3rd Annual Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool Party July 23rd!

[Jay Honeck]

Free beer!

Okay, now that we've got Larry's hackles up, let's move on...
;-)

Thanks to the EAA moving Airventure up a day, our annual fly-in pool
party will be held on SATURDAY night, July 23rd. (It's traditionally
been held on a Sunday...) This allows everyone to depart the next
morning and arrive in Oshkosh the day before the show starts.

What is this party about? For those who are new here, every year we
throw a party at our aviation themed hotel for pilots who are en route
to "The Big One" in Oshkosh, WI. Free food, pop, wine and beer are
served at poolside, as our way of saying "thanks" for another good
year!

KIOW is located just 1.5 to 2.0 hours Southwest of OSH, which means you
will arrive in the busiest pattern on earth fresh as a daisy (rather
than frazzled at the end of a long cross-country flight) -- which makes
(in my experience) a HUGE difference.

(An aside: This will be our 23rd consecutive OSH fly-in, God willin'
and the crick don't rise, so I know of what I speak... Flying direct
OSH from IOW puts you over RIPON on the perfect course to fly straight
up the railroad tracks to FISK, without any course deviations. This
may sound like a minor thing, but any little thing that makes getting
into OSH easier is, in my experience, a very good thing.)

One MAJOR problem, however. Because of moving the party to Saturday
night, we are now going to be bucking up against our busiest night of
the week at the Inn. (We are usually sold out every Saturday night
from April 1 through December 1.)

Worse, Mary just got off the phone with a pilot who is organizing a
family reunion here on -- you guessed it -- that weekend. He has
booked 6 suites -- so (along with other reservations) we've only got
SEVEN suites left for that night! Several are two bedroom suites, so
doubling-up is possible, if you're flying in as a group...

Long story short: If you want to spend the night, CALL NOW. You can
always cancel later, (remember our 72-hour cancellation policy) but if
you're thinking about staying with us that night, it would be good to
make your reservation ASAP. (We've already got Jack Allison's new
Arrow -- well, and Jack, too -- and Jim Weir's straight-tailed 182
booked, so barring bad weather between the Left Coast and here, a good
time is guaranteed for all...!)

Either email me at , or call us, toll free, at
888-9ALEXIS (888-925-3947) for details. We'd love to see a bunch of
you guys and gals!

And don't forget -- even if you can't spend the night, plan on stopping
in for a free brat, a cold pop, and some hangar lying!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[John Ousterhout]

OK, I made my resevation. Add 40% to your beer and brat order.

If Montblack makes a reservation double the order!

- John Ousterhout -



Jay Honeck wrote:
> Free beer!
>
> Okay, now that we've got Larry's hackles up, let's move on...
> ;-)
>
> Thanks to the EAA moving Airventure up a day, our annual fly-in pool
> party will be held on SATURDAY night, July 23rd. (It's traditionally
> been held on a Sunday...) This allows everyone to depart the next
> morning and arrive in Oshkosh the day before the show starts.
>

[RST Engineering]

And getting that 182 into the room is going to be a crystal bitch kitty.

Jim


> Long story short: If you want to spend the night, CALL NOW. You can
> always cancel later, (remember our 72-hour cancellation policy) but if
> you're thinking about staying with us that night, it would be good to
> make your reservation ASAP. (We've already got Jack Allison's new
> Arrow -- well, and Jack, too -- and Jim Weir's straight-tailed 182
> booked, so barring bad weather between the Left Coast and here, a good
> time is guaranteed for all...!)

[Jay Honeck]

Whoa -- this party is getting out of hand!

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

[Jay Honeck]

Yikes. It's our new "hangar suite"...

:-)

One problem, Jim. The suite that we have designated as the future
"Apollo Suite" has booked up for the summer. We've got so many
weddings, fly-ins, and other events going on that it just doesn't look
like we're going to be able to complete the suite transformation until
after the summer... (We need at least a week of "down" time in order
to get the carpet guys in, and for us to do all the painting, wall
paper, decorating, etc...)

In the meantime, all of your cool stuff is in safe-keeping, available
for examination by special request.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[RST Engineering]

No problem. So long as that is the case, I'll bring the Apollo 15
commemorative coins with me this summer.

Jim


> One problem, Jim. The suite that we have designated as the future
> "Apollo Suite" has booked up for the summer. We've got so many
> weddings, fly-ins, and other events going on that it just doesn't look
> like we're going to be able to complete the suite transformation until
> after the summer... (We need at least a week of "down" time in order
> to get the carpet guys in, and for us to do all the painting, wall
> paper, decorating, etc...)
>
> In the meantime, all of your cool stuff is in safe-keeping, available
> for examination by special request.
>

[jsmith]

Is space available in the hangar under Atlas' wings?

