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Blakesburg 2004 was well attended and had great weather. Light winds, comfortable nights in the tent, and over 300 Antique and Classic planes. This year's them was to honor the Livingston brothers from Waterloo, Iowa. John set many records and won many races in the early years of aviation and together with "Bite" Livingston had the largest Taylorcraft dealership west of the Mississippi. Waco's and Taylorcrafts were the featured planes this year and the Waco that John used to win one of the Air Tour races was on hand. They allowed me to park my Taylorcraft in front to represent "Bite's" plane. His actual Taylorcraft wasn't able to attend.
SixteenTaylorcrafts were at the show:
NC22606 Mike Jones from Illinois
N24306 (a father and son, but I didn't catch their names)
N29506 Richard Williams from Iowa
N29624 Carl Carson from Iowa
326034 A very nice L-2 (I think from Minnesota)
N39911 Lee Bowden from Iowa
N39986 Frank DeLouis from Iowa
N43645 Ray Cook from Illinois
N43759 Helen Brennan from Ohio
N59SG Steve Givens from Indiana (clipped wiing)
NC94953 Jim Zangger from Iowa
N95350 Chuck Powell from Kansas
N96080 Barney Johnson from Illinois
N96386 Jean West from Illinois
N96466 Bob Ladd from Iowa
N96841 Elmer Marting from Iowa
Friday evening presented a beautiful clear and calm opportunity for a five ship Taylorcraft formation photo shoot! Myself, Lee Bowden, Elmer Marting, Mike Jones, and Helen Brennan were able to get in tight enough for Gilles Auliard to get some nice shots with the airport in the background. Ted Miller from Santa Rosa, California flew the Stearman photo ship with Gilles who is from Newington, Connecticut.
Paul Poberezny was there a couple of days enjoying the "grass roots" nature of this fly in. He gave a short talk about the new Sport Pilot ruling and there were other forums as well. People enjoyed touring the museum, buying parts from the fly market and visiting the vendors with their merchandise. Food was excellent, provided by the local Hy-Vee grocery store catering.
No accidents or incidents this year so Bob Taylor can relax for another year! It's a very enjoyable event and anyone with a Taylorcraft is especially welcome!!
SixteenTaylorcrafts were at the show:
NC22606 Mike Jones from Illinois
N24306 (a father and son, but I didn't catch their names)
N29506 Richard Williams from Iowa
N29624 Carl Carson from Iowa
326034 A very nice L-2 (I think from Minnesota)
N39911 Lee Bowden from Iowa
N39986 Frank DeLouis from Iowa
N43645 Ray Cook from Illinois
N43759 Helen Brennan from Ohio
N59SG Steve Givens from Indiana (clipped wiing)
NC94953 Jim Zangger from Iowa
N95350 Chuck Powell from Kansas
N96080 Barney Johnson from Illinois
N96386 Jean West from Illinois
N96466 Bob Ladd from Iowa
N96841 Elmer Marting from Iowa
Friday evening presented a beautiful clear and calm opportunity for a five ship Taylorcraft formation photo shoot! Myself, Lee Bowden, Elmer Marting, Mike Jones, and Helen Brennan were able to get in tight enough for Gilles Auliard to get some nice shots with the airport in the background. Ted Miller from Santa Rosa, California flew the Stearman photo ship with Gilles who is from Newington, Connecticut.
Paul Poberezny was there a couple of days enjoying the "grass roots" nature of this fly in. He gave a short talk about the new Sport Pilot ruling and there were other forums as well. People enjoyed touring the museum, buying parts from the fly market and visiting the vendors with their merchandise. Food was excellent, provided by the local Hy-Vee grocery store catering.
No accidents or incidents this year so Bob Taylor can relax for another year! It's a very enjoyable event and anyone with a Taylorcraft is especially welcome!!
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