ToyCollector (and everyone else),
When I close my eyes, I see a big convoy of Cobras slowly meandering through north-Georgia back roads on Sunday morning, making their way to the Pickens County Airport in Jasper, GA. It could be a fly-in/drive-in event. We can call it the "
Prop-Rod Pic-Nic." Get it? Prop-Rod?
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There's plenty of parking on the nice green grass for all the cars and planes alike. And those in the forum who happen to own private planes (and are too far away to drive their cars) could still join everyone at the fly-in on Sunday. My father keeps a couple of planes at the airport and should certainly be able to spread the word to all his flyin' buddies to show up.
My step-mother writes a coulmn for "The Southern Aviator" magazine and can give the Prop-Rod Pic-Nic some very good publicity to ensure that plenty of beautiful planes show up. Airplane rides could probably be arranged as well!
I will be happy to contact the local newspapers (all two of them) to cover the event.
And before you ask... no, I'm afraid we can't use the runway as a makeshift drag-strip.
I have PLENTY of contacts for the airport, so arranging the use of their facilities should be a piece of cake for me. My dad and step-mom have hosted LARGE fly-ins before (100+ planes), so they have a list of contacts for arranging Port-O-Johns (highest priority), food (next-highest priority), etc.
And the beautiful mountains are a short drive from there!
Please let me know if this would be of interest to you guys.
Keith