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Whoa -- this party is getting out of hand!
>
> ;-)
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

[Larry Dighera]

On 17 Apr 2005 08:02:19 -0700, "Jay Honeck" > wrote
in . com>::

>
>Free beer!
>
>Okay, now that we've got Larry's hackles up, let's move on...
>;-)

It was the 'en route' aspect of your 'free beer' advertisement with
which I took issue. Public perception of airmen might be diminished
by the thought of pilots enjoying intoxicating liquor en route to Air
Venture. This is a worldwide public forum after all.

Thanks for making it clear this time.

[Highflyer]

"John Ousterhout" > wrote in
message news:bEP8e.28080$GJ.3388@attbi_s71...
> OK, I made my resevation. Add 40% to your beer and brat order.
>
> If Montblack makes a reservation double the order!
>
> - John Ousterhout -
>
>

That sounds about right. Oysterhouse generally makes a significant dent in
the consumables at Pinckneyville also! :-)

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )

Remember the Pinckneyville rec.aviation flyin is May 20,21,and 22. Let Mary
know you are coming at so she doesn't run out of groceries
when the crowd hits the buffet table.

[Jay Honeck]

> Is space available in the hangar under Atlas' wings?

Sure.

I've slept there more than once...

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

[Jay Honeck]

>>Free beer!
>>
>>Okay, now that we've got Larry's hackles up, let's move on...
>>;-)
>
> It was the 'en route' aspect of your 'free beer' advertisement with
> which I took issue. Public perception of airmen might be diminished
> by the thought of pilots enjoying intoxicating liquor en route to Air
> Venture. This is a worldwide public forum after all.
>
> Thanks for making it clear this time.

I know, Larry. I'm just giving you some sh*t...

Your heart was in the right place, even if your sense of humor was slightly
askew.

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

[Jack Allison]

Uh oh...a pre-OSH gathering with *both* Montblack and John O.? I'd
better plan an earlier than normal arrival so I can get my first pre-OSH
brat and beer. Yikes Jay, you're not kidding...this *is* getting out of
hand :-)

Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
(didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster
this time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but that's
all part of the planning fun.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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]

RST Engineering wrote:

> And getting that 182 into the room is going to be a crystal bitch kitty.
>
> Jim

No problem Jim...we can move Atlas out of Jay's hanger then flip for it
to see who gets to put their plane in....though, the folks looking to
camp in Jay's hanger might opt for sleeping under your bird than mine. :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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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[John Galban]

Jack Allison wrote:
>
> Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
> (didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
> brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster

> this time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but
that's
> all part of the planning fun.
>

It should be doable, but it'll be a long day. You have three things
in your favor. Prevailing winds should be on your tail most of the
time, going from west to east. There's a lot of daylight in July, so a
pre-dawn start will get you across most of the mountains (and the
building T-storms) before lunch. Lastly, you have a carbon-based
autopilot in the left seat to spell you from time to time.

John Galban=====>N4BQ (PA28-180)

[Montblack]

("Jack Allison" wrote)
> Uh oh...a pre-OSH gathering with *both* Montblack and John O.?


No Montblack in Iowa City that weekend - OSH only. The ANE-IOW-OSH-ANE
triangle would end up being just under a 1,000 mile round-trip road trip.

I "will" be heading down to The Alexis Park Inn for ...um, well, um, er,
.....tulips - at the annual Pella Tulip Festival in early May. Reminds me, I
need to make my reservation tonight - maybe under Atlas' wing will still be
available.


> Looking forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted (didn't
> take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison brothers from
> the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster this time.


Third seat filled yet?


Montblack

[RST Engineering]

forward to it. Brother Steve has already been arm twisted
> (didn't take much) into co-pilot duties so, once again the Allison
> brothers from the left coast will journey East...though, a bit faster this
> time. Need to look at one day vs. two in getting to IOW but that's all
> part of the planning fun.


Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182 has
a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
arrangements.

First night stop is either Rawlins or Alliance, with a relatively easy next
day into IOW. No reason to press the issue unless you need to.

Jim

[Montblack]

("RST Engineering" wrote)
> Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
> has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
> arrangements.


