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Into OSH at age 17
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" |
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Into OSH at age 17
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. |
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Into OSH at age 17
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 |
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Into OSH at age 17
Martin Hotze wrote in news:g6alki$1n2$3
@kirk.hotze.com: Al schrieb: What a great adventure. Oh..to be 17 again...with a plane! ... and not allowed to drink a beer *pff* (ah, well, come to us, here it is allowed). Of course it is. You gotta get the tropps likkered up before their next lemming like military adventure! Bertie |
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Into OSH at age 17
... and not allowed to drink a beer *pff* (ah, well, come to us, here it
is allowed). :-) We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin! Well, minus Joe -- he'll be hard at work, doing his first semester at the university. He'll have to do his own Oktoberfest someday.... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Into OSH at age 17
Jay Honeck schrieb:
We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin! either you are here or you'RE not. So what's the story? #m -- "I have to say the biggest threat comes from overseas, and one of the places we are increasingly worried about is Europe." Michael Chertoff (Homeland Security Secretary) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7190788.stm |
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Into OSH at age 17
We'll be there (sort of) in September, Martin!
either you are here or you'RE not. So what's the story? We'll be in Munich and Salzburg for Oktoberfest. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 Ercoupe N94856 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Into OSH at age 17
In article vJNhk.212099$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!!!) |
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Into OSH at age 17
"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 |
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Into OSH at age 17
"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 |
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