Annual Fly-In Returns To Southern Indiana

Lee Bottom Flying Field says that the Wood, Fabric, & Tailwheel Fly-In will return to the banks of the Ohio river in southern Indiana September 19-21.

Writing on his blog Nordo News, Lee Bottom Flying Field (61I) owner Rich Davidson says that he knows those dates conflict with another (relatively) nearby fly-in in Rough River, KY, but were the best dates available given local concerns. He said he had tried determine if there were any conflicts, and thought there were none, but he had apparently been misinformed by someone he had asked.

As to logistics for the show, Davidson says that "just like previous fly-ins, the field will be open for camping on Friday which allows you to miss the busy, hectic arrivals the following day.  Saturday is of course the primary day of the event with Sunday serving as the backup/rain date for Saturday.  Come one day or come all three.  All we ask is that you bring your friends.  It is a rebuild year after all and we could really use a good showing to boost moral.

"The fly-In arrival and departure procedures for aircraft will be the same as in years before but look for them to be slightly updated with additional information on our website soon.  When it comes to drive-in attendees we will once again be parking across the road.  The one big change to this is that we will  not have auto camping and RV’s.  Simply put, the area we’ve used before just wasn’t optimum, it took heavily from auto parking, it always caused everyone headaches, and trying to make it work was often was the single biggest pain in the arse about hosting the event.  So, we are currently looking for a better RV and car camping location but it doesn’t look like we will have spots available this year.  If that changes, we’ll let you know.

"Ultimately, our goal this year is to keep most everything we’ve offered before and yet do it in a simpler manner.  And although I’m not sure that’s really possible, as Ginger had it down to a science, we will be trying."

Davidson said one of the biggest hurdles to that challenge is registration. He is looking for volunteers to assist in that area, as well as many others to make the event run smoothly.

(Image provided by Lee Bottom Flying Field)

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