Oshkosh 2006 Pix, at last!

FINALLY got some time to put a quick and dirty Oshkosh 2006 webpage
together.

See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2006.htm

If you want to jump straight to the Wednesday Night North 40 Party, see
it he
http://alexisparkinn.com/wed_-_north_40_party.htm

I haven't had time to add some videos to this page, yet, and I've got
some pix that others have sent me that I'd like to add -- but otherwise
it's largely complete -- enjoy!

Mary and I had a fantastic time, as always -- and we're already
counting the days down to OSH '07!

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

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

FINALLY got some time to put a quick and dirty Oshkosh 2006 webpage
together.

See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2006.htm


Mary and I had a fantastic time, as always -- and we're already
counting the days down to OSH '07!

Great pictures, Jay. Thanks for all your planning and hospitality. It was a
great week.

Mike

Great pictures, Jay. Thanks for all your planning and hospitality. It was a
great week.

You're welcome, Mike -- it was great that you could make it! I hope it
becomes an annual tradition for ya...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay... enjoyed the pictures.. your kids are two of the luckiest kids in the
world..

Glad to see my old buddies showed up with my plane... the B-1 of course..
glad you liked it.
I could not see the serial number but I did see the squadron patch beside
the nose art.

Bill

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
FINALLY got some time to put a quick and dirty Oshkosh 2006 webpage
together.

See it he http://alexisparkinn.com/oshkosh_2006.htm

If you want to jump straight to the Wednesday Night North 40 Party, see
it he
http://alexisparkinn.com/wed_-_north_40_party.htm

I haven't had time to add some videos to this page, yet, and I've got
some pix that others have sent me that I'd like to add -- but otherwise
it's largely complete -- enjoy!

Mary and I had a fantastic time, as always -- and we're already
counting the days down to OSH '07!

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

Jay... enjoyed the pictures.. your kids are two of the luckiest kids in the
world..

I'd appreciate it if you could have a talk with them... ;-)

Glad to see my old buddies showed up with my plane... the B-1 of course..
glad you liked it.

The B-1 is awesome! I've never quite figured out why the B-52 still
seems to grab most of the glory whenever there's a fight, cuz the B-1
is just soo much more cool.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 14 Aug 2006 04:55:17 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

The B-1 is awesome! I've never quite figured out why the B-52 still
seems to grab most of the glory whenever there's a fight, cuz the B-1
is just soo much more cool.

It's just old age and treachery overcoming youth and skill. :-)

The B-52 is the only front-line combat aircraft in the world where you can ask
your grandfather for advice on how to fly it.

The B-52s were built right after WWII, the aluminum they're built of came from
thousands of scrapped B-17s, B-24s, and P-51. It literally has combat in its
blood. The B-1's aluminum came from recycled Tab, Fresca, and Lite Beer cans.
The B-1 needs kevlar for structural strength; the only kevlar needed in a B-52
is in the pilot's jockstrap.

The B-52's unofficial nickname (BUFF) incorporates one very dirty word. Its
official nickname, "Stratofortress," conjures images of stout stone walls and
George C. Scott in the War Room, crouching down with his arms extended like
wings, saying, "If the pilot's good, I mean if he's reeeally sharp, he can
barrel that thing in so low, oh it's a sight to see. You wouldn't expect it with
a big ol' plane like a '52, but varrrooom! The jet exhaust... frying chickens in
the barnyard!"

The B-1's unofficial name? "Bone". Probably took a Second Lieutenant all of
five minutes to think of that one. And its official nickname is "Lancer."
Sheesh. Sergeant Garcia led a troop of Lancers, and they never caught Zorro.
The name conjures images of some guy in a frilly chartreuse shirt and purple
capri pants yelling "Yooo-hooo, Lancer, let's go for a cappucino at Starbucks on
the way to the Barbara Streisand film festival!"

Yep, give me a B-52, anytime.... :-)

Ron Wanttaja

In a previous article, said:
The B-1's unofficial name? "Bone". Probably took a Second Lieutenant all of
five minutes to think of that one. And its official nickname is "Lancer."

Its other unofficial name is "Gold Plated Hangar Queen".


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
I use shell scripts at ork. Some cow-orkers refuse to touch them, their
excuse is usually "I don't understand perl". Their fear of perl is such
that all things unknown are also perl. -- Andrew Dalgleish

In article ,
Ron Wanttaja wrote:

The name conjures images of some guy in a frilly chartreuse shirt and purple
capri pants yelling "Yooo-hooo, Lancer, let's go for a cappucino at Starbucks
on
the way to the Barbara Streisand film festival!"

That sounds like that movie where the guy with the baseball bat yells,
"Warriors, come out an playyyy!"

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On 14 Aug 2006 04:55:17 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

The B-1 is awesome! I've never quite figured out why the B-52 still
seems to grab most of the glory whenever there's a fight, cuz the B-1
is just soo much more cool.

It's just old age and treachery overcoming youth and skill. :-)

The B-52 is the only front-line combat aircraft in the world where you can ask
your grandfather for advice on how to fly it.

The B-52s were built right after WWII, the aluminum they're built of came from
thousands of scrapped B-17s, B-24s, and P-51. It literally has combat in its
blood.

Not to pick a nit, but the USAF is only flying B-52H which were made
in the early 1960s.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The B-1 is awesome! I've never quite figured out why the B-52 still
seems to grab most of the glory whenever there's a fight, cuz the B-1
is just soo much more cool.
--

The B-1 is in and out before you know it.. the B-52 was low and slow, and
now has been relegated to high altitude long range drops.

BT