Sep 2, 2018 | 1 VR 10-30mm f/3.4-5.6 PD-Zoom, 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Stories, 70th Annual Threshermen's Reunion, 70th Annual Threshermen's Reunion, Events, Nikon 1 V3
70th Annual Threshermen’s Reunion | a 7 Image Story The annual gathering of steam and early gasoline powered agricultural tractors and implements is held in on Labor Day weekend at Threshermen’s Park, located just north of Pontiac on Illinois Route 23. The event will be filled with these powerful machines as well as many other attractions. There is a huge flea market, a number of historic exhibits, live entertainers, the daily “Parade of Power”, and of course, the Sunday afternoon parade in downtown Pontiac. This steam engine gets a piggyback ride on flatbed pulled by a big Kenworth. The parade draws a rather large crowd. It’s headed by piggybacked steam engines, but includes floats, fire engines from surrounding towns, marching bands, Shriner club cars etc
Attractions at Threshermen’s Park include a General Store, 1900 Country School House, Singer Saw Mill, 1910 era Blacksmith Shop, 1920 Conoco Gas Station, Veneer & Shingle Mill, Corn Shelling, Threshing Machine & Baling Operation, Rock Crushing, Plowing, Sheep Shearing, Tractor Pulls, and many more.
Each image will be posted individually this week with a bit more narrative under category 70th Annual Threshermen’s Reunion.
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Jun 2, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Cessna 172, Daily Image 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Cessna 172 M In a fly-in with grass runways and taildraggers, the Cessna 172 still seems comfortable. Since 1956, more Skyhawks have built than any other aircraft; more than 44,000 airplanes. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
Jun 1, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Daily Image 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Luscombe 8E, Nikon 1 V3
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Luscombe 8E This 1948 Luscombe has been beautifully restored and looks at home on a grass strip. It features a 85hp Continental C85 engine and an electrical system. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
May 31, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Cessna 172 Taildragger, Daily Image 2018, GA Aircraft, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Cessna 172 Taildragger This grassroots fly-in attracts many local planes in beautiful condition like this taildragger. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
May 30, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Daily Image 2018, Experimental, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3, Wag Air Sportsman 2+2
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Wag Air Sportsman 2+2 Experimental The Sportsman 2+2, a modern replica of the Piper PA-14 Family Cruiser, is a cruiser with extra baggage area and increased fuel capacity. The Sportsman 2+2 has docile handling. It can also utilize large tires for off-airport operation and can hold an IFR instrument panel. Obviously, it can also be configured as a float plane. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
May 29, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Boeing E75, Daily Image 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Boeing Stearman Model 75 A Stearman represents the true nature of a grassroots fly-in. The Model 75 was introduced to the US Army Air Forces as a trainer in 1934 and remained in production until the end of WWII. It’s relatively easy to fly and simple to maintain. After the war, the demand for Stearmans remained high; used mostly as agricultural crop dusters and aerobatic air show performers. Many are still airworthy today. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
May 28, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Daily Image 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3, Piper J-3 Cub
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Piper J-3 Cub Landing For a photographer, the Lake City Fly-in represents the old grass roots fly-ins of aviation’s early years with beautiful backgrounds and grass runways. Unlike the backgrounds of most airports that contain buildings, roads, towers, etc., these runways run next to nature with trees and fields. In fact, did you ever wonder why sometimes airports are called fields? It’s because early airports where just that; large fields where the airplanes could always takeoff and land into the wind. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
May 27, 2018 | 1 VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6, 7 Image Story Posts, Daily Image 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Lake City Fly-in 2018, Nikon 1 V3, Piper J-3 Cub
Lake City Fly-in 2018 | Piper J-3 Cub This Piper Cub fired up after a good breakfast at the fly-in/drive-in breakfast at the 2018 Lake City Fly-in held each year on the Sunday before Memorial Day. The Piper J-3 Cub is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane built between 1937 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. It’s powered by an air-cooled engine and a fixed pitch propeller. Its fuselage is a welded steel frame covered in fabric with seating for two in tandem. It has a simple, lightweight design giving it good low speed handling properties and short field performance. The Cub’s standard chrome yellow paint known as “Cub Yellow” identifies it as one of the best known aircraft of all time. It’s simplicity, affordability, popularity, and performance make it a prized bush plane. Large numbers of Cubs are still flying today. See Lake City Fly-in 2018 | a 7 Image Story for the whole story.
