We left Cleveland Ohio early this morning (Thursday) and headed West again with our load of mail, as we left the city behind it was a beautiful skyline and the 1927 C3B Stearman flown by Larry Tobin looked bit out of place against the modern skyscrapers.
Our first stop was at Bryan Ohio, there we were welcomed by a very enthusiastic crowd. They had a program prepared with a large group of local residents attending. The Post Office processed the mail while the other activities were taking place. The mail was delivered by Air Mail crew, George Perks to Bryan Post Master.
After leaving Bryan, we flew across miles of beautiful farmland in Eastern Illinois.Our next scheduled stop was at Lansing Illinois, once again we received a very warm welcome by the local residents and representatives of the Post Office. They processed the mail on site and after a nice program by the Postmaster, we set out for the last leg of today's trip.
We headed to our last stop of the day, Iowa City but were turned back because of poor weather so we are spending the night at Rochelle, Ill.With ceilings on the ground and visibility less than one mile, we had no choice but to stay another night here in Rochelle Illinois.
We plan to stop in Iowa City IA, Omaha NB, North Platte NB tomorrow, August 15th, then continue to SF with a proposed arrival now Thursday to include the remaining the original transcontinental stops.
Shots Along the Way while in Rochelle:
Well, we are still here in beautiful Rochelle Ill. now going into 5 days since we were unable to launch today, we had a break in the weather, packed the planes, pulled them through and then another storm started dumping on us. We have hope that if there isn't fog in the morning that we will be able to make it to Iowa City.In the meantime we continue to give tours to folks visiting the hangers to see the airplanes.
