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 Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject: OSH 07 WOW! |
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Just landed back in Salt Lake about 2 hours ago and you would not believe this but I had tail winds the whole way from Oshkosh to Salt Lake. The fuel gods were watching over me I guess. I don't know how often that happens but it is a first for me.
RaNae and I had such a great time with everyone. It really was a fantanstic week. Tim and I had a few real fun flights shooting some air to air and giving rides to family and friends. It was great to put a face to a few names I have e-mailed and talked to over the past 3 years. I can't wait for next year, I'll get my money to Bob and Gary in their PayPal account tomorrow. I know that is alot of work, it was incredible to be located where we were.
I have some real highlights from the trip that I will NEVER forget like coming in behind Glacier Girl on downwind, watching a DC-3 take off right at us as we were approaching the gravel pit on a crosswind for 27, flying formation with Tim above a cloud layer on a perfect morning, hanging out at the airplanes and watching a big storm come in that said on my XM "90% chance of 1 1/2" hail". Tim and I laughed that it also meant a 10% chance of hail larger than 1 1/2". There are many more like taking my parents up and getting them the full Oshkosh experience, and watching Mitch (who was working on a documentry) see what flying really is. He got it.
I'll get some photos posted once I get them all together, plus Tim and I had two people in our planes that are working on a documentry. We took them up on the most perfect morning and she had a high def. video camera. We should have some cool video in a few weeks that Tim will get posted on his site.
Just as an FYI, if you are flying west 7V6 has fuel from pump #1 for $3.00 It says $3.72 on it but for some reason the receipt printed it out at $3.00. My 30 gallons were $90.00. I think that may be the first time I filled half the capacity for less than $100.
Scott Schmidt
scottmschmidt(at)yahoo.com
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: OSH 07 WOW! |
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Glad to hear you made it back Scott! Our trip was a little bit shorter
on the way home, taking the standard 1 hour. Believe it or not, we had
to vote to see who would "HAVE" to ride home with dad, and Danielle
"lost". I'll never understand that one.... But, she had a blast and
added a new skill. She usually flies using the HITS to navigate, but
today she learned how to make the GPS Track overlay the GPS course
so she could keep us headed home.
This year was the best OSH RV experience I've ever had. It was almost
NOTHING like I intended it to be, but it was great. I had said before
OSH that I wanted to sit on the flightline and watch planes land,
and take video flying in and out of OSH. Neither of those things
happened. Turns out that even 7.5 days isn't enough to see even 10%
of the show when you have an RV-10 there. I had also said that I
wouldn't be doing any rides at the show, but I managed to squeeze in
a few to keep some old (1+ years) promises and fill the seats while
we did some fantastic air-to-air shots of Scott's plane. His plane
was the most beautiful of the show, as far as I'm concerned. The day
we flew above the low layer of cotton with the sun glistening off his
plane is something I'll never forget. He's a great pilot, and a great
guy....with a great gal. I only wish we had more RV-10's who were
participating in giving rides to other builders. It's a tough
task to do day after day, and there are a few people I would have
loved to get up for an RV-10 experience.
RV-10 HQ came together VERY well. I think at one of our dinners we
had 55 guests, if the info I was passed is correct! The only
disappointment was in the site layout being a little disjointed,
caused by a higher number of pre-arrivals who blocked sites around
our neighborhood. Next year's OSH is already on my calendar for
July 28 thru Aug. 3rd, and I think we'll be trying to get our campsites
reserved around Friday, July 18th... It may make it a little more
expensive, but it gets us in before that weekend so we can hopefully
get a contiguous block of sites. Additionally, we're intending
to split an extra site, located centrally, to use as a central
gathering point, to better allow everyone to integrate their time
with the group. Lots of pre-planning to do next spring to make it
better than ever. I've also decided to give up on camping with my
RV-10, as I think we'll always have a larger gathering if we do it
in Scholler, and the camper worked well this year.
Scott gave you a little preview of the documentary, but I'll fill
in some blanks. There was an independent pair going around interviewing
all sorts of homebuilders for small clips, and their project is called
"You're building a WHAT?". They intend to see if their little bit
of video will be picked up to be used as a TV show, like for PBS.
Larry Rosen and his son were sitting by us and when they came by,
so we gave them some footage, and invited them to see first-hand why
the end experience is so great. The next day was rained out for
us to get flying, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise,
as we were treated to a low broken layer, that allowed us to pop
up on top through a hole, and dance around the clouds as a couple
of F-16's (or similar) flew by. They got some great video,
and you could tell that they left a bit emotionally changed...it
turned out to be a very special time for everyone involved.
Thanks to everyone who took part in RV-10 HQ, especially Bob
and Gary for being willing to put in the time grabbing those sites.
I think we've really started a great trend.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD - Flying
Scott Schmidt wrote:
| Quote: | Just landed back in Salt Lake about 2 hours ago and you would not
believe this but I had tail winds the whole way from Oshkosh to Salt
Lake. The fuel gods were watching over me I guess. I don't know how
often that happens but it is a first for me.
RaNae and I had such a great time with everyone. It really was a
fantanstic week. Tim and I had a few real fun flights shooting some air
to air and giving rides to family and friends. It was great to put
a face to a few names I have e-mailed and talked to over the past 3
years. I can't wait for next year, I'll get my money to Bob and Gary in
their PayPal account tomorrow. I know that is alot of work, it was
incredible to be located where we were.
I have some real highlights from the trip that I will NEVER forget like
coming in behind Glacier Girl on downwind, watching a DC-3 take off
right at us as we were approaching the gravel pit on a crosswind for 27,
flying formation with Tim above a cloud layer on a perfect morning,
hanging out at the airplanes and watching a big storm come in that said
on my XM "90% chance of 1 1/2" hail". Tim and I laughed that it also
meant a 10% chance of hail larger than 1 1/2". There are many more
like taking my parents up and getting them the full Oshkosh experience,
and watching Mitch (who was working on a documentry) see what flying
really is. He got it.
I'll get some photos posted once I get them all together, plus Tim and I
had two people in our planes that are working on a documentry. We took
them up on the most perfect morning and she had a high def. video
camera. We should have some cool video in a few weeks that Tim will get
posted on his site.
Just as an FYI, if you are flying west 7V6 has fuel from pump #1 for
$3.00 It says $3.72 on it but for some reason the receipt printed it
out at $3.00. My 30 gallons were $90.00. I think that may be the first
time I filled half the capacity for less than $100.
Scott Schmidt
scottmschmidt(at)yahoo.com
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