At Erie Airpark we had a day of Celebration. A hundred years
just seems to fly by. We started out with having Steve Greer solo
his Challenger. Which is the oldest 2 place still around. Flying
continued throughout the day with people taking time off work to help
celebrate the day. I had 10 combined, Introductory Flight Lessons and
regular lessons, which is a record for one day. As you can see below
many people stopped by and flew in. Jim Robinson
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Sue & Des Wisson fly early and Sue freezes and goes to work. |
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Steve Greer on his way to solo. |
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It seems farther to the end of the runway today. |
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Back on the ground and happy and a little .... you know. He also flew later. |
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Jim and Joe Schaack of Cordova, IL. A new Challenger owner. |
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Jim awarding Steve with Solo award. |
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Dan Dawson flew in from LeClaire, Iowa. |
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Ted Wink will soon be in the Club plane. |
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Mike Housenga getting plane ready to fly. |
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Jeannine Eden flew today also. She rarely misses a chance to fly. |
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Ed Vens from Calamus, Iowa stopped by. He had flown earlier in the morning. |
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Denny Dyer took pictures of field on his flight. |
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He forgot to have someone take his picture. |
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With donuts, coffee hot chocolate, hot dogs, fresh fruit and the regular foods no one starved. |
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John Kloos made it by the crack of noon. |
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Alli Borges from WHBF Channel 4 Rock Island |
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Katie Taube WHBF TV4 Rock Island |
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Jim being interviewed for News 4 |
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Larry Espe has his plane apart for upgrade so Jim lends a hand. |
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Wayne Hamburg almost 80 and almost 1000 hours flying. Started in his 60's |
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Stu and DellaMae Smith. Stu will be 80 in April. Flying since Moses was around. |
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Ken Perron and flight instructor Mike Nass from Clinton Airport. |
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Jerry Gott a new Flying Club member. |
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Larry Burton Wisconsin. Picking up Challenger Thurs. 18th. |
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Lyle Long of Bettendorf, Iowa didn't ride his motorcycle today. |
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Kevin Lee had to work but got here in the afternoon. |
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Stan Hodge purchased Jack Thompson's plane. |
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We kept a record of flyers on the blackboard. |
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Kevin Lee and Dan Dawson do a fly-by as Dan returns. |
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Bob Kuhns showed up right at dusk. He said he would be out of the
country and would miss the Awards Banquet. Boy what some
people will do to avoid the inevitable.
Also Sue Schaack of Cordova flew and the photo was to blurred to
publish. My apologies. Her husband Joe is listed above.
Pete Hopkinson and Ned Rolston flew between Hampshire, IL and
Sycamore, IL.
Neil Reith and Dave Lillie also flew and will send photos.
It was a wonderful day at the Airpark and I thank all those who came
out to celebrate with us. Jim and Sue Robinson
Also this from:
EAA Chapter 277 (Carbondale, IL),
commemorated today's events by making sure everybody in our chapter
got a ride in an airplane. We invited three TV stations and the local
newspaper out and they all showed up at once! What a media event for
the 50 or so people gathered at the t-hangars. People and planes
everywhere. We had a great time.
Much better than at Kitty Hawk, I guess.
Regards,
Steve Schlager
EAA Chapter 277 President
EAA Chapter 277 has created an
anniversary package to commemorate EAA members' centennial day
flights. They include a pin, patch, and window decal expressing the
words, "I Flew on the 100th Anniversary of Flight." Each item is
dated December 17th, 2003 and features a drawing of the 1903 Wright
Flyer. The Chapter is making these items available to fellow EAA
members who fly on the 17th. For more information, contact Steve
Schlager at
s.schlager@mchsi.com.
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