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1. 02:38 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Bill Settle)
2. 03:54 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Bill Boyd)
3. 04:02 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Bill Boyd)
4. 04:08 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Tad Sargent)
5. 04:28 AM - online airplane tracker (Bill Boyd)
6. 04:29 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Bill Boyd)
7. 05:33 AM - Re: online airplane tracker (JohnCClarkVA@cs.com)
8. 05:33 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Ron Schreck)
9. 05:36 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Ed Anderson)
10. 06:07 AM - Re: online airplane tracker (JohnCClarkVA@cs.com)
11. 06:12 AM - NC Airport Tour (Ron Schreck)
12. 07:04 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Robbie Walker)
13. 08:16 AM - Re: online airplane tracker (Bill Boyd)
14. 08:58 AM - Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! (Lenleg@aol.com)
15. 12:55 PM - Labor Day weekend 2007 (bill crothers)
16. 01:38 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (Ron Schreck)
17. 03:14 PM - Re: NC Airport Tour (Randy Utsey)
18. 03:40 PM - Re: NC Airport Tour (Ron Schreck)
19. 03:50 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (bburril)
20. 05:03 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (Larry Bowen)
21. 05:03 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (Larry Bowen)
22. 05:07 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (Steve Glasgow)
23. 05:07 PM - Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 (Steve Glasgow)
24. 09:21 PM - Ron gets top reference on "VansAirForce.net" (James Clark)
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Congratulations! Highly impressive. Sure makes me feel like an underachiever...
>
> From: "Ron Schreck" <ronschreck@windstream.net>
> Date: 2007/07/04 Wed PM 07:48:27 EST
> To: "RV Southeast List" <rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour is DONE!
>
> I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my 110th
landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have had the hamburger
and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed. I'll provide a comprehensive
report sometime later. For now, thanks for all the support along the
way and the words of encouragement as well.
>
> 109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
>
> Later,
>
> Ron Schreck
> RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
> Gold Hill Airpark, NC
>
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
On 7/4/07, Ron Schreck <ronschreck@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my
> 110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have had
> the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed. I'll
> provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for all the
> support along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
>
> 109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
>
> Later,
>
> Ron Schreck
> RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
> Gold Hill Airpark, NC
>
> *
>
>
> *
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Ron:
Miriam and I followed your exploits with gusto, cheering loudly each time
Kathy sent a new update. I was busy much of the day flying and hiking
around (pass the Motrin, please) with my new GPS online tracker toy to see
if it would work, but your way to fight boredom on the 4th certainly takes
top honors. I'm impressed by your speed, stamina, night flying skills, and
the tremendous logistical planning that went into this accomplishment, and
we're very glad you're home safe after 110 landings. The recognition coming
your way in the next few days is certainly well-deserved and hard-earned.
You've put SERV in the record books, and we appreciate you.
So how come a guy with your skills can't get to the canyons of Utah and
Arizona when he's already come as far as Yellowstone, huh? ;-)
Kudos,
-Stormy
On 7/4/07, Ron Schreck <ronschreck@windstream.net> wrote:
>
> I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my
> 110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have had
> the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed. I'll
> provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for all the
> support along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
>
> 109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
>
> Later,
>
> Ron Schreck
> RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
> Gold Hill Airpark, NC
>
> *
>
>
> *
>
>
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| Subject: | NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
That was one awesome day. Congratulations,
I was thinking,
Has anyone done this for South Carolina, or
Virginia, now that you have this figured out
Maybe you need another challenge.
I bet Kathy is up for it.
Stripes
_____
From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Schreck
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:48 PM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour is DONE!
I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my 110th
landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have had the
hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed. I'll provide
a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for all the support
along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
Later,
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
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| Subject: | online airplane tracker |
No, not the one that shows IFR flight progress; this is what you can do with
a tiny Ressee-Cup sized GPS, a tracker interface, and a VHF ham radio walkie
talkie (and a license for same, naturally):
http://aprs.he.fi/?call=n4dln&mt=m&z=9&timerange=43200
The map shows a flight I took Weds morning and a hike I took the same
afternoon, and erroneously connects them together into one flight path. It
will only be displayable for 24 hours after the trip, but there are other
sites with less detailed maps that will recall my same journey up to 30 days
later. Click on individual data points to see course, speed and altitude
telemetry data. Not sure why a few of the flight waypoints show
unrealistically slow speeds, but the cheapie 58 dollar GPS might be fooled
by s-turns as it calculates speed. The waypoints logged from my Peaks of
Otter hike are consistent with walking and driving speeds. Note that on the
ground in mountainous terrain, my beacon was only detected 4 or 5 times in 3
hours, but in the air, nearly every ping (approx 90 second spacing) got
picked up by the digipeater network and relayed to the internet. This
occurs in real time, so flight tracking by family and friends is very
feasible. I wanted to have this on our Yellowstone trip, but was delayed by
shortages on the supplier's end.
