The Mustang Suite is done!

Jay

One more. Met and visited with Pancho Barnes (one of the earliest to
be issued a pilots license) who owned the Bar (and ????) at the end of
the R/W at Edwards. The place where Yeager partied before hurting his
arm the night before breaking the sound barrier.

An aside. Edwards tried to close Pancho down so they could extend the
R/W. She called Washington and talked to some of her old time buddies
from the early day of flying and Edwards did not extend the R/W G

Big John
Pilot ROCAF


On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:22:30 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I carried a WWII Army river crossing big (physical size) Outboard from
the Philipines to Japan in a P-51. Pieces in 'hell hole' in front of
tail wheel, behind armor plate inside canopy and on my lap.

Also had the wings (guns and ammo spaces) filled with green bananas
for my very young daughter.

I swear, Big John, half the time I think you just make this stuff up. Then
I realize that NO ONE could make up stories like you tell! :-)

The other half, I simply marvel that any one person could have done so many
exciting things!

Everyone remarks that starting this hotel must be an "adventure," but it's a
walk in the park compared to what you've seen and done.

Thanks for sharing the stories...

Happy Bottom Riding Club


Jim



-One more. Met and visited with Pancho Barnes (one of the earliest to
-be issued a pilots license) who owned the Bar (and ????) at the end of
-the R/W at Edwards.



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

Big John wrote:

An aside. Edwards tried to close Pancho down so they could extend the
R/W. She called Washington and talked to some of her old time buddies
from the early day of flying and Edwards did not extend the R/W G

Further aside, they salvaged a bunch of stuff from her bar when
it closed/burned/was abandoned/whatever. For a time there was a
room in the EDW Officers' Club decorated with the stuff. I was never
there when the room was open, but several times found a sympathetic
bartender who would let us in. As good as most museums I've seen.

Dave 'footprints on the ceiling' Hyde

Looks like a wonderful suite.

Some day I'll find a reason to visit the Alexis Park Inn.

Marc


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:NvZLb.16787$8H.43546@attbi_s03...
***CAUTION -- SHAMELESS PLUG WARNING ***

I've been promising this one for six months -- and we have finally
finished
the Mustang Suite!

We took our most popular suite (it's popular because it's our smallest,
cheapest Jacuzzi suite) and loaded it up with new wall paper border,
carpeting, window treatments, bedding, furniture, and -- of course -- a
bunch of P-51 Mustang artwork! Got some really nice Stan Stokes stuff in
this one...

Didn't raise the price, neither... See it at
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/the_mustang_suite.htm

Best of all -- this group's very own Vlado Lenoch has donated a bunch of
P-51 Mustang parts to us, for inclusion in the suite! We have designed a
shadow box to display these priceless artifacts (One unusual device: Vlado
gave us something called a "Circuit Destroyer" -- an explosive device that
would destroy the Mustang's electrical system if its pilot thought his
plane
was in danger of being captured!), and will have it wall-mounted by the
end
of next week -- making this our coolest suite yet. Thanks, Vlado!

Next up: The awesome Blackbird Suite -- which will be chock-full of stuff
donated to us by Bill Fox, project coordinator at the Lockheed Skunkworks
for over 30 years. Wait'll you see THAT one!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Looks cool Jay! Just may have plan a stop in Iowa City on our way to Osh
'04. I know, book early... :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL

"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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