chapter 383

4/30/2015

Skaneateles

aerodrome bound

It was a slow day so we decided to fly to Skaneateles Village for lunch. Jim wanted to meet up with his brother Mickey and wife Dot who live near there. I gave a call to brother Bill and he met us there for a fine burger at Johnny Angels restaurant. We all had roots back at Virgil Central School.

This shot was actually on the way back with Cazenovia Lake and village (Rte 20) in the foreground.

Our approach to the tiny unmanned runway, straight ahead, was just over beautiful Skaneateles Lake. You're on your own just keeping watch no one is using the runway.

Upon takeoff, you can see the entirety of the aerodrome. Couldn't find much history about the site but it is privately owned and open to the public, going back prior to 1960.

Highlight of the snap shots was seeing my old haunts on the campus of Syracuse University. The white Carrier Dome roof sticks out above the cemetery where interesting things happened years ago. S is the Sadler Dorm where I stayed half of Sophomore year till moving into the Co-op #1 at C-S which is now the Sheraton Hotel. H is Hendricks Chapel in front of the quad for reference.

Back at our hanger at the Schenectady Airport we had to land squeezing in between the Air Guard's behemoth C-130's practicing landings.

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