OSH Disappointments

Pick & Save was no farther than Piggly Wiggly was.

It sure was from my campsite!

Your mileage may vary -- literally.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Pick & Save was no farther than Piggly Wiggly was.

It sure was from my campsite!
Your mileage may vary -- literally.


You were no farther/further (?) from the Pick&Save this year than you
were from the Piggly Wiggly last year.
I parked in the exact same place this year as last year. The only
difference was, I couldn't hop on a bus.

"john smith" wrote in message news:NdMRc.7538

Someone has to pay the $100k insurance for the week. Plus, only one
person is approved by the insurers to fly it. If he isn't available, the
airplane has to sit.

"Hey, man. We really need you to fly the P-38 at OSHKOSH! Can ya make it?"
"Naw...I'm going camping with some buddies and I gotta mow the lawn."

:

-c

"gatt"

wrote:"Hey, man. We really need you to fly the P-38 at OSHKOSH! Can ya make
it?"
"Naw...I'm going camping with some buddies and I gotta mow the lawn."


The only pilot flying Glacier Girl is Steve Hinton, who was hired to fly an
airshow in HIS P-38 at another location.
VL

Pick & Save was no farther than Piggly Wiggly was. I walked to it every
day for evening meals and ice. I think they have a better selection than
Piggly Wiggly did. (Although they did not have lobster, sorry Margie.)
WalMart was a loss, but Target has done a good job of filling the niche
with low priced goods competitive with WalMart prices.

Not a disappointment, but for future reference -

Across the parking lot from Pic& Save you will find China Buffet. The
quality
is decent, selection phenomenal, price reasonable, and, of course you
can pig out if you want. My wife dragged us back for a second
visit(she is partial to Chinese food).

I'd agree about Target. Their stores are much better than they were,
say,
ten years ago.

David Johnson

We did late lunch/early dinner at China Buffet. It is OUTSTANDING imho.
Possibly the best Chinese food I've had outside of SFO Chinatown.

Jim



-Across the parking lot from Pic& Save you will find China Buffet. The
-quality
-is decent, selection phenomenal, price reasonable, and, of course you
-can pig out if you want. My wife dragged us back for a second
-visit(she is partial to Chinese food).



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:7nDRc.253451$JR4.113312@attbi_s54...

Lest any of you think that I'm so google-eyed about Oshkosh that I can't
find anything to bitch about, here are a few nits I'd like to pick:

1. No Glacier Girl. Again, Glacier Girl (the P-38 so many of us OSH-goers
contributed money to recover and restore) was a no-show. (Although there
WAS a real ME-109 at the show -- a first!) Ungrateful *******s.


A real ME-109 at the show? I don't think so. Photos of a Hispano Ha-1112
Buchon in German markings have been posted on
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation, I think you're referring to that airplane.
The Hispano Ha-1112 was built in Spain under license from Messerschmitt.
They were initially powered by Hispano-Suiza engines, later by Rolls Royce
Merlins.

If you want to be a real stickler for accuracy, there were no Me-109s at
all. The correct designation was Bf 109, Bf stood for Bayerische
Flugzeugwerke. In 1938 the company was renamed Messerschmitt and later
aircraft designs used Me, but the earlier designs were not redesignated.

Photos of a Hispano Ha-1112
Buchon in German markings have been posted on
alt.binaries.pictures.aviation,

That is what was @ OSH 04.

A real ME-109 at the show? I don't think so.
The Hispano Ha-1112 was built in Spain under license from Messerschmitt.
They were initially powered by Hispano-Suiza engines, later by Rolls Royce
Merlins.

Although technically correct, it's kind of like pointing out that the
Corsairs on the field this year weren't built by Chance-Vought. (I believe
they were built under license by Goodyear.)

Does that make them non-Corsairs?

Whatever, the plane was very, VERY cool. It just oozed evil, kinda like
the last scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where the box containing the Ark
burns the swastika off from within...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:57:43 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

A real ME-109 at the show? I don't think so.
The Hispano Ha-1112 was built in Spain under license from Messerschmitt.
They were initially powered by Hispano-Suiza engines, later by Rolls Royce
Merlins.

Although technically correct, it's kind of like pointing out that the
Corsairs on the field this year weren't built by Chance-Vought. (I believe
they were built under license by Goodyear.)

Does that make them non-Corsairs?

Whatever, the plane was very, VERY cool. It just oozed evil, kinda like
the last scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" where the box containing the Ark
burns the swastika off from within...
--
Jay Honeck

Jay, you are technically incorrect here. ;-)

The Ha 1112 has a different engine, different prop, different profile,
different performance, handles differently and sounds different from
the Bf series. Other than similarities in the wing and fuselage, it's
an entirely different airplane from any of the German 109 series
Messerschmitts.

The Goodyear built Corsair on the other hand was a license built F4U.
It's exactly like Honda sending parts for the Accord to the U.S. and
having it assembled here. Same car in every way except that it was
assembled here rather than in Japan.

Corky Scott