Pickens County Airport Appreciation Day

July 4, 2005. Pickens County Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-In, Jasper,
Ga. (JZP) Vintage Flights and Alpha Helicopter will hop rides. Static
Displays. Children's Tent. Fly-in and have lots of fun in conjunction with
the city of Jasper's Fourth of July festivities. Contact: Pickens County
Airport at 706/253-8830 or event organizer, Deborah McFarland at
.



The first 100 kids will receive a free "Front Porch Gang" t-shirt (
http://home.alltel.net/damcfarland/ ) and a bag of aviation-related goodies.
There will be concessions on the field (Bubba's BBQ as well as hot dogs and
hamburgers).



All local pilots are invited to attend! Most of the crowd arrives after the
parade at 10:30 am.



Deb


--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

Hi Deborah,
Do yall happen to have a CFI down there with a Luscombe? I really really
really want to try one out! Flying another Champ in Southwest Ohio this
coming weekend, wish I could make it down to see the McFarland
Squadron!!!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech
"Deborah McFarland" wrote in message
...
July 4, 2005. Pickens County Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-In, Jasper,
Ga. (JZP) Vintage Flights and Alpha Helicopter will hop rides. Static
Displays. Children's Tent. Fly-in and have lots of fun in conjunction with
the city of Jasper's Fourth of July festivities. Contact: Pickens County
Airport at 706/253-8830 or event organizer, Deborah McFarland at
.



The first 100 kids will receive a free "Front Porch Gang" t-shirt (
http://home.alltel.net/damcfarland/ ) and a bag of aviation-related
goodies. There will be concessions on the field (Bubba's BBQ as well as
hot dogs and hamburgers).



All local pilots are invited to attend! Most of the crowd arrives after
the parade at 10:30 am.



Deb


--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

In the north metro Atlanta area:

Tom Shaw instructs out of Winder flight school at WDR. His home telephone.
706-654-2011; cell 706-658-7135. He has a Luscombe and has done many
Luscombe checkouts and zillions of tailwheel endorsements.

James Tatum at Habersham County (AJR) is 706-778-9978. Very nice gentleman
and a great airport! He has a Champ and Luscombe time.

James Collins at Calhoun (CZL) can be reached at Home: 706-232-1865.
Airport: 706-602-8000. No airplane, but this was/is my instructor, and he
can fly anything without training wheels including Luscombes of various
models.

Jimmy Garland is at S&S Aviation at Cherokee County (47A). He can be reached
at 770-479-6389. Again, no tailwheel airplane to rent, but he can give you
an endorsement in a Luscombe.

Try http://www.popav.com/Luscombe/ for more Luscombe information. A word of
caution: if you purchase a Luscombe, don't let a CFI in it unless he or she
has Luscombe time. More of our airplanes are groundlooped by inept CFIs than
any other cause. Luscombes are a dream to fly, but they are not Citabrias.

Come by when ya can, I'll give you a ride in each. They handle differently.

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Hi Deborah,
Do yall happen to have a CFI down there with a Luscombe? I really really
really want to try one out! Flying another Champ in Southwest Ohio this
coming weekend, wish I could make it down to see the McFarland
Squadron!!!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

Thanks,
I will have to give those fellows a ring! I had checked around up here
and online and had come up with the big zero! But of course you can't even
find a Champ to rent up here. 7 hour drive Friday night to fly Saturday
morning!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Deborah McFarland" wrote in message
...
In the north metro Atlanta area:

Tom Shaw instructs out of Winder flight school at WDR. His home telephone.
706-654-2011; cell 706-658-7135. He has a Luscombe and has done many
Luscombe checkouts and zillions of tailwheel endorsements.

James Tatum at Habersham County (AJR) is 706-778-9978. Very nice gentleman
and a great airport! He has a Champ and Luscombe time.

James Collins at Calhoun (CZL) can be reached at Home: 706-232-1865.
Airport: 706-602-8000. No airplane, but this was/is my instructor, and he
can fly anything without training wheels including Luscombes of various
models.

Jimmy Garland is at S&S Aviation at Cherokee County (47A). He can be
reached at 770-479-6389. Again, no tailwheel airplane to rent, but he can
give you an endorsement in a Luscombe.

