11/08/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  Perfect day.  See photos at this PHOTOLINK.  Write up will follow.


9/17/2009 Kanye West disrespects this website:  For a short time today Kanye West took control of this website.  We are sorry for any inconvienience thi may have caused you but fortunately there was no damage other than to Kanye's reputation.

9/13/2009 Soup-on-Sunday

9/6/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  After what seems like an eternity we had an awesome turnout this past Sunday.   We had between 35-40 aircraft fly-in and one Coast Guard HH-60J (might be the new MH-60T) Helo with four hungry souls aboard.  According to USCG pilot Lt. Lance Leone, the Coast Guard has not been a recent visitor to the field.  He might be right; the Navy uses the field often to train in their Knighthawks, the Army "Night Stalkers" have been in with their Littlebirds, and the Marines have been spotted a few times here in their CH-46's, but I have yet to see a USCG helo here.  So in these days of equal representation the rumbling got a little loud and orders came down from up high to get a USCG helo in here pronto!  Their refueling mission (hot dogs & chili) was a success and they were back on patrol in short order.

USCG HH-60J refueled on hot dogs and chili.

In the fixed wing department we had some beautiful planes fly in.  They included a 2008 Aviat A-1C Husky, that was enroute from upstate NY to NC, a 2001 Maule  MT-7-235 Super Rocket that was owned previously by the Civil Air Patrol but will now spend it's time in the Hampton Roads area, a beautiful 1953 Cessna 195, a 1929 Great Lakes Biplane that is a frequent visitor and always a head turner, a few Bonanza's, both V and straight tail, and 6-7 RV's.

Pulling through the cylinders on the 195 radial engine.

 
2008 Aviat Husky

6/13&14/2009:  75th Anniversary Fly-In & Campout:  (I'm working on it!...sorry for taking so long!)

5/30&31/2009 12th Annual Festival of Flight:  The Virginia Aviation Council just hosted their 12th Annual Festival of Flight at the Suffolk Executive Airport in Suffolk, VA.  It was a wonderful event and as one of the organizers I was grateful that we had perfect weather on Saturday as over 350 aircraft attended the event.  I would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who did everything from parking aircraft to cooking pancakes to carrying out the trash.  It was an amazing coordinated effort of volunteers that made this event what it is and will become.  EAA just published a nice review of the event.  The EAA article also has a listing of aircraft judging results.  Photos and other post event info is being uploaded to VirginiaFlyIn.org.  Check out this video below of the event that was produced by the Virginia-Pilot.



5/24/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  After a string of perfect days the weather turned to only marginal on Sunday.  It was still very flyable all day but rain was popping up on the radar in a few Virginia locations.  We had a good morning of flying tandem hang gliders but the turnout for Soup-on-Sunday was very low.  We were lucky if we had ten aircraft show up.   But ten aircraft is enough to make the afternoon a fun time.  In fact, I sort of like the smaller crowds because it gives me a little time to interact rather than making sure the food is warm and plentiful.   It was also our first full weekend of hang gliding at Campbell Field so "SOS" attendees were able to watch a few tandem hang gliding flights.  At least one "SOS" attendee took a tandem hang gliding flight and had a great time!



5/23/2009 Hang Gliding:  Our hang gliding operation, Eastern Shore Hang Gliding Center, is up and running at Campbell Field Airport.  There are no mountains to fly off of on the Eastern Shore so we use a method called "aerotowing" to get the gliders up to altitude.  We use a powerful aircraft, called a "tug", to tow the hang glider off the ground and on the way up the tug pilot looks for areas of thermal activity so the glider pilot can release in "lift".   If you have not a rated hang glider pilot you can still enjoy the freedom of flying hang gliders by taking an introductory tandem flight.  For all the details see www.SoartheShore.com.



5/18/2009  Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding Spectacular:  After the Warbirds Over the Beach show we headed down to Nags Head, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks to watch the Hang Gliding Spectacular put on by Kitty Hawk Kites and held at Jockey's Ridge State Park.   If you have not been to the dunes at Jockey's Ridge you are missing out on a spectacular sight.  While you are there sign up for a hang gliding lesson and soar the dunes!



5/17/2009 Warbirds Over the Beach:  The Military Aviation Museum, located at the Virginia Beach Airport hosted the first "Warbirds Over the Beach", of what will become an annual weekend event.  Despite the gloomy weather, the event was attended by hundreds of spectators and hundreds of re-enactors.  The WWII re-enactors set up various true to life WWII scenes along the lenght of the runway and the two massive hangars hosted WWII vets signing autographs and a full stage with various entertainers.  Put it on your "must do" list for next year!



5/10/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  Mother's Day brought a smaller than normal fleet of aircraft into Campbell Field.  Ten or so aircraft landed on this sunny spring day and all enjoyed a perfect afternoon.  I guess Mother's Day duties kept most of you at home!  I have embedded a slide show of the day's events.  Click on any image to view the image in Picasa Web Albums.



