Pinckneyville '01

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>  In May of '01 and '02 I made the pilgrimage to the annual Rec.aviation* Fly-in at Pinckneyville (PJY), Illinois.  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  For non-geeks, rec.aviation* is the name of a set of Internet groups on Usenet.  Folks drop in and chat, share aviation tips, and do a lot of hanger flying.   Having been active in the groups since '96, it was great to meet the folks that I'd previously known only in text form.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> The fly-in is hosted annually by John and Mary Johnson in their hangar at the Pinkneyville Airport.  Why they would play host to a bunch of Internet pilots from around the country is beyond me, but they do a spectacular job and it is appreciated by all of us wandering pilots.</B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Creek 03"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Benchmark 03"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Pinckneyville '01</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1454c900.jpg" border=0 width="588" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Just short of my destination I saw the Mighty Mississippi flooding its banks. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1474e900.jpg" border=0 width="590" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The ramp at P"ville was crowded with airplanes from all over.  In the foreground is Neal Howard's </div> <div> famous "Checkerbird".  She may look funny, but she flies great!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="149e8900.jpg" border=0 width="488" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> John Johnson a.k.a. "Parking John" prepares to direct traffic during the afternoon rush.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>