Your Chance to Design a Fly-In

It's amazing how
highly-educated, highly-motivated people can completely screw up using
a fully-automated digital camera.

Actually, those are the easiest ones to screw up, because they insist
that they are smarter than you. My camera for instance insists on doing
all the focusing and light metering itself. IT's often wrong and takes
too long. I cannot set it to "ten feet, take the damned picture".

Jose
--
He who laughs, lasts.
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In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

But on the plus side, I now have some great "blooper" films. Yes,
somehow the photographer managed to switch my camera to "video" and
took several ridiculous movies of us trying to look business-like for
more than five seconds....

and that will on your website when....?

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

But on the plus side, I now have some great "blooper" films. Yes,
somehow the photographer managed to switch my camera to "video" and
took several ridiculous movies of us trying to look business-like for
more than five seconds....

and that will on your website when....?

Hey, I've got to *work* with these guys, ya know...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

But on the plus side, I now have some great "blooper" films. Yes,
somehow the photographer managed to switch my camera to "video" and
took several ridiculous movies of us trying to look business-like for
more than five seconds....

and that will on your website when....?

Hey, I've got to *work* with these guys, ya know...

I'm sure someone reading this thread could blur/fuzz out everyone
else but you. :-)

--
Bob Noel
no one likes an educated mule

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
[snips]
Okay, so I've been "volunteered" to be on the board of directors of the
biggest fly-in event in Iowa City's history, the Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy
Show, scheduled for May 20 - 21, 2006.

This will be the second annual show,

Thanks in advance for any and all advice!


Lots and lots of chairs and benches. People love to sit.


Montblack

Jay Honeck wrote:

I'm hoping we can get a bunch
of World War II aircraft on display, and maybe some military fly-overs
during the show -- who should one contact for stuff like that?

Contact all war museums with flyable aircraft within about 600 miles; most of
the best birds displayed at flyins in this area come from museums in New York or
New England. Also call up the CAF; Iowa isn't that far from one of their main
bases. Many of their planes are privately owned, and some warbird owners are
happy to have an excuse to fly their plane to an exhibit. It helps a lot if you
can provide some gas at your end. Also talk around locally. There's bound to be
at least a T-6 or two not far away.

For flyovers, you might try the nearest Air National Guard, or go for broke --
contact the PR department of the USAF and ask if something impressive will be in
the air that day and might be able to divert a bit and fly over. Who knows?
Maybe they'll display a modern fighter if you let them set up a recruiting table.

Lastly (or maybe firstly) contact EAA and see if they can help. I expect they're
likely to want some bread, but maybe not.

George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Okay, so I've been "volunteered" to be on the board of directors of the
biggest fly-in event in Iowa City's history, the Eastern Iowa Big Kids Toy
Show, scheduled for May 20 - 21, 2006.

Hehe...Jay in a tie...now, that *is* funny. I'm sure that there are
shorts and sandals below the jacket and tie. Holy cow Jay, it looks
like a picture of a law firm ...er, something. "The Eastern Iowa Big
Kids Toy Show, brought to you by the law firm of Yeomans, Young, Honeck,
Clay, Floyd, and Sigafoose". :-)

Sorry man, no ideas...um...other than make it like Oshkosh. :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Get a few laptops and biggish video monitors, set them up in suitably
dim or shaded spots, run some of the online near-real-time video map
displays of airline or airport traffic like those at

http://www.passur.com/sites.htm

and others, and just let people watch and talk.

I always find these fascinating, at any rate; also the live ATC Internet
channels.

--AES

"With this donation, the joy and wonder of flight will be passed on to
our youth, ensuring a place for them in the sky!"

That's funny, I thought kids or some people are naturally disposed to
the 'joy and wonder of flight...' You can't really 'pass it on' with a
museum in my opinion. Unless there are a lot of hands on things that
are somewhat dangerous most kids don't give a hoot.

I would bet an endowment for a bunch of 'first flight' fuel purchases
and Young eagle volunteers would be a better way to keep a steady stream
of kids interested in flight.

It seems to me that today the airports and planes are just not as
accessible as they once were - due to cost, perception of danger,
security concerns, etc. Anything we can do to make it easier for kids
to hang around an airport and watch planes would be a great thing. I am
not necessarily against static displays in museums, but kids usually
want to 'do' stuff.

Just my opinion.

Lastly (or maybe firstly) contact EAA and see if they can help. I expect
they're likely to want some bread, but maybe not.

They are going to be doing one of the two pancake breakfasts, AND helping
with the design (and possible construction) of the aviation display at the
Children's Museum! We also expect that they will be doing a Young Eagles
day in conjunction with the show.

EAA is going to be an integral part of this show, for sure.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"