Oshkosh questions

"Jay Honeck" wrote


Now Blanche, you're messing with the male instinct to kill and cook
dead animals. It's ultimately up to Jim and Montblack (who, after all,
are the only ones here who can haul grills into OSH), but I personally
prefer home cookin'!

Amen, brother! I wanna know where my pig has been!

The goal is not the destination, but the journey to it.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Now Blanche, you're messing with the male instinct to kill and cook
dead animals. It's ultimately up to Jim and Montblack (who, after all,
are the only ones here who can haul grills into OSH), but I personally
prefer home cookin'!

Amen, brother! I wanna know where my pig has been!

The goal is not the destination, but the journey to it.

At OSH, I'm more interested in when and where we're having dinner than
who's driving.

At OSH, I'm more interested in when and where we're having dinner than
who's driving.

Agreed. After walking all day in the (fill in the blank):

(a) Blazing sun
(b) Pouring rain
(c) Cold wind
(d) All of the above (often within a few hours)

All I want is:

(a) Cold beer
(b) Good food
(c) A great bunch of people

Luckily, OSH provides all three in abundance!

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

Hey Jim...Yep, I'd be coming from Sacramento. The big issue for me is
buying a plane this year. I know, not an acceptable excuse since we are
talking about Oshkosh...but...splitting the rental bill two or three
ways does add up. Still got a couple more months to score a plane
though. Have the partners, have the cash, know what we want...now, we
just need to find that the Arrow with our name on it.

If I do manage to be an Arrow co-owner before Oshkosh and the dates work
out, a little convoy would be fun. I'd love to make it to Jay and
Mary's pool party. I'd probably stay for the entire week.

Hey, you might be able to help me out on the airplane front. In your
travels, if you see any Arrows for sale, drop me an e-mail. We'd love
to find one locally rather than go out of state. Looked at a real nice
one in Auburn, even made an offer but the owner doesn't want to deal so
we're still looking.


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

"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

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Thanks for posting the links ET...one of those occasions where I was too
lazy to look them up. Yes, definite must read stuff.


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

"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

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The only problem is that our trip seems to be a moving target. First we
were going to get there on Monday after Jay's party on Sunday, but Jay moved
it back to Saturday and that made it just one day over our absolute limit.

Right now the plan is to depart NoCal early Monday and hope to arrive
Oshkosh early Wednesday. Forums Thursday and Friday, EAA Annual Meeting on
Saturday, and depart noonish Saturday, home on Monday.

Jim



If I do manage to be an Arrow co-owner before Oshkosh and the dates work
out, a little convoy would be fun. I'd love to make it to Jay and Mary's
pool party. I'd probably stay for the entire week.

RST Engineering wrote:

The only problem is that our trip seems to be a moving target. First we
were going to get there on Monday after Jay's party on Sunday, but Jay moved
it back to Saturday and that made it just one day over our absolute limit.

Ah, Jay is the culprit. Curse those darn aviation theme motel
proprietors. How come they never consult with your schedule? :-)


Right now the plan is to depart NoCal early Monday and hope to arrive
Oshkosh early Wednesday. Forums Thursday and Friday, EAA Annual Meeting on
Saturday, and depart noonish Saturday, home on Monday.

Feel free to keep me posted as to how the final plans work out. Sounds
like a possible caravan on the way home since I'd most likely plan on
leaving Sacra-Tomato Friday in hopes of making it to IOW Saturday.

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

"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

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("Jay Honeck" wrote ...with drool running down from the corner of his mouth)
Maybe some small steaks this year. What the Heck, it's vacation.

Steaks? Did someone say "steaks"? I'm always up for steaks, although
getting them cooked to everyone's liking is always a challenge. Jim, does
that monster grill have a "steak setting"??


Steaks will be those single serving (individually packed/wrapped) Schwan's
kind. Rare, medium, burnt to a crisp, your choice. Let Joey (the grill
master) know how you want it - hope Joey volunteers(?) again this year evil
grin. Ron also did a great job of burger flip'n last year.

Steaks - in single serving portions, (BS) chicken breasts, pre-cooked brats.
No burgers this year. I will bring some pre-cooked sloppy joes to be heated
for the round bun crowd.

Pig? I'm open. Whatever the consensus of the group turns out to be.

Monster grill - you bet.

(The bottle of wine was fun last year - forgot who brought it)

Montblack

Jimmy B. wrote:
I'm thinking of making my first trip to Oshkosh this year.

I see you got lots of useful advice, but I didn't see anyone mention the Housing
Hotline. You'll find the 800 number on the airventure web page. They can tell
you about camping, UW dormitories, private homes that let out rooms for the
week, and hotels/motels.

I've done each of the above options one year or another. My preference is
camping on the field. If I stay off-field, it seems to take forever to get there
in the morning, free bus service or not.

If you're concerned about getting a camping/parking spot, plan to arrive right
after the airshow ends. The field is closed for the airshow, then they open it
up for departures, then arrivals. The departures, of course, leave empty parking
and camping spots. Read the NOTAM for timing information (and then re-read it,
and re-read it ...).

If you're coming from far away and can't plan your arrival time that accurately,
plan to arrive a little early and hang out at Dodge Co. Airport until the right
time. There's always an interesting collection of aircraft there doing the same
thing. Their fuel is reasonable, and they always have a buffet.

Dave

Montblack wrote:
Ron also did a great job of burger flip'n last year.

Lets just remember the corkscrew this time. Those tie down screws
don't work well on the wine bottle.