1970 - A new Paint Job and Oshkosh

 After setting at the farm for the winter Fly Baby got a new military paint job.  The paint work was done and new tires installed by early June.

 All the work was done outside.  The new horse barn had not yet been built.

 With the work done it was back to flying on June 13th, I hope it wasn't a Friday.  Several local flight were made as well as a trip to Owosso and one to Bad Axe.

With about 7 hours of current time in the plane Ernie headed over to Flint's Bishop Airport for the start of the AC Spark Plug Flight Rally to that new place called Oshkosh.  Fuel stops were made at Elkhart, Indiana, Joliet, Illinois, Morris, Illinois, Waukesha, Wisconsin and on to Oshkosh.  He managed one flight in the fly by pattern and then at the end of the week back Home to Dalton Airport.

 The flying season ended in late October but there had been plenty of opportunities to hang out with friends like Shel Williams, here with his Fly Baby.

The picture below is at Dalton Airport looking southeast the planes behind the Fly Baby are:
Keleher Lark - Bob Voto,
Smith Miniplane - Howard Nixon,
Fly Baby - Shel Williams,
Pitts Special - Dwayne Trovillion,
all Chapter 77 members.
Nice day at the airport.