A Great Weekend
Maddie and I loaded up and headed for (MO9) Kingsley field , home of the Hangar Kafe' its a great day for flying..severe clear and light winds out of the south,..climbed up to 3500 to get out of the potholes and headed west, the plan was to meet up with cubtractor and his beautiful wife Stacey for lunch,,, so Maddie n I are on our way..setting a track to avoid class C at springfield MO, it took us an hour to cover the 110 mile track,..as we approach MO9 we can hear traffic chatter ..fairchild N,,,, downwind for 18 Kingsley..we announce we are 10 miles out east at 3500,..then we hear SuperCub N,,,, crossing midfield for downwind 18 kingsley.... sounds like allot going on for lunch today at Kingsley..so we join in and set up for down wind to 18..stretch it out a bit,,there is an AG plane practicing touch n go's in the pattern,,so we give him some room..then get in line to land,..
Kingsley is a grass strip with a high spot 2/3's the runway length on the north end so landing on 18 the ground is coming up at a about a 3% grade..nothing serious..but most tend to touch down at the crest which has taken its tole on the surface,,this year they fixed it with some fine aggregate which is holding up well and adds a bit of traction on the wet ground,..we land and taxi to the south parking area..there is a Fairchild.a 195..2 supercubs a 172 ( which looked odd amongst all the tail draggers)and a couple other cubs,..but no other kitfox's ..we beat cubtractor to the field~!! ha ha.we park and let the fox cool down a bit before shutting her down.
Maddie can feel her belly button rubbing against her back bone and says "I cant wait to eat~!!" soon enough young un..I replied..Mike should be here soon,..so we unload..and checking out the other aircraft..and subconsciously waiting to hear that jabiru pulling Mikes model 4 across the blue sky's ( Man that motor sounds sweet~!!) I hear.."So I see your plane~!! Where are you??!!..somewhat recognizing the voice from a previous phone call..I turn ..and there is bbs428 and his beautiful wife Diane standing in the parking lot waving~!! what a surprise~!! last I knew the plan was he was going to go to the RC airfield for the day..we say our hellos and intro's ..Brett tries on my 5 for size..he fits well,..I was going to offer to take him up..but..
then that sweet sound coming from the west..we both turn to see Cubtractor crossing midfield for a DW on 18. so now 3 kitfoxer's on the ground at Kingsley..they will soon have to rope off an area for kitfox parking ha ha..
we enjoyed each others company and a great meal..said our good byes..and Maddie n I departed south to Mt Vernon MO 2MO and took a picture of the runway..and sent it to a potential kitfox flyer that happens to be dragging the Geico race car back from Pheonix.. no doubt he recognizes the field...he replies "What are you doing in my neck of the woods?"" we filled him in on the days event..we had turned east with a course set for GaWilkies residence with the intent of leaving kitfox tracks on the peak of his shop roof ,..but found out George was at the lake..so we did fly over his place then set course for home...
all and all a great day~!!
Reply With Quote