“Caddie” @ Concordia

This Last Weekend… we wanted to make a short trip Saturday morning just to get in some flying because we were going to drive to Laurel Saturday afternoon and visit family for Father’s Day and attend a benefit for a friend who was hurt in a motorcycle accident.  Friday night, while we were trying to decide on where to fly the next morning, I received an e-mail about a fly-in breakfast at the Concordia Parish Airport (0R4) in Vidalia, LA, just across the river from Natchez.  We had been to their breakfast events sevreal times in the past and always enjoyed the food and fellowship, so this was a perfect trip that allowed us to get our flying “fix” for the weekend and get a great meal too.

Short Trip… Concordia is only about a 30 minute flight in the 9A, so we went “wheels up” at about 7:45 to be sure we were there by 8:30 when breakfast is served.  As we arrived, we heard one plane in the pattern doing touch & go’s and several more in-bound for a meal.  The usual “landing judges” were standing at the back door of the FBO building and greeted us as we climbed out of “Caddie”.

Great Food and Conversation… Turn out for this morning’s breakfast was a little light, but that did not stop Mike McCrory and crew from fix’n up a nice assortment of breakfast foods ranging from the usual biscuits, bacon and eggs to fancy wraps.  Throw in some homemade jams and jellies, some STRONG Louisiana coffee and this was a diet busters delight.  Of course, when more than one pilot enters a room, talk of all things aviation ensues.  This has to be the best part about breakfast events like this, the sharing of information and stories will keep us coming back time and again.

“I’ll show you mine”…  Soon after all of the bellies are filled, most folks walk out to admire each other’s planes and talk about Lycomings vs Continentals and fuel injection vs carburetors and any number of other “mechanical” topics.  Some take advantage of the cheap fuel ($5.00 / gal) at the pump and others go on their way to their next stop for the day.  We hopped in and “hot started” the fuel injected Lycoming and took off into the clouds, a little heavier and a lot happier that we had our flying “fix” for the day.

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Panoramic view at Concordia a few months ago when 12 RV’s were on the filed at once (click to enlarge)…