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                             Moontown

                                  

                                   By Don Miller

                                   Columnist                  

 

We had an excellent trip to Moontown Airport Fly-In Breakfast today.

 

It was IFR above 3500 feet most of the flight south and all of it flying north. My old friend from several previous lives went along with me. He was a Navy pilot and later flew a 182 out of Oliver Springs.

 

The breakfast is substantial, including biscuits, pancakes, sausage, fruit chunks, scrambled eggs and orange juice or coffee.

 

We arrived at 9:10 AM local and found the serving line running low. It seems the best arrival time would be around 8 AM local.

 

Several interesting airplanes had flown in and a few are based there. I have included a photo of the RV-8 panel that flew in. It was definitely high end home built! For some reason it did not have air conditioning?

 

The locals go all out to be hospitable. Their informal tower was used effectively to manage both the pattern and taxiing to park.

 

The return trip to DKX was longer since the wind was not favoring us and we elected to do the localizer for 26. We were number four in line to do the approach taking us almost to Morristown as the ATC lined up the queue.

 

I recommend giving this destination a try when the weather is favorable. Although a grass strip, it is easy to find and the amenities are equal to a much larger airport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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