The skies around the Alva Regional Airport were much busier Saturday morning, June 17, as the Kinzie family held their fourth fly-in breakfast of the year. A fly-in is an excuse for many pilots to make a cross-country airplane trip to keep their flying skills fresh and get a breakfast at the same time. Typically 35-50 people gather on the third Saturday of the month between March and October for Alva's fly-in breakfast.

Many of Alva's pilots attended and arrived by vehicle, including Dale Logsdon, Terry Cline, Max McDermott, Jim Hodgson and Bob Baker. Even though they came by land, the amusing...