Busy weekend of air tour rides

[LDJones]

Our local airport (KFCM) had their annual Air Expo and I was drafted into giving air tour rides, again. This year we used a Cherokee Six 300 which was nice since you could take some entire families. Over the two days we made 28 flights averaging 15-20 min. each, 8.4 flight hours, carrying exactly 100 passengers comprised of 51 adults and 49 kids. The best part of these events is giving the controls to a kid and watching their eyes light up. I think we will have some future pilots out of this event. Also rekindled the desire in some adults who had once aspired to fly, but either quit or never followed their dream.

After being in the Six pretty much non-stop from 10:30 am til 4:30 pm today, I taxied back, jumped in a Cherokee 140 and flew with a student til 6:30. Long day. I'm tired...and sore!

 

[MSPAviator]

I was camped out on the Modern Avionics ramp with my 400mm lens on Saturday...

 

[LDJones]

I was camped out on the Modern Avionics ramp with my 400mm lens on Saturday...

Cool! It was a real zoo today!

 

[NineThreeKilo]

Over the two days we made 28 flights averaging 15-20 min. each, 8.4 flight hours..........After being in the Six pretty much non-stop from 10:30 am til 4:30 pm today, I taxied back, jumped in a Cherokee 140 and flew with a student til 6:30. Long day. I'm tired...and sore!

Hell yeah!!

Nice to see folks on this site putting work in

 

[frfly172]

Good job have to keep the interest up in aviation eve ry flight h elps

 

[wickedsprint]

The best part of these events is giving the controls to a kid and watching their eyes light up. :

Absolutely awesome.

 

[steingar]

Ran a fly-in for one of the EAA's trimotors this last weekend. At least I would have had mama Steingar not wound up in the hospital. Oh well, the event went off.

 

[Skylane81E]

Ran a fly-in for one of the EAA's trimotors this last weekend. At least I would have had mama Steingar not wound up in the hospital. Oh well, the event went off.

And today one is here

 

[steingar]

And today one is here

Yup, they said they were headed down your way. Do you get many takers during the week?

 

[Skylane81E]

They seem to be getting some activity

 

[MSPAviator]

This kid looked like he was having fun.

The star of the show. B-17G "Yankee Lady"

Touchdown.

Cessna 195.

Cessna 195's nemesis:

Beechcraft's answer to the question nobody asked:

Taking the toys out to play:

Reverse thrust.

Crossing parallel runways like a boss.

Controllers.

Piper Mirage turboprop conversion?

Gulfstream taking advantage of no ramp fees at Thunderbird.

 

[LDJones]

The B-17 was amazing. And I love the bi-plane....glad he shows up every year.