, we will be holding the very popular "Early Arriver" dinner on Friday night. So, for those of you who don't want to mess around with the traffic on Saturday, we are inviting you to come join us for dinner, music by the The Rascals of Ragtyme, a movie on the hangar wall, and a bonfire for some great fire-pit flying. In 2008, 150 planes and over 400 people attended this part of the event.
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Whose Team Are You On (Part 1 of a 2 Part Series)
Pilots, I believe, are inherently freedom oriented. Created to capture the freedom of birds, manned flight is at one time both an act of freedom and quest for freedom. And here in the home land of freedom, it should be no surprise to future generations that this is where that freedom became a successful reality. Sadly though, we pilots have known far longer than the general population that freedom is under attack. Yes, it is easy to see that it was aviation’s symbolic role in freedom that made it such an effective weapon in the hearts... |
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Around the world in an RV-7
Detlef Heun and Liliana Tagliamonte are flying this RV-7 around the world over the next two years. Their expansive route is impressive in many ways and to fully appreciate it, you must visit their website.
During the two weeks prior to Oshkosh, Detlef and Liliana stayed with us here at Lee Bottom to rest up and ended up insisting on working around the field. Here's a photo of Detlef giving the mowing rig a good workout.
We're not sure how Detlef ended up in all these photos but here he is again. On this day, we found them parked... |
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Send A Message To Washington (Part 2 of 2)
The guy who owned Lee Bottom Flying Field before us was named Fritz Hagemann. Fritz was one in a million; a truly unforgettable man possessing a great way with words. When he spoke, you remembered what he said. Gone from us ten years now, I still sit and think of the many conversations and debates we shared before he passed. These were unforgettable times and because of them, the thought has at times crossed my mind that I'm glad he is not alive to see what our has become of our country. He was honorable and self reliant, he cherished... |
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Cubbing About The Country
We were recently visited by two nice Cubs and their owners who were out adding to their cross country time. Not that either of them needed it though. One was Bern Heimos who is well known for his cross country travels in his Cub, and Gary Baglien, once a 747 instructor at Northwest, likely has more travel time than all of us combined. That's the nice thing about this place, you just never know who's going to land next. Bern usually stops at places that offer fuel (logically) but when he showed us his trip sheet and planned stops, we... |
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Fly-In Runway Condition
I'm going to make everyone a deal. If there is anything about the runway during the fly-in period that makes it unusable, we will post it on the fly-in page of our website. Otherwise, there is no reason for you to call and ask what the condition of the runway is. We would not let you fly-in and land if there was anything obviously wrong with the runway surface or it was soft (pretty much never). Even during last year's rain-out, the runway was capable of supporting a plane. The problem was that numerous aircraft would have turned it into... |
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Get your tickets here . . .
Advance ticket purchases are once again available online for admission, camping, food, etc.
We offer these as a convenience to those attending and feel that it offers you the following advantages:
- guaranteed to have a ticket when there are limited amounts available; or
- limit the amount of cash that you need to carry as we do not have ways to process credit cards
- speeds up the registration process once you arrive
IMPORTANT - On the flip side, we do not offer refunds for unused tickets - for any reason. |
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| 2010 EVENTS
Sinful Sunday's : June 13, July 11, Aug 8
Wood, Fabric, and Tailwheels Fly-In : September 25
A BIG THANKS TO THOSE WHO DONATE TO HELP US KEEP THIS GRASS RUNWAY OPERATING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY |
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