Of course Jack knows best, but I'm getting the impression that a one day
scoot might be in his thoughts.... <g>

If you remember the movie A Christmas Story (1983)

Ralphie's little brother gets a blimp (on wheels) for a toy. He was in a
background shot, like a kid on speed, pushing his metal toy dirigible
around, and around (like a race car) and around, and around - as fast as he
could spin himself in a circle - it's a blimp!!. Later, we see him passed
out (exhausted) "under" the Christmas Tree, cuddling his new toy :-)


Montblack

[Scott Skylane]

RST Engineering wrote:


> Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182 has
> a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
> arrangements.
/snip/

Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
*front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane

[Jack Allison]

Montblack wrote:
> Third seat filled yet?
Back seat reserved for camping gear. Should be able to take more stuff
than we did two years ago...but I still need to run W&B numbers. Ah,
more fun things to figure out with the new plane... :-)

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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]

RST Engineering wrote:

> Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182 has
> a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
> arrangements.
That thought has crossed my mind Jim...so long as there are no stops at
little known former airports for unscheduled repairs :-)

When I get a chance to do some flight planning based on the numbers for
the Arrow, I'll drop you an e-mail (or, just fly up to your neck of the
woods...now that I can).


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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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[RST Engineering]

When avgas was 50 cents a gallon, that was the operative solution. I
generated a series of spreadsheets that tells me for any given head/tail
wind what the optimum miles per gallon power setting is and I fly that
fairly religeously. It isn't in my pocketbook to fly any other way.

Jim



>> Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
>> has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
>> arrangements.
> /snip/
>
> Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
> *front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...

[RST Engineering]

I'll be in the hangar for the next couple of weekends R&R that band-aid jug
I put on in Wyoming to get me home. When you land, ask Unicom to point you
to my hangar.

Give me the model number for the Arrow and I'll gin up a spreadsheet for
your W/B. You will have to do all the add/subtract from your logbooks for
the stuff that has been put on and taken off over the years.

Jim



> When I get a chance to do some flight planning based on the numbers for
> the Arrow, I'll drop you an e-mail (or, just fly up to your neck of the
> woods...now that I can).
>
>
> --
> Jack Allison
> PP-ASEL-IA Student
> Student Arrow Owner, 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
>
> (Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

[Newps]

We got a guy here who flies his 180 at 20 squared. Always. 100 feet
off the runway he powers down. We all laugh at him.



RST Engineering wrote:
> When avgas was 50 cents a gallon, that was the operative solution. I
> generated a series of spreadsheets that tells me for any given head/tail
> wind what the optimum miles per gallon power setting is and I fly that
> fairly religeously. It isn't in my pocketbook to fly any other way.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>>>Wanna plan on a convoy from the left coast to IOW that weekend? The 182
>>>has a hard time meeting 110 knots TAS, but we can certainly make some
>>>arrangements.
>>
>>/snip/
>>
>>Good Gawd, Jim! Try positioning that black knob further towards the
>>*front* of the aircraft! You might be amazed...
>
>
>

[Jack Allison]

RST Engineering wrote:
> I'll be in the hangar for the next couple of weekends R&R that band-aid jug
> I put on in Wyoming to get me home. When you land, ask Unicom to point you
> to my hangar.

Hmmm, I think I may have to pay a visit sometime the weekend of the
23rd/24th. Any time of the day better for you?

> Give me the model number for the Arrow and I'll gin up a spreadsheet for
> your W/B.

Cool...I hate the graphs in the POH as they're only so accurate. It's a
1971 Arrow 200B PA-28R-200

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Student Arrow Owner, 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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[RST Engineering]

"Jack Allison" > wrote in message
...
> RST Engineering wrote:
>> I'll be in the hangar for the next couple of weekends R&R that band-aid
>> jug I put on in Wyoming to get me home. When you land, ask Unicom to
>> point you to my hangar.
>
> Hmmm, I think I may have to pay a visit sometime the weekend of the
> 23rd/24th. Any time of the day better for you?

Yeah. I'm doing an annual on a Champ Saturday morning. I'll be back at the
hangar late Saturday afternoon and probably all day on Sunday.


>
>> Give me the model number for the Arrow and I'll gin up a spreadsheet for
>> your W/B.
>
> Cool...I hate the graphs in the POH as they're only so accurate. It's a
> 1971 Arrow 200B PA-28R-200

I'm working on it. I'll post it to you by email. How about a real address
instead of that garbage you have in your header?


>
> --
> Jack Allison
> PP-ASEL-IA Student
> Student Arrow Owner, 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
>
> (Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

[Jay Honeck]

> We got a guy here who flies his 180 at 20 squared. Always. 100 feet off
> the runway he powers down. We all laugh at him.

Wow. At 20 squared, we don't need headphones to talk in a conversational
voice. And we're puttering along at 100 knots or so.

Of course, we're also only burning around 8 gph, which -- if you're not
really in a hurry -- is always nice!

I don't think I'd be pulling back to that at 100 AGL, though...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"