Save the date! Rescheduled for May 16, 2015
Celebrating 75 years of Ercoupe and a visit to the 1940 Terminal Museum for Wings and Wheels: 'Coupe and MINI Cooper Day
The plan: Ercoupes to fly into Houston Hobby 1940 Terminal Musuem 'Wings and Wheels' event approx 11 am arrival.
Houston contact: Chris Kelley 832-971-6602, chriskelleytx@gmail.com
Places to stay:
Best Western Pearland Inn 1855 N. Main St. Pearland, TX 77581 281-997-2000
Holiday Inn Express & Suites 1702 N. Main St. Pearland, TX 77581 281-997-2600
Howard Johnson NASA-Clear Lake 15313 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77034 281-484-1500
(Best Western and Holiday are half-way between KHOU, KLVJ; Ho-Jo near Gulf Freeway & NASA)
At KHOU (lunch): Flamming Patties gourmet burgers http://www.flamingpatties.com/
Other things to do (if you fly in Friday, Sat pm, Sunday)
Rodeo at NGR Stadium: http://www.rodeohouston.com/ Last weekend of World’s Largest Rodeo!, 25nm
Texas Flying Legends at (KEFD): http://www.texasflyinglegends.org/ A must see, 6 nm, taxi up
Lone Star Flight Museum (GLS): http://www.lsfm.org/ Short flight or drive, 30nm, taxi up
Kemah Waterfront: http://www.kemahboardwalk.com/ Crawfish & Zydeco Festival, midway, 10nm
Space Center Houston in Clear Lake http://spacecenter.org/ Family fun (good rain day event), 8nm
Galveston Island (KGLS): http://www.galveston.com/ Beach, Strand, Seawall, Pleasure Pier, Hotel Galvez brunch
Carls BBQ (EYQ) http://carlsbbq.com/, fly in, taxi to the back gate, and dine
Fly the VFR I-10 corridor for the ultimate view of downtown, San Jacinto, Ship Channel monument (takes about an hour)
Fly the beach from San Luis Pass to the Galveston Jetties
Sponsors:
1940’s Terminal http://www.1940airterminal.org/
Air Professionals/Pilot Shop http://www.airprofessionals.biz/
NOTE: If arriving to the 1940 Air Terminal, by car, the museum admission is $7 adult. It's worth it to help preserve this great building! If flying in...free :-)
Last updated 5/8/2015
Celebrating 75 years of Ercoupe and a visit to the 1940 Terminal Museum for Wings and Wheels: 'Coupe and MINI Cooper Day
The plan: Ercoupes to fly into Houston Hobby 1940 Terminal Musuem 'Wings and Wheels' event approx 11 am arrival.
Houston contact: Chris Kelley 832-971-6602, chriskelleytx@gmail.com
Places to stay:
Best Western Pearland Inn 1855 N. Main St. Pearland, TX 77581 281-997-2000
Holiday Inn Express & Suites 1702 N. Main St. Pearland, TX 77581 281-997-2600
Howard Johnson NASA-Clear Lake 15313 Gulf Freeway, Houston, TX 77034 281-484-1500
(Best Western and Holiday are half-way between KHOU, KLVJ; Ho-Jo near Gulf Freeway & NASA)
At KHOU (lunch): Flamming Patties gourmet burgers http://www.flamingpatties.com/
Other things to do (if you fly in Friday, Sat pm, Sunday)
Rodeo at NGR Stadium: http://www.rodeohouston.com/ Last weekend of World’s Largest Rodeo!, 25nm
Texas Flying Legends at (KEFD): http://www.texasflyinglegends.org/ A must see, 6 nm, taxi up
Lone Star Flight Museum (GLS): http://www.lsfm.org/ Short flight or drive, 30nm, taxi up
Kemah Waterfront: http://www.kemahboardwalk.com/ Crawfish & Zydeco Festival, midway, 10nm
Space Center Houston in Clear Lake http://spacecenter.org/ Family fun (good rain day event), 8nm
Galveston Island (KGLS): http://www.galveston.com/ Beach, Strand, Seawall, Pleasure Pier, Hotel Galvez brunch
Carls BBQ (EYQ) http://carlsbbq.com/, fly in, taxi to the back gate, and dine
Fly the VFR I-10 corridor for the ultimate view of downtown, San Jacinto, Ship Channel monument (takes about an hour)
Fly the beach from San Luis Pass to the Galveston Jetties
Sponsors:
1940’s Terminal http://www.1940airterminal.org/
Air Professionals/Pilot Shop http://www.airprofessionals.biz/
NOTE: If arriving to the 1940 Air Terminal, by car, the museum admission is $7 adult. It's worth it to help preserve this great building! If flying in...free :-)
Last updated 5/8/2015