In the air and on the ground
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Photos by Gordon Wolf
Hazel Allyn, Sage Segebart and Easton Weis, of Denison, closely examine the drive-up tray displayed on Kenny Brink’s 1957 Chevy Belaire while in the background, people view the aircraft that flew into the Denison Municipal Airport Sunday for the Boy Scout Troop 55 Flight Breakfast. According to a post on the Scout troop’s Facebook page, 31 aircraft flew into Denison and the car show had more than 20 participants. See more photos inside.
A great day for a flight breakfast
Diane McGrew, of Red Oak, unstraps her dog, Finn, from his seat in the airplane. In back is Kevin McGrew, Diane’s husband, who is the airport manager in Red Oak.
Jerry Dehmer, of Clarinda, closes the canopy on his RV7A aircraft.
Among the Denison natives that flew to the flight breakfast was Cory Miller, a 2019 graduate of Denison High School. He attended Des Moines Area Community College and then Iowa State University where his interest in flying grew. He was flying drones for crop scouting and then went on to learn how to fly himself and got his license in March of his senior year of college. Miller lives in North Ankeny and works at Ag Leader in Ames. He flew a 1975 Cessna Skyhawk 172 Model M to the flight breakfast.
Ryan Leed, manager of the Denison Municipal Airport, directs an airplane to its parking site. At one point during the flight breakfast, 25 planes were on the ground at the airport, not counting the aircraft that are housed at the airport.
Logan Dahm, a 2020 Denison High School graduate, brought a flight student with him to the flight breakfast. Dahm lives in Omaha where he works at a flight school. He got his pilot’s license just at the start of his college career. Dahm has been hired by Envoy Air, a regional carrier for American Airlines but will continue to give flying lessons. He flew a Cessna 172 to the flight breakfast.
Troop 55 Boy Scouts, with the help and supervision of parents, were kept busy cooking sausages, pancakes and French toast. A little over 400 people were served at the flight breakfast.
People enjoyed looking under the hoods of the cars lined up for the show at the airport. More than 20 participants brought a vehicle or vehicles to show.
Tom Brink, of Arion, tells Pat Brandt, of Denison, the story of the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air that he restored. It had been driven in high school by his friend, Mike Heller. Heller died in the Vietnam War. The car was sold, was involved in wrecks several times and ended up at Buzz Putnam’s salvage yard where it stayed for 20 years until Brink bought and restored it.
This aircraft trailed smoke as it took off at the airport on Sunday. The morning was great for flying and the Boy Scout Troop 55 Flight Breakfast was very successful.
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