This weekend is the third annual Staggerwing and Radial Reunion. It is more of a concept than an event but it has lots of food. It is an event centered around the Beech Staggerwing and other planes that still use radial engines but they are fully inclusive. That means my horizontally opposed engine was welcome too.
We missed the dinner last nigh but were off late morning to a fly out at Jekyll Island. Longtime readers will remember this is the home of the cool red electric golf carts. The organizers had arranged for Red Bug Pizza to open so the group could do a lunch. Then we could fly back to home for a Dinner. See the common themes here, planes and food or possibly food and planes. The pizza was quite good and the service was fast and friendly. This is often hard with so many people arriving together but they pulled it off.
We arrived 15 minutes after the scheduled meet up time so we were 45 minutes early. This was fun as we enjoyed the great late morning weather on Jekyll and took a walk. By the time we returned the group was assembled. The airport provided vans to take us to pizza and even brought us back. As the afternoon wore on we watched the storms approaching from the West.
The clear skies started to become overcast so we decided it was time to head home. Tonight is a BBQ to close out the festivities. Many of the pilots will continue South to Sun and Fun which is a big annual airshow. For me, work is calling. I have had a blast the last two weekend with the extra days off getting in some great flying but now back to reality.
We missed the dinner last nigh but were off late morning to a fly out at Jekyll Island. Longtime readers will remember this is the home of the cool red electric golf carts. The organizers had arranged for Red Bug Pizza to open so the group could do a lunch. Then we could fly back to home for a Dinner. See the common themes here, planes and food or possibly food and planes. The pizza was quite good and the service was fast and friendly. This is often hard with so many people arriving together but they pulled it off.
We arrived 15 minutes after the scheduled meet up time so we were 45 minutes early. This was fun as we enjoyed the great late morning weather on Jekyll and took a walk. By the time we returned the group was assembled. The airport provided vans to take us to pizza and even brought us back. As the afternoon wore on we watched the storms approaching from the West.
The clear skies started to become overcast so we decided it was time to head home. Tonight is a BBQ to close out the festivities. Many of the pilots will continue South to Sun and Fun which is a big annual airshow. For me, work is calling. I have had a blast the last two weekend with the extra days off getting in some great flying but now back to reality.
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