Can we have this on the agenda for our gathering this year? Ken Hurley
On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 6:02 PM Mark Wegmet via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Another smaller option would be Burlington Municipal (KBUU) which is a > smaller non-towered airport with a nice paved runway and easy access to > town. Again, contact with airport management would be needed - I don't know > if they allow camping or have enough facilities for a large group, although > the FBO is accessible 24/7 with prior notice. Details are on the site. > Check > http://www.burlington-wi.gov/130/Airport for contact info. It is also > about > the same distance by air and avoids the melee around Whitman and the > surrounding airports. > > Mark W. > N952MW > > -----Original Message----- > From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-boun...@list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Langford > via KRnet > Sent: Monday, July 9, 2018 6:48 AM > To: KRnet > Cc: m...@n56ml.com > Subject: Re: KR> Oshkosh 2019 > > Mark Wegmet wrote: > > > A fair number of folks use Kenosha Regional (KENW) as a stopping > > off/practice location. > > I guess I'm borderline anti-social, but I'd rather stop at a small > airport that's not so popular. I think the idea is a great one....we > used to go to Mark Jones' place in Stevens Point, and we had a blast > hanging out and swapping stories, cooking out, and have a beer or two > the night before, leaving early the next morning. I do like the idea of > furthering this tradition, and second the motion of finding a suitable > place next year to do this...maybe even this year. I regret that it'll > cost us money to stay in a hotel, but it'll be worth it to get in early, > beating the crosswinds and more importantly, the traffic. It might even > be possible to camp at the airport, if we can get that lucky. It also > helps us get a great parking space out in front of Homebuilders > Headquarters, and eliminates a lot of potential weather problems when > you're only a half hour away. > > One thing I'd like to add to Larry's excellent OSH writeup is to feel > free to go back to Ripon if things get too bunched up in front of you. > It wouldn't be an OSH arrival if several folks didn't descend or climb > up in front of you, gutting your gap in half. It makes maintaining 90 > knots and 1800' a lot harder than it sounds. One year I went back to > Ripon twice before I finally got lucky and made it all the way in. The > best way for KRs to do this is to all go in together, with our speed, > altitude, and spacing all set up as we get to Ripon, forcing everybody > else to work around us. If we go in early though, traffic shouldn't be > a big deal. > > Mark Langford, Harvest, AL > ML "at" N56ML.com > www.N56ML.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
