Sonex Fly-in KBAK Columbus IN

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Fly, drive, walk, bike…. Share build stories and experiences, meet other Sonex enthusiasts. Vote, help us get some idea of level of interest or attendance.

TENTATIVE AGENDA:
Saturday 26th September (noon)
Atterbury-Bakalar Museum C119 Flying Boxcar Tour
Airport Tower Tour?
Indiana Huey Tour?
Burgers & Brats Dinner
Social time
Campfire
Refreshments
Talk All Things Sonex

Sunday 27th September (late morning)
Pancake Breakfast
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There are a number of hotels available just a short distance from the airport in Edinburgh IN. You can arrange a rental car through the FBO or we can support wth courtesy rides from local members.

Camping and bicycles, chairs will be available for use. If you need to borrow a tent we will have extra available. We have access to multiple bathrooms and a shower at our pilots lounge. A number of us will camp and have a solo stove for a fire pit

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I know you are early planning but any details you could give would be helpful.

This would be a far (fun) trek for me (about six hours), so weather permitting, I’d likely try to arrive on Friday night. If on field camping is made available that would certainly help but at my age I’d prefer a nice hotel room/hot shower if it’s nearby or there is transportation back and forth.

I’ll keep an eye on this as a possibility. I really miss the old days of the American Sonex Association Fly-ins that were put on by John Davis in Crossville. Great memories and many friends were made …

Dale
3.0 Corvair/Taildragger

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We have quite a few hotel options in the area close by… within 15 mins of the airport. You get here and we’ll take care of ya and get you around.

As details firm up we’ll post here

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I just thought of a question - will there be shirts?

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We are meeting as a group tomorrow here in Columbus to talk potential agenda and activities. I’ll raise your question with everyone.

My main focus the past few weeks is to develop a safety plan with the airport that they can have on file with the city.

Since this is our first attempt at anything like this we are erring on the side of KISS. But the city/airport have to have their bureaucracy.

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There are a number of very nice hotels just north of the airport (about 20 min round trip) in Edinburgh IN. We can help provide transportation back and forth as needed.