The Boys
The Fashion
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The Weather
The sun came out and the takeoff went perfectly.
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The Trip Back
Today,
10/14/05 we left Sante Fe, New Mexico to Hollbrook, Arizona, Home to
the famouse Wigwam hotel where you can actually stay in a tee-pee. This
airport is right on route 66 and they plan on a new development using
route 66 logos in the sidewalks and streets; (more to come). then we
took off for Flagstaff Arizona where we are spending the night. Flagstaff
airport is kin of like our airport on Catalina Island but it is 7,000
feet in the air. A great stop over, great breweries in town.
We have 11 more airports and approx. 400 nautical miles to go, so we
are planning a Sunday arival.
We are moving along very well and plan on being back this Sunday 10/16. We are leaving Sante Fe this morning 10/14/05. Sante Fe was not one of the original planned stops but we found out that the old Route 66 went through Sante Fe, New Mexico so we followed this route for our final stop yesterday. This is a great town and a good find for the old route. There is also stories here on the old Sante Fe Trail. (may be another trip ha ha)
We have a lot of great pictures and great stories for organizing a great "Barnstorming Route 66 " presentation.
Schedule
to-date:
10/1/05 Long Beach - Brackett Field in LaVerne, CA .7 hrs
" Brackett- Cable in Upland, CA .4 hrs.
" Cable- Daggett/Barstow, CA .7hrs.
" Daggett/Barstow- Needles, CA 1.1 hrs
" Needles-Caverns, AZ 1 hr.
10/2/05 Caverns-Clark Airport in Williams, AZ .7 hrs.
" Clark-Sedona, AZ .6 hrs
" Sedona- Winslow/Lindbergh .6 hrs
" Winslow, AZ- Gallup, NM 1.0 hrs.
" Gallup-Double Eagle Airport in Albuquerqe, NM 1.0 hrs.
10/02/05
Your Barnstormers made
it to Caverns airport in AZ last night and are on our way to Santa Rosa
New Mexico tonight. We want to spend the night there because this airport
was built on the old route 66.
Weather has been great except for a few bumps. Also landed at Sedona today,
that is a beautiful place.
New Mexico
Double Eagle, Albuquerqe NM-Moriarity .7 hrs
Moriarity-Santa Rosa .7 hrs. This airports claim to fame is that one of the runways is actually a piece of Route 66. We landed on it, got pictures!
Santa Rosa-Tucumcari
Tucumcari-Tradewinds. Spent the night.
10/4/05
Texas
Tradewinds-McClean, No one there.
McClean- Shamrock 1.3 hrs.
Oklahoma
Shamrock- Elk City .5 hrs. Hit gold in Elk City. Took a car into town and found a great Route 66 museum. This town is definitely proud of their Route 66 heritage. Also the manager at the airport is excited about playing jazz at BrewBakers. He has a home in California.
Elk City-Clinton .3 hrs.
Clinton-El Reno .6 hrs.
El Reno-Wiley Post in Oklahoma City .4 hrs.
10/5/05
Wiley Post- Chandler .6 hrs. Restored mobil station in town
Chandler-Richard Jones .5 hrs.
Richard Jones-Claremore .5 hrs Nanna's for great burgers, one mile from airport, courtesy car avial.
Claremore-Joplin, MO .8 hrs.
Missouri
Joplin-Springfield, MO .7 hrs. Spent the night.
10/6/05
Springfield-Jones/Lebonon .7 hrs. Library in town is done in a Route 66 theme w/ gift shop and cafe.
Jones/Lebonon-St. Clair .9 hrs. Talked about route 66 from St. Clair to St. Louis being blood alley.
St. Clair-Spirit of St. Louis .6 hrs. Spending a few days in St. Louis.
10/04/05
Here are some numbers
for you on dates and times:
First, in case I have to get off this computer we just landed at Wiley-Post
airport in Oklahoma City and spending the night here. We saw a great Route
66 museum in Elk City, OK today.
10/05/05
We are leaving Oklahoma today and landing at about 6 airports enroute to Springfield-Branson, MO. The old route is in pretty good shape from Oklahoma to Tulsa so we are looking extra forward to this leg. Then there is an old private strip call Route 66 airport just outside Joplin.
Hello from your Barnstormers! We are leaving Springfield today and stopping at Jones Lebanon (LBO) then St. Clair (K39) then to St. Louis, where we will be for two days.
The weather took a change overnight from 80 to 40 degrees but it is clear and the colder wether is good for the performance of the airplane.
Thanks for all your time spent on this adventure!
Dennis & Noble
Barnstorming Route 66