Into OSH at age 17

[Jay Honeck[_2_]]

Well, my son departed for Oshkosh this morning in our "new" (to us) 1948
Ercoupe. He's 17, earned his ticket last fall, and has a grand total of
around 70 hours.

At 1:45 PM, three hours later, Joe called me to say "Guess where I am?" Yep,
he was all set up in the "Vintage" area, with his tent, cooler, chair, and
cold pop all ready for the show to start! Of course, that won't happen until
next Monday, but with his limited experience we figured that doing the FISK
approach might be a *bit* much for him -- so arriving this early solves
everything rather neatly.

And what an adventure! This is his 18th consecutive AirVenture (not counting
in vitro!) so he's almost literally grown up on Wittman Field, and he knows
every inch of the place like the back of his hand. Amazingly, we realized
that this is his first time away from home truly by himself -- and what a
way to do it, flying an aircraft solo into the biggest aviation "happening"
on earth!

Man, I wish I could be there with him. Trouble is, in an Ercoupe you can
*either* bring a passenger, *or* you can bring camping gear -- but not both!
This truly was the ONLY way to get the 'Coupe to OSH this year -- but Mary,
Becca, and I will join him Sunday, when we fly the Pathfinder in after our
fly-in pool party.

And with his extra 180 pounds of useful load in the Pathfinder we'll be able
to arrive with a cooler full of cold beverages, instead of nearly dying of
thirst while setting up the tent in the North 40...

:-)

So if -- whilst traipsing through the Vintage area -- you happen to see a
young guy sitting next to an orange and white Ercoupe that looks like the
2008 Hallmark Aviation Xmas ornament, give him a high five for a job well
done!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Al[_2_]]

What a great adventure. Oh..to be 17 again...with a plane!

Al
64 Skyhawk
Spokane, WA
KSFF

Jay Honeck wrote:
> Well, my son departed for Oshkosh this morning in our "new" (to us) 1948
> Ercoupe. He's 17, earned his ticket last fall, and has a grand total of
> around 70 hours.
>

[Bob Noel]

In article <vJNhk.212099$TT4.33732@attbi_s22>,
"Jay Honeck" > wrote:

> And with his extra 180 pounds of useful load in the Pathfinder we'll be able
> to arrive with a cooler full of cold beverages, instead of nearly dying of
> thirst while setting up the tent in the North 40...

what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!

Time to upgrade...

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Bob Noel" > wrote
>
> what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!
>
> Time to upgrade...

I still think Atlas pulling a trailer would be the best way to go! ;-)
--
Jim in NC

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

"Morgans" > wrote in :

>
> "Bob Noel" > wrote
>>
>> what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!
>>
>> Time to upgrade...
>
> I still think Atlas pulling a trailer would be the best way to go! ;-)

Oh yes, absolutely. It burns over 25 GPH at take off you know!

Bertie

[Jay Honeck[_2_]]

>> what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!
>>
>> Time to upgrade...
>
> I still think Atlas pulling a trailer would be the best way to go! ;-)

We've been trying to figure a way to tow the Ercoupe (named "Sweetie", by
the way) behind Atlas, but (so far) no joy.

Actually, Atlas could easily carry Sweetie, if we could figure out how to
sling her underneath...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Jay Honeck[_2_]]

> what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!
>
> Time to upgrade...

As you might expect, with a 1460 pound useful load, we run out of space in
Atlas long before weight limitations come into play. With Joe outta there,
we can fit a whole 'nother cooler full of, well, whatever Jim, Jack, and
Montblack want!

Personally, I'm leaning toward a case of Mike's hard lemonade, but I might
sneak some locally-brewed beers in there...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in
news:0aRhk.212319$TT4.180713@attbi_s22:

>> what?! Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? I'm shocked!
>>
>> Time to upgrade...
>
> As you might expect, with a 1460 pound useful load, we run out of
> space in Atlas long before weight limitations come into play. With
> Joe outta there, we can fit a whole 'nother cooler full of, well,
> whatever Jim, Jack, and Montblack want!


Don't forget to pack his works!

He could get kinda edgey otherwise.

>


Bertie

[[email protected]]

On Jul 23, 7:50*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote innews:0aRhk.212319$TT4.180713@attbi_s22:
>
> >> what?! *Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? *I'm shocked!
>
> >> Time to upgrade...
>
> > As you might expect, with a 1460 pound useful load, we run out of
> > space in Atlas long before weight limitations come into play. *With
> > Joe outta there, we can fit a whole 'nother cooler full of, well,
> > whatever Jim, Jack, and Montblack want!
>
> Don't forget to pack his works!
>
> He could get kinda edgey otherwise.
>
>
>
> Bertie

You know Bertie... You are one sick SOB !!!!!!!

