Ideas for long flight to midwest

[Wings]

We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.

So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
North Carolina (FFA)!

But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
coast a bit too much of a stretch.

So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on the
first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.

So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any
great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
trip report in a week and a half or so!

Tim Long
PA28-140
Camarillo, CA

[Ronnie]

I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.

Ronnie

"Wings" > wrote in message
...
> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>
> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
> North Carolina (FFA)!
>
> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>
> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on
> the
> first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
> and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
> perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>
> So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit?
> Any
> great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
> flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
> trip report in a week and a half or so!
>
> Tim Long
> PA28-140
> Camarillo, CA

[Wings]

"Ronnie" > posted the exciting message
. net:

> I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
> Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.
>
> Ronnie

We've heard that, too. That was one idea.

I forgot to mention that if we get up that way we might try to fly by Iowa
City and see Jay!

Tim

[Montblack]

("Wings" wrote)
> I forgot to mention that if we get up that way we might try to fly by Iowa
> City and see Jay!

Continue on up the Mighty Mississippi into Minnesota. If it's hot, Duluth,
MN is a perfect destination - "America's Air Conditioned City". Then fly on
to Bayfield, Wisconsin. A Door County and/or Mackinac Island hop would make
for a memorable trip! Then head for NC. :-)

http://www.americanbarnstormerstour.com/
Your trip is too early to bump into these guys. Drat!


Montblack

[Jay Beckman]

"Ronnie" > wrote in message
. net...
> I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
> Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.
>
> Ronnie

I'll second the USAF Museum as a destination.

It's awesome..

Jay B

[Gene Seibel]

Kansas Cosmosphere. The current facility includes an IMAX Dome theatre
(originally OMNIMAX), the Justice Planetarium, and the 2nd largest
collection of US space artifacts in the world (second only to the
National Air and Space Museum). On display:
Liberty Bell 7
SR-71 Blackbird
Odyssey command module from Apollo 13
Restored V-1 and V-2 rockets
Replica Redstone and Titan II launch vehicles
Restored versions of World War II V-1 and V-2 rockets
Prototype and space-flown American and Russian spacesuits
Moon rock
Full-scale mock-up of Space Shuttle (left side of craft only)
Section from Berlin Wall
Lunar Rover
Copy of Chuck Yeager's X-1, "Glamourous Glennis"
Actual, flown Gemini X spacecraft
Flown Russian Vostok spacecraft

http://www.cosmo.org/
--
Gene Seibel
Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.



Wings wrote:
> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>
> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
> North Carolina (FFA)!
>
> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>
> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on the
> first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
> and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
> perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>
> So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any
> great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
> flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
> trip report in a week and a half or so!
>
> Tim Long
> PA28-140
> Camarillo, CA

[John Doe]

You gotta go to St. Louis.


"Wings" > wrote in message
...
> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>
> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
> North Carolina (FFA)!
>
> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>
> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on
> the
> first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
> and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
> perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>
> So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit?
> Any
> great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
> flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
> trip report in a week and a half or so!
>
> Tim Long
> PA28-140
> Camarillo, CA

[Michael Ware]

"Jay Beckman" > wrote in message
news:tvPhg.29591$AB3.5870@fed1read02...
> "Ronnie" > wrote in message
> . net...
> > I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
> > Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.
> >
> > Ronnie
>
> I'll second the USAF Museum as a destination.
>
> It's awesome..
>
> Jay B
>
I wish they would allow public landings there, even if it were just certain
days of the year. That would make it a complete aviation experience.

As it is, you'll have to land at DAY and get a car.

[john smith]

In article >,
"Michael Ware" > wrote:

> "Jay Beckman" > wrote in message
> news:tvPhg.29591$AB3.5870@fed1read02...
> > "Ronnie" > wrote in message
> > . net...
> > > I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
> > > Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.
> > >
> > > Ronnie
> >
> > I'll second the USAF Museum as a destination.
> >
> > It's awesome..
> >
> > Jay B
> >
> I wish they would allow public landings there, even if it were just certain
> days of the year. That would make it a complete aviation experience.
>
> As it is, you'll have to land at DAY and get a car.

Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport/KSGH has a courtesy shuttle to and
from the museum. It is 12 miles east of the museum. Just outside the
airport (SGH) is an excellent ice cream stop (Youngs Dairy).

[Jay Honeck]

>> I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
>> Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.

Yes -- this museum is HIGHLY recommended! One of the best -- in some ways,
better than even the NASM in Washington, DC.

> I forgot to mention that if we get up that way we might try to fly by Iowa
> City and see Jay!

