http://www.alexisparkinn.com/big_kids_toy_show_'06.htm Putting this thing together was an awful lot of work, but it all came together rather well, thanks to PERFECT weather, cool toys, and cheap, good food! There's a neat video of my daughter Becca and me riding in a 1929 Travel Air biplane (it's...

If you're bored, see pix and video from last week's trip to Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, through Canada to Michigan, and home to Iowa he http://alexisparkinn.com/2006_flight_to_niagara_falls.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

As promised: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/biplane_formation_flight.htm It really was the flight of a lifetime. As I was sitting in that cockpit, leather helmet on, scarf streaming in the wind, perfectly comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt on a lovely July evening, I realized that heaven could...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_sertoma_fly-in.htm What a great day! (See if you can spot Jim & Tami Burns in the photos... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com

This is rapidly becoming our favorite fly-in. It's down-to-earth (no snooty Cheyenne-drivers camping next to me!), well attended, held at a different resort every year, and just a butt-load of fun! See a few pix from the fly-in...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2008.htm Including the Fly-In Pool Party and the HOPS North 40 Party. Thanks to all who attended -- only 354 days until OSH 09! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856

Here are the photos from our flight to the Udvar-Hazy Center in Washington, DC. It was a fantastic trip! http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2005_udvar-hazy_trip.htm -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"

From our recent flight to Kansas City: http://www.alexisparkinn.com/airline_history_museum.htm It's chock-full of fascinating memorabilia and displays, all made especially pertinent by the new movie, "The Aviator." We highly recommend it. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA

Here are a few pix I snapped as we flew over OSH at 8500 feet, on our way back from Mackinac Island. Looks like their already bustling, although no one was in the North 40...

For you long-term posters and lurkers out there, you know what kind of a several-year ordeal Ron & Margy Natalie have gone through with their stem-to-stern renovation of their beautiful Ryan Navion. Well, it's DONE, and a few pix are here to...

Some pix from our trip there last week may be viewed he http://alexisparkinn.com/boeing_plant_tour.htm The Boeing tour is awesome, and the M of F is just a helluva great museum. These two stops truly made our journey to Seattle (for my nephew's wedding) a fantastic time. I can highly...

Here are a whole bunch of pictures -- and videos -- of the MATS Constellation's visit to Iowa City this past weekend. http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2004_iowa_city_fly-in.htm Mary and I were able to log some right-seat time in that big, beautiful bird, with 84 (?) year old Frank Lang in the...

Finally got 'round to putting together a webpage of photos from our recent East Coast Barnstorming tour. Here's one of Mary and me (with Atlas) at the Wright Brothers Memorial in Kill Devil Hills, NC: http://tinyurl.com/yojtj8 If you ever get a chance to fly there, take it -- for me it was...

Howdy, I live right next door to Placerville Airport (KPVF). I can literally walk there. I'm looking to avoid a 2 1/2 hour drive to Reno, and see if I can get a lift from one of you pilots heading that way one of these weekends. It will be just my girlfriend and I, probably leaving a Friday...

Hi all, Thinking about taking the 172 from Boston to Montreal because it just isn't cold enough here in New England. I love Montreal but the 6+ hour drive is just a little too much for a weekend trip and it looks like the Skyhawk could meet the airlines on price for 2 people and probably beat them...

We will be in Las Vegas in February. We rented a Cessna 172 last year and did the Hoover Dam, Lad mead, Grand Cayon thing. Where do we go this year? Are there any good $100 (or more) hamburger destinations nearby or other sights we should see? - - - Al 1964 Skyhawk SFF/Spokane WA --

Last summer we flew to Vancouver and had a great time. This time I was thinking it would be fun to go to Victoria. Are there things for a family to do? Are there good places to go airport hopping? I'm not looking for "aviation" stuff to do, but rather fun things for a 9 and 10 year old to do. Is...

http://www.manxsr.com/afton/flyin.htm This is the website from the National Cherokee Pilot's Association fly-in, held this past June at the Shangrila Resort in Afton, OK. As you can see, it was very well attended, well organized, and a good time was had by all. For those of you with Cherokees --...

Okay, so this year my son wants to do a flying father/son trip. (Every summer I take each kid, just the two of us, somewhere. It's usually a motorcycle camping trip, but my son tends to alternate between riding and flying. Two years ago we flew into Gaston's Fly-In Resort down in Arkansas, and had...

NEEDLES, Calif. (AP) ? Authorities say the pilot of an experimental aircraft was taking off Tuesday from a freeway west of Needles where he'd made an emergency landing when a car slammed into the plane, ejecting and killing him. The San Bernardino County sheriff's office reports three occupants...