mike_elliott Posted June 3 Report Posted June 3 Mike Weir has stepped up to take care of organizing the Florida Mooney Lunch group meetings each month. Here is an email he recently sent. His contact info is mwier79@gmail.com Mooney Lunch June 14th 11:30 @ X14 LaBelle Municipal Get your Mooney running, fly out to LaBelle for lunch and semi-accurate conversation from like minded individuals. I’m hoping for clear sky and fair winds, but it’s Florida in the summer. If you don’t like the weather, wait and it will change. Please email me back with a guest count. If think you will show up let me know so I can pass it along to the restaurant. Life is fun - Enjoy it Mike LaBelle has a 5,200 foot runway 14 - 32 , ramp space, restaurant and reasonably priced fuel ($4.65 at my last use). Hamilton Disston recorded the largest purchase of land by a single person in the history of the world! That happened in 1881 here in Florida when he purchased 4 million acres. He planned to drain the swamp. A settlement formed on the shore of the Caloosahatchee River in that swamp and was named for the daughters of F.A. Hendry cattle baron and later FL politician who bought marshland along the river for grazing. E.E. Goodno bought some of this land from Hendry borrowing the money from Henry Ford. Ford later took Goodno’s land (7,000 acres) to settle the debt. The airport was activated in January 1956. I haven’t found much about the history of the airport, but its most recent renovation was completed in 2019. The total project which includes the terminal building, aircraft parking apron expansion and aircraft parking apron rehabilitation was funded by the FDOT at $3,065,200.00, the FAA at $2,534,500.00 and Hendry County at $21,300. Short Cakes Restaurant yelp.com Airport Information X14 - La Belle Municipal Airport airnav.com Some history of LaBelle The History of LaBelle citylabelle.com The Hendry county link contains some old LaBelle photos and stories (The Clock Tower) oooh.. Hendry County, Florida - FLGenWeb Site sites.rootsweb.com
mike_elliott Posted June 19 Author Report Posted June 19 From Mike Weir Last Saturday we had 11 arrive in 7 aircraft for our lunch at Short Cakes in La Belle. Here is an early heads up on the dates and locations for the next 3 Mooney Lunches. All start at 11:30 July 12th KFPR Fort Pierce Airport Tiki August 9th KBOW Bartow Tantrums September 13th KOBE Okeechobee Landing Strip Cafe I hope to see you there. Mike Weir
mike_elliott Posted July 29 Author Report Posted July 29 FROM MIKE WEIR: Hi Mooney Enthusiasts, This is a heads up for our next Lunch Fly Out Scheduled for 11:30 on August 9th at Bartow FL, (KBOW) Tantrums Restaurant. I hope you can join us. https://www.yelp.com/biz/tantrums-flightside-cafe-and-catering-bartow https://www.airnav.com/airport/KBOW The upcoming 2nd Saturday @ 11:30 schedule is; September 13th Okeechobee (KOBE) October 11th Sebring ()KSEF) November 8th Lakland (KLAL) December 13th Flagler (KFIN) A few pictures from our July Meeting; Hi Mooney Enthusiasts, This is a heads up for our next Lunch Fly Out Scheduled for 11:30 on August 9th at Bartow FL, (KBOW) Tantrums Restaurant. I hope you can join us. https://www.yelp.com/biz/tantrums-flightside-cafe-and-catering-bartow https://www.airnav.com/airport/KBOW The upcoming 2nd Saturday @ 11:30 schedule is; September 13th Okeechobee (KOBE) October 11th Sebring ()KSEF) November 8th Lakland (KLAL) December 13th Flagler (KFIN) A few pictures from our July Meeting;
mike_elliott Posted August 5 Author Report Posted August 5 Greetings, This Saturday August 9th at 11:30 we"re scheduled for Lunch in Bartow, FL. The weather is back in its usual summer pattern, so there's a chance of convective activity in the forecast. Bartow is a great destination for us. Its got it all. It's centrally located, has cheap fuel, plenty of ramp space, a restaurant on the field and a tower. It's worthy of more GA activity than it gets. If it looks like you can make it, reply with a head count. Tantrums, the restaurant on the field had requested a heads up on this. I'll pass the information along on Friday. I'd like to support them in keeping the restaurant open in the summer. Traffic is down, margin's are slim and food costs are up and running a business at an airport adds complicatities. Join me there if you can. Mike Weir AirNav: KBOW - Bartow Executive Airport Tantrums Flightside Cafe & Catering | Bartow FL | Facebook Weather and Radar Map for Bartow, FL - The Weather Channel | Weather.com
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