3rd Annual Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party July 23rd!

Uh oh...a pre-OSH gathering with *both* Montblack and John O.? I'd
better plan an earlier than normal arrival so I can get my first pre-OSH
brat and beer. Yikes Jay, you're not kidding...this *is* getting out of
hand :-)

Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
(didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster
this time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but that's
all part of the planning fun.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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)

Jack Allison wrote:

Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
(didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster

this time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but
that's
all part of the planning fun.


It should be doable, but it'll be a long day. You have three things
in your favor. Prevailing winds should be on your tail most of the
time, going from west to east. There's a lot of daylight in July, so a
pre-dawn start will get you across most of the mountains (and the
building T-storms) before lunch. Lastly, you have a carbon-based
autopilot in the left seat to spell you from time to time.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

("Jack Allison" wrote)
Uh oh...a pre-OSH gathering with *both* Montblack and John O.?


No Montblack in Iowa City that weekend - OSH only. The ANE-IOW-OSH-ANE
triangle would end up being just under a 1,000 mile round-trip road trip.

I "will" be heading down to The Alexis Park Inn for ...um, well, um, er,
.....tulips - at the annual Pella Tulip Festival in early May. Reminds me, I
need to make my reservation tonight - maybe under Atlas' wing will still be
available.


Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted (didn't
take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison brothers from
the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster this time.


Third seat filled yet?


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
Third seat filled yet?
Back seat reserved for camping gear. Should be able to take more stuff
than we did two years ago...but I still need to run W&B numbers. Ah,
more fun things to figure out with the new plane... :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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)

forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
(didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster this
time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but that's all
part of the planning fun.


Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182 has
a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.

First night stop is either Rawlins or Alliance, with a relatively easy next
day into IOW. No reason to press the issue unless you need to.

Jim

("RST Engineering" wrote)
Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.


Of course Jack knows best, but I'm getting the impression that a one day
scoot might be in his thoughts.... g

If you remember the movie A Christmas Story (1983)

Ralphie's little brother gets a blimp (on wheels) for a toy. He was in a
background shot, like a kid on speed, pushing his metal toy dirigible
around, and around (like a race car) and around, and around - as fast as he
could spin himself in a circle - it's a blimp!!. Later, we see him passed
out (exhausted) "under" the Christmas Tree, cuddling his new toy :-)


Montblack

RST Engineering wrote:


Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182 has
a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.
/snip/

Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
*front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane

When avgas was 50 cents a gallon, that was the operative solution. I
generated a series of spreadsheets that tells me for any given head/tail
wind what the optimum miles per gallon power setting is and I fly that
fairly religeously. It isn't in my pocketbook to fly any other way.

Jim



Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.
/snip/

Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
*front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...

We got a guy here who flies his 180 at 20 squared. Always. 100 feet
off the runway he powers down. We all laugh at him.



RST Engineering wrote:
When avgas was 50 cents a gallon, that was the operative solution. I
generated a series of spreadsheets that tells me for any given head/tail
wind what the optimum miles per gallon power setting is and I fly that
fairly religeously. It isn't in my pocketbook to fly any other way.

Jim




Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.

/snip/

Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
*front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...

We got a guy here who flies his 180 at 20 squared. Always. 100 feet off
the runway he powers down. We all laugh at him.

Wow. At 20 squared, we don't need headphones to talk in a conversational
voice. And we're puttering along at 100 knots or so.

Of course, we're also only burning around 8 gph, which -- if you're not
really in a hurry -- is always nice!

I don't think I'd be pulling back to that at 100 AGL, though...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"