Sun N Fun PIREPS?

[Jay Honeck]

Hey Michelle! And all you other lucky folks who were able to attend SNF
this year! How 'bout a PIREP or two?

Anything cool introduced at the show? I can't believe you got to see the
P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl flying...

Sign me: Green with envy,
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Michelle P]

Jay,
I did not attend this year. I canceled a couple weeks prior. My airplane
was not up and running until last week and to rent was prohibitively
expensive. I had an offer for a ride and time in a twin down but not
back. I am planning on getting to OSH for at least a couple of days.
Michelle :-(

Jay Honeck wrote:

>Hey Michelle! And all you other lucky folks who were able to attend SNF
>this year! How 'bout a PIREP or two?
>
>Anything cool introduced at the show? I can't believe you got to see the
>P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl flying...
>
>Sign me: Green with envy,
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> I did not attend this year. I canceled a couple weeks prior. My airplane
> was not up and running until last week and to rent was prohibitively
> expensive. I had an offer for a ride and time in a twin down but not back.
> I am planning on getting to OSH for at least a couple of days.
> Michelle :-(

Well, that's bad news/good news!

Be sure to be there for our Wednesday night pig roast -- or whatever
Montblack, JimC and I end up cooking at our campsite!

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

[Jack Allison]

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Anything cool introduced at the show? I can't believe you got to see the
> P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl flying...
>
> Sign me: Green with envy,

Face it Jay, it's a conspiracy to keep you from ever seeing a P-38 fly. :-)

Seriously, I hope you get a chance someday. It's an awesome plane to
see fly.

--
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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Jay Honeck > wrote:
> Hey Michelle! And all you other lucky folks who were able to attend SNF
> this year! How 'bout a PIREP or two?

I got to see "Glacier Girl", the P-38 on the ground and in the air.
Pretty, pretty bird!

There was someone with a Steerman (225hp) that did an AWESOME
air show routine, square box and spin 'to the ground'... recovering
only 10' from the ground! Just when I thought I'd seen it all...
this was a refreshing new routine... Note... this was not a hopp-ed
up Steerman, but only 225hp!!!!

> Anything cool introduced at the show? I can't believe you got to see the
> P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl flying...

> Sign me: Green with envy,


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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[jsmith]

Jay, you need to plan an overnight trip to Middleboro KY for a couple
days this summer. You can see Glacier Girl up close at the museum/hangar
and some of us on this group could fly down and meet up with you. Then
we could all fly out somewhere for some great Eastern US ribs in the
Western NC/Eastern TN area.

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Anything cool introduced at the show? I can't believe you got to see the
> P-38 Lightning Glacier Girl flying...

[Jay Honeck]

I just did a search for "Middleboro, KY" in Destination Direct (my
flight planning software), and came up blank. Is there another
spelling?

It sounds like a great plan, otherwise.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Morgans]

"jsmith" > wrote in message
...
> Jay, you need to plan an overnight trip to Middleboro KY for a couple
> days this summer. You can see Glacier Girl up close at the museum/hangar
> and some of us on this group could fly down and meet up with you. Then
> we could all fly out somewhere for some great Eastern US ribs in the
> Western NC/Eastern TN area.
>
Count me in, if the dates work out right> I might be persuaded to make the
BBQue!
--
Jim in NC

[George Patterson]

Jay Honeck wrote:
> I just did a search for "Middleboro, KY" in Destination Direct (my
> flight planning software), and came up blank.

Kyler's "nearest airport" program shows that Elizabethtown (EKX) and Bardstown
(BRY) are the two closest fields.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

[Kyle Boatright]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I just did a search for "Middleboro, KY" in Destination Direct (my
> flight planning software), and came up blank. Is there another
> spelling?
>

Middlesboro is the correct spelling.

As an aside, the geography near Middlesboro is unusual. One of the few
towns and/or airports you'll find that is completely encircled by mountains.
That's what happens at the center of an ancient meteor impact crater...

The museum is nice, and there are a couple of places within walking distance
where you can grab a burger.

KB

[John Clonts]

"George Patterson" > wrote in message news:l6Bae.135$pc7.48@trndny05...
> Jay Honeck wrote:
>> I just did a search for "Middleboro, KY" in Destination Direct (my
>> flight planning software), and came up blank.
>
> Kyler's "nearest airport" program shows that Elizabethtown (EKX) and Bardstown (BRY) are the two closest
> fields.
>
> George Patterson
> There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
> mashed potatoes.

