Flight To Oshkosh, Wisconsin, July 2011

Sunday evening, Aug. 21 I want to apologize for not finishing this saga sooner - I've had lots of concerned e-mails and phone calls about what happened and why did my engine die. But since I've been home - 2 whole weeks now - I have been focusing on… more »

Sunday evening, Aug. 7 It's 7:30 p.m. here in Oregon, and I just talked with Bob. I was puzzled that Wayne's SPOT showed him taking off from Prosser, WA (where he and Bob had spent the night) early this morning, and landing in Hood River, OR about 90… more »

Saturday morning, Aug. 6 First, let me tell you about Bob and Wayne. Yesterday morning Wayne took off from Hyshem, MT and flew to Laurel, MT to meet up with Bob. Wayne had the more miserable night, due to numerous mosquitos. He thought he was min… more »

Friday, Aug. 5 I tumbled into bed @ 1:30 a.m. this morning - absolutely too exhausted to blog. So here's "the rest of the story". When I blogged on Wednesday night, the evening of my awful field landing, I had intended to leave the plane in the wh… more »

Wednesday Aug. 3 (technically, Thursday Aug. 4) Well, bummer - my flight is over. We left Bowman, MT @ 4:20 p.m. and had the most gorgeous flight to Wiley Airport, Miles City, MT. All of us were raving about the beautiful scenery and the smooth a… more »

Wednesday morning, Aug. 3 Yesterday I wrote: "Bowman, ND is blissfully dry and cool." I should have known better than to wake up the weather gods with such a statement. When we got out of our tents this morning it was sunny and bright, but we could s… more »

Tuesday, Aug. 2 At 6:00 a.m. we woke up to another torrential downpour. Happily, we had anticipated it last night (radar pictures are so helpful) and had tarped and otherwise covered our planes. But we obviously weren't going to be going anywhere for… more »

Monday, Aug. 1 The drama of Wayne's missing carbuerator diffuser/atomiser continued today. My former neighbor, Bob Dougherty, (in whose home we spent the night,) and Wayne were on the phone and internet, trying to track down the part. Jon LaVasseur,… more »

Sunday, July 31 I only blogged once from Oshkosh itself. Between running around looking for parts to fix the fried wiring, then running around to look for a new brake cylinder (I lost my brakes early in the flight and REALLY didn't want to fly home w… more »

Sunday July 31 We were wheels off from Oshkosh @ 11:00 a.m. this morning. Why the late start? Wayne didn't really want to fly home fighting density altitude problems again and Mark Bierle of Earthstar (Thundergull) and Jerry from Green Sky Adventures… more »