EAA 650

CHAPTER 650 FLYOUT TO SIKESTON, MO Saturday, November 1st, dawned a warm sunny fall morning. The hills were adorned in their fall splendor, the winds were calm, the sky was clear, and the donuts and coffee were rapidly disappearing in the Sisco/ Jacobs hangar. Due to the efforts of Bill Allen, our official flyout coach and group motivator, 22 members and guests gathered at 8:30 a.m. to plan and execute a ten plane caravan with the aim of subduing growling stomachs at the infamous Lambert’s, thrown yeast rolls in your face, restaurant in Sikeston, MO. Attending aircraft ranged from a Cessna 140 up to a Cessna 310 with a couple of Mooneys, a Glastar, a 172, and a few 150’s sprinkled in. The slower ships launched first with most everyone airborne by 9:30 or so. The Cardinal express deemed visibility through the windscreen a reasonable preflight item and so brought up the rear with a late start. Lamberts provided courtesy van pickup at the airport, (SIK), and r

Finally getting around to getting these posted, makes me want to visit these projects again to see how they have progressed. The first four here are a look at Jim Leseure's project. I had a bit more coffee in me when I got to Mr Pratt's plane, so I got a few more pictures of it. I know that Richard Frisbee's project has progressed from here, as I helped him carry some of these pieces around to his workshop.

These planes came in on their way to their natural habitat, Lee Bottom. 9-7-2008 20 inch Tires Oleo System Pilot Taxiing Mail Compartment Clean Underneath Passenger Compartment all the comforts Window with a View Pilot Space From the Tail Right Wing Walkway Fuel Guage and Filler Big Plane Big Motor Dual Exhaust Mail Compartment Left Wing Pilot in Back Passenger Front Fuel Guage Ready Bigger than it looks On the line Stearman with Wheel Pants Passenger Front Pilot back From the Tail Below you'll find a shaky windy video, if you have the bandwidth it might be worth watching, might not.