Aviation Forum / General / Learning / May 2006

Really?  Wow, I had never heard of a nose dragger J-3, before now!

("Highflyer" wrote)

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/MN/Airfields_MN_Minneapolis.htm#university
University of Minnesota Airport - they had their own field thru the early
50's, according to this site. Scroll down for story.

N 45.07'7.32" - W 93.11'3.48" ...is what I get with Google Earth.
(45.12 North 93.19 West is what the link says - this doesn't appear to be
correct.)

This is my first stab at Yahoo Photos.
<http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/landof10klakes/album?.dir=/7012re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph
SK23EBAqCpRy4q>

11 Pics are from last Sunday. Jay Honeck and his family and Jim Burns and
his family flew into ANE for Sunday Brunch and a look around at Golden Wings
Museum.

Golden Wings Museum is the new (200' x 200') hangar attached to the big
(sturdy) Quonset hut. The museum office is the former University of
Minnesota Flight Training Administration(?) Building. It was brought over
from the old U of M field in the 50's(???).

The U of M ran their flight program out of ANE, after they left the school
owned airfield - again, sometime in the early 50's. For a while, in the
early 50's, both airports were open. (They were 1 mile apart from each
other). Highflyer was probably one of the first classes of U students over
at Anoka County-Blaine.

There's a guy who helps us at ANE who flew at the U of M field in 46, as a
student. J-3 Cub. I'll have to ask him what he paid next time I see him. It
was only a couple of bucks - which he said sounds great, unless you didn't
have it!  :-)

Montblack .....plug, plug, plug

Saturday & Sunday
May 20th & 21st
7:00am - 4:00pm

I'll be there all day & night, both Sat & Sun ...(+ Fri + Mon <g>)

Fly-In... Drive In!
http://www.eaachapter237.org/
Pancake Breakfast ....(7am-Noon)
AND Lunch .................(Noon-4pm)

Hangar Dance 8pm - midnight (Sat)

Anoka County Airport (ANE)
Blaine, Minnesota
10 miles north of Downtown Minneapolis
18 miles north of MSP airport. (@ 12 O'Clock)

<http://www.eaachapter237.org/pdffiles/Flyer%2006-B-Wed-cs%20color.pdf>
PDF Event Flyer

6th Annual Evening Hangar Dance [Golden Wings Museum]

Featuring the sights & sounds of the 1940’s swing band - "Dave Andrew’s Big
Band"

The doors open at 7pm – music 8pm to Midnight.
$10 Adults
$6 teens ages 13-17
12 & under FREE.

Come in your best period dress! Dance will be held at Golden Wings Museum.

The FLY-IN event will be held at no cost to the public – but asking for a
parking donation

More information and updates can be found at:
www.eaachapter237.org
www.discoveraviationdays.org
www.americanwings.org
www.goldenwingsmuseum.com