Now THAT'S more like it! :-)

If you can't give us a head's up a day or two out, I understand -- but try
like the devil to avoid Saturday nights for "drop ins" -- as we usually sell
out Saturday nights, often weeks in advance. (Pesky weddings at the inn,
doncha know?)

Any other day, we'll squeeze ya in...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck]

> Continue on up the Mighty Mississippi into Minnesota. If it's hot, Duluth,
> MN is a perfect destination - "America's Air Conditioned City". Then fly
> on
> to Bayfield, Wisconsin. A Door County and/or Mackinac Island hop would
> make for a memorable trip! Then head for NC. :-)

Yep, stop in Iowa City, spend the night -- and then head due north to
Anoka-Blaine for lunch with Montblack the next day. After lunch, continue
north up to Duluth/Superior, on the shores of Lake Superior. There's a cool
seaplane base there, and a great museum dedicated to Richard I. Bong, the
top-scoring US ace of WWII.

Then continue east, along the southern shore of Lake Superior, to Ashland,
WI. (Keep the blue on your left, and you can't miss it!) Spend the night
in the Hotel Chequamegon (or however you spell it) -- a great hotel in old
Ashland. It's a very neat area, with a great FBO.

From there, head East-Southeast to Door County, WI, and land at Ephraim, WI.
Catch a ride from the FBO to the White Gull Inn, located in Fish Creek, for
one of the best meals you'll EVER have. The flight in and out to the
peninsula is stunning, too.

After lunch, head south, around the southern tip of Lake Michigan, through
the awesome VFR lakeshore corridor through Chicago. Throw a wreath (or, at
least, mutter a Daley curse) as you over-fly the remnants of the once-great
Meigs Field, and enjoy the awesome views of the sky-scrapers in downtown.
Continue on to Dayton, and visit the Air Force Museum. Don't forget to
visit the Wright Brothers stuff there -- the old bike shop, and the field
where most of their early test flights took place.

This is a great trip, and one I've flown several times.

If you REALLY want a treat and have the time, go from Door County NORTHEAST
to Mackinac Island, and spend the night there, before heading southeast to
Dayton. The island is an incredible experience -- no motor vehicles have
been allowed on it since 1903, with the exception of aircraft -- and you'll
never regret having overflown the incredible Mackinac Bridge -- longer and
taller than the Golden Gate!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Beckman]

IIRC,

Unless they moved it BACK to Dayton, the original Wright Bros bike shop
is actually in Dearborn, MI at Greenfield Village.

Part of the Henry Ford Museum...

Jay B

[Montblack]

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
> Yep, stop in Iowa City, spend the night

That's what I meant ...after stopping at IOW, first. <g>

> and then head due north to Anoka-Blaine for lunch with Montblack the next
> day.

Give me a heads up - if I'm available, you bet, stop in. There are two very
good museums on the field that are hit-and-miss for being available for
viewing. Also, Surfside Seaplane Base (8Y4) is only 5 miles east of ANE.

http://www.adventureseaplanes.com/
"SURFSIDE SEAPLANE BASE is the largest seaplane base in the lower 48 states.
It is privately owned & operated, has an 1900 foot grass runway with a full
aircraft maintenance facility and fuel. Over 60 floatplanes reside here"

("Largest?" Wow, that's news to me - Montblack)

http://www.startribune.com/142/story/458010.html
"Where seaplanes roost"

> After lunch, continue north up to Duluth/Superior, on the shores of Lake
> Superior.

Pretty much what I said from here on.... :-)


Montblack

[Prime]

"Jay Honeck" > posted the exciting message
news:0f5ig.1012822$xm3.473418@attbi_s21:

> Yep, stop in Iowa City, spend the night -- and then head due north to
> Anoka-Blaine for lunch with Montblack the next day. After lunch,
> continue north up to Duluth/Superior, on the shores of Lake Superior.
> There's a cool seaplane base there, and a great museum dedicated to
> Richard I. Bong, the top-scoring US ace of WWII.

Jay - we will try to make IA city if we're close. Will write a trip report
in any event when we return. Thanks to all for the suggestions!

We leave tomorrow am early. Weather looks a bit tricky - bad tstms over the
northern route, and some tstms/wind over the southern route. Our 140 can't
go the middle route! We may have to fly via El Paso (farther south than we
want to) if the weather is bad. Our preferred route is Camarillo-Winslow-
Tucumcari-Amarillo, then wherever we want to go from there.

