Early morning rain was a real issue on the Fourth of July Fly-in at Iowa Falls. In fact, when I left home, it was very windy and pouring down in major buckets! But when I arrived at the Fly-in at 8am, not only was it NOT raining, but there were three airplanes in the pattern and many on the ground! As of this writing, I don't know what the numbers were, but it looked to be a major success. It cleared up later in the morning for the pilots and planes from the south, so there was good traffic all the way thru the alotted breakfast time. Helicopter and airplane rides were available and those aerial vehicles were busy the whole morning. Our own Ron Hodges and his wife Cheryl took their first rides in the helicopter. "That was All Right!" Ron exclaimed as he climbed out. He added that now he understands why Ray Robinson built a helicopter. Even Cheryl liked it!
There were TWO Stinson Gullwings there. One undergoing restoration in the main hangar, and one flew in. Other planes of interest were a Globe Swift, a Stits Playboy, a Pietenpol, an SNJ-5, and many others.
See them here...http://www.voisin35.com/eaa675/Events/IaFalls/index.html

This writer has to toot his own horn a little too. I attended the "Gathering of Eagles" WWI Fly-in at Gardner, Kansas on the 16th and 17th of June. I trailered my Voisin project down there and what a thrill to have the Kansas City Dawn Patrol set up right in line with me! There were about 14 WWI replicas displayed. About 4 of them were projects. The rest were flying. It was quite a sight to see formations of Nieuports fly by with smoke systems on! There was even a race between a restored Model A race car and a Siemans-Shuckert fighter!
I need to mention that our own Ron Crow was there too as a WWI US Army re-enactor. He was there with his French and German counterparts with a great display of WWI equipment. Don't miss the pictures at http://www.voisin35.com/Updates/gardner05/index.html