Gilmer Fly-In January 2, 2010. 
Capt. Dean found out that Carthage wasn't having their annual New Years Day Fly-in this year so he had one.  It was a beautiful blue sky day.  A little cool but not windy.  Pretty much just right.  Hot dogs and soda pop's were on the menu.  Lot's of airplanes.  Approximately 50 aircraft & 250 to 300 people attended the event.  A good turn out for such a short notice. 

Dirk Lee & friend.  Tho on the right.  This guy is an A-10 pilot at Barksdale.  We became friends last year at the East Texas Balloon Race.  They lowered the level in my lemon juice bottle.


A vintage aircraft from the passed, way back there, 1929 Travel Air 6000.  SN. 884/NC 8112.  Pittsburg Airways in 1929 purchased this aircraft for $12,500.  Cruise Speed/90mph.


The pilot is playing the part.  He is wearing woven sweater type vest and a hat of the time.


Inside the Travel Air.  The original wicker seats.


Stearman


Tho from Barksdale.


This is an experimental.  An RV-6 or 9.


Yak-52


AT-6 taxing to park.


Charlette helping with the raffle.





This thing only flies 90mph.and it looks it.


Capt. Dean's Commander.


A pretty good crowd showed up.


Scott Glover, on the right, is the pilot of the Travel Air 6000.  My understanding, the fellow standing beside him is a longtime friend that grew up with him and both loved aviation.  Charles Martin, with knitted hat on, is friend of both men.


The aircraft has the same engine that the Wright Brothers used.  It is a Wright engine.  Sounded good.


Scott is looking for information for me on the aircraft..


A 1950's to 70's vintage Piper Comanche.


Mr. Frank Glover, brother to Scott (Orville) Glover with his L-19.  The U.S. Army awarded a contract to Cessna for 418 aircraft which was designated the L-19A Bird Dog. The prototype Cessna 305 (registration N41694) first flew on 14 December 1949. Deliveries began in December 1950 and the aircraft was soon in use fighting its first war in Korea from 1950 through 1953.


Capt. Steve Dean.  Frank is fixing to fly co-pilot with Dean.


Composite T-Tail.


The Comanche airborne in the background.


Yep, that's Charlette as co-pilot.


Taxing for take-off.


The trademark tail gives this aircraft away.  All Mooney aircraft have the signature vertical stabilizer with its vertical leading edge and swept trailing edge that gives the illusion of being forward-swept.


Dean's AT-6


Shelton's AT-6


Charlett's going to be ruint.


Up, Up and away.


Beech V-35


Cessna 182





Smoken





Cessna 182?


Banking in formation.


Another Mooney.


Experimental.


These engines sound good.





I believe this is a J3 Cub.

















I think this is a Cessna 206.





Charlette holding her tail high.








Taxing to park.


Looks like a C-170 or 180 passed the red aircraft.


Capt. Dean on the wing.  He was formerly in the Military at Barksdale.


She won't touch down for the rest of the day.


Charlette after a flight in this AT-6 and Carl Best as the pilot.


Yak-52


Kathryn & Chris Keating refueling their Russian Yak-52.
The Yakovlev Yak-52 (Як-52) is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostar, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the now defunct COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed originally as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained both civilian sport pilots and military pilots. The engine starter and landing gear are pneumatic.  Air.