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There were about a dozen cots in the basement for sleeping. In the previous year, they also loaded...(more)
Several of us from the flying club rented space in a house, which is less than a 10 minute walk from the airport. They can hold a lot of people (last year I'm told there were 28 people in the house). It's a quiet neighborhood and they normally don't hear the planes except for one week out of the year. The people who run it, Michele and Fred Ubrig, are super-nice. I didn't get any pictures of the cookies and breads (pumpkin, zucchini, chocolate) she baked. They also had a BBQ during the week, though I left before that.
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There were about a dozen cots in the basement for sleeping. In the previous year, they also loaded...(more)
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The house has 2 full bathrooms. An addition this year was a toilet in the basement. While not...(more)
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The garage, with a small plane on the base-to-final leg for a short approach to runway 27 at...(more)
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David (in the red hat) sits and waits while I buy a ticket, and uses the time to update the East...(more)
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The Oshkosh control tower. A banner at the top reads: World's Busiest Control Tower. It's a...(more)
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A shack from the Basler FBO (the one we used, though we were at the actual FBO, not tied down on...(more)
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There weren't many midway style things, but they did have a climbing wall and a bungee line that...(more)
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They were setting up the stage for the band Chicago, who would be playing later on (I was not...(more)
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I think that this was the original rotating beacon for the airport. It was tucked away in a...(more)
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Frank pokes his head where it doesn't belong. Another in the series of "Frank Reacts to Signs", in...(more)
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I don't know why, but rows of portable potties somehow seem interesting visually, with the...(more)
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MakerPlane, "Open Source Aviation." This was in the "innovation" tent. I'm not sure what it was. ...(more)
The Aircrafts Owners and Pilot's Association (AOPA) held two meetings on flying clubs and flight schools. I attended them, along with David, the manager of the East Hill Flying Club. There were some interesting discussions, including people from other schools and clubs. 019-DSC_4886:
I was surprised to learn that there is a little natural forest area in the southwest area of the airport. There are trees, a pond with a bridge, and at the top of Compass Hill, a view of one part of the airport, I think where the original airstrip was. The museum is nearby, and there's a sculture at the top. The surprising thing is that even though there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people within a mile of this place, almost no one is there. It's a nice place to get a break from the crowds.
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A self-timer picture for a self-portrait, by a conveniently placed picnic table. I tried to get a...(more)
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Compass hill overlooked an area where people were flying remote controlled planes. I think all the...(more)
