OSH for the uninitiated...

("RST Engineering" wrote)
[snip]
1. The dorms at the University of Oshkosh (for those that don't like to
camp in thunderstorm country). Best room rate in town, and I've never
known anybody to be turned away, reservation or not. No air conditioning
in the rooms and dorm style showers and potties, but the all-you-can-eat
food means you only have to really eat once a day. If you take the dollar
shuttle bus from the field back to the dorms at noon, the food is about
half-price the dinner tab and it is still all you can eat.


On the phone the UW-OSH dorm-gal said the waiting list for the dorms was
almost 700 names.

You think I have a shot at a dorm room if I just "show up" Sunday morning? I
enjoyed my dorm experience 2 years ago - plus $44/night is not bad!!

Thanks


Montblack

You think I have a shot at a dorm room if I just "show up" Sunday morning?
I enjoyed my dorm experience 2 years ago - plus $44/night is not bad!!

What? You're not going to sleep sitting on a box in the middle of a flooded
tent again?

Wimp!

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

Jay Honeck wrote:

Hy my name is Paul and I'm afraid to get wet. I know how to fire up a
mean BBQ (but not nearly as mean as Jim's) but I'm afraid to get wet. I
want hot and cold (as opposed to one temperature) showers (the only time
I'm not afraid to get wet). I have to drive to Oshkosh and I'm afraid
to get wet. I could camp near a couple of really great looking Pipers
where the ice chest always has a cold one but, you guessed it, I'm
afraid to get wet.

:-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow 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

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Jay Honeck wrote:
With just 7 weeks till the Big One in Oshkosh, WI (Gawd -- it's just
like waiting for Christmas when you're a little kid!)

7 weeks? That's...like...less than two months...very cool! Yes Jay, it
is like a kid waiting for Christmas...maybe worse this year for me since
it's my first time flying in as an owner and the second fly-in for me
this year. Man, who'd have thought that an FBO meltdown a year ago
would have put me in this spot?

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow 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

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Man, who'd have thought that an FBO meltdown a year ago would have put me
in this spot?

It's called "terminal indebtedness"....

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

Jay Honeck wrote:
Man, who'd have thought that an FBO meltdown a year ago would have put me
in this spot?


It's called "terminal indebtedness"....

;-)
Yep, one of those things that was crummy at the time since it meant
going to a different airport if I wanted to rent. I figure it really
pushed me into ownership about a year or two ahead of when I thought I'd
take the plunge. No looking back now, especially since we're operating
for *less* than another FBO in the area charges for their wet rate on a
C-152.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow 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

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Yep, one of those things that was crummy at the time since it meant going
to a different airport if I wanted to rent. I figure it really pushed me
into ownership about a year or two ahead of when I thought I'd take the
plunge. No looking back now, especially since we're operating for *less*
than another FBO in the area charges for their wet rate on a C-152.

Oh, crap, Jack, now you've done it. I felt a ripple in the Force when you
said that....

Once you brag about how cheap your plane is to operate, that opens the Gates
of Hell, and out come all the Expensive Demonic Repairs.

Sorry, man. Brace yourself.

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

Jay Honeck wrote:

Oh, crap, Jack, now you've done it. I felt a ripple in the Force when you
said that....

Man, not only is the PPL a license to learn, ownership is too! May the
force be with me :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow 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

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"Jack Allison" wrote

No looking back now, especially since we're operating
for *less* than another FBO in the area charges for their wet rate on a
C-152.

Are you also including a fund for: engine overhaul reserve, annual
inspection expenses reserve, and hangar or tiedown, in your per hour
calculation? If so, that is truly great news!
--
Jim in NC

Jim ....

Please..."annual inspection expenses reserve" should be out of your
vocabulary. The annual inspection should be something on the order of
$200-400. What the inspection REVEALS if not taken care of during the year
might be a hell of a lot more. But don't lay the cost of preventive
maintenance on the annual.

My annual this year (if I couldn't do it myself) would be $150. The
cylinder inspection and replacement of parts is another $600. The muffler
with deteriorated flame tubes is another $600. The muffler shroud is $200.
Is this $1400 part of the annual? I think not. Please separate "average
preventive maintenance" from the "annual".

Thanks,


Jim


"Morgans" wrote in message
...

Are you also including a fund for: engine overhaul reserve, annual
inspection expenses reserve, and hangar or tiedown, in your per hour
calculation? If so, that is truly great news!
--
Jim in NC