Oshkosh '06 Redux

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 08:56:05 -0500, "Jim Burns"
wrote:
Here!Here! It's about people and friends. The BEST airshows that I have
seen at OSH have been viewed while sitting, beer in hand, in the N40 talking
with friends and occasionally looking up when being overflown by a group of
warbirds, an aerobatic act, or even by departing GA aircraft. The common
factor to these great events is people and friends. The airplanes are
simply our excuse.

I suspect that there is definitely something to be said about driving
in... You can carry so much more creature comforts with you... Your
beer drinking time is not decreased since you're not flying... For me,
the choice is between a 9 hr flight vs a 24 hr drive...

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
...

I suspect that there is definitely something to be said about driving
in... You can carry so much more creature comforts with you... Your
beer drinking time is not decreased since you're not flying... For me,
the choice is between a 9 hr flight vs a 24 hr drive...


For me it's a 50 minute drive vs. about a 90 minute flight.

Same here. Plus, I'd still spend an hour in the car driving to and from
KSTE to get the airplane. There is definitely an allure to flying into OSH,
but for me it makes no sense.
Jim

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
...

I suspect that there is definitely something to be said about driving
in... You can carry so much more creature comforts with you... Your
beer drinking time is not decreased since you're not flying... For me,
the choice is between a 9 hr flight vs a 24 hr drive...


For me it's a 50 minute drive vs. about a 90 minute flight.

Same here. Plus, I'd still spend an hour in the car driving to and from
KSTE to get the airplane. There is definitely an allure to flying into OSH,
but for me it makes no sense.

Sounds like Sun N Fun will be more your cup o' tea. At least you'd get
to fly in!

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

SNF happens at the exact time we're getting ready to plant I'll never
make SNF unless they change the date.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Same here. Plus, I'd still spend an hour in the car driving to and from
KSTE to get the airplane. There is definitely an allure to flying into
OSH,
but for me it makes no sense.

Sounds like Sun N Fun will be more your cup o' tea. At least you'd get
to fly in!

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

SNF happens at the exact time we're getting ready to plant I'll never
make SNF unless they change the date.

Yeah, and we'll never see SnF again unless they change the dates to
coincide with my kids' spring break.

Sounds like you and I will be crying in our beers together next April,
eh?

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

Nah.... we'll still be talking about the Adventure that we took in March!
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
SNF happens at the exact time we're getting ready to plant I'll
never
make SNF unless they change the date.

Yeah, and we'll never see SnF again unless they change the dates to
coincide with my kids' spring break.

Sounds like you and I will be crying in our beers together next April,
eh?

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

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
SNF happens at the exact time we're getting ready to plant I'll never
make SNF unless they change the date.

Yeah, and we'll never see SnF again unless they change the dates to
coincide with my kids' spring break.

Sounds like you and I will be crying in our beers together next April,
eh?

:-)
--

Take the kids out of school for a week. Which do you think they will
remember more 20 years from now, a week of school or spending a few days on
the flight line with Mom & Dad?

Jim Burns wrote:
Same here. Plus, I'd still spend an hour in the car driving to and from
KSTE to get the airplane. There is definitely an allure to flying into OSH,
but for me it makes no sense.
Jim

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
...

I suspect that there is definitely something to be said about driving
in... You can carry so much more creature comforts with you... Your
beer drinking time is not decreased since you're not flying... For me,
the choice is between a 9 hr flight vs a 24 hr drive...


For me it's a 50 minute drive vs. about a 90 minute flight.



For last year's OSH, I took a nonstop commercial flight from Cincinnati
to Appleton for something like $200. I think it was Comair. It was
cheap, easy and fast. I wish I could say the same about other airline
travel.