4/21/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  Another good turnout of aircraft at Campbell Field.  Twenty or so aircraft came in today and enjoyed a nice afternoon.  I have embedded a slide show of the day's events.  Click on any image to view in Picasa Web Albums.



4/5/2009 Soup-on-Sunday:  Sometimes good things take a while, and that was certainly the case with today's "Soup-on-Sunday".  After a long, dreary winter of little activity here the fist "SOS" of 2009 was held on a picture perfect day.  A good part of the reason for the absense was that I decided to redo the airport bathroom, and it was not until I gutted the room that I realized what a project it would be.  Let's just say that over the years there have been many more termites visiting the hangar than pilots!  After a bunch of late nights I was able to pull it together enough to host the "SOS".  Work still needs to be done on the bathroom, including all the tile work, but it is a least functional.  

The perfect weather meant another record crowd (or close to it, I can't keep count), many will agree that there were over 50 aircraft in attendance.  While it seemed that they flew in from all corners of the world it is probably more realistic to say that the Mid-Atlantic region was well represented.   The Van's Airforce of RV's was well represented, as they often are.  Just one mention on the Yahoo Mid-AtlRVwing group has them throttling up their aircraft.  But I was especially impressed with all the locals that came out with the kids to enjoy the nice afternoon and amazing sights.  

We served around 160 hotdogs and 150 buns, yes, we ran out of buns!  Apologies to those that had to eat a naked dog, but to make you feel better this was the first week ever that I went without a hotdog!  I'll make up for it next time.

We had a number of photographers working today.  I like that because I don't have to worry about getting good shots for this site.  Many thanks to Mike Likavec, Travis Faudree and Alex Hrapunov.  Enjoy the pics below and I have listed several links to find more great pictures of the day.

 
Christine & Piper

Dr. Nichols (R) with family & friends

Larry & Susan Kennedy with their Grumman

Father & Son

Aeronca Champ





RV's

V-Tail Bonaza

Another RV!

For more great photos of the day's event please visit:
Flickr-Campbell Field Airport
Flickr-Travis Faudree
Flickr-Mike Likavec

4/1/2009 April Fool's Day:  Someone here at Campbell Field Airport got a hold of the mailing list and issued a Press Release indicating that the power lines at the south end of the runway were going to be raised 278 feet to accomodate incoming traffic.  While I have no official statistics it appears a few of you believed the tale, if not just for a few minutes.  If you did not get last years prank about paving the runway, then you get some sympathy.  But if there are any of you that fell for it two years in a row, well, maybe it is time for an examination (of the head)!  I was suprised how many of you indicated that with all the FAA's beauracracy, they just might approve something like this.  Some of you asked if there was any consideration given to departing traffic, missed approaches, or cost considerations.  No, there was no consideration given to those things because this was a joke that was thought up in about 30 minutes!  Oh, and the photo, it was just pulled from somewhere in the far reaches of the internet!  Good luck to you all next year!

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2/7/2009  Winter!:  It has been cold around here, seemingly more so than in past years.  Maybe I am just getting old!  During January I had a nice flight down to Florida for a couple of weeks.  I picked up Hang Gliding and Trike instructor Jonny Thompson (he works with Kitty Hawk Kites during the summer) at Currituck and we had a tailwind most of the way down to Quest Air Soaring Center, just west of Orlando.   Airnav.com did a great job of pointing out all the cheap fuel along the route (paid a low of $2.44 at Ormond, Fl.), I might never see that again!  After bumming around Quest for a few days and getting a few hang gliding tows in I headed down to Miami for a few days then worked my way up to Charleston, S.C., then to KVTA in Ohio to pick up our new airport mascot, Piper!  What was most amazing about the trip is that I had a tailwind on virtually every leg, you don't see that often!  Meanwhile the bathroom here at 9VG is a gutted miserable mess!  Time to get to work!

Old Pan Am seaplane operations terminal on Dinner Key, Coconut Grove, Fl.


Above the West Virginia mountains flying to 9VG from Ohio.


Piper, the new mascot of 9VG.

Older Airport & "Soup-on-Sunday" updates can be found following these links:

Campbell Field Aiport & "Soup-on-Sunday" Updates 2008

Campbell Field Airport & "Soup-on-Sunday" Updates 2006-2007

Campbell Field Airport & "Soup-on-Sunday" Updates 2005-2006

Click this link for a current interactive aeronautical sectional chart.
Address:
Campbell Field Airport
9114 Bayford Road, PO Box 64
Weirwood, VA 23413-0064
Airfield is located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA) in the Weirwood Hamlet, Northampton County. We are near the towns of Exmore, Eastville and Nassawadox Virginia.
We love grassroots aviation and we are taildragger friendly.
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