Name an Aviation Theme Suite -- Win a Prize!

Richard Riley wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:53:24 GMT, "Jay Honeck"

:So we FINALLY finished the new "Piper Cub Suite" yesterday (some of that
:artwork has been in our dining room for over three years!) at our aviation
:theme suite hotel, and we're embarking on our last two aviation theme
:suites, the "Apollo Suite" and the "Oshkosh Suite" -- both which have been
:in the works for over two years.

The obvious on is the DC-3 suite, but beyond that...

Glenn Martin suite
Wrong Way Corrigan suite
Rutan suite
RV or Van Grunsven suite
Shuttle suite
USS Enterprise suite
Blue Angels/Thunderbirds suite
Spitfire suite
Phantom suite
Stealth Suite
F-22 Raptor suite
MiG/Sukhoi suite
Top Gun suite

Please don't do a UAV suite.

Definitely need to do a Star Trek suite.

On 05 Jan 2006 20:13:54 GMT, Blanche wrote:

:Richard Riley wrote:
:On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:53:24 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
:
::So we FINALLY finished the new "Piper Cub Suite" yesterday (some of that
::artwork has been in our dining room for over three years!) at our aviation
::theme suite hotel, and we're embarking on our last two aviation theme
::suites, the "Apollo Suite" and the "Oshkosh Suite" -- both which have been
::in the works for over two years.
:
:The obvious on is the DC-3 suite, but beyond that...
:
:Glenn Martin suite
:Wrong Way Corrigan suite
:Rutan suite
:RV or Van Grunsven suite
:Shuttle suite
:USS Enterprise suite
:Blue Angels/Thunderbirds suite
:Spitfire suite
:Phantom suite
:Stealth Suite
:F-22 Raptor suite
:MiG/Sukhoi suite
:Top Gun suite
:
:Please don't do a UAV suite.
:
efinitely need to do a Star Trek suite.

Gene Roddenbery was a heck of a good pilot.

"Gene Roddenberry led a life as colorful and exciting as almost any
high- adventure fiction. He was born in El Paso, Texas, on August 19,
1921, spent his boyhood in Los Angeles, studied three years of college
pre-law and then transferred his academic interest to aeronautical
engineering and qualified for a pilot's license. He volunteered for
the U.S. Army Air Corps in the fall of 1941 and was ordered into
training as a flying cadet as the war began.

Emerging from Kelly Field, Texas, as a Second Lieutenant, Roddenberry
was sent to the South Pacific where he entered combat at Guadalcanal,
flying B-17 bombers out of the newly-captured Japanese airstrip, which
became Henderson Field. He flew missions against enemy strongholds at
Bougainville and participated in the Munda invasion. In all, he took
part in 89 missions and sorties. He was decorated with the
Distinguished flying Cross and the Air Medal.

While in the South Pacific, he also began to write. He sold stories to
flying magazines, and later poetry to publications including The New
York Times. Upon his return from combat, he became a trouble-shooter
for the Air Force working out of Washington, D.C., investigating the
causes of air crashes. At war's end, he joined Pan American World
Airways. During this time, he also studied literature at Columbia
University.

It was on a flight from Calcutta that his plane lost two engines and
caught fire in flight, crashing at night in the Syrian desert. As the
senior surviving officer, Roddenberry sent two Englishmen swimming
across the Euphrates River in quest of the source of a light he had
observed just prior to the crash impact. Meanwhile, he parleyed with
nomads who had come to loot the dead. The Englishmen reached a Syrian
military outpost, which sent a small plane to investigate. Roddenberry
returned with the small plane to the outpost, where he broadcast a
message that was relayed to Pan Am, which sent a stretcher plane to
the rescue. Roddenberry later received a Civil Aeronautics
commendation for his efforts during and after the crash."

His memorial service featured a missing man formation of Long EZ's (I
put it together)

Also, the man who designed the "Enterprise" itself, Matt Jefferies,
was a pilot based at Santa Paula for many years. The resturant there
is still decorated with paintings of aircraft that Jefferies did.

Gene Roddenbery was a heck of a good pilot.

FASCINATING (as Spock would say) story, Richard. Thanks for sharing it.

What was Roddenberry called again? That "Great Bird in the Sky" -- or
something to that effect?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:52:44 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

: Gene Roddenbery was a heck of a good pilot.
:
:FASCINATING (as Spock would say) story, Richard. Thanks for sharing it.
:
:What was Roddenberry called again? That "Great Bird in the Sky" -- or
:something to that effect?

The Great Bird of the Galaxy.

I was working at Paramount when he died and made the offer for the
missing man. The Star Trek producers said that would be wonderful,
and asked how much it would cost. I told them that's not the way it
works.

The Condor Squadron - T6's - at Van Nuys volunteered, but I thought
Long EZs would be more appropriate. I contacted the Beech dealer at
Van Nuys to see if they'd fly the Starship they had there as the #2.
He refered me to a sales VP at Beech. I explained the situation for
him and asked if they'd join us, since the memorial was about a 3
minute flight away from their base.

He said "Why would we ever do that?"

I tried to explain that a) GB had come up with the name "Starship" and
had graciously allowed Beech to use it and b) there'd be about 20
television crews covering it but he just wouldn't hear of it.

The later Star Trek ships were called "Defiant" and "Voyager." Not an
accident.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Gene Roddenbery was a heck of a good pilot.

FASCINATING (as Spock would say) story, Richard. Thanks for sharing it.

What was Roddenberry called again? That "Great Bird in the Sky" -- or
something to that effect?

Merely "The Great Bird".

However a number of Trek actors are pilots, including Dorn and Nimoy.
IIRC Dorn is qualified to fly jets -- there's a clause in his
Trek contracts that restricts him from flying while shooting the
films.

And remember the complete name of NASA -- National Aeronatics and Space
Administration.

"Richard Riley" wrote

Emerging from Kelly Field, Texas, as a Second Lieutenant, Roddenberry
was sent to the South Pacific where he entered combat at Guadalcanal,
flying B-17 bombers out of the newly-captured Japanese airstrip, which
became Henderson Field. He flew missions against enemy strongholds at
Bougainville and participated in the Munda invasion. In all, he took
part in 89 missions and sorties. He was decorated with the
Distinguished flying Cross and the Air Medal.

Roddenberry later received a Civil Aeronautics
commendation for his efforts during and after the crash."

Also, the man who designed the "Enterprise" itself, Matt Jefferies,
was a pilot based at Santa Paula for many years.

Wow, I am a bit of a Star Trek buff, but I had no idea about all of
Rodenberry's history!

I suppose that the Jefferies tube got it's name from the designer.
--
Jim in NC

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 23:12:44 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:

:
:"Richard Riley" wrote
:
: Emerging from Kelly Field, Texas, as a Second Lieutenant, Roddenberry
: was sent to the South Pacific where he entered combat at Guadalcanal,
: flying B-17 bombers out of the newly-captured Japanese airstrip, which
: became Henderson Field. He flew missions against enemy strongholds at
: Bougainville and participated in the Munda invasion. In all, he took
: part in 89 missions and sorties. He was decorated with the
: Distinguished flying Cross and the Air Medal.
:
: Roddenberry later received a Civil Aeronautics
: commendation for his efforts during and after the crash."
:
: Also, the man who designed the "Enterprise" itself, Matt Jefferies,
: was a pilot based at Santa Paula for many years.
:
:Wow, I am a bit of a Star Trek buff, but I had no idea about all of
:Rodenberry's history!
:
:I suppose that the Jefferies tube got it's name from the designer.

Yep. And most of the medical instruments that Dr. McCoy used were
actually salt shakers. There are LOTS of inside jokes on the show.

My Long EZ was registered as a Federation-Starship "Enterprise" with a
reg number of 1701X. I'd call it a Long EZ on the radio, but every
once in a while an ATC type would get it from the reg number. I have
1701V reserved for my new one.

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Mile High Suite :^)

The Monk

Flyingmonk wrote:
Mile High Suite :^)

and rent it by the (Hobbs) hour.

Gerald