September, 2011 - Peach State Aerodrome

NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER, 2011
VINTAGE DAY
SATURDAY AUGUST 27th
Our annual Vintage Day event was very successful this year. We had over 60 airplanes fly in
along with approximately 2,000 total people in attendance. The weather was hot but a
breeze made it seem cooler.
A $1,000 cash prize was given away along with a Stagecoach 12 gauge shotgun graciously
donated by Autrey's Armory in Fayetteville, Georgia.
http://www.autreysarmory.com/
Food was served by Barnstormer's Grill and volunteers cooked hamburgers on a huge grill
loaned by Brent Scarborough of Fayetteville, Georgia for the event. Chef Troy Roberts,
also from Fayetteville, manned the grill nearly all day. He was assisted by several members
of the Candler Field Flying Club.
The pictures displayed below were taken by several photographers: April McGinn, Mike
Cone, Barbara Kitchens, and professional photographer Greg Strelecki from Madison,
Georgia.
As always, without our cadre of volunteers none of this would be possible. Candler Field
Museum is very fortunate to have a lot of very dedicated people always ready to help. I want to
personally thank them for all they did to make this event one of our best.
The fashion show was a big success. Natalie Moffett is pictured above.
Picture courtesy of Greg Strelecki.
Jan Moffett pictured in the fashion show.
Picture courtesy of Greg Strelecki.
A number of antique automobile were displayed.
Photo courtesy of Mike Cone.
Even antique boats were on hand for the event.
Photo courtesy of Mike Cone.
The DC-3 tours were very popular. Over 500 people went inside to see this vintage airplane.
Photo courtesy of Mike Cone.
Antique tractors were also part of the show. Our thanks to the Pike County Tractor Club.
Photo courtesy of Mike Cone.
Volunteer Barbara Kitchens who stayed with the popcorn machine all day. Pictured with our friends from Cross, South
Carolina, Jim and Eilene Wilson. The Wilson's have a beautiful cabin Waco and attend our events regularly.
Photo courtesy of April McGinn.
Volunteer Carrie Gray helping with the cake walk.
Photo courtesy of April McGinn.
This is a grill folks. Staffed by volunteers from the Candler Field Flying Club.
Photo courtesy of April McGinn.
Toni Mason directing one of the cake walks. The cake walk is one of our most popular events. It is presented by Laura
Kuck and the Ladies Auxiliary of Candler Field Museum.
Photo courtesy of April McGinn.
A different view of the event taken from a vintage perspective.
Photo courtesy of Toby Blanton.
People lining up for the Baby Ruth candy bar drop. Each year we tie streamers on Baby Ruth candy bars and drop
them out of an airplane over an open field. The kids then go out and retrieve the bars. Nestles was kind enough to
donate the candy bars this year.
Brian Karli and Matt Miller dropping the candy bars from Matt's J-3 Cub. If you look closely you will see the candy
dropping from the plane.
Photo courtesy of Mike Cone.
Ron Alexander's Waco YMF-5 gave rides all day with Clay Hammond and Dave Moffett taking turns at the controls.
Photo courtesy of Greg Strelecki.
The end of a great day. Thanks to everyone who helped make it possible.
For more pictures of the event please go to http://www.peachstateaero.com/ and click on the
photo gallery.
CANDLER FIELD MUSEUM
Proceeds from Vintage Day brought in about $3,000 to be applied to the Doug Davis hangar
project. We now have $24,000 of the needed $45,000-$50,000 to complete this hangar. If you
would like to donate toward this project please click here.
I would like to encourage you to become a member of Candler Field Museum if you are not.
We need your support - both financial and volunteer time. This is your museum. Please
take a minute to click on the link below to join the museum.
