Dinner Flyouts
Each month between March and October we all get together on the third Saturday to fly to dinner. This is a great opportunity to explore new airports, to get more cross-country time for a rating, and to enjoy the company of fellow pilots and their friends and family in a relaxed setting! If you are interested in coming or have ideas on where to go, sign up for the Flyouts Mailing List and participate in the discussion.If you don't want to sign up for the list, just call the front desk and book a plane (and an instructor, if appropriate)!
The 2010 Season!
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The first dinner flyout this year was a perennial favorite, Steakfire in Watertown, Wisconsin. It's a grill-your-own steak place, though they also have a variety of other dishes. If you want, they'll cook the steaks for you for about $1, but we generally have fun going up and doing it ourselves. And most of us did cook our own. In fact, we had 58 oz of filet mignon amongst us! It was a wonderful flight. Though a bit choppy on the way up, it was smooth with a nice tailwind coming back.
The schedule for the rest of the year includes::
September 18 - Considering Appleton for Nakashimas, a Japanese steakhouse and sushi bar, or Final Approach Steakhouse at Sheboygan, WI. This is a really good place that opened a couple of years ago at Burroughs Aviation. They have good food and a nice atmosphere.
October 16 - ??? Please send suggestion on the mailing list!
We're always open to try new things. If you've discovered a nice restaurant on or near an airport, send a shout out to the Flyouts Mailing List and suggest it!
Also, feel free to send a note out to the list telling us who you are and what you're looking for in a flyout event.
Trip Reports and Photographs from previous flyouts
June 19th, 2010: Rick's Cafe & Boatyard at Eagle Creek (Indianapolis) IN (KEYE, 140NM SE)
We had a wonderful dinner at Eagle Creek. We only had
two planes head down, but it was a great trip. We launched from Clow
and arrived at Eagle Creek as the FBO there was closing up, so had no
landing fee. We flew down at 5,500 and only had light turbulence around
the Boiler VOR, but a very nice tailwind. We had a wonderful dinner on the deck at Rick's,
watching the sunset over the reservoir, with the houseboats and
sailboats plying the waters at our feet. Dinner was delicious. We had
vegetarian pizza, blackened catfish, fisherman's grill (salmon, lobster,
shrimp, and scallops), and lobster tail with shrimp. A lot better than
a typical $100 hamburger! And the company was just delightful.
We
launched for home right at official sunset, and enjoyed a nice low and
slow flight back up north. We had some headwinds going back up (to make
up for the very nice tailwinds we had on the way down), but the flight
was smooth and the visibility was fantastic. We kept the power in the
182 dialed back so as to not leave the 172 too far behind, and we
conversed over 122.75 en route.
After arriving back at Clow, we tied down and headed over to Andy's for
a little desert.
All in all, an absolutely wonderful flyout
dinner!
August 15, 2009: Frontier at Lake Lawn Resort, Delevan, WI (C59, 60NM NNW)
It was an intimate gathering. We enjoyed a wonderful prime rib buffet with country fried chicken, seafood salad, fried shrimp, salmon, and other delicious food! We even made it back to Clow within an hour of sunset!
May 16: Rick's Cafe & Boatyard at Eagle Creek (Indianapolis) IN (KEYE, 140NM SE)
April 18, 2009: Final Approach at Sheboygan, WI (KSBM, 125NM N)
Looking for a trip report from someone for these trips!
March 21, 2009: Steakfire at Watertown (KRYV, 92NM NNW)
Our inaugural flyout for the 2009 season was to Steakfire in Watertown. It is a perennial favorite! We had seventeen people in seven planes go this time, ranging from Jim in the 152 to Al and a couple of pilots regaining currency in the 210. We enjoyed the $17 steak dinners, and many people took advantage of the wonderful weather to work on their night currency. After the event, there were three airplanes in the pattern at Watertown doing just that.
Past Dinner Flyout Locations
- Steakfire at Watertown, WI (KRYV, 92NM NNW)
- Shannon's Landing at Lansing, IL (KIGQ, 28NM E)
- Friar Tuck's at Oshkosh, WI (KOSH, 139NM N)
- Final Approach at Burrow's Aviation in Sheboygan, WI (KSBM, 125NM N)
- Rick's Cafe & Boatyard at Eagle Creek(Indianapolis) IN (KEYE, 140NM SE)