Try http://www.popav.com/Luscombe/ for more Luscombe information. A word
of caution: if you purchase a Luscombe, don't let a CFI in it unless he or
she has Luscombe time. More of our airplanes are groundlooped by inept
CFIs than any other cause. Luscombes are a dream to fly, but they are not
Citabrias.

Come by when ya can, I'll give you a ride in each. They handle
differently.

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Hi Deborah,
Do yall happen to have a CFI down there with a Luscombe? I really
really really want to try one out! Flying another Champ in Southwest
Ohio this coming weekend, wish I could make it down to see the McFarland
Squadron!!!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

Great little airport! I practiced many a touch and go up there.
Wish I could fly up for the get-together but I'll be working. :^(

Here's a link to pic I took on final approach to runway 34 one time
a few years ago... http://www.frontiernet.net/~kontiki/pickens.jpg

Good luck with the fly in!

I jumped at Pickens County airport in 1962, but I thought I was in South
Carolina.
Am I loosing my mind or did they move it ?? ...... it was a dirt strip at
the time.

"Deborah McFarland" wrote in message
...
July 4, 2005. Pickens County Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-In, Jasper,
Ga. (JZP) Vintage Flights and Alpha Helicopter will hop rides. Static
Displays. Children's Tent. Fly-in and have lots of fun in conjunction with
the city of Jasper's Fourth of July festivities. Contact: Pickens County
Airport at 706/253-8830 or event organizer, Deborah McFarland at
.



The first 100 kids will receive a free "Front Porch Gang" t-shirt (
http://home.alltel.net/damcfarland/ ) and a bag of aviation-related
goodies.
There will be concessions on the field (Bubba's BBQ as well as hot dogs
and
hamburgers).



All local pilots are invited to attend! Most of the crowd arrives after
the
parade at 10:30 am.



Deb


--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

You have not lost your mind. Pickens, South Carolina is almost 100 miles due
east of us. There's Pickens County, Ala. and a Jasper, TN, too. The unicom
frequency can get confusing sometimes on clear days!

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"larsen-tools" wrote in message
news:za0we.9970$go.1977@fed1read05...
I jumped at Pickens County airport in 1962, but I thought I was in South
Carolina.
Am I loosing my mind or did they move it ?? ...... it was a dirt strip at
the time.

Is the Red Barn up and running again?

For those of you unfamiliar with the area, the Red Barn is/was a very large
store just off the Pickens County airport that specialized in outdoor
stuff - hunting, camping, fishing, etc. A great Saturday destination if
you'd already eaten your $100 hamburger and had another $500 or $1,000
burning a hole in your pocket. Once you'd spent that money, you could just
fly to Falcon Field, which is 60 or so miles South, and spend the rest of
your inheritance at Aircraft Spruce East...

Unfortunately, the Red Barn burned a year or so ago, and I'm not sure if it
has been rebuilt/reopened...

KB

"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message
...
Is the Red Barn up and running again?


They put up a yellow tent immediately to sell seasonal stuff and opened a
small store for clothing. The new building is coming along, and the style is
more southern in design. The big red barn helps us find the airport ;-).

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)

Jasper, Ga. (JZP)
For those of you unfamiliar with the area, the Red Barn is/was a very
large store just off the Pickens County airport that specialized in
outdoor stuff - hunting, camping, fishing, etc. A great Saturday
destination if you'd already eaten your $100 hamburger and had another
$500 or $1,000 burning a hole in your pocket. Once you'd spent that
money, you could just fly to Falcon Field, which is 60 or so miles South,
and spend the rest of your inheritance at Aircraft Spruce East...

Unfortunately, the Red Barn burned a year or so ago, and I'm not sure if
it has been rebuilt/reopened...

KB

That had me a bit confused too. I went to college at Clemson (which is
in Pickens County SC) and though it was close to the border, I didn't
think it was THAT close .

As to the event, maybe next year. Still working on my PPL and it's
further than I'd like to drive (I'm down near Charleston, SC). Sounds
like great fun though!!

Mike Gaskins

Deborah McFarland wrote:
You have not lost your mind. Pickens, South Carolina is almost 100 miles due
east of us. There's Pickens County, Ala. and a Jasper, TN, too. The unicom
frequency can get confusing sometimes on clear days!