Weekend flights

The weather was ideal for some flying this weekend.  On Sunday I made a quick trip (I fly a KR) to Cairo where a number of locals get together for lunch on Sundays.  I arrived just as the hamburgers were coming off the grill.  Food was great as well as the company of “old” airport bums.  I cut out early to get back to watch the Indy 500.  Nice air both ways.

On memorial day I flew up to Sparta and enjoyed some coffee and donuts on arrival.  I then joined about 18 other airplanes in a fly-by at the Hecker, Illinois cemetery for a memorial day service.  It seems Sparta gets a lot of visitors from the St.Louis / Belleville area and they seem to know their way around the airport.  On the return I stopped in at Carbondale and had a brief visit with Pete Polete as he worked on the RV10 cowl.  With the speed of the KR I was home in time to get in an afternoon nap.  Flying!!!  You really should try it some time.