Cool, huh? Check it out before about 1030 AM today or the waypoints will
begin disappearing into the 24 hour time limit and you'll be left saying
Huh? I don't see anything...
-Stormy
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Virginia: home of the permanent Temporary ADIZ. I doubt it's feasible for
that reason alone, but you're welcome to try.
-Bill
On 7/5/07, Tad Sargent <tadsargent@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> That was one awesome day. Congratulations,
>
> I was thinking,
>
> Has anyone done this for South Carolina, or
> Virginia, now that you have this figured out
>
> Maybe you need another challenge.
>
> I bet Kathy is up for it.
>
> Stripes
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:
> owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] *On Behalf Of *Ron Schreck
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:48 PM
> *To:* RV Southeast List
> *Subject:* RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour is DONE!
>
>
> I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my
> 110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have had
> the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed. I'll
> provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for all the
> support along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
>
>
> 109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
>
>
> Later,
>
>
> Ron Schreck
>
> RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
>
> Gold Hill Airpark, NC
>
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| Subject: | online airplane tracker |
Stormy, that is really neat but don't mention it to Carmen. She already keeps tabs
on me, I just don't want it to be too easy. Regards, John.
"Bill Boyd" <sportav8r@gmail.com> wrote:
>No, not the one that shows IFR flight progress; this is what you can do with
>a tiny Ressee-Cup sized GPS, a tracker interface, and a VHF ham radio walkie
>talkie (and a license for same, naturally):
>
>http://aprs.he.fi/?call=n4dln&mt=m&z=9&timerange=43200
>
>The map shows a flight I took Weds morning and a hike I took the same
>afternoon, and erroneously connects them together into one flight path. It
>will only be displayable for 24 hours after the trip, but there are other
>sites with less detailed maps that will recall my same journey up to 30 days
>later. Click on individual data points to see course, speed and altitude
>telemetry data. Not sure why a few of the flight waypoints show
>unrealistically slow speeds, but the cheapie 58 dollar GPS might be fooled
>by s-turns as it calculates speed. The waypoints logged from my Peaks of
>Otter hike are consistent with walking and driving speeds. Note that on the
>ground in mountainous terrain, my beacon was only detected 4 or 5 times in 3
>hours, but in the air, nearly every ping (approx 90 second spacing) got
>picked up by the digipeater network and relayed to the internet. This
>occurs in real time, so flight tracking by family and friends is very
>feasible. I wanted to have this on our Yellowstone trip, but was delayed by
>shortages on the supplier's end.
>
>Cool, huh? Check it out before about 1030 AM today or the waypoints will
>begin disappearing into the 24 hour time limit and you'll be left saying
>Huh? I don't see anything...
>
>-Stormy
>
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
In retrospect, we probably should have accompanied you to Arizona and
Utah. Looks like you had a good time. I was trying to be responsible
and stay within our budget while Kathy was thinking "I have time, he has
money, let's go". I'm trying to impress upon her that just because she
has checks and a credit card doesn't mean she has money! Anyway, we
would like to take a trip with you guys sometime. You and Miriam are
great company and it could be a wonderful time. Let's think about it!
Smokey
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Boyd
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour is DONE!
Ron:
Miriam and I followed your exploits with gusto, cheering loudly each
time Kathy sent a new update. I was busy much of the day flying and
hiking around (pass the Motrin, please) with my new GPS online tracker
toy to see if it would work, but your way to fight boredom on the 4th
certainly takes top honors. I'm impressed by your speed, stamina, night
flying skills, and the tremendous logistical planning that went into
this accomplishment, and we're very glad you're home safe after 110
landings. The recognition coming your way in the next few days is
certainly well-deserved and hard-earned. You've put SERV in the record
books, and we appreciate you.
So how come a guy with your skills can't get to the canyons of Utah
and Arizona when he's already come as far as Yellowstone, huh? ;-)
Kudos,
-Stormy
On 7/4/07, Ron Schreck <ronschreck@windstream.net> wrote:
I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say
my 110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have
had the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed.
I'll provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for
all the support along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
Later,
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-List
http://forums.matronics.com
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Congratulations! Ron
What a great way to make a great day even better. A adventure that we
all shared with you (vicariously of course).