[Jay Honeck]

> Unless they moved it BACK to Dayton, the original Wright Bros bike shop
> is actually in Dearborn, MI at Greenfield Village.

I know. But Dayton has re-built the bike shop, supposedly to spec, in its
original location.

I've always wondered which idiot local politician mortgaged Dayton's future
to Henry Ford, way back when?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[john smith]

In article . com>,
"Doug" > wrote:

> The airport in Dayton that has the blimp hangar (hangar made out of
> rubber!) has a GREAT resturant, historic landmark, cute waitresses.
> It's the airport towards the north.

Okay... I live in Ohio. The only blimp hangars in the state that I know
of are at Akron Municipal and Wingfoot Lake. Where is the one north of
Dayton?

[Robet Coffey]

I thought Sporty's was neat for a short visit in Ohio. If you make it
that far east might as well drop by Downtown Island KDKX in Knoxville,
Tn or the warbird museum in Gatlinburg Tn.
Wings wrote:
> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>
> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
> North Carolina (FFA)!
>
> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>
> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on the
> first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
> and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
> perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>
> So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any
> great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
> flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
> trip report in a week and a half or so!
>
> Tim Long
> PA28-140
> Camarillo, CA

[Jay Beckman]

Jay Honeck wrote:
> > Unless they moved it BACK to Dayton, the original Wright Bros bike shop
> > is actually in Dearborn, MI at Greenfield Village.
>
> I know. But Dayton has re-built the bike shop, supposedly to spec, in its
> original location.

Ah. It's been several years since I've been to Dayton (and many more
since I used to actully live and work in Kettering, OH outside Dayton.)

> I've always wondered which idiot local politician mortgaged Dayton's future
> to Henry Ford, way back when?

"Back in the day" you didn't say "no" to the likes of Ford, Gugenheim,
Carnagie, etc...Money "talked" then too...

Jay B

[Dave Butler]

>>I'll second the USAF Museum as a destination.
>>
>>It's awesome..
>>
>>Jay B
>>
>
> I wish they would allow public landings there, even if it were just certain
> days of the year. That would make it a complete aviation experience.
>
> As it is, you'll have to land at DAY and get a car.

They had a GA fly-in at Wright-Pat for a few years, but I'm sure 911 has
eliminated that by now. It was by invitation only. I was there some time in the
early 90s and have FFO in my logbook. They had probably 20-30 invitations out
the day I was there. A friend of mine was base Ops Officer and wangled me an
invitation.

Dave

[Newps]

Going to ANE next Wednesday night or Thursday morning, any hangars
available for a week that would be cheaper than Cirrus?



Montblack wrote:
> ("Jay Honeck" wrote)
>
>> Yep, stop in Iowa City, spend the night
>
>
> That's what I meant ...after stopping at IOW, first. <g>
>
>> and then head due north to Anoka-Blaine for lunch with Montblack the next
>> day.
>
>
> Give me a heads up - if I'm available, you bet, stop in. There are two very
> good museums on the field that are hit-and-miss for being available for
> viewing. Also, Surfside Seaplane Base (8Y4) is only 5 miles east of ANE.
>
> http://www.adventureseaplanes.com/
> "SURFSIDE SEAPLANE BASE is the largest seaplane base in the lower 48
> states.
> It is privately owned & operated, has an 1900 foot grass runway with a full
> aircraft maintenance facility and fuel. Over 60 floatplanes reside here"
>
> ("Largest?" Wow, that's news to me - Montblack)
>
> http://www.startribune.com/142/story/458010.html
> "Where seaplanes roost"
>
>> After lunch, continue north up to Duluth/Superior, on the shores of Lake
>> Superior.
>
>
> Pretty much what I said from here on.... :-)
>
>
> Montblack
>

[.Blueskies.]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message news:Smeig.1013719$xm3.369036@attbi_s21...
>> Unless they moved it BACK to Dayton, the original Wright Bros bike shop
>> is actually in Dearborn, MI at Greenfield Village.
>
> I know. But Dayton has re-built the bike shop, supposedly to spec, in its original location.
>
> I've always wondered which idiot local politician mortgaged Dayton's future to Henry Ford, way back when?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
>

You folks are so cynical...

The city was going to tear it down; it was built in a flood plain. Turns out a short time after Ford moved the shop the
area was flooded anyway. The bike shop they have 'restored' is something like the second shop they opened, and is not
the shop where they built the flyer.

All of Dearborn Village and the Ford museum is a very cool stop, if possible. I think it is one of the best monuments to
the industrial age in the USA.

