Frank Smidler
Well Known Member
Last year, the first year my RV-6 was flying, one of the events I was most looking forward to was the Lee Bottom Wood, Fabric & Tail Wheels Fly-In. Unfortunately it was rained out and I have been anxiously awaiting this years fly-in. The 2010 Fly-In was this weekend and my son Derek and I finally made it and it was great.
Lee Bottom is a north south grass strip along the Ohio river in southern Indiana. It is in a beautiful setting and a great place to camp with your airplane. We arrived around 7:00 pm on Friday and was parked in the south corner of the parking area with several other RV's. Later my son heard someone refer to the area as RV corner. One of the high points of the event was the arrival of Ron Alexanders DC-3, which seemed so at home on the grass. After registering and enjoying a nice BBQ dinner to the music from a live band we had to set-up our tent as it began to get dark. After the tent was up we joined other campers for an outdoor aviation oriented movie.
The next day was when the majority of the planes came in. By my count 23 RV's were in attendance with the several hundred other planes of every type. The predominance of tail wheel airplanes was obvious, many on very unique airplanes that you don't see around the local airport very often. Saturday was a great day to look at airplanes, talk to old friends and make new ones. As the small local paper in my home town use to say, a good time was had by all.
We left around 5:00 pm on Saturday but next year I plan to go earlier and stay to Sunday morning. If I had any criticism of the event it is that the food service on Saturday was not very good. Next year I plan to bring contingency food and beverages.
http://picasaweb.google.com/FSmidler/100925LeeBottomFlyIn?feat=directlink
RV Corner
Lee Bottom is a north south grass strip along the Ohio river in southern Indiana. It is in a beautiful setting and a great place to camp with your airplane. We arrived around 7:00 pm on Friday and was parked in the south corner of the parking area with several other RV's. Later my son heard someone refer to the area as RV corner. One of the high points of the event was the arrival of Ron Alexanders DC-3, which seemed so at home on the grass. After registering and enjoying a nice BBQ dinner to the music from a live band we had to set-up our tent as it began to get dark. After the tent was up we joined other campers for an outdoor aviation oriented movie.
The next day was when the majority of the planes came in. By my count 23 RV's were in attendance with the several hundred other planes of every type. The predominance of tail wheel airplanes was obvious, many on very unique airplanes that you don't see around the local airport very often. Saturday was a great day to look at airplanes, talk to old friends and make new ones. As the small local paper in my home town use to say, a good time was had by all.
We left around 5:00 pm on Saturday but next year I plan to go earlier and stay to Sunday morning. If I had any criticism of the event it is that the food service on Saturday was not very good. Next year I plan to bring contingency food and beverages.
http://picasaweb.google.com/FSmidler/100925LeeBottomFlyIn?feat=directlink
RV Corner