This saturday I took my youngest daughter to KHBI for the North Carolina Aviation Museum Fly-in in Asheboro, North Carolina. It was a short 30 minute drive from home, so I thought it would be an easy event to go to. A fly-in at a small regional airport is so different than an airshow at a Class-D airport. Here we were able to stand on the flight line just yards from the taxiway. It provided great views of the runway with all the airplanes coming and going. We chatted with the pilots of a great variety of airplanes.
Of course there were a bunch of C-172's, C-152's, C-140's, and Piper Cherokee's. I was surprised by the number of Ercoupes that were present. I think I counted 7. There were a number of Sonex's, an RV-6, along with a Texan AT-6 and a Swiss PC3/G. (Picture to the right). The plane that my daughter is sitting in in the picture above is a Kitfox. I think that is a sweet basic airplane. If I had the time and money, I'd love to build it.
Just this month AOPA Pilot had an article about the L-19 Bird dog. Wouldn't you know it, there was one there today. It was great to have read all about this "affordable" warbird and then see it up close.
All in all a great day with my daughter at a very fun event! It makes me even more sure that I will fly 1 day!