[Montblack]

("Newps" wrote)
> Going to ANE next Wednesday night or Thursday morning, any hangars
> available for a week that would be cheaper than Cirrus?


Arrive: Wed 14th or Thur 15th?
Depart: Wed 21st?

I'll check the weekend crowd - if it stops drizzling by then.

It's 50F/Mist Friday evening at ANE.

I might not have a good lead for you until Monday - when the worker bees are
where I know they'll be. I seem to know more of them than regular folks over
there.

There's a few contacts I can phone for you. Hope it works out.


Montblack

[Newps]

Thanks.




Montblack wrote:
> ("Newps" wrote)
>
>> Going to ANE next Wednesday night or Thursday morning, any hangars
>> available for a week that would be cheaper than Cirrus?
>
>
>
> Arrive: Wed 14th or Thur 15th?
> Depart: Wed 21st?
>
> I'll check the weekend crowd - if it stops drizzling by then.
>
> It's 50F/Mist Friday evening at ANE.
>
> I might not have a good lead for you until Monday - when the worker bees
> are
> where I know they'll be. I seem to know more of them than regular folks
> over
> there.
>
> There's a few contacts I can phone for you. Hope it works out.
>
>
> Montblack

[Travis Marlatte]

Forget Batavia for Sporty's. Unless you are going to specifically pick
something up, thumbing through their catalog or paging through their online
catalog is much, much more interesting.

Don't get me wronge - beautiful airport. Beautiful Sporty's building. But
what's inside was a waste of time for me.

Small selection of what they offer - although they could get you anything
you wanted at the counter. No restaurant of any kind on the field. In fact,
even the vending machines were below par.

I was expecting to spend several hours there. Instead, I paid for fuel,
spent 10 minutes looking at everything they had on display, had lunch of a
bag of chips and a Pepsi, and got out of there as quickly as I could.

--
-------------------------------
Travis
Lake N3094P
PWK
"Robet Coffey" > wrote in message
news:7Reig.7$X02.3@trnddc02...
>I thought Sporty's was neat for a short visit in Ohio. If you make it that
>far east might as well drop by Downtown Island KDKX in Knoxville, Tn or the
>warbird museum in Gatlinburg Tn.
> Wings wrote:
>> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>>
>> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
>> North Carolina (FFA)!
>>
>> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
>> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>>
>> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on
>> the first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is
>> better and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the
>> Mississippi, perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc. So my question for you
>> midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any great airports? Any
>> good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty flexible on where we can
>> go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a trip report in a week and
>> a half or so!
>>
>> Tim Long
>> PA28-140
>> Camarillo, CA

[No Spam]

>>> I've always wanted to go to the Air Force museum in
>>> Dayton, OH. I've heard that it is great.
>
> Yes -- this museum is HIGHLY recommended! One of the best -- in some ways,
> better than even the NASM in Washington, DC.
>

But neither are not quite as good as the National Naval Aviation Museum in
Pensacola. And that's not just because I've got one flight in the A-7E
Corsair II on display there!

Go Navy, Beat Air Force!


-> Don
All good things arrive unto them that wait...
and don't die in the meantime. - Mark Twain

[Jay Honeck]

> Forget Batavia for Sporty's.
> Small selection of what they offer - although they could get you anything
> you wanted at the counter. No restaurant of any kind on the field. In fact,
> even the vending machines were below par.
>
> I was expecting to spend several hours there. Instead, I paid for fuel,
> spent 10 minutes looking at everything they had on display, had lunch of a
> bag of chips and a Pepsi, and got out of there as quickly as I could.

Agree 100%. If there has been one truly disappointing flight in my log
book, it was our trip to Sporty's in Batavia, OH. Their facility is so
gorgeous and promising, and their catalog is so well-done, that I
really expected Sporty's to be a great place to visit.

It wasn't, for reasons that still escape me. They've got the facility
and traffic for a truly good store and restaurant, but have instead
chosen to install a bunch of really bad vending machines, and a tiny
show-room.

For a company that trumpets its support for GA in every magazine to
offer such a lame fly-in-shopping experience is truly ironic, IMHO.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[john smith]

In article >,
"Travis Marlatte" > wrote:

> I was expecting to spend several hours there. Instead, I paid for fuel,
> spent 10 minutes looking at everything they had on display, had lunch of a
> bag of chips and a Pepsi, and got out of there as quickly as I could.

And the fuel is not cheap, either!

