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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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 Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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Morning Gang:
Had a good flight to OSH.
First morning out of Gantt IAP put me into some severe weather,
thunderstorms, reduced visibility, heavy rain, lightening, and wind.
I ducked into Guntersville Airport, Alabama. Made my approach over
Lake Guntersville. Beautiful place. During my two hour weather
delay, I discovered Bruce's Cafe. Great home cooking, southern style,
and inexpensive. They also had scratch made banana pudding.
Less than an hour after departing Guntersville, I was circling Mike
Schnabel's brand new airstrip in Manchester, TN. Took some photos of
it and proceeded to be the first aircraft to land there. Mike did a
super job building his strip. A short visit, mostly in the rain,
topped off with fuel, courtesy of Mike (thanks again Mike), and I took
off in the rain. Once airborne the entire horizon was black, with the
exception of one tiny spot of light. Was about ready to dive back
into Mike's strip and wait for the front to pass, but decided to take
a look at the light spot which turned out to be the hole I needed to
get me north.
Ran out of energy and daylight at Terra Haute, IN. Ducked into a
small airport on the north side called Sky King. Was an open hanger
with room for a MKIII among the Cessna's and Pipers. Set my tent up
in the hanger to keep the mosquitoes from carrying me off.
Next morning I flew without the aid of coffee until I landed at
Danville, IL. After topping off the aircraft I headed to town to top
off Hauck. My morning flight was perfect. No wind, clear blue skies,
and a good airplane under me.
Arrived at OSH, promptly did my usual OSH and Sun and Fun arrival
procedure: One pass over the field, tight turn around and land.
Scott Trask and Mark German were already set up in the UL tie
down/camping area.
Had a good time at OSH. Saw a lot of old friends and met some new
ones. Spent 5 hours flying the UL traffic pattern which resulted in
202 miles across the ground in a circle.  That's $200.00 worth of
fuel to go no where.
Was going to depart last day of the show, but Saturday morning had a
line of thunderstorms coming from horizon to horizon. My tent was
dry, no dew Friday night, so I made the decision to head out before
the weather arrived rather than take a chance on spending a few days
waiting for weather.
My second refuel stop was Henderson, KY. Last time I landed here was
1989, on the way home from OSH in my Firestar. I got here late, spent
the night, and left the next morning early. The only evidence I had
been there was the spot in the grass where I had placed my air
mattress.
Ten minutes after departing Henderson I caught the profile of a mkIII
on the horizon. Wow! What a coincidence. This doesn't happen very
often. I pulled up beside him and waved my wings. Tried to contact
him on the local unicom freq with no success. About that time I saw
where he was headed, a beautiful manicured green air strip in the
country. I circled the field, got a wave from the folks on the
ground, and landed. Come to find out it was Mike Richardson and his
BMW powered mkIII. They were having a little get together at Hal
Shoal's (think that is the correct name) and I had landed right in the
middle of it. Most hospitable folks I ever met. When I finally got
back in my mkIII and departed, my belly was full of delicious BBQ and
other home grown veggies and some scrumptious deserts. Fine folks,
and Mike has a beautiful fuel injected, BMW powered, mkIII, plus Hal
has an immaculate original FS.
Got dark on me at Pulaski, TN. Spent the night on the concrete floor
of the hanger. No need for a tent, just the sleeping bag and air
mattress. No one there when I landed and no one there when I got up
the next morning. That meant no fuel either and the weather was
marginal. Tennessee is noted for its abundant ground fog in the
summer. Waited for a while, took a peak top side, and headed for
Gantt IAP.
Was on the south side of Cullman Airport, AL, and ran into rain and
solid overcast. Turned around and flew back to Cullman. Didn't need
fuel, but the FBO was super friendly, gave me the courtesy car and I
got a Ultimate Supreme Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's in Cullman,
plus plenty coffee. I was going to try and fly 300 miles without
coffee, but now I did not have to.
