Couple pics from our fly-in

[noahmercy]

I attended my first ever fly-in here in Sheridan, Wyoming. They opened up a bunch of hangars and the folks rolled out their planes and cars. I had no idea how many hangars are just really big man-caves! There were some really nifty (there's a word that needs to find its way back into wider use) planes both local and from surrounding areas.

 

[jimbo1096]

I like that little yellow one best. That would be a cool place to see with all those old planes but they needed a lot more old cars.

 

[noahmercy]

I like that little yellow one best. That would be a cool place to see with all those old planes but they needed a lot more old cars.

There were quite a few...I just didn't post up the pics, but here's a couple more. (Caught the Jeep at the store before he got to the airport.)

 

[mr.deerstalker]

here's my old one, 40X40. it was to small. I built a new 48X60. lol

 

[Kevin]

Looks like a lot of fun!

 

[Wyandot Jim]

In the last 70 years some of my best times have been at small airports. It is more about spending the time with the people than the flying.
I am glad you had a good time and it looks like there were some great planes and cars there

 

[2Late45]

Man, that 57- 4 Door could have been my older sister's car. She had the exact color/model after graduating high-school in 1962. She got pissed at my Dad because he wouldn't trade her his pink 2 door 57. They both sported 283 V-8's. Lots of car guys were always hanging around my house, used to kid Sis that it was the 57's, not her...

 

[turd]

Speaking of old cars and man caves, I am really nostalgic these days about the late 60s early 70s and the car culture then. I woke up this morning with "go Granny, go Granny, go Granny go" earworm. Garages used to be the man cave. No expensive stuff, just a refridgerator and some old leftover chairs and stools. My small city had a cornucopia of Chevelles, Mustangs, Challengers, etc. I remember some guy had a '56 Chevy wagon with a 427 stuffed in it with headers coming out through the wheel wells. '65 GTO that could lift the front wheels, etc.

Not trying to steal the thread, this thread just got me thinkin'.

 

[noahmercy]

Speaking of old cars and man caves, I am really nostalgic these days about the late 60s early 70s and the car culture then. I woke up this morning with "go Granny, go Granny, go Granny go" earworm. Garages used to be the man cave. No expensive stuff, just a refridgerator and some old leftover chairs and stools. My small city had a cornucopia of Chevelles, Mustangs, Challengers, etc. I remember some guy had a '56 Chevy wagon with a 427 stuffed in it with headers coming out through the wheel wells. '65 GTO that could lift the front wheels, etc.

Not trying to steal the thread, this thread just got me thinkin'.

I'm a gearhead too, brother, and so are most of the folks here who have planes so that's not a thread hijack at all. I was born in 1969 just a mile from Big Daddy's home track...grew up wrenching on and enjoying the finest Detroit iron from the 60s and 70s, and had a redonkulously quick car for a time. The car show here in Sheridan is off the hook. There are some seriously rare vehicles that show up, and we may have more running Model As and Ts per capita than anywhere in the world. I'll get some pics up from last year's meetup.

 

[Rock185]

Love those little airports. Been to a few fly-ins, air shows, air races one time. Visiting the Santa Paula airport some years ago, what some of those guys had in their hangers was mind boggling. Along with a bunch of old timey airplanes, custom cars, antiques, hot rods, antique motorcycles, antique gas pumps; one guy even had a hot tub. Our host had a Ryan and couple other airplanes, an apartment set up in his hanger, etc. Rough Life Used to love drag racing. Had a stocker or two, won a few trophies; nothing to write home about. Those were the days though..

We had a Beech Musketeer years ago. Got my instrument and commercial in that little airplane. Only picture I have has our little girl peeking out from the back seat..