Winging It

AirVenture 2008 – Back Home Wednesday

August 5, 2008
/ airshows flying travel
/ By tom

We checked out of the hotel early Wednesday but, made one last visit to AirVenture before driving back home. This morning, we went to the Affordable Flying Center for a forum on aircraft ownership. Presenter Mark Scott gave us some very good tips on how to own an airplane for less than the cost of […]

AirVenture 2008 – Jet Pack Tuesday

August 4, 2008
/ airshows flying travel
/ By tom
/ 1 COMMENT

The one Tuesday highlight we didn’t want to miss was the unveiling of the Martin Jetpack. From the talk I had been hearing around the grounds, everyone else wanted to see it fly too. The Jetpack unveiling was probably the most hyped event of the show and was scheduled for 9:30AM. When we got to […]

AirVenture 2008 – Opening Day Monday

August 2, 2008
/ airshows flying travel
/ By tom
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The official opening of AirVenture 2008! My top priorities for the day were to pick up my “free” SPOT Satellite Messenger and to see the unveiling of the Icon A5. We had breakfast at the motel and were at AeroShell Square by 8:30 AM. The Icon unveiling was scheduled for 10 o’clock, so I went […]

AirVenture 2008 – Pre-show Sunday

July 31, 2008
/ airshows flying travel
/ By tom

Georgia and I made the two and a half hour drive to Oshkosh on Sunday morning and went directly to Wittman Regional Airport, site of AirVenture 2008. Monday will be the official kickoff day but, getting there a day early gave us an opportunity to get oriented without fighting the huge crowd to come. After […]

Win a Great Airplane Ride

July 21, 2008
/ airshows flying
/ By tom

If you are going to be at Oshkosh on Monday July 28, you have the opportunity to win a backseat ride with the Aeroshell T6 Aerobatic Team. Just visit http://www.avweb.com/register/AirVenture2008AeroShellPromo/rules.html to enter. You must be a member of Avweb but, you can join on that same page. The team will call you Saturday night if […]

On the Road for Another Weekend

July 8, 2008
/ travel
/ By tom
/ 2 COMMENTS

Once again, Georgia and I were out of town last weekend. It has been a busy summer for us and, looks to stay that way. This time we were back in Michigan where Georgia’s sister and her husband have rented a lake cottage. Most of her family got together there over the 4th of July […]

A Short Road Trip

June 17, 2008
/ travel
/ By tom
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Georgia is on the planning committee for her 40th high school reunion. She was going to Grand Rapids, MI for a committee meeting on Saturday so, I tagged along. We left about 7PM Friday (after yet another round of thunderstorms), drove half way that night and finished the drive Saturday morning. Georgia got her meeting […]

Wild Weather

June 9, 2008
/ By tom

Not much going on lately. The weather has been awful. Severe thunderstorms, strong gusty winds and even tornadoes around Chicagoland this past weekend. There was no glider flying going on so, Georgia and I stayed home. Since there was no good reason for us to be in a travel trailer this weekend, we opted for […]

Back to Glider Training

June 2, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom
/ 3 COMMENTS

I finally got back into a sailplane after three weeks away from training. Saturday morning was windy with poor lift so, only students were flying. I got 4 flights in the Schweizer 2-33 with a different club CFI-G. None of the flights was very long but, we got a lot done in that short time. […]

Learn to Fly for $100?

May 27, 2008
/ flying
/ By tom

As I said in the last post, I spent the weekend in northern Wisconsin where Georgia and I attended a memorial service for my nephew. The service was very well done and went a long way toward allowing Russ’ family and friends to move on. After the service, I spent some time talking to a […]