The latest information is that organization of this event has been taken
over by MOSS Motors and is back on again in June.
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: F Kuzyk [SMTP:fkuzyk@cgocable.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 12:05 PM
> To: Morgans
> Cc: Jhalfdime@aol.com
> Subject: Rhinemog & Morgan "Wings"
>
> Rick Feibush posted that the "British Wheels & Wings" event in
> California is cancelled. While I'm not likely to attend the Rhinemog
> event,
> I feel like I've been there from watching the Beer family video a few
> years
> back. There's another "British Wheels & Wings" event which may be of
> interest.
>
> The British Sportscar Club's "Wheels & Wings"
> event to be held May 16/99 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum,
> Hamilton Airport, in Mount Hope, Ontaro, Canada. It runs from 10 AM to
> 3PM.
> The Museum has a large collection of warbirds, including one of the only 2
> remaining Lancaster bombers in flying condition. You can see more about
> the
> CWH Museum at their web site: http://www.warplane.com/hub.html
>
> The organizers would like to see more than the 3 or 4 Mogs from last year,
> given the special anniversary year & all! If any out of towners are
> considering coming, let me know & perhaps we can hook-up.
>
> Entry is $10 per vehicle. For more info call Paul Boydell at
> 905-318-5810.
> Emailers might want to try Scott Morris, Editor of "The Tribute" at
> jstmorris@yahoo.com or Don Pettitt, BSC Events Coordinator at
> weazal@execulink.com
>
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> THE TORONTO STAR Saturday, April 10, 1999
> Presenting the greatest show off Earth
> Barnstorming biplanes part of the flying circus run by New York aerodrome
> BY NAEDINE JOY HAZELL
> SPECIALTO THE STAR
>
> RHINEBECK, NY. - It
> looks like an old cornfield or a pasture. The grass is worn and rutted.
> But this unassuming little field in the New York hills east of the Hudson
> River has an im-pressive job. It's a launch pad to the past, a part of a
> living museum devoted to keeping alive the years of early aviation.
> Barnstorming biplanes toy with one another high above the field as
> hundreds
> of fasci-nated spectators stare sky-ward.
> "There's still something magical about these old planes ... and that's a
> magic we like to share here at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome," an announcer
> shouts over the roar of rotary engines as the planes loop and dive and
> dip.
> The aerodrome's weekend summer and autumn air shows are among the last of
> the flying circuses. And a circus atmosphere prevails, with cotton candy,
> snow cones, popcorn and picnic lunches.
> If you want a latte or a glass of wine, you can always go t6 downtown
> Rhinebeck, which is as pretty a Hudson River vil-lage as you'll find.
> Otherwise, at the airfield and. museum, it's like a country fair every
> weekend. Spectators sit on plank benches supported by cinder blocks, eat
> at
> peeling picnic tables and use portable toilets.
> Amenities are not the focus. The aircraft and the air show are.
> Even the most jaded and cyn-ical gasp with surprise and delight when a
> pair
> of barnstorm-ing biplanes roar past the crowd, just a couple of metres
> above
> the grass runway. The wind carries the smell of burnt castor oil as the
> pilots whoosh by, long white scarves billowing behind them from the open
> cockpits.
> It's the greatest show off Earth.
> For the true old-plane buff, it might be important to know that the
> Saturday
> shows focus on the early history of flight with pioneer, World War I and
> Lindbergh-era aircraft and Sundays feature World War I and barnstorming
> planes.
> Visitors see early aircraft from the fragile canvas and wood-strut
> airplanes
> created by the Wright Brothers to open-cockpit planes used in World War I
> dogfights and tri-ple-wing planes usually only seen in air museums.
> The museum and aerodrome are open during the week but the air shows are
> held
> only weekends.
>
> A reproduction D-7 Fokker - built from the original plans and equipped
> with
> an original engine-climbs into the sky as the announcer waxes poetic about
> the aerodrome's mission to keep the past alive.
> "There are a few private col-lectors with these and a few at museums in
> England, but you won't hear engines like that anywhere but here," he
> boasts.
> The Fokker was a German plane that battled with Britain's Sopwith Camels
> and
> other planes during some of World War I's most famous air battles. The
> Aerodrome museum maintains one of the largest collections of early planes
> and aviation-related equipment in the world. It is the culmination of one
> man's dream.
> Cole Palen bought six World War I airplanes from Roosevelt Field on Long
> Island in 1951 and began restoring them. Sev-en years later he bought an
> abandoned farm in Rhinebeck and that was the start of some-thing big.
> Soon,
> Palen wasn't the only, one flying vintage aircraft off the grass runway.
> Friends and other enthusiasts came. Then came the curious.
> In 1960, the formal air shows began and grew in popularity and eventually
> drew the atten-tion of National Geographic magazine, which published a
> story
> about the shows in its Oc-tober 1977 issue. It's been high--flying since
> then.
> "Yessiree, ladies and gentlemen, we here at Rhinebeck of-fer one of the
> last
> of the flying circuses..."
> Besides the grounds and the planes, the circus atmosphere is helped by old
> automobiles and related vehicles and actors in period dress. If the
> announc-er tries the old there's-an-es-caped-convict-on-the-loose gambit,
> just go along with it -it's kind of hokey but it's fun.
> If you want to experience the thrill of flying, the aerodrome offers
> 15-minute open-cockpit biplane rides in its 1929 New Standard D-25, before
> and af-ter the Saturday and Sunday shows. But sign up as soon as you
> arrive,
> because despite the $30 U.S. price tag, the rides book quickly.
> If you prefer a closer but less death-defying look, visit the vintage
> aircraft housed safely in corrugated steel hangars and barns not far from
> the airfield.
> The collection has dozens of planes including a 1931 Great Lakes Trainer,
> a
> 1902 Wright Brothers Glider, a 1913 Cau-dron G3 reproduction that was
> featured in the First Flights TV documentary hosted by Neil Armstrong, and
> an original 1936 Aeronca C3, one of the first aircraft to provide
> inex-pensive flying for anyone who wanted to try.
> When the air show is over, spectators can head into the vil-lage of
> Rhinebeck for a meal or a walk around the historic dis-trict.
> With 437 sites listed on the National Historic Register, Rhi-nebeck has
> one
> of the largest U.S. historic districts. It in-cludes the country's oldest
> inn, the Beekman Arms.
>
> - Hartford Courant
>
>
>
> Fred Kuzyk
> MSCCC Webmaster
> Visit the Morgan Sports Car Club of Canada Web site at:
> http://members.xoom.com/msccc/
>
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> site
> Holy Smokes
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