To join Candler Field Museum click here
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RADIO INTERVIEW
Prior to Vintage Day, volunteer Laura Kuck arranged a radio interview with Atlanta
personality John Lemley. John has a very popular daily program on WABE-PBA Atlanta
90.1 FM. John spent almost an entire day at Candler Field interviewing and taking a ride
with Harry Ballance in Harry's Stearman. John played the interview on air prior to our
event in order to help us get the word out about Vintage Day. John is pictured on the left
above with Ron Alexander on the right. Photo courtesy of Barbara Kitchens.
SEPTEMBER SPECIALS
New appetizer - Barnstormer Wings – 8 chicken wings just $6.95
Southwest Chicken –Grilled chicken served with black bean salsa and vegetables $10.75
Bacon Bleu Cheeseburger– our cheeseburger topped with bleu cheese - $8.25
Grilled Salmon with Coconut Shrimp - delicious salmon served with 4 coconut shrimp - $18.75
Jacked up Roast Beef Sandwich - onions, peppers, and mushrooms served on roast beef topped
with cheese and barbecue sauce - $9.50
Barnstormer's Grill is located in the Candler Field Museum building. Please go to
http://www.barnstormersgrill.com/ for additional information or call 770-227-9989.
FLABOB NEWS
(news from our sister airport in Riverside)
Big Mob from Flabob
By Jon Goldenbaum
On Saturday, August 20th the world’s oldest aviation fraternity met at Flabob to enjoy
flying, visiting, and entertainment. 400 pilots from all over the US attended. For many, it
was their first visit to historic Flabob.
Almost 100 aircraft flew in, some from as far away as Texas. T-6 and biplane rides were
offered, as well as trips in the “Flabob Express” DC-3 flown by Peachstate’s own Ron
Alexander. Ron came out to enjoy the event and was immediately put to work flying riders.
Two P-51s, an SBD and a TBM made appearances in the afternoon, with lucky back seat
riders picked at random from the crowd. One of the lucky warbird riders was an 80
something WWII B-25 gunner who had not been in a warbird since the war; you couldn't’t
get the smile off his face.
Mark Lightsey flew Tom Wathen’s beautiful C.460 Caudron Thompson Trophy racer, in a
great display flown fast and up close.
The day ended with a BBQ, lots of cold beer and entertainment far into the night. If you get
to the west coast, come visit us at historic Flabob.
P-51 flyby. The airplane was flown in from nearby Chino, California.
For more information on Flabob go to http://www.flabob.org/
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT
Pictured above is Samuel Shockley from Williamson, Georgia. Samuel is a member of Boy Scout
Troop 14 and his Eagle Scout project was constructing wheel chocks for Candler Field Museum.
Samuel made several dozen chocks, painted them, and put the Candler Field name on them. Thanks
very much for doing this Samuel. The chocks will be found hanging on the picket fence in front of
Barnstormer's Grill.
CANDLER FIELD FLYING CLUB NEWS
By Glen Marsh, President
It's been another busy month at CFFC. Melissa Foures, Joe Burley, and our Swiss member, Benoit
Dumas, all received their Private Pilots license in August. Melissa and Ben were able to do it in 6
weeks, a great effort by students and instructors! Congratulations to all on a job well done.
August also saw the Club purchase a new ( to us ) aircraft. The new airplane is a Cessna 172 with a
180 hp engine and a nice IFR radio package. This will be a great cross country airplane as well as an
IFR trainer.
The Club had a super turn out of volunteers for Vintage Day at the Museum. Danny Raines led the
group cooking the burgers & brats - they were tasty. We had a nice Club display and saw a lot of
interest, especially from younger people. We also manned the DC-3 and gave tours. All in all, a fun
and successful day raising money for the new Doug Davis hanger. Thanks to all of the volunteers, you
are what make the Club successful. We could not do it without you.
For information on the club go to http://www.candlerfieldflying.com/
LEE BOTTOM FLY-IN
The annual Lee Bottom Fly-In will be held on September 23rd-September 24th. For
information on this fun event please go to
http://www.leebottom.com/