Jets over
the Heartland 2002
This was our first time, visiting Tim
Riddelman's jet meet in Winamac Indiana, named Jets over the
Heartland. We had a great time at this new (to us) show. The
flying site has to be one of the best R/C model fields, I think
I've ever seen....big paved runway, grass run-offs that are
perfectly mated to the pavement, covered pavilion, taxi ways,
heck, even blast shields and a 2 story control tower!
From what I heard, I think the pilot tally was
around mid 80's, so there was plenty of flying time for all. I
got in 8 flights on the trusty F-15, and Jerry officially became
a 'jet weenie' as he took the sticks for the first time on his
BVM Aggressor II. There was a good turnout of vendors, to poke
around at when taking a break as well.
One common theme that struck us in hindsight
was 'variety'. Sure, you would expect to see jets at a jet meet.
But, by the time the weekend was done, we had seen at the event
an utralight take off, several balloon departures, a Saturday
night 'ballumination', a racing snowmobile (which we never did
figure out how that fit in), and ending with quite a fireworks
show that I think the entire town turned out for.
Oh, and I about forgot, there was the beer
balancing event, as demonstrated by Ben Ndubuisi below. :-)
Pictured at the bottom are some shots at a
museum we stopped at on the way back in Illinois, on a whim. It
was the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum. Many of the planes were
in poor repair, but it was an interesting stop none the less.
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