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Places I've Flown To In My RV7A

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Highlights
Sammie's Touch-N-Go Restaurant - Pell City, AL - May, 2007
Sporty's - Batavia, OH - Nov., 2007
Nellie's Hanger - Dyersburg, TN - July, 2007 and Feb., 2008
Lamberts Cafe - Sikeston, MO - Jan., 2008
Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2008
Cedar Key, FL - April, 2008
Aircraft Spruce - Peachtree City, GA - May, 2008
Daviess County Airport - Washington, IN - June, 2009
Mt. Vernon Airport - Mt. Vernon, IL - Oct. 17, 2009
Swift Fuel Research Lab - Purdue University Airport, Lafayette, IN - April 11, 2010
Family & Friends get-together in Jasper, AL - May 29-30, 2010
Prop Balancing Saturday - Morristown, TN - June 5, 2010
Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2011
Cedar Key, FL - April, 2011

June 4 - July 17, 2011
I found out about "The Kentucky Airport Challenge" it was put together by someone in Thompkinsville, KY. It was going on from June 1 to July 30. There were 35 airports participating and when you landed at one of those airports you got a stamp in your passport booklet. On July 30 there was a lunch for all the pilots that participated. After the lunch they awarded prizes.

June 4 - 13 airports - 4.6 hrs flight time - 45 gallons of fuel
June 9 - 3 airports - 1.3 hrs flight time - 12 gallons of fuel
June 11 - 8 airports - 2.6 hrs flight time - 23 gallons of fuel
July 9 - 9 airports - 4.6 hrs flight time - 40 gallons of fuel
July 17 - 2 airports - 1.5 hrs of flight time - 14 gallons of fuel
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5 Flights - 35 airports - 14.6 hrs flight time - 134 gallons of fuel

Breakfast fly-in, Mattoon, IL - Oct, 2011
Visit old grade school buddy, Indianapolis, IN - Oct, 2011
RV Fly-in, Petit Jean Park, AR - Nov, 2011
Flew a buddy to pick up a truck, Gainesville, GA - Nov, 2011
Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2012
Cedar Key, FL - April, 2012

June 16 - June 30, 2012
The 2012 Kentucky Airport Challenge

June 16 - 20 airports - 6.5 hrs flight time - 52.5 gallons of fuel
June 20 - 5 airports - 1.7 hrs flight time - 13.5 gallons of fuel
June 27 - 4 airports - 1.6 hrs flight time - 13.5 gallons of fuel
June 30 - 10 airports - 4.3 hrs flight time - 35 gallons of fuel
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4 Flights - 39 airports - 14.1 hrs of flight time - 114.5 gallons of fuel

Just because I was close, Huntington, WV - June, 2012
Triple Tree Fly-In, Woodruff, SC - Sept., 2013
RV Fly-in, Petit Jean Park, AR - Oct., 2013
Tuscaloosa Interiors (Bobby Potts Paint Shop) for quote, Tuscaloosa, AL - Nov., 2013
Delivered plane to be painted - Tuscaloosa Interiors, Tuscaloosa, AL - Jan., 2014
Marsha and I flew to Chicago, IL to visit her family Sept 3-6, 2014
Picked up two Garmin G3X screens to upgrade my panel, Dixion, IL - Sept. 6, 2014
Flew Marsha to Kentland, IN so her sister could pick her up - Jan., 2015
Flew Lainey to Sikeston, MO to eat at Lamberts Cafe - Jan., 2015
Flew by myself to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2015
Flew to Olive Branch, MS to go to Gus's World Famos Fried Chicken and flew around Memphis with a short stop at Gen. Dewitt Spain Airport - Aug. 2, 2015
Marsha and I flew to RV Fly-in, Petit Jean Park, AR - Oct., 2015
Lexie (oldest grandaughter) and I flew to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2016
Marsha and I flew to Chicago, IL to visit and along the lake front on return trip - May, 2016
Marsha and I flew to Belfast, ME for a vacation and EAA Fly-in - Sept., 2016
Marsha and I flew to Eastport, ME the easternmost airport in the US - Sept., 2016
I flew to RV Fly-in, Petit Jean Park, AR - Oct., 2016
Marsha and I flew to Branson, MO for a 3 day vacation - Sept., 2017
I Flew Marsha to Noblesville, IN for our anniversary meal at Tucano's - Oct., 2017
I flew my buddy Danny Powell to Beckley, WV to look at and buy a plane - Nov., 2017
David Adams and I each flew our RVs to Dexter, MO to eat at Airways Cafe - Dec., 2017
I flew to French Lick IN, for lunch - Jan., 2018
Lainey and I flew to Knoxville, TN for lunch with the TN Pilot's Group - Mar., 2018
Sam and I flew to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2018
Lainey and I flew to Ohio to visit the Wright Patterson Air force Museum - May, 2018
Sam and I flew to Air Venture - Oshkosh, WI - July, 2018
Sam and I stopped at Urbana, IL to get lunch at the Black Dog Smoke & Ale House - July
I flew Marsha to St. Louis for an appt. and then we flew to Kansas City to visit her brother and wife - Aug., 2018
Marsha and I flew to my hometown Bowling Green, OH - Sept., 2018
David Adams flew with me to the French Lick, ID Fish Fry - Sept., 2018
David Adams flew with me to the AOPA Fly-In in Cabondale, IL Oct., 2018
David Adams flew with me to the Beechcraft Heritage Musem in Tullihoma, TN - Jan., 2019
Sam Hodges flew with me to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - April, 2019
Sam Hodges flew with me to Air Venture, Oshkosh, WI - July, 2019
Sam and I stopped at Urbana, IL to get lunch at the Black Dog Smoke & Ale House - July
David Adams and I flew to Petit Jean, AR for the RV Fly-in - Oct., 2019
Flew to Fly-In Breakfast's McKinnon, TN and Dexter, MO Oct. - Nov., 2019
Did touch and go at KBNA Nashville, TN during slow COVID-19 pandemic - Apr., 2020
Flew another flyer from Dickson, TN to Delaware, OH to buy a plane - Jun., 2020
Flew to Branson, MO to visit Parents, Sister and brother-in-law - Dec., 2020
Flew to Lake Barkley, KY and hit 2 deer damaged both wing tanks and prop strike required engine tear down - May, 2021
First flight after engine overhaul and tank replacements. - Nov., 2021
Flew to Gadsden, AL - Evoke to get quote to paint wings. - Feb., 2022
Paul Redding and I flew to Cedar Key, FL stayed the night - Apr., 2022
Paul Redding and I flew to Sun-n-Fun, Lakeland, FL - Apr., 2022
Flew plane to Gadsden, AL - Evoke to get wings painted - May, 2022
Marsha and I flew to Bowling Green, OH to tour South Main School - Jun., 2022
Marsha and I flew to Dexter, MO to eat at Airways Cafe - Jul., 2022
Marsha and I flew to Terre Haute, IN to visit the Candels Holocaust Museum - Aug. 2022
I flew to Columbus, IN to visit the Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum - Nov., 2022
I flew to Lawrenceville, IN to recon for a future trip - Nov., 2022
I flew to Anderson, SC to visit my sister, her husband, and my Mom. Feb., 2023