The wife and I just back from our Oregon vacation that you helped us plan. You guys did a wonderful job. Day 1: Left OKC on a Canadair regional jet to Phoenix. Boarded a 737 whose APU wouldn't start. 107 degrees on the tarmac and no AC. And we left our Cherokee at home why? Oh well. Landed...

Howdy! I've seen a couple of other fly-in notices here, so I thought I'd mention ours. We're having a fly-in on Saturday the 9th and Sunday the 10th from 10AM to 6PM both days. We'll have a flymart and camping, so if you're looking for an excuse to XC or would just like to drop in and see the...

On transfer from a Class C approach controller to a Class D tower facility under the umbrella, I got the following direction yesterday when flying in from the west: "Fly a right downwind to runway 17L , clear to land." Got the picture? What is the first turn direction? On which runway do you...

There have been many stories told about the practice of cutting the shirt of the freshly soloed pilot. None of them made any sense to me, so, after once again reading of the 'tradition' on another list, I asked the one person that I knew who had made a long career of flying and flight instructing,...

There have been many stories told about the practice of cutting the shirt of the freshly soloed pilot. None of them made any sense to me, so, after once again reading of the 'tradition' on another list, I asked the one person that I knew who had made a long career of flying and flight instructing,...

Greetings all, I'm a low-time private pilot in the Tampa Bay area, planning a trip this weekend over to Cape Canaveral (KTIX - Spaceport Regional) to see the shuttle sitting on the pad. I've flown through Tampa Class Bravo before, and learned that approach control sends VFR traffic flying east to...

I finally got some time to put this one up on our site. See it at http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photogallery/Videos/orlando_Cessna_crash_1-2005.mpg It's a HUGE file, sent to us by a fellow newsgroupie who used his TIVO set-up to capture the video, enlarge it, and run it in slow-motion. (If you're...

http://www.flyinggators.com/news/hurricane/exec.htm If anyone has more pictures of Executive airport after hurricane Charley hit please send them to me. -- Have a good day and stay out of the trees! See ya on Sport Aircraft group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

In Orville's own words: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0486256626/ref=sib_rdr_prev2_ex1/103-2081585-2013409?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S003&j=1&ns=1#reader-page "We could not understand that there was anything about a bird that would enable it to fly that could not be built on a lager scale and used...

OT - FYI - What happens with al Qaeda will directly effect our ability to fly without the onerous restrictions that now exist. Big John ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` THE STRATFOR WEEKLY 07 January 2004 Summary

Any birds get dinged today? Big John

I have some bad news concerning the party at Jay's plane, at Airventure. The MOAG (mother of all grills) will not be able to make the trip. The powers that may be, in the Explorers leadership have strongly discouraged pulling a trailer while transporting explorers personnel. So now, what will...

Hard to believe, but OSH '04 is less than 8 weeks away! Mary and I (and the kids) will be attending our 22nd OSH in a row -- who else is coming? A couple of items of note: We have scheduled our "2nd Annual OSH Pool Party" for Sunday, July 25th. We will be serving FREE food, beer, soft drinks...

We just got back from 7 glorious days spent camped next to Atlas, at the largest fly-in convention/air show in the world, held annually in Oshkosh, WI. I will have a more complete report after downloading/uploading the photos and some unpacking, but I just have to take a few moments to express...

Another great OSH. The number and quality of the exhibits seems to improve each year. I especially like the Miller Welding trailer. My girlfriend even got to play with the plasma cutter, and she liked it (maybe helping me justify a future purchase ;-)... We met the MotoArt guys (from the now...

Ok, so one of my partners reserves 2 dorm rooms (no A/C this year) every year for Tuesday - Thursday. This year, however, there are only 3 of us that can make it. So my dilemna: 1. Take the plane up and camp next to the plane while they take the remaining dorm room, and then open up the other...

Oshkosh 2007 Redux Having just enjoyed a beautiful, uneventful flight home last evening, I'm sitting in the afterglow of Oshkosh 2007 with my cup of coffee, wondering how it could have gone by so quickly. The week went by in a flash of noise and spectacle, with quiet mornings spent near Atlas'...

The Week The show was low key for us this year, as – for the first time in years – we weren’t shopping for anything major for the plane. In fact, we didn’t buy anything other than artwork for our next couple of suites and a database update for our 496. (We’re working on the “Flying...

The People and the Party Having flown in together, we camped with a great group of folks, many from the rec.aviation groups, as well as the Cherokee Chat. The daily ritual soon settled into a pattern, with some of us eating a big breakfast off-field at either LeSeur's or the Hilton, skipping...

Things That were Wonderful As always, there are simply too many good things about OSH to list. Aviation is an elixir that intoxicates in so many subtle ways, but most of the time we who partake are seen as the "oddballs" who "waste" so much money on "those little planes." At OSH every year, I am...