Words about airplane ownership and flying.
For anyone heading to Oshkosh, I am providing this list of items I packed in the plane for camping there. Flight BagTent – I opted for a strong wind and rain tent from REI – the storms that come through Oshkosh are not to be underestimated.Air Mattress and Pillow – Made the tent camping comfortableWaterproof[…]
Here is a summary of our total flight from Bend (KBDN), Oregon out to Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH). The hours mentioned here were measured by the hobbs meter in my plane. The flight out to KOSH took 16.6 hours, 127.32 gallons of 100LL fuel and 3 quarts of X/C 20-50 oil. We had a tailwind[…]
After a good night’s rest we departed Gillette, Wyoming. The night before, we met one of the ground crew at the airport and were given some information about the town and area of Gillette. He told us that Gillette produced a large percentage of coal in the US – I looked it up and it[…]
We woke up to rainfall which quickly cleared up in La Crosse. But the humidity, ugh! We spent most of the day flying across Minnesota, South Dakota and into Wyoming. Some notable sites were again, the Missouri river, Devils Tower seen in the featured photo above, and the coal mines of Gillette, Wyoming – which[…]
Today we decided to leave Oshkosh. On the one hand, I want to stay forever but on the other hand, honestly, it’s been an expensive experience. We left because the weather was turning bad for Thursday night, and since the airport closes at 8PM, everyone who wanted to leave on Friday may have to wait[…]
I wanted to log some details about the flight out here to Oshkosh. The flight was about 1820 miles with a total time of fifteen hours and 38 minutes.. It could have been shorter except for some detours we had to make for weather. The route we took was very scenic and I was told[…]
Today I woke up to the sound of John’s voice calling from outside my tent at around 6:30 AM. “Ken, you might want to get everything buttoned down because there is a storm coming.” Yes, there was a storm coming and it dropped a lot of rain. Luckily it didn’t bring with it as much[…]
Today was a day of dreams and wishes. Literal dreams – of all things I fell asleep at an airshow like an old man!!! I was sitting there in my Bhudda chair with my umbrella in the sun and just fell asleep. It was very relaxing until I woke up from one of those dreams[…]
EAA Airventure begins on a smokey day, but it didn’t prevent any flying nor did it dampen anyones excitement, least of all mine. I started the day with a quick shower in the shower hut and headed to my first classes. I took classes on analyzing engine oil and the upcoming unleaded gas coming to[…]
Sunday is the day before the airshow officially begins, and the busiest day for all of the other fly-in participants. If you came early like we did, you get to sit around and watch airplanes arrive in massive formations down to groups as small as single planes. From giant planes – like the massive B-29[…]
