55th Annual Fairview Free Flyin and Airshow
It wasn't a planned event but Ray had mentioned a flyin going on in Oklahoma so I did some seraching and found out where it was. It was the 55th Annual Fairview Free Flyin and Airshow in Fairview, OK. A short 1.5 hour flight from home. So the plan was to go north to visit Sandi's family if the weather was good or go south to Oklahoma if it wasn't.
Saturday morning dawned and the winds up north were forecasted to be stiff so we headed southwest. We departed Otttawa and arrived in Fairview just after 10:00am. We missed the free pilot breakfast so we had to wait until 11 for lunch. While waiting we wandered around getting a look at all the planes.
The airshow started at 1:00 with a series of flybys by 9 Yaks. That was followed by a bunch of RC model flying, including a flying LAWNMOWER and even a Snoopy doghouse. That was followed but a couple of Pitts aerobatic routines.
The flying lawnmower
Departure was interesting because as soon as the airport reopened there was a MASS depature of airplanes. The taxiway didn't run the entire lenght of the runway, so we had to taxi through the grass/dirt along the side of the runway. It was eerily quiet as we started our taxi and I had even made a comment about nobody making any departure announcements at all. Of course planes were taking off one right after the other. Then someone did a radio check and that started a whole series of humuorous calls. Mostly a string of 15 or 20 "Yeps" "Yessir" followed by the last guy who always said "Oddball". There was a few comments about needing 4-wheel drive. Sandi even had to put a quip in about "Are ya'll related?". The trip home was uneventful. The total hobbs time was 3.5 hours which included a substantial warm up period before we left.
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Hobbs: 152.5
Saturday morning dawned and the winds up north were forecasted to be stiff so we headed southwest. We departed Otttawa and arrived in Fairview just after 10:00am. We missed the free pilot breakfast so we had to wait until 11 for lunch. While waiting we wandered around getting a look at all the planes.
The airshow started at 1:00 with a series of flybys by 9 Yaks. That was followed by a bunch of RC model flying, including a flying LAWNMOWER and even a Snoopy doghouse. That was followed but a couple of Pitts aerobatic routines.
Departure was interesting because as soon as the airport reopened there was a MASS depature of airplanes. The taxiway didn't run the entire lenght of the runway, so we had to taxi through the grass/dirt along the side of the runway. It was eerily quiet as we started our taxi and I had even made a comment about nobody making any departure announcements at all. Of course planes were taking off one right after the other. Then someone did a radio check and that started a whole series of humuorous calls. Mostly a string of 15 or 20 "Yeps" "Yessir" followed by the last guy who always said "Oddball". There was a few comments about needing 4-wheel drive. Sandi even had to put a quip in about "Are ya'll related?". The trip home was uneventful. The total hobbs time was 3.5 hours which included a substantial warm up period before we left.
Hobbs: 152.5
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