Monday, May 26, 2008

Flights around 06C

Schaumburg Municipal (06C)... left downwind 29.
Departing off 29 looking back with Chicago in
the distance and Alexian Field in the foreground.

Elgin and the Fox River



DuPage (KDPA)
20R at DuPage

Random XC up to East Troy, WI







Cool old cargo plane at East Troy

Who knew Danny could land?

Danny landing on 32R at Champaign (KCMI)

Tornado Warnings and IFR Cross-Country Flights

Roll cloud coming into Schaumburg.



So a couple hours later we decided to go fly
in some clouds...

Wierd green haze west of Peoria.

Sean thought it was hilarious that a C-130
had to hold short for a Cherokee.


Weather appears nice on our way from Peoria
to Champaign... but we were really trying to
outrun some thunderstorms.


Random picture of Sean's bike and John's 320.

Baldwin and Northern Lower Michigan




Southwest Michigan Regional Airport (KBEH)
Benton Harbor, MI


Danny and I flying somewhere over the
Michigan lakeshore.



Big Star Lake, MI




Sundowner painted like a new Piper.




N55640, another '73 Cherokee,
the only plane based at Baldwin.


Baldwin Municipal, MI (7D3)

Getting a License


Check Pilot Gail

Sean... he taught me how to fly... and yes,
we're obviously too cool for pictures.

The flying members of the family.

Sean, me, Dad.

With the non-flying part of the family.

Other Sean who was brave enough to fly
as my first passenger.

More Old Pictures


Closed strip just east across the lake from Galt.

Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois

Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium

Final 32R with a school Arrow landing on the parallel.

Flying with Danny in less than perfect visibility and ceilings.


Lake Park East Campus

On approach to 28L number two at O'Hare?