Wow, looks like Kyler needs to take a look a that "nearest airport" program, those are over a 100 miles away :)

--
Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ
"http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/taters.php"

[Dave Butler]

Kyle Boatright wrote:

> As an aside, the geography near Middlesboro is unusual. One of the few
> towns and/or airports you'll find that is completely encircled by mountains.
> That's what happens at the center of an ancient meteor impact crater...

Interesting. Didn't know it was an impact crater. Wish I had known that when I
was there. I flew in a few years ago when Glacier Girl was under construction in
a Cherokee 180 at full GW. Did a circling departure over the field to gain
enough altitude to feel comfortable heading for the notch in the surrounding
mountains.

Dave

[jsmith]

And you didn't notice the odd shape, compared to the surrounding
terrain, when you were flying around inside it?

Dave Butler wrote:
> Kyle Boatright wrote:
>
>> As an aside, the geography near Middlesboro is unusual. One of the
>> few towns and/or airports you'll find that is completely encircled by
>> mountains. That's what happens at the center of an ancient meteor
>> impact crater...
>
>
> Interesting. Didn't know it was an impact crater. Wish I had known that
> when I was there. I flew in a few years ago when Glacier Girl was under
> construction in a Cherokee 180 at full GW. Did a circling departure over
> the field to gain enough altitude to feel comfortable heading for the
> notch in the surrounding mountains.
>
> Dave

[Dave Butler]

jsmith wrote:
> And you didn't notice the odd shape, compared to the surrounding
> terrain, when you were flying around inside it?

I guess not. It was a few years ago, so I don't remember in detail. Not very
observant, I guess, eh?

DGB
>
> Dave Butler wrote:
>
>> Kyle Boatright wrote:
>>
>>> As an aside, the geography near Middlesboro is unusual. One of the
>>> few towns and/or airports you'll find that is completely encircled by
>>> mountains. That's what happens at the center of an ancient meteor
>>> impact crater...
>>
>>
>>
>> Interesting. Didn't know it was an impact crater. Wish I had known
>> that when I was there. I flew in a few years ago when Glacier Girl was
>> under construction in a Cherokee 180 at full GW. Did a circling
>> departure over the field to gain enough altitude to feel comfortable
>> heading for the notch in the surrounding mountains.

[Kyle Boatright]

"jsmith" > wrote in message
...
> And you didn't notice the odd shape, compared to the surrounding terrain,
> when you were flying around inside it?
>

There are mountains in the area, and the first time you go there, it simply
looks like you found an odd feature where everything seems to be uphill. I
had been there twice before I read a National Geographic article about
meteor impact craters that identified Middlesboro...

Sometimes you can't see the crater for all the mountains, or something like
that...

KB

[Dave Butler]

Kyle Boatright wrote:
> "jsmith" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>And you didn't notice the odd shape, compared to the surrounding terrain,
>>when you were flying around inside it?
>>
>
>
> There are mountains in the area, and the first time you go there, it simply
> looks like you found an odd feature where everything seems to be uphill. I
> had been there twice before I read a National Geographic article about
> meteor impact craters that identified Middlesboro...
>
> Sometimes you can't see the crater for all the mountains, or something like
> that...

Take a look at http://maps.google.com, type in "Middlesboro, KY", and then click
on "satellite". I don't think the impact crater is extremely obvious. Dave

[W P Dixon]

According to the National Park "story of the park" the flat section may or
may not have been caused by a meteor strike, another possibility is the
collapse of a large underground cavern. And in this area , caverns are
extremely common.
IF anyone gets bored and wants to go on an adventure I would recomend a
trip along the top of Pine Mountain from Letcher County down into Harlan
County. Just a small one lane dirt road( more of a wide path) and it is
really like stepping back in time. I used to go hunting up there, and it
seemed to be just miles and miles of nothing but miles and miles.
Makes you daydream about being Daniel Boone....and a time before the
greed of man cut down entire forests off the sides of the mountains and
before we stripped mined what was left into a pile of rubble. Just look at
Jenkins , KY for that. Pitiful, on US 23 at the top of Pine Mountain,
looking toward Virginia is very pretty, you look back at Kentucky and see a
waste land around Jenkins..like a nuke went off.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech