OSH Disappointments

We did late lunch/early dinner at China Buffet. It is OUTSTANDING imho.
Possibly the best Chinese food I've had outside of SFO Chinatown.

Jim



-Across the parking lot from Pic& Save you will find China Buffet. The
-quality
-is decent, selection phenomenal, price reasonable, and, of course you
-can pig out if you want. My wife dragged us back for a second
-visit(she is partial to Chinese food).



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

"gatt"

wrote:"Hey, man. We really need you to fly the P-38 at OSHKOSH! Can ya make
it?"
"Naw...I'm going camping with some buddies and I gotta mow the lawn."


The only pilot flying Glacier Girl is Steve Hinton, who was hired to fly an
airshow in HIS P-38 at another location.
VL

Jay,

But I refuse to address them by their politically-correct,
fluff-name.


Yes. But then, you're white, too. Oops, make that "Caucasian".

"Confederate" cost them sponsors - it's as simple as that.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article , Bob Fry
wrote:

Perhaps if you had lived on the wrong end of
racism you'd understand better.

so-called Caucasians never experience racism?

--
Bob Noel
Seen on Kerry's campaign airplane: "the real deal"
oh yeah baby.

Yes. But then, you're white, too. Oops, make that "Caucasian".

You obviously haven't read much American history. You might read up on the
persecution German immigrants suffered in this country.

But I suppose you haven't heard much about this -- know why? Cuz Germans
aren't whiners. They got educations, worked hard, and moved on.

But my grandparents told me some of the stories.

But all that is beside the point. "Confederate Air Force" was a joke,
because everyone (well, anyone that understood American history) knew that
there WERE no "air forces" during the American Civil War.

Everyone heard the name, chuckled, and moved on to the next plane.

Until the whiners took over...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message ...


"Confederate" cost them sponsors - it's as simple as that.

They can call it what they want. It was changed by their membership.

I still thought the CAF blood chits (revive him with mint juleps and hide him from
the yankees) were rather humorous.

Jay,

"Confederate Air Force" was a joke,


Again, according to the CAF, it was a joke some potential sponsor
didn't find very funny.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:7nDRc.253451$JR4.113312@attbi_s54...

Lest any of you think that I'm so google-eyed about Oshkosh that I can't
find anything to bitch about, here are a few nits I'd like to pick:

1. No Glacier Girl. Again, Glacier Girl (the P-38 so many of us OSH-goers
contributed money to recover and restore) was a no-show. (Although there
WAS a real ME-109 at the show -- a first!) Ungrateful *******s.


A real ME-109 at the show? I don't think so. Photos of a Hispano Ha-1112
Buchon in German markings have been posted on
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation, I think you're referring to that airplane.
The Hispano Ha-1112 was built in Spain under license from Messerschmitt.
They were initially powered by Hispano-Suiza engines, later by Rolls Royce
Merlins.

If you want to be a real stickler for accuracy, there were no Me-109s at
all. The correct designation was Bf 109, Bf stood for Bayerische
Flugzeugwerke. In 1938 the company was renamed Messerschmitt and later
aircraft designs used Me, but the earlier designs were not redesignated.

Photos of a Hispano Ha-1112
Buchon in German markings have been posted on
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation,

That is what was @ OSH 04.

Bob,

Well put.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)