mocfly Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Heard about a great little grass strip airport located south of Atlanta which supposedly had the best blu cheese burgers in the south and decided to find out for myself. GA2 has a 2400ft grass strip and hosts the Barnstormers Grill and Restaurant. There is also a small museum with a couple of vintage aircraft and cars located inside the eatery. When we landed one of the vintage museum aircraft was getting ready to fly for the second time since it's full restoration which was finished just before Thanksgiving. Pics are attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I should give that a try. Do they have veggie burgers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Veggie burger. But sure, let's plan it for some nice day after Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocfly Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I should give that a try. Do they have veggie burgers? Real men eat beef! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 I'd like to try that place! How is the grass there? I have never landed on grass before and I'd like to. And yes, we need a BURGREP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Real men eat beef! Where did you find that photo??? That's me in my Dade County Sherrif's uniform. Those were the days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocfly Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Where did you find that photo??? That's me in my Dade County Sherrif's uniform. Those were the days... Eddie, It was hanging in the men's room. @Andy, the grass is in great shape. Just keep the stick all the way back until you park and you will be fine. The burgers, mine was fantastic and the home fries were to much for me to finish. If everyone wants to wait until after the first we could all meet down there on a Saturday. The locals say it real busy on Saturdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Eddie, It was hanging in the men's room. Yay! Can you do me a favor next time there and just verify my phone number is still correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocfly Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 I checked with the one I had in my phone and your good to go! Someone was kind enough to add you AC N number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying C Farms Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks for the pics. Did not see one of the blue burger. Did you get any red clay on your plane. You still need to fly up to KSME great restaurant over looking lake. Guthries river house. Let me know when you go and I will fly down and meet you. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocfly Posted December 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 Bob, No red clay. Thank goodness. Gut hires is on my list and I will let you know when I plan that trip. Maybe I can coax Eddie into coming along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 22, 2013 Report Share Posted December 22, 2013 No coaxing required, just a nice day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Karen and I are in if the weather is decent. Just gimme a time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Hope all interest has not waned! In any case, Karen and I are planning an arrival around noon if anyone is still on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 But the less you fly the more it costs per hour! (Well up to a certain point anyway.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Beautiful here, apparently not so much south once out of the mountains. Still, need to fly so will go take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 We made it! At Barnstormers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Back home safe. Pirep, photos and a video to follow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Quick and dirty video (less than 2 minutes, best at 720p): I totally forgot to turn on my visor-mounted GoPro for the landing, but Karen had her iPhone4 at the ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 First of all, it was due to be 20º Saturday morning. I went out Friday night with a bathroom heater and a blanket and come up with this: As I was driving out the gate at the airport, a wave of paranoia came over me with visions of things catching fire, and the fuel cap vent very close by. Turned around and unplugged everything. In the morning I just headed over an hour prior to departure and plugged it back in. Also got some worklights working from the "back": Anyway, after an hour the engine was kinda warm to the touch and started right up. There was not a cloud in the sky, but lots of marginal VFR to the south. The mountains have their own weather, and its easy to assume that its always worse - that's not the case and often there are lower clouds as the ground falls away. Still, it never hurts to take a look, as long as you're always willing to turn around or land - and we always are. Not all that bad headed south, but there was mountain obscuration and lowering ceilings ahead: The original plan was to head east of Atlanta over Stone Mountain, but the briefer said things looked better on the west side so we did that. To be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Followed our "4-lane", GA 515, jumping from the airports at Ellijay to Jasper before angling over and overflying Cobb County. South of there and west enough to avoid the other airports, to stay under ATL's Class B in close is a segment with a 2,500' floor. At about 2,200' still had VFR cloud clearance, but remember the elevation is about 1,000'. But I felt comfortable at 1,200' over the ground. You've seen the video of the arrival. Here we are after taxiing in to the restaurant: A great vegetarian pasta lunch with my lovely wife: She did point out prior to departure that maybe bigger would be better, but that she did not mind getting dirty! The self serve there would not recognize my card. I told Karen if we were indicating 1/4 tank or less when we got over Jasper, we'd just stop and pick up a few gallons. We did, so we did. Here on final approach (much higher than the perspective shows): Finally, back up the 4 lane with the ceiling gradually getting higher. The little town of McCaysville, GA/Copperhill, TN just to the left: Anyway, a fun flight with good company. A little more challenging than I had expected, but that's what keeps it interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocfly Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Today was a perfect day to fly, so the new president of our club and I decided to fly down to grab a burger. These are 2 of the 15 planes that grabbed my attention. One is a Extra330 that gave us a little show (knife edge fly by the length of the runway)before departing the pattern. Pretty cool. And I really like the paint scheme. The WACO is a plane I just love. So whenever I see one I take a picture of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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