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Schreck
To: RV Southeast List
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 8:48 PM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour is DONE!
I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say my
110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I have
had the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower and bed.
I'll provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For now, thanks for
all the support along the way and the words of encouragement as well.
109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
Later,
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
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| Subject: | online airplane tracker |
Stormy, sent this to our guys in the lab. They found this!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251122,00.html
A chip implant?
JohnCClarkVA wrote:
>Stormy, that is really neat but don't mention it to Carmen. She already keeps
tabs on me, I just don't want it to be too easy. Regards, John.
>
>"Bill Boyd" <sportav8r@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>No, not the one that shows IFR flight progress; this is what you can do with
>>a tiny Ressee-Cup sized GPS, a tracker interface, and a VHF ham radio walkie
>>talkie (and a license for same, naturally):
>>
>>http://aprs.he.fi/?call=n4dln&mt=m&z=9&timerange=43200
>>
>>The map shows a flight I took Weds morning and a hike I took the same
>>afternoon, and erroneously connects them together into one flight path. It
>>will only be displayable for 24 hours after the trip, but there are other
>>sites with less detailed maps that will recall my same journey up to 30 days
>>later. Click on individual data points to see course, speed and altitude
>>telemetry data. Not sure why a few of the flight waypoints show
>>unrealistically slow speeds, but the cheapie 58 dollar GPS might be fooled
>>by s-turns as it calculates speed. The waypoints logged from my Peaks of
>>Otter hike are consistent with walking and driving speeds. Note that on the
>>ground in mountainous terrain, my beacon was only detected 4 or 5 times in 3
>>hours, but in the air, nearly every ping (approx 90 second spacing) got
>>picked up by the digipeater network and relayed to the internet. This
>>occurs in real time, so flight tracking by family and friends is very
>>feasible. I wanted to have this on our Yellowstone trip, but was delayed by
>>shortages on the supplier's end.
>>
>>Cool, huh? Check it out before about 1030 AM today or the waypoints will
>>begin disappearing into the 24 hour time limit and you'll be left saying
>>Huh? I don't see anything...
>>
>>-Stormy
>>
>
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Can't say that I'm ready to do it all over again, but a long shower and
a good night's sleep are just what I needed after flying for over
seventeen hours yesterday! I'm not sure where the idea came from, but at
some point I decided that it sure would be neat to touch down at all of
the public use airports in North Carolina. Then some idiot (perhaps me)
suggested that it might be possible to do it in one day! That's 109
landings in 24 hours! (110 if you count my home field, which is a
private airport.) As Tom May, my next door neighbor pointed out, that's
a landing every thirteen minutes. Impossible! As it turned out, after
seventeen hours and six minutes of flying time I touched down at all 110
airports (109 public plus one private) and averaged a landing every nine
and a half minutes. Total distance, not including circling to land and a
few bomber patterns behind "normal" pilots, was 1991 nautical miles and
the average speed was 116 knots. The total elapsed time was 19 hours, 51
minutes from the first public airport, Concord Regional Airport (JQF) to
the last, Siler City Municipal Airport (5W8). I spent two hours cooling
my heels at Currituck County Airport (ONX), waiting for sunrise so I
could start knocking off the unlighted airports. First Flight Airport
(FFA) at Kitty Hawk was the first unlighted destination and it felt
pretty awesome to land at the site of man's first powered flight at
first light on Independence Day! Being a holiday, most of the restricted
areas were cold and all of the military bases were quiet but a few
events did make me wonder if the day was to be successful.
Upon arrival at Wilson Industrial Air Center (W03) at 1:42 AM the
airfield lights refused to come on when I triggered the mic button. I
didn't want to have my record blemished by omitting a single airport so
I circled the field at about 800 feet and made out the runway markings
by the moonlight. A single porch light on a building next to the
approach end made a good target, so I established a landing pattern and
accomplished the "porch light" approach to runway 21. My landing light
and a =BE moon gave just enough light so see the centerline of the
runway on short final.
There are 21 turf fields among the 109 destinations and some of them are
downright scary! The shortest are 1400 feet long with huge trees at both
ends! I managed a touch-and-go at all of them, but must admit that it
would have been a real challenge to make a full-stop landing at some.
