April Coolidge Fly-In

Saturday, April 1, 2017

We decided to go the another Coolidge Fly-in.  This will be the last fly-in this winter. As you can see below the Coolidge airfield used to be an Army Airfield from 1942-1945.

The 82nd Airborn Division is honored.

The Lion's Club serves an all-you-can-eat breakfast of scrambled eggs, pancakes, sausage, bacon, coffee and orange juice for just $8.  Of course many people went back for seconds.  Above show some of the people having breakfast before walking the airport.

This really neat motorized kite lives at this airport.  We see it flying over the park occasionally. 
 

This Army helicopter flew in.  It reminds us of the TV series MASH.
 

This little ultra flew in about 9am.

A grown man actually flew this tiny plane in.  

This is an Ercoupe.  It's claim to fame, among other things, was that it does not have rudder pedals.  The "wheel" is connected to ailerons and rudder.  Allegedly as easy as driving a car.

I thought this plane was beautiful.  I love the shade of green. This plane is a Super Viking 550 Bellanca.

We saw this gyro-copter last month at the fly-in.

 I don't remember what the name of this plane is but found it interesting that the wings were in the middle of the fuselage. The wings are usually at the top or bottom of the fuselage.
We had a fun time seeing so many different planes.

Later that day I was raking weeds out of our lot and saw this cute little horny toad.

Above is a closeup of the little fellow.  Below includes the rake I was using.  This gives you some perspective as to the size of this little horny toad.

We sure enjoy our winter home in Arizona.