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2015 Fly Kansas Air Tour

Since 2008, the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education in partnership with the Kansas Department of Transportation, Division of Aviation has sponsored three air tours. The two recent ones were in 2014, and 2015. I have participated in all three with my AirBike.

This year's tour started in Wellington, Kansas (EGT) on September 29th and terminated at Emporia, Kansas (EMP) on October 1st. Two events followed for those wishing to continue flying, one was breakfast at Beaumont, Kansas (075) and the other was attending the annual EAA Chapter 88 Fly-in in Newton, Kansas (EWK) .

The roughly 800 mile tour connected with ten towns. At each stop host airports encouraged the community members and schools to attend and learn more about opportunities in aviation. Pilots and local aviation facilities provided information and food. Overnight lodging was available each of the three nights.

Thirty-five airplanes participated in the air tour, not all of them flew the total distance but many did. Given the slowness of my AirBike and the speed with which the tour moved, I did not participate in the entire tour, only the first and last legs.

The photos and links below will provide a good idea of what participation in the combined events was like. The purpose of the tour is to promote all aspects of aviation in Kansas.

This is an opportunity to learn a little bit more about Kansas.

Paul D. Fiebich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXvtGuDBc2s  -- Tiffany Brown's introduction of the Kansas Air Tour

http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20151001/NEWS/15100996 --Pratt Tribune newspaper coverage of the Air Tour and interview of Paul Fiebich

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-fly-kansas-air-tour-tickets-15897821813  -- Host towns and schedule


http://stinson9598k.blogspot.com/
  --Stinson Voyager award winner at EAA fly-in and photos of the Kansas Air Tour.

https://www.facebook.com/bill.lindsayjr?fref=ts  -- Bill Lindsay's facebook page; scroll down until the photo of the PT-22 displays, all photos are of the EAA Fly-In in Newton, Kansas.

https://www.facebook.com/paul.fiebich-- Paul Fiebich's facebook page, scroll down a bit to view the 2 minute video of the fly-in in Newton. At the 6 second mark the AirBike does its thing.  Parachutes landed in the milo field.

Sorry, that original link to the Pratt Tribune newspaper no longer exists, however, this shorter picture version with captions is available. There are six photos of my AirBike. In two of them, an over 7' fellow tried to sit in the cockpit.  Kinda tight!
   http://www.pratttribune.com/photogallery/KS/20151003/PHOTOGALLERY/100309996/PH/1

Here are a couple more photos taken by others during the All Kansas Air Tour. Photos by Randy Shields flying his Stinson and by the Pratt Tribune newspaper.

Paul Fiebich

Hey Paul,
Didn't you get any pictures of your flying formation with the A-26?  

Did you check with the A-26 crew to see if they got any?

Thanks for the post.  

Naw, Sterling, they didn't want to fly too close to me because my wake turbulence might cause them to get into an unusual attitude.

Paul Fiebich.