Keck's Airport (N88) was real special. The NC Airport Guide has "special
notices/warnings" which note that Keck's has "agricultural equipment on
runway and buildings on NW edge of runway." What they don't say is that
if you stray just 10 feet off the centerline you will leave your wingtip
in a tractor garage. There are mowers, tractors and junk all over the
place and an aluminum irrigation pipe is laid across the center of the
runway. As if all these obstructions were insufficient to deter one from
attempting to land, the farmer jumping up and down and furiously waving
his arms was also a good indicator. I managed to touch down between the
irrigation pipe and the tractor and I still have both my wingtips, so I
must have missed the tractor garage.
I now know where Goose Creek (28A) got it's name. I was forced to land
long as about fifty geese strolled across the approach end of runway
four. I was pleased to see some of my RV buddies emerge from a hangar at
Goose Creek and wave frantically as I passed by. I gave them a blast of
smoke and a wing rock then raced off to the next destination.
I refueled four times. The first stop was at Currituck County Airport
(ONX) at 3:09 AM. It was very dark and very quiet and I stayed for
nearly two hours, waiting for first light. It was so peaceful that I
feared I would fall asleep and miss the entire day! The old gentleman
that helped refuel the plane at Curtis Brown Field (EYF) was thrilled to
hear all about my trip and was amazed to see a flight plan with 109 turn
points! Tad Sargent, one of my RV formation buddies met me at Ashe
County Airport (GEV) and supervised the refueling while I took a break.
He even used his own credit card to pay for the gas so I didn't have to
wait around for the interminable credit card approval process. Thanks,
Tad; I owe you a few bucks and a whole lot more. The last fuel stop at
Macon County Airport (1A5) was the most expensive at $4.64 per gallon,
but hey, they gotta' make a living and I was in no position to bargain.
A serious case of get-home-itus was beginning to take hold of me.
I finally arrived home at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM and was greeted
by all of my neighbors who were gathered for the Independence Day
picnic. George Orndorff kept the grill hot for me and I topped off the
day with a burger and a Miller.
My thanks to Larry Bowen, Tad Sargent, Len Leggett and Tom May who
called several airports to warn them of my arrival and to my wife, Kathy
who manned the "command center" at home, keeping everyone appraised of
my progress as I sent text messages to her along the way. It was a great
trip.
Total Airports: 110 (109 public use plus 1 private)
Total Elapsed Time: 19 hours, 51 minutes.
Total Flying Time: 17 hours, 6 minutes.
Furthest distance between two airports on route: 65.4 NM
Closest distance between two airports on route: 1.16 NM
Average distance between airports: 18.26 NM
Average speed along route: 116 knots
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
EAA #662612
AOPA #05652004
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Congrats! You da man!
On Jul 4, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Ron Schreck wrote:
> I'm back! Touched down at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM. Can't say
> my 110th landing for the day was my best, but it sure felt good! I
> have had the hamburger and Miller beer, so now's time for a shower
> and bed. I'll provide a comprehensive report sometime later. For
> now, thanks for all the support along the way and the words of
> encouragement as well.
>
> 109 NC Public Use Airports in 19 hours, 51 minutes!
>
> Later,
>
> Ron Schreck
> RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
> Gold Hill Airpark, NC
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: online airplane tracker |
I was going to say, she probably has you "tagged" already.
-Bill
On 7/5/07, JohnCClarkVA@cs.com <JohnCClarkVA@cs.com> wrote:
>
>
> Stormy, sent this to our guys in the lab. They found this!
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251122,00.html
>
> A chip implant?
>
>
> JohnCClarkVA wrote:
>
> >Stormy, that is really neat but don't mention it to Carmen. She already
> keeps tabs on me, I just don't want it to be too easy. Regards, John.
> >
> >"Bill Boyd" <sportav8r@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>No, not the one that shows IFR flight progress; this is what you can do
> with
> >>a tiny Ressee-Cup sized GPS, a tracker interface, and a VHF ham radio
> walkie
> >>talkie (and a license for same, naturally):
> >>
> >>http://aprs.he.fi/?call=n4dln&mt=m&z=9&timerange=43200
> >>
> >>The map shows a flight I took Weds morning and a hike I took the same
> >>afternoon, and erroneously connects them together into one flight path.
> It
> >>will only be displayable for 24 hours after the trip, but there are
> other
> >>sites with less detailed maps that will recall my same journey up to 30
> days
> >>later. Click on individual data points to see course, speed and altitude
> >>telemetry data. Not sure why a few of the flight waypoints show
> >>unrealistically slow speeds, but the cheapie 58 dollar GPS might be
> fooled
> >>by s-turns as it calculates speed. The waypoints logged from my Peaks of
> >>Otter hike are consistent with walking and driving speeds. Note that on
> the
> >>ground in mountainous terrain, my beacon was only detected 4 or 5 times
> in 3
> >>hours, but in the air, nearly every ping (approx 90 second spacing) got
> >>picked up by the digipeater network and relayed to the internet. This
> >>occurs in real time, so flight tracking by family and friends is very
> >>feasible. I wanted to have this on our Yellowstone trip, but was delayed
> by
> >>shortages on the supplier's end.
