flying

AirVenture (Tuesday)

Today was our second day at AirVenture. We slept in a bit but were downstairs for breakfast by 7:10. Breakfast was awesome. We got to the field a bit late, but the Blue parking lot was still open. Our main plan of attack was to check out the kit builders first [...]

AirVenture (Monday)

Today was our first day at the air show. We saw lots of stuff and I took lots of pictures! Basically, we checked out all of the outside vendors between the main gate and AeroShell Square. We also took a peek at some of the new Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) that were [...]

AirVenture (Sunday)

Like many other aircraft builders, we’re spending our summer vacation at mecca: Airventure in Oshkosh, WI. Today was pretty uneventful. We dropped our car off at John’s sister’s house, and she drove us to BWI. We flew in to MKE (that’s the airport in Milwaukee), picked up a rental car and [...]

Wild and Crazy Kindof Guys

Having a pilot (hobby!) for a husband is pretty cool.� We like to fly out to small local airports for breakfast or lunch on the weekends.� If you haven’t enjoyed a meal at your local GA (General Aviation) airport, you really should — airport restaurants typically have great food and even greater prices.� Altoon, Lancaster [...]

Yes, We Really Are Building an Airplane

For those of you who don’t know, we’re building an airplane. In our basement.
John had a blog where he posted information about his progress, but he’s lost interest in maintaining it and got quite behind. I’ve decided to take over the task, and will be posting from the point-of-view of the wife of [...]