January Texas Fly-in This weekend 8TA3

[GAHorn]

This weekend, Saturday, Jan 14, is the FLy IN at our place, Flying X River Ranch airport, FAA-ID is 8TA3. (Ignore the airnav owner listing which is hacked/wrong)

30-31-00.6930N 098-10-27.0680W (Halfway between AUS (Austin) and AQO (Llano)
VOR rad/dis
AGJ (Gooch Springs 113.8 ) r176/40
CWK (CenTx 112.8 ) r278/34
LLO (Llano 108.2 ) r110/36
STV (Stonewall 113.8 ) r048/33

Use Runway 10-28, 3400’ X 100’, grass.
(do not use Rwy 03/21 except in emerg or w/prior-briefing, gravel/undulating)

ELev: 820

Use 122.9 freq.
Closest AWOS is BMQ (14 nm NW) 119.92 Cheapest Fuel in the airea $5.15) or RYW (11 nm NE) 119.37

Arrive by 11AM for BBQ at Opie’s BBQ near Spicewood, TX.

George Horn

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View looking SW

View from just-off the runway, Looking SE (Most common land/T.O. direction)

[jklaerner]

Looking forward to it!

[GAHorn]

I believe we had a good turn-out of 170 Friends and Visitors and ate excellent BBQ at Opies, then visited Les Partridge's hangar and his ‘48 170 project. (Les is contributing articles regarding his restoration and modification of the fuel system from 170 to 170-A status.) I know Richard and others have pics I hope they’ll post.

Drive-Ins included Les Partridge, Shiela and Wendell Wyborny (N1929C), and Tracy Bratton (Jamie and my son).

Here are a few photos from the flight-line.
(Missing close-up photo of Chuck and Anna Miller in N5713C) also missing a photo of N2902D, Charlie and Beverly Ross. (Dang! Don’t know how I missed that one!)

N9532A Darryl Schiller

N1292D Myra Powell and John Klaerner

N63451 Bill, Friend of Ken Peck led and showed Ken how to navigate to my place

Naomi Goodlet and Ken Peck

Flightline

N5713C Anna and Chuck Miller in front of my hangar

N2533C Nancy and Karl Towle (and Queenie the Marshaller-Dog)

[hilltop170]

Great weather, excellent barbeque, and good friends.

8 planes flew in to the Flying X River Ranch

George “holding court”

The group after lunch

[mmcmillan2]

Great pics!