June 2, 2013 - Pancake Breakfast & Fly-In

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.
   
Not too many planes on hand but enough to make it interesting.  The pancakes were served in that Quonset hut building.
   
 
   
The breakfast quality was surprisingly good.  I'd give it an A-.  A lot of people drove instead of flying in.
   
 
   
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.
   

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.
   
Jerry pondering deep thoughts next to his RV-8.
   
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.
   
Looking down from the hill.
   
They had some neat vintage cars on hand.
   
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.
   
 
   
An old World War One truck in mint condition.
   
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.
   
One of the Pitt's wing spars.  Pretty beefy.
   
A "Sportster" project which will feature the Australian Rotec-2800 radial engine.
   
A Zenith CH-750 kitplane.  This place specializes in short take-offs and landings (STOL).  I wouldn't mind having one.
   
 
   
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