Name an Aviation Theme Suite -- Win a Prize!

I kicked that one around also. Lots of characters, lots of airplanes, but
would it "click" with a non pilot? Would a non pilot know what "The Golden
Age" (of Aviation) was?
Jim

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...
Why not call it the "Golden Age Suite" or just "Golden Suite." Make the
theme around the golden era of aviation that would include not only the
DC-3
but the air racers, Gee Bee, For Tri-Motor, well, you get it.

Marco Leon


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Xvdvf.679770$x96.254947@attbi_s72...
The obvious one is the DC-3 suite, but beyond that...

We would LOVE a DC-3 suite -- but what to call it? "DC-3" just sounds
dumb, to non-pilots. "Dakota Suite" might work. Isn't that what the
Brits
called the Gooney Bird?

Shuttle suite

Well, we've already stretched the aviation theme to fit the "Apollo
Suite" -- simply cuz I really like that theme -- but the "Shuttle Suite"
just sounds too much like a bus. I think we're done with the space
program,
for now. (If we ever add that third building, THEN we'll be looking at
the
shuttle, methinks.

USS Enterprise suite

While I personally love Star Trek, that would make almost no sense in
our
current hotel. It's gotta be aviation.

Top Gun suite

Now THAT would be an easy, and popular, suite. We really don't have any
suites that honor the modern era (the closest we get is the Blackbird
Suite,
and that plane was from the 1960s), so it fills that niche, too.

Too bad it sounds so militaristic and masculine. Gotta think of
something
that appeals to the non-flying chicks, who make the lodging decisions
75%
of
the time... Maybe the "Maverick Suite"?

Please don't do a UAV suite.

THAT goes without saying. Unmanned vehicles are about as interesting as
pocket calculators, IMHO.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jim Burns" wrote

I kicked that one around also. Lots of characters, lots of airplanes, but
would it "click" with a non pilot? Would a non pilot know what "The
Golden
Age" (of Aviation) was?

I would think that would be a great fit, for the non aviation crowd. What
do the older folks call their place in life? The golden years. Baby
boomers getting old has been a big subject lately.

The seniors would love to see the old airplanes, because the sight of DC-3's
is what they grew up with, and some of the other old planes were common
sight, also.

The fact that it will be smaller, and single story, is a good fit, also. No
stairs to deal with. Seniors traveling seldom have kids to accommodate, so
that is not an issue.
--
Jim in NC

Nicknames for the DC-3 (C-47) (missing Dakota and Skytrain):

Nicknames: Gooney Bird; Super DC-3 (R4D-8); Skytrooper; Biscuit Bomber;
Tabby (NATO code name for the Showa L2D); Cab (NATO code name for Lisunov
Li-2); Dumbo (SC-47 Search-and Rescue variant); Sister Gabby/Bull**** Bomber
(EC-47 dispensing propaganda-leaflets in Vietnam); Spooky/Puff the Magic
Dragon (AC-47 Gunship); Dowager Dutchess; Old Methuselah; The Placid
Plodder; Dizzy Three; Old Bucket Seats; Duck; Dak; Dakleton (South African
C-47s which replaced their Avro Shackletons), Vomit Comet (Nickname used by
US Army paratroops during the Normandy invasion.)

Nicknames: Gooney Bird; Super DC-3 (R4D-8); Skytrooper; Biscuit Bomber;
Tabby (NATO code name for the Showa L2D); Cab (NATO code name for Lisunov
Li-2); Dumbo (SC-47 Search-and Rescue variant); Sister Gabby/Bull****
Bomber (EC-47 dispensing propaganda-leaflets in Vietnam); Spooky/Puff the
Magic Dragon (AC-47 Gunship); Dowager Dutchess; Old Methuselah; The Placid
Plodder; Dizzy Three; Old Bucket Seats; Duck; Dak; Dakleton (South African
C-47s which replaced their Avro Shackletons), Vomit Comet (Nickname used
by US Army paratroops during the Normandy invasion.)

Wow, Jim -- where'd you find all those?

Or did you just *know* them?

[BTW: You're probably wondering why completion of your "Apollo Suite" got
bumped behind the Cub Suite. As with most of these things, it's a long
story.

First we were going to make Suite 101 the Apollo, but then (as you may
recall) we had a long-term guest book it for, like, four months. Then,
when she left, we realized that putting the Apollo Suite directly across the
hall from the "Stearman Suite" wouldn't work in the hallways, thematically.
Ya just can't go from the 1930s biplanes to the 1960s lunar module in one
step.

Then we realized that we had so much Apollo artwork and memorabilia (thanks
to you, and others), that it simply wouldn't all fit in that suite. And
then (!), we realized that our wall-sized Apollo mural wouldn't work in that
suite, cuz it has 12 foot ceilings!

So, we then wanted to make the 2-bedroom Suite 434 into the Apollo Suite,
but it needs new carpet, blah, blah, blah. And we didn't want to put the
Apollo stuff where the Cub Suite is now, cuz it's a standard-tub suite, and
we want the Apollo Suite to have a hot tub in it.

Long story short -- it's up next, and it's going to be a hot tub suite!]
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ya just can't go from the 1930s biplanes to the 1960s lunar module in one
step.

Why not? In 2001 they went from primitive monkeys to orbiting space
stations in 1/24 second.

I still say the starship is the name you want. Aviation and outer space
in the same suite.

Jose
--
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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:46:50 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

:First we were going to make Suite 101 the Apollo, but then (as you may
:recall) we had a long-term guest book it for, like, four months. Then,
:when she left, we realized that putting the Apollo Suite directly across the
:hall from the "Stearman Suite" wouldn't work in the hallways, thematically.
:Ya just can't go from the 1930s biplanes to the 1960s lunar module in one
:step.

My dad worked at Rockwell during Apollo. He had a series of very
realistic pictured they did for publicity. One of the best was
looking down past a Stearman as it banked over a Saturn V on the
launch pad.

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
....we want the Apollo Suite to have a hot tub in it.

Long story short -- it's up next, and it's going to be a hot tub suite!]


"We have splashdown!"


Montblack
Front desk, do you have a role of dimes available? Yes, and a Navy diver.
Sure, a snorkel is fine.

"Jay Honeck" wrote

when she left, we realized that putting the Apollo Suite directly across
the hall from the "Stearman Suite" wouldn't work in the hallways,
thematically. Ya just can't go from the 1930s biplanes to the 1960s lunar
module in one step.

Nah, that reason should not have stopped you. After all, "one small step
for man, one giant leap for mankind." g
--
Jim in NC