We stopped by the Black Diamond Bakery. It's not the best stop if 2,000 calorie pastries aren't on the top of your food list but they have good coffee and it was a good place to study a map to plan our next leg. Rob & I were both amused to Jack N. Beanstalk's sister tuning in the Seahawk's game.
As we were leaving we saw a father and son looking over our bikes. As the conversation progressed vintage airplanes came up (rumor has it radial engines leak oil too). They mentioned owning a couple of vintage airplanes and invited us to stop by as they were planning to have a couple planes out to fulfill a couple of promised rides. Hard to say no.
Once we got there we got a quick tour of the hanger and really enjoyed chatting. Quite the incredible family with some equally incredible vintage airplanes.
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| Cessna 140 |
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| Polished Aluminum - Stop drooling Stephen |
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| Stearman |
Pretty incredible. It was my first ride in an open cockpit biplane. Rob was next.
What an amazing day. Ben has taken a recent interest in motorcycles. It seems only natural he needs some time on a foot-clutch, tank-shift bike. That will happen soon.
2 comments:
I know, I know, I should have been there... What a great chance meeting. Anyhow, what better combination could you have that vintage bikes and vintage airplanes. The 140 in polished ali. is just about the prettiest plane around. Very cool...
That 140 is a pretty stunning plane inside and out.
Both the Stearman and the 140 were at South Prairie Fly-In last year and will be there again this year. That's the event you need to be around for. We'll see to it you have a cool bike to ride if you show up. I think that event it normally in May.
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