Forty miles from home, in the little mountains SE of Birmingham, AL,
the weather continued to plague me with low viz and rain. Jim House,
former EAA UL Board member's grass strip was right below me. I
circled the field a couple times, woke up all his neighbors, and by
the time I taxied up to the hanger, there was a good size crowd there.
Had a good visit, got back in Miss P'fer, and was landing at my strip
a few minutes later.
I have attached a few photos, I only took a few, of the trip.
Take care,
john h
mkIII
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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John
Thanks. Kind of a nasty trip as far a weather goes. I tend to forget how bad
the weather is at and around Oshkosh that time of year. Last year we started
out the week with temps in the nineties then we had a major thunderstorm the
second night that had all five of my tiedowns threatening to give up. The
next day it was down in the sixties.
Glad you had a good and safe trip.
Mike R. could we hear more about that BMW powered MKIII. How about cost,
model, redrive, engine mount, RPMs at cruise and take off, noise level,
performance compared to 80 HP rotax, fuel burn, cruise speed, etc.
Do not archive
Rick Neilsen
Redrive VW powered MKIIIc
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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We saw Miss P'Fer several times over Camp Scholler and a few times on the UL
field but I can never quite figure out how to get from the crowd portion of
the UL area to the flight line.
We did wave at you several times though, John.
Todd
On 8/1/06 10:45 AM, "John Hauck" <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Morning Gang:
Had a good flight to OSH.
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Flying Fox Services
Visit my Blog at www.flyingfoxhangar.blogspot.com
Photos Located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingfoxservices/
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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| We saw Miss P'Fer several times over Camp Scholler and a few times
on the UL
| field but I can never quite figure out how to get from the crowd
portion of
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| We did wave at you several times though, John.
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Todd:
The UL tie down/camping area leaves a lot to be desired.
Places the airplanes as far away from the spectators as possible.
To get over to where we camp, one must come through one of the gates
on the east side of the flight line, walk around the north or south
end of the UL airstrip.
I have tried to get the UL powers to be to change the policy and let
us tie down so the crowd can see our airplanes, yet also allow us to
camp with our airplanes.
It is a pain in the butt to have to walk a mile around your elbow to
get in and out every time you need something from your airplane.
john h
mkIII
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flyingfox(at)copper.net
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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Well it was good to see you from a medium distance at any rate. Next year we
should have a good solid forward operating base at Camp Scholler so after
you walk a mile around the elbow you'll have to come by for some grilled
stuff.
Todd
On 8/1/06 8:24 PM, "John Hauck" <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com> wrote:
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| We saw Miss P'Fer several times over Camp Scholler and a few times
on the UL
| field but I can never quite figure out how to get from the crowd
portion of
| the UL area to the flight line.
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| We did wave at you several times though, John.
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Todd:
The UL tie down/camping area leaves a lot to be desired.
Places the airplanes as far away from the spectators as possible.
To get over to where we camp, one must come through one of the gates
on the east side of the flight line, walk around the north or south
end of the UL airstrip.
I have tried to get the UL powers to be to change the policy and let
us tie down so the crowd can see our airplanes, yet also allow us to
camp with our airplanes.
It is a pain in the butt to have to walk a mile around your elbow to
get in and out every time you need something from your airplane.
john h
mkIII
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Flying Fox Services
Visit my Blog at www.flyingfoxhangar.blogspot.com
Photos Located at http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingfoxservices/
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George Alexander
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: SW Florida
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2006 |
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Kolbers:
Back in FL after a great week in Oshkosh and visiting with some of the Kolb family. Attached are just a few pics of some of them.
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N111KX (Kip)
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: OSH 2006 |
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Excellent adventure, John. Thanks for all of the little the details as we all picture ourselves experiencing the same events that make for such a memorable trip...
Kip
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Eugene Zimmerman
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| Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: OSH 2006 |
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Hi George,
Thanks for sharing the picts !
Gene
On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:13 PM, George Alexander wrote:
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Back in FL after a great week in Oshkosh and visiting with some of
the Kolb family. Attached are just a few pics of some of them.
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