Today we are visiting the Lakeway Airpark open house. We are catered by Home Slice Pizza of Austin. Our entertainment is The Steve Miller Band.
Menu
Margherita – Fresh mozzarella, diced Roma tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil, garlic & basil.
White Pie with Spinach – Extra virgin olive oil, garlic, mozzarella, ricotta, provolone & romano.
Eggplant Pie – A NY staple that’s like eggplant parmesan on a pie.
Veggy – Spinach, Roasted Red Peppers, Green Olives, Onions
Classic – Pepperoni & Mushroom
Variation – Sausage, Ricotta Cheese, and Roasted Red Peppers
White Clam Pizza – Chopped clams, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, fresh oregano, and Pecorino Romano—street cred in Naples and New Haven.
Hop on the bus and let’s get going.
The sign you are at the airpark
$5.00 a gallon for aviation fuel.
The historical marker.
Coffee and donuts.
Glider kits for the kids.
A little free library.
A high-priced sports car showing.
Observation plane.
A 2005 Cirrus.
A vintage Piper
An experimental homebuilt.
SeaRey seaplane.
There are two of the many homes around the Airpark. Notice the big doors and drive to the runway
Here is city councilman O’Brien taking a traditional selfie at the event
There is one taking off.
I hope you enjoyed the visit. Now it is time for food and music. I also hope you have a great week.
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I love shows like this, John. Great photos and cool planes and cars. I can’t count how many of those balsa wood gliders I had growing up. That picture brought back some nice memories. The little free library is also a good sight.
In a nod to Pepe’s in New Have, I’ll have the White Clam Pizza.
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I appreciated that they mentioned New Haven. I never had a white clam pizza. I did have a white pizza in Pittsburgh, though.
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Pepe’s clam pizza is whole clams, not chopped. At least it was when I was working. A group of us would go down every now and then, and we always got a clam pie as an appetizer.
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Sounds great.
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Great job, by you and the airfield!
Being as we live below the small aircraft airways, we have a number of these small fields around. They are so hidden though, very few know they exist.
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Thanks, GP. This one is pretty big but is surrounded by homes, so it is out of sight, too.
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Things that let you take flight. Love the inclusion of the Little Free Library. Reading gives you wings, John. 🥳🤓
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I agree, Pat. Thanks. 😊
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I thought it might. ; )
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😊
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Pizza, planes and kits! Way cool.
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Yes, indeed. Thanks, Annette.
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Very interesting event, John. Have a great week.
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I hope you have a great one too, Tim. Thanks.
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I’ve noticed that these air developments are becoming a thing. It probably takes a special mindset to live on an airfield like that.
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I think you have to be a big fan of flying.
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My husband and I saw one of them when we lived in Florida.
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Was it attractive?
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Not really. It looked like any other subdivision, only with a runway, wide driveways, and wide garages.
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Oh yeah. We had a developer who tried to put one of these in around here but it didn’t… take off. 🥁
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Ha ha ha.
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Awesome
I did not know you had an airport. My grandson is a flight instructor at three different airports in Indiana. On August 3rd his company is having a fly-in at the Kankakee airport. I plan on going. Free breakfast :-). Lots of old planes. Also cars, live music and more. I love this stuff.
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Sounds like a good time for sure.
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My daughter, Michele and her family live on an airport runway. Lots of gliders and hot air balloons. Clay has a 180 Cessna tail-dragger. Very cool.
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That is very cool.
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Vintage sports cars and airplanes?? I think that’s pretty close to heaven, John! Did they offer free (or paid) rides? If so, I’d have been at the head of the line! Thanks for a lovely Sunday (though I suspect this event actually took place on Saturday, right?!)
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The event was on the Saturday before yesterday. I try to stay a week ahead if possible. There were no rides offered. Given that the ownership of the airpark is all private, I don’t think they wanted the liability. Thanks, Debbie.
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I can understand that; still, I’d have wanted a ride!!
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Maybe some day they will do that.
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Fun time, John.
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So glad you liked it, Jacqui.
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My family would be in heaven with vintage cars and airplanes – we all like them. I believe I actually flew in a Piper like the one your photographed. My Uncle Jim was a pilot and would fly to Plymouth to visit us each year. We put towels out on our lawn to let him know where we were!
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Sounds like a fun time. Thanks for sharing.
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For me, “experimental” and “homemade” should not be adjectives to modify the noun “airplane.”
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Ha ha ha. There is some wisdom in what you say.
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I always like looking at airplanes. Nice event.
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Thanks, Robbie.
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Oh, this is a fun tour, John! I loved seeing the unusual and vintage planes — especially the yellow one. By now you know that I went nuts for that old Corvette. Thanks for the Steve Miller song that I hadn’t thought about in ages. Hugs.
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In my senior year in high school (1959), a girl in my class had that model. We called her Cookie Corvette.
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There’s an entire story in those two short sentences, John. 🤗
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Ha ha ha. Thank you, Teagan. I think you are right.
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What fun, John! I am a sucker for any kind of car show and this one looks awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Jan. There were some pretty expensive cars there. They are all owned by residents.
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Looks like a lot of fun. Love the glider kits even now.
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I remember those, too. Thanks, Charles.
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Would it be extremely hoggish (yes) to have one of each pizza slice?
As for the planes, a winning fleet Boss, love the captures from the first to the last. And how can you beat the tune for this piece?
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Thanks, Pilgrim. Yes, you can have whatever you want. Love the tune myself. 😊
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This is why you’re the best. And yeah, it was impossible to choose.
Great choice my man
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Thank you, Marco. 😊
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Another great tour Boss
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What a pity I missed that. But all the more thanks for showing the pictures.
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I love that they have the little free library. And I’ll take the white clam pizza!
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MMmm sounds good.
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Great views and photos, John! I love the little library. 🙂
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it was a surprise to me for sure,
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Aircraft AND sports cars? Hubby would have been there all day. Well… me, too. Thanks for the photos!
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I can imagine. You are welcome.
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An airshow and vintage car show…woo-hoo! Great event, John.
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Thank you, Monika. It was small but meaty. 😀
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Well, that was fun.
Your hood is quite cool, John!
Luv Marguerita Pizza!
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I like it too. Thanks, Resa. 🍕X 🥗X
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Thanks for the airshow tour John. I loved the little library. 🙂
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It was cute. Thanks, Debby.
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I adore events of the kind & I’m happy to learn that you arrange them. A true chance to touch the history. Thank you, dear John! I believe that donuts were delicious.🤩🍤🍤🍤🍻
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I didn’t try the donuts, but they looked good.
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Airplanes and a classic Corvette show…perfect! I’ve never heard of airport living but, here we are. At least they don’t have to worry about an errant golf ball and divots in the stucco/siding etc. 😊
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Nope, just an airplane in your living room, should things go south. 😀
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Let’s hope that never happens!!
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Yes, indeed.
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