Recollections

REQUIEM FOR A SMALL TOWN    Two roads now bypass my little town, but once upon a time US23 ran right through it. Greyhound buses brought people and small freight. ...

Airport Road As you can tell by reading these articles, I'm very proud of this airport.  Managing Big Sandy Regional Airport is more than just a job for me, I...

Attention Attention !!!!! Pop up activity plan ! Celebration of Louisa-Fort Gay bridge. Original bridge opened on this day in 1906!! Come and join us for a short walk around...

Aircraft---Helicopter...7...3...9...Alpha...Sierra...5 miles to the East...inbound for landing direct to the ramp... Unicom---Alpha...Sierra...no other reported traffic...winds are calm...   Aviation Technology When is the last time someone bought a road map,...

Aircraft---November...3...9...4...3...Whiskey...departing runway 21 to the West... Unicom---Winds calm...no other reported traffic...   Payback for Pearl Harbor One of my favorite events to attend each year is the aviation conference held...

Growing Up and Older, Too  I remember the good times, some of the lean times, and many of the happenings of earlier days. Some go back before grade school and...

The Louisa Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held their end of the year meeting on May 16th.  In attendance were our 2022 Scholarship winner, Christopher Blake Deyo and his...

Humor Gone too Far! I guess folks the world over have the same kinds of ideas of what a good practical joke may consist of. In my growing up years...

Aircraft---King Air...3...3...4...Victor...10 miles to the northeast...inbound for landing... Unicom---Winds...330 at 7 knots...favoring runway 3...no other reported traffic...   It's a Small World People always ask me what is the hardest...

Aircraft---Big Sandy unicom...Piper...7...8...7...Bravo...Charlie...10 miles to the north...inbound for landing... Unicom---Winds 250 at 6 knots...favoring runway 2...1...no other reported traffic... Look to the Hills During the start of the pandemic general...

Memorial Day (Updated and shared)  I remember when I was taught by our teachers about the foundations of our freedoms and liberties as a nation. This year, as in other...

Aircraft---Falcon...7...7...Golf...Echo...10 miles to the west...inbound for landing... Unicom---Winds calm...no other reported traffic...   My 15 minutes of fame   I had just finished cutting grass and checked Flightaware to make...

More Old School!  The front steps of the old ‘normal’ college were wide and meant to carry numbers of students up to the auditorium. The steps turned about halfway with...

  Dr. Mark Grayson, I see that the marker at City Hall that is dedicated to the men serving law enforcement, I don't know if there was any service for...

Aircraft---November...7...3...2...8...Golf...departing runway 2...1...to the north Unicom---No other reported traffic...Have a safe trip...   Getting my wings   Learning to fly an airplane is not hard to do, it just requires...

The old ‘KY Normal College’   It stood, with its stately bell tower, at the southern end of Main Cross. While I had never heard that bell ring (Mr. Bill Cheek...

Aircraft---helicopter...4...0....7...Mike...Charlie...departing the ramp north bound... Unicom---have a safe trip... The Medal of Honor All of the stories I have written have taken place during my tenure as airport manager.  This...

A Tribute to Mom!  It was either at the Louisa Department store or maybe next door at Ferguson’s Department store that this eight-year old boy had run in hopes of...

Aircraft---Big Sandy unicom...Cessna 2..3..3...Foxtrot...entering down wind for runway...3... Unicom---Winds light and variable...no other reported traffic... The Big Number 3 The runway designations at Big Sandy are 3 and 21, those...