Oshkosh 2011

My friend Richard Vandermeulen did a photo-shoot of Mike Thern's Fairchild 24 along with my own at Oshkosh 2011. He sent me this killer picture.

You can see more of Richard's work at www.aviationimaging.com

Home from Blakesburg-All tuckered out.

Sky was all tuckered out coming home-he slept all the way.

Blakesburg 2012

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Stearmans on the flightline at Blakesburg. Drizzle, high winds and low ceilings put a damper on arrivals but not spirits today at the Antique Airplane Fly-In held at Blakesburg, IA.

Spartan Executive taxis out.

The new restoration center at Antique Airfield. Used to show movies during the fly-in.



Reflection of the flightline in a Staggerwing spinner.

My friend Andy Kisela's beautiful Commonwealth Skyranger.

Needed some help with the annual

Brought my head mechanic out to help me finish the annual. We're going to pass on the wheelpants this time. They need some work and there just isn't time to do it.

Fairchild Annual

Finishing up the Annual Inspection on my Fairchild 24. Trying to make it to the yeary Antique Airplane Association Fly-In up at Blakesburg, IA over Labor Day weekend.

Saturday Morning at the Airport

I began the annual about 10 days ago, just taking my time, no big hurry. Put in a new primer today as the old one is shot.

Looked across the hangar row and saw Doug Gardner working on his recently acquired Pitts project.

Model Mania

It was raining (!) today in St Louis and I had woken up wanting to build a model so Sky and I

went to the hobby shop and purchased a couple models to build.

I paint mine while they're on the sprue tree.

 Sky builds his completely and then paints them.

Hard at work.