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

" > wrote in
:

> On Jul 23, 7:50*pm, Bertie the Bunyip > wrote:
>> "Jay Honeck" > wrote
>> innews:0aRhk.212319$TT4.180
> 713@attbi_s22:
>>
>> >> what?! *Atlas isn't able to haul everything you want? *I'm shocked
> !
>>
>> >> Time to upgrade...
>>
>> > As you might expect, with a 1460 pound useful load, we run out of
>> > space in Atlas long before weight limitations come into play. *With
>> > Joe outta there, we can fit a whole 'nother cooler full of, well,
>> > whatever Jim, Jack, and Montblack want!
>>
>> Don't forget to pack his works!
>>
>> He could get kinda edgey otherwise.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bertie
>
> You know Bertie... You are one sick SOB !!!!!!!



Moi?

Nah.

You do know that Montblanc is a drug addict, thought, right?


Bertie
>

[Martin Hotze[_2_]]

Al schrieb:
> What a great adventure. Oh..to be 17 again...with a plane!

.... and not allowed to drink a beer *pff* (ah, well, come to us, here it
is allowed).

:-)

but overall it is a nice writeup and a well done job.

#m

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

Martin Hotze > wrote in news:g6alki$1n2$3
@kirk.hotze.com:

> Al schrieb:
>> What a great adventure. Oh..to be 17 again...with a plane!
>
> ... and not allowed to drink a beer *pff* (ah, well, come to us, here it
> is allowed).
>


Of course it is. You gotta get the tropps likkered up before their next
lemming like military adventure!


Bertie

[Jay Honeck[_2_]]

> ... and not allowed to drink a beer *pff* (ah, well, come to us, here it
> is allowed).
>
> :-)

We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin!

Well, minus Joe -- he'll be hard at work, doing his first semester at the
university. He'll have to do his own Oktoberfest someday....

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Martin Hotze[_2_]]

Jay Honeck schrieb:

> We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin!

either you are here or you'RE not. So what's the story?

#m
--
"I have to say the biggest threat comes from overseas, and one
of the places we are increasingly worried about is Europe."
Michael Chertoff (Homeland Security Secretary)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7190788.stm

[Jay Honeck[_2_]]

>> We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin!
>
> either you are here or you'RE not. So what's the story?

We'll be in Munich and Salzburg for Oktoberfest.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Martin Hotze[_2_]]

Jay Honeck schrieb:
>>> We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin!
>> either you are here or you'RE not. So what's the story?
>
> We'll be in Munich and Salzburg for Oktoberfest.

This is 2 hours by car (one way) away from my place (Innsbruck).

#m

[JG]

On Jul 23, 4:51*pm, "Jay Honeck" > wrote:
> Well, my son departed for Oshkosh this morning in our "new" (to us) 1948
> Ercoupe. He's 17, earned his ticket last fall, and has a grand total of
> around 70 hours.
>
> At 1:45 PM, three hours later, Joe called me to say "Guess where I am?" Yep,
> he was all set up in the "Vintage" area, with his tent, cooler, chair, and
> cold pop all ready for the show to start! Of course, that won't happen until
> next Monday, but with his limited experience we figured that doing the FISK
> approach might be a *bit* much for him -- so arriving this early solves
> everything rather neatly.
>
> And what an adventure! This is his 18th consecutive AirVenture (not counting
> in vitro!) so he's almost literally grown up on Wittman Field, and he knows
> every inch of the place like the back of his hand. Amazingly, we realized
> that this is his first time away from home truly by himself -- and what a
> way to do it, flying an aircraft solo into the biggest aviation "happening"
> on earth!
>
> Man, I wish I could be there with him. Trouble is, in an Ercoupe you can
> *either* bring a passenger, *or* you can bring camping gear -- but not both!
> This truly was the ONLY way to get the 'Coupe to OSH this year -- but Mary,
> Becca, and I will join him Sunday, when we fly the Pathfinder in after our
> fly-in pool party.
>
> And with his extra 180 pounds of useful load in the Pathfinder we'll be able
> to arrive with a cooler full of cold beverages, instead of nearly dying of
> thirst while setting up the tent in the North 40...
>
> :-)
>
> So if -- whilst traipsing through the Vintage area -- *you happen to see a
> young guy sitting next to an orange and white Ercoupe that looks like the
> 2008 Hallmark Aviation Xmas ornament, give him a high five for a job well
> done!
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> Ercoupe N94856www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"

That explains the vintage warbirds cruising north past Northerly
Island this weekend, we put the Safties back on the SAMs, :) JG