[john smith]

In article om>,
"Jay Honeck" > wrote:

>
> It wasn't, for reasons that still escape me. They've got the facility
> and traffic for a truly good store and restaurant, but have instead
> chosen to install a bunch of really bad vending machines, and a tiny
> show-room.

You are in the hotel business, not the restaurant business (yet?).
Restaurants have the highest failure rate of any business.
Hal is a shrewed business man and will not put his money where it will
not deliver a sufficent, steady return.

> For a company that trumpets its support for GA in every magazine to
> offer such a lame fly-in-shopping experience is truly ironic, IMHO.

What's lame about it?
He has better stock than anyone else out there.
You can tryout anything you want to buy before purchasing it. (Well,
there are a few things I can think of that you cannot, maybe not the
everything, but most of them.)

[Ross Richardson]

Addison Airport Addison TX has a nice museum, easy to get in, hard to
get out. Just waiting for all the traffic. This is north downtown Dallas.

On lake Texoma, north of Dallas is 3T0. Grass airfield, cabins on the
airport to rent, or you can camp. http://www.cedarmills.com/airfield.htm

Fayetteville, AR Drake Field (KFYV) has a museum on the field. Small,
but interesting.

If you come east from Amarillo, stop by at KSWI. We try to have the
lowest 100LL available. Also, Palo Duro Canyon south of Amarillo is a
nice visit, as is the western museum in Canyon, TX south of Amarillo.

Ross
KSWI

Wings wrote:

> We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>
> So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
> North Carolina (FFA)!
>
> But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
> coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>
> So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on the
> first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
> and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
> perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>
> So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any
> great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
> flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
> trip report in a week and a half or so!
>
> Tim Long
> PA28-140
> Camarillo, CA

[Ross Richardson]

I may have to make a trip there!

Ross
KSWI

Gene Seibel wrote:

> Kansas Cosmosphere. The current facility includes an IMAX Dome theatre
> (originally OMNIMAX), the Justice Planetarium, and the 2nd largest
> collection of US space artifacts in the world (second only to the
> National Air and Space Museum). On display:
> Liberty Bell 7
> SR-71 Blackbird
> Odyssey command module from Apollo 13
> Restored V-1 and V-2 rockets
> Replica Redstone and Titan II launch vehicles
> Restored versions of World War II V-1 and V-2 rockets
> Prototype and space-flown American and Russian spacesuits
> Moon rock
> Full-scale mock-up of Space Shuttle (left side of craft only)
> Section from Berlin Wall
> Lunar Rover
> Copy of Chuck Yeager's X-1, "Glamourous Glennis"
> Actual, flown Gemini X spacecraft
> Flown Russian Vostok spacecraft
>
> http://www.cosmo.org/
> --
> Gene Seibel
> Gene & Sue's Aeroplanes - http://pad39a.com/gene/planes.html
> Because we fly, we envy no one.
>
>
>
> Wings wrote:
>
>>We have a Cherokee 140 and have flown to OSH twice.
>>
>>So this year we decided we would try instead to fly from California to
>>North Carolina (FFA)!
>>
>>But scheduling problems cut two days out of our schedule, making the east
>>coast a bit too much of a stretch.
>>
>>So we're planning on leaving Friday from CMA, going east to Amarillo on the
>>first day. After that... some combination of where the weather is better
>>and what is interesting. We're thinking we'll go east of the Mississippi,
>>perhaps Ohio, Kentucky, etc.
>>
>>So my question for you midwesterners is: where is interesting to visit? Any
>>great airports? Any good museums? Anything noteworthy? We're pretty
>>flexible on where we can go, so give us some suggestions and I'll post a
>>trip report in a week and a half or so!
>>
>>Tim Long
>>PA28-140
>>Camarillo, CA
>
>

[john smith]

In article >,
Ross Richardson > wrote:

> easy to get in, hard to get out

To quote a line from the television series "MASH":
"That sounds like marriage to me." - Hawkeye Pierce

[john smith]

I almost forgot...
If you are going to the Niagra Falls, continue a little ways east to
Horseheads NY and visit the Schweitzer Museum.
Also, in Buffalo (?) is a warbird museum. It used to be Geneseo, but
they moved it in the 90's.

[Jay Beckman]

"john smith" > wrote in message
...
>I almost forgot...
> If you are going to the Niagra Falls, continue a little ways east to
> Horseheads NY and visit the Schweitzer Museum.
> Also, in Buffalo (?) is a warbird museum. It used to be Geneseo, but
> they moved it in the 90's.

Both are at Elmira, NY...

Nice airport...have flown in there commercially on several occasions otw to
Watkins Glenn..

Jay B