An Affiliate of the
The
Knife & Fork
Breakfast Club Drops in on
13 Aug 2011
by Warren McIlvoy
Last November, the Breakfast
Club Event Committee met to construct the itinerary for 2011. I suggested that we might want to go to
By now it is mid July and it was time to get this project
rolling. I knew that the town of
In the mean time, following my posting of my Notam regarding the upcoming event, Ken Calman referred me to some folks who lived in Snowflake who might be able to help me out. I emailed Dana Myatt and Mark Ziemann per Ken’s recommendation (Dana and Mark are members of the Phoenix Pilots Group) and informed them of my need for additional transportation. A short time later, I received a response from Dana with a suggestion that they would put-on a cookout at the airport rather than traveling into town.
It was in intriguing suggestion as it would certainly be a dramatic change in pace for the Breakfast Club and it would make the need for any sort of on site transportation, a moot issue. I did have some concerns as to their ability to handle a group of 18-25 people as I was quite certain that they had never heard of the Breakfast Club. I made further inquiries of them if they could handle such a group. They responded that they had the ability and the logistics to serve our group and they also sent me a copy of their proposed menu. To say that I was blown-away by their proposed menu would be a gross understatement. Here was their response to my inquiry:
Dr. Myatt from Nurse Mark's computer...
We have the technology, skills and logistics to serve you a
delicious breakfast.
I am not planning pancakes. I'm thinking quiche (in a variety of
flavors), scrambled eggs, meats, toast and/or bagels and some sort of sweet
rolls, fresh fruit, coffee, juice, cream cheese and jam for those who want it
on their roll or toast. I may think of something else but that's the tentative
menu so far.
We have cooked for "crowds" and are already lining up
the necessary tables, chairs and coffee urn that we will need. We have the
other necessary "Cook for a crowd" items that we'll need.
I included their response in my next Notam and asked if this
might be more appealing than restaurant fare?
And I further asked for an approximate head count to give to our
The day of the Breakfast
Club fly-in was preceded by several days of our infamous “monsoon like” weather that left some doubt
about what Saturday’s weather would be like.
But as it were, weather here at this time of the year can be very fickle
and Saturday dawned sever clear but offered a high overcast in the
Since I was expecting a large attendance for this event, I suggested to the group that since we would be arriving from the southwest, that we do an “up-wind” arrival to the south of the runway and then cross-over to the north side over the departure end of runway 3, and then do a left down-wind pattern for runway 3. This would provide for good spacing if a number of aircraft were arriving at the same time. We were by no means the first to arrive but we were also not the last. The ramp was well populated by Breakfast Club aircraft but I did find a parking spot along the north side of the ramp.
After securing my airplane, I was greeted by Jered Hatch and Brian Carpenter both with the City
of
Mark and Dana had arranged about 5 rows of tables along the outside of the terminal building to accommodate about 45-50 people. They also had parked their motor home/mobile office on one side of the building along with their portable gas grille to handle preparation of the cooked foods. Inside the building, they had arranged a series of serving tables to allow for a buffet style of serving the meal. It certainly appeared to be more than their proposed menu as the choices just seemed to go on forever. What they had prepared for us went well beyond our expectations and really set the bar quite high for any future iterations of this fly-in.
Folks were all seated at the tables and enjoying this lavish
meal and sharing their flying stories with each other. The ramp also afforded a large variety of
aircraft including a Thunder Mustang
flown-in from
T-34 decked-out
in Air Force colors. Dana and Mark were also proud owners of
a spiffy looking Piper PA28-151 all decked-out in a new paint scheme. Chad
Tenney of
The weather for our first ever Breakfast Club fly-in to
Dr. Dana Myatt, N.M.D. and Mark Ziemann R.N. can be emailed at: DrMyatt@DrMyattsWellnessClub.com or at: NurseMark@DrMyattsWellnessClub.com These folks went well out of their way to make this an exceptional Breakfast Club fly-in event and we extend or deepest appreciation for all of their efforts. Thanks again Mark & Dana.
The Taylor Gang
- Warren & Jeri-Ann McIlvoy with Jim
Abraham in 93MB, BC-1 & 1.5
- Greg & Lois Coomans with Gordon
Coomans in 2493Q, BC-48
- Skip Walker from
- Al Berg from
- Rich Kupiec and Austin Erwin in 6693M,
BC-47 & 86
- Jim Palmer in 9313H
- John & Pat Rynearson with Nick
Rynearson in 3501S, BC-117
- Trent Heidtke with Tim & Ramona
Yoder in 52TY, BC-52 & 112
- Jim & Gerry Landers in 3422S
- Paul Fortune and Allan Wallace in
31270, BC-201 & 39
- George and Steve Wilen in 5734B, BC-34
- Glen & Judy Yoder in 31TC, BC-007
- Richard Azimov and Zack Sands in 6864Q,
BC-2
- Mark and Bill Hess in 428DW
- Ron Smith in 566U
- Ken Calman in Blue Yonder, BC-6
And from the City of
- Brian Carpenter
- Jered Hatch
And our hosts
- Dr Dana Myatt, N.M.D.
- Mark Ziemann, R.N.
What’s Next?
September will be our second overnight event and it will be
to
To view photos of this fly-in event, just click on Taylor Event