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Bro. Travis Adams and his Horse Harness Hame Walking Stick 2013-07-22 - 17165 Liberty Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Bro. Travis Adams "The Airplane Man," of Sanders Ridge Road, drew attention at brunch yesterday with his walking stick. Mrs. Marcum noticed the horse hame, which I had assumed was a dog wonker - a stand your ground defensive against biker, hiker, and runner chasers on Bull Run Road - but which she recognized as part of a horse collar. It is. Bro. Adams made the walking stick himself. The shaft is from an Adair County sycamore tree he said. Bro. Adams, and Emory University trained minister of the United Methodist Church has pastored many churches in the area, including Milltown and Tarter's Chapel UMCs before retiring. He's now writing his memoirs, which will be ready for publication after one more edit and preparation for the printer. He is a certified pilot, but not longer takes the controls, preferring to fly with Bill Trautwein's private strip behind Barnett's Creek Road, with the former Montana County Sheriff as pilot. He got the name "Airplane Man" from the JP-3 Piper model he built which is often on display in his yard on Sanders Ridge. (If he looks familiar, he is: The eyes remind that his brothers are former Police Chief Kenneth Adams, Campbellsville, KY; and Jessee Adams of Columbia, KY.) Permalink | Comments?

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