Harvey Field Flyout October 2024

October’s flyout to Harvey Field on Saturday the 5th was cool! The day dawned with some low clouds but by time to leave for our noon rendezvous there were just a few low clouds over Port Townsend and the air was smooth with great visibility. Earlier in the morning I called the Buzz Inn restaurant to warn them that 12-14 folks were headed that way for lunch. Hmmm… I was told that they would find a way to accommodate us but we’d need to order at the counter. Well, it was Saturday after all and lunchtime there was always busy. Especially while parachutists were operating. This restaurant has outside seating available so I figured that would do. The temperature was OK. I did suggest to our group that arriving early would be better than arriving late.

So off we went. And by noon Richard and Mary Ann Howell in their Sling 2, Jay Pearlman, Dave and Joan Miller, and Tracy and I in Cubs, Mark Long and John Ward each in a Pipistrel Sinus, Todd Taylor in his Tecnam, and Emily Westcott, Aidan Lara and his grandfather Jim in Emily’s Cessna 172 were gathered for a group photo in front of Dave Miller’s Cub. That’s 13 people with 8 aircraft. Then a short walk to the restaurant and guess what? The Buzz Inn was prepared for us and seated all 13 at a long table near their bar. And guess what else? Bud Davies and Scott Brooksby showed up having flown over in Bud’s C-152! So there was lots of get together talk going on while we kept the staff busy taking care of us.

Eventually it was time to leave. We had watched some of the parachutists before our walk to the restaurant and there were more as we prepared to leave. None of this interfered with the normal airport activity though, and the flight home was again in smooth air with no clouds this time.

Fly outs are fun! We’ll have more!