Arizona to Oshkosh 2021

[DesertFox4]

Pretty country side Phil. Nice to give some rides to aviation appreciative family. Your father will enjoy, i’m sure, his first flight in a Kitfox his son built. Thanks to your nephew for his service in the Air Force.. Safe travels Phil. Enjoy every mile.

[Kitfox Pilot]

Glad you made it home Phil. That is some rough country your flying over in those last two pics. I wondered how the visibility was flying up there, looked bad from the ground. I thought I saw all the Kitfox airplanes that were there but I guess I missed yours somewhere because I don't recall it. Maybe next year.

[DesertFox4]

Still in Minnesota since leaving Oshkosh. Flying as much as weather allows and visiting as many grass strips as possible.

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Short flight to Blue Earth, MN for their flight breakfast. Lots of local fight breakfasts this time of year.

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Left downwind for St.James, MN airport and some 100LL Av-gas at some decent price$.

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Perfect early evening flying. Glassy smooth air.😀
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The patchwork of farm fields of green are soothing for these Arizona eyes.
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So many times I’ve wished I had amphibs on my Kitfox.
Spent Labor Day weekend on beautiful Bay Lake east of Brainerd, MN. Perfect shoreline to beach a set of floats with a Kitfox attached.

[DesertFox4]

Thanks guys. This has been a nice time in Minnesota and Northern Iowa. This is where I learned to fly and where I thought I’d be flying a Kitfox with floats off all these beautiful lakes. Didn’t quite turn out like that but I am flying over a lot of those lakes in a Kitfox. All in all, not bad at all.
Seeing the changes in the crops since I’ve been here is a real treat. Harvest is in full swing and fields that were a lush green when I arrived after Oshkosh, have transitioned to brown and now are being tilled for next years crops.


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My time here hasn’t been all flying though. The above photo may give you a small
clue as to how today was spent. My hometown has a chain of five lakes. I got reacquainted with three
of them today. 85 degrees today but nice, real nice, on the water.

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Taken from the boat, a photo of Martin County’s courthouse undergoing a replacement of the copper topped
portion of the domed roof. A very expensive project but badly needed to maintain this really beautiful historical building. No doubt it will soon turn green like the original but for now, a copper beacon visible for many miles away under a bright sun.

Thanks for putting up with my simple photos and short descriptions. Not as exciting as a Trent Palmer action packed video but
trust me, my fun meter is pegged in the red every time I get to fly this wonderful airplane.

Harlan, there’s lots of room up here for your Kitfox too. Kind of hope to see your new grass strip when it’s ready next year.👍

[avidflyer]

Nice bunch of posts about where all you have visited in Mn. If you get up around my area, you will have to stop by. I have 2000' with trees on the ends, but that's plenty for a Kitfox. JImChuk