> >>
> >>Cool, huh? Check it out before about 1030 AM today or the waypoints will
> >>begin disappearing into the 24 hour time limit and you'll be left saying
> >>Huh? I don't see anything...
> >>
> >>-Stormy
> >>
> >
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour is DONE! |
Conrats Ron .... a fourth of July to always remember !!!!
Len
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| Subject: | Labor Day weekend 2007 |
Well, another holiday has passed and the next one in
line is Labor Day. I offer as one option for SERVers
a return to Ashe Co. and Jefferson Landing for the
long weekend. Besides cool weather, you will find
bike riding on the Va. Creeper trail,
canoe/tube/kayaks on the New River, meals at Shatley
Springs and other good selections. A cookout at our
house is also likely w/ homemade ice cream and other
goodies. Shopping and siteseeing at W. Jefferson and
Blowing Rock galleries and antique stores also fill
the bill. I found 3 and 4 BR condos avail. that
weekend for about $75-80 per nite per couple. As
before, we can rent cars as needed to supplement our 2
for max movement around the area. There may be a few
aviators wanting to buzz around the mtns. and sitesee
as well. Depending on interest, we can reserve rooms
as needed. If another venue is more in demand, we can
go elsewhere, but this can start the discussions for
another SERV gathering...looking forward to hearing
everyone's thoughts...Reno
Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.
http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
All depends on the wildfires out west, but count Smokey and Kathy in.
Ron
do not archive
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill crothers" <bill28104@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Labor Day weekend 2007
> <bill28104@yahoo.com>
>
> Well, another holiday has passed and the next one in
> line is Labor Day. I offer as one option for SERVers
> a return to Ashe Co. and Jefferson Landing for the
> long weekend. Besides cool weather, you will find
> bike riding on the Va. Creeper trail,
> canoe/tube/kayaks on the New River, meals at Shatley
> Springs and other good selections. A cookout at our
> house is also likely w/ homemade ice cream and other
> goodies. Shopping and siteseeing at W. Jefferson and
> Blowing Rock galleries and antique stores also fill
> the bill. I found 3 and 4 BR condos avail. that
> weekend for about $75-80 per nite per couple. As
> before, we can rent cars as needed to supplement our 2
> for max movement around the area. There may be a few
> aviators wanting to buzz around the mtns. and sitesee
> as well. Depending on interest, we can reserve rooms
> as needed. If another venue is more in demand, we can
> go elsewhere, but this can start the discussions for
> another SERV gathering...looking forward to hearing
> everyone's thoughts...Reno
>
>
> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.
> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
>
>
>
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Great job Ron, did they let you make a touch & go at CLT?
Randy
From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Schreck
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:12 AM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour
Can=92t say that I=92m ready to do it all over again, but a long shower
and a
good night=92s sleep are just what I needed after flying for over
seventeen
hours yesterday! I=92m not sure where the idea came from, but at some
point I
decided that it sure would be neat to touch down at all of the public
use
airports in North Carolina. Then some idiot (perhaps me) suggested that
it
might be possible to do it in one day! That=92s 109 landings in 24
hours! (110
if you count my home field, which is a private airport.) As Tom May, my
next
door neighbor pointed out, that=92s a landing every thirteen minutes.
Impossible! As it turned out, after seventeen hours and six minutes of
flying time I touched down at all 110 airports (109 public plus one
private)
and averaged a landing every nine and a half minutes. Total distance,
not
including circling to land and a few bomber patterns behind "normal"
pilots,
was 1991 nautical miles and the average speed was 116 knots. The total
elapsed time was 19 hours, 51 minutes from the first public airport,
Concord
Regional Airport (JQF) to the last, Siler City Municipal Airport (5W8).
I
spent two hours cooling my heels at Currituck County Airport (ONX),
waiting
for sunrise so I could start knocking off the unlighted airports. First
Flight Airport (FFA) at Kitty Hawk was the first unlighted destination
and
it felt pretty awesome to land at the site of man=92s first powered
flight at
first light on Independence Day! Being a holiday, most of the restricted
areas were cold and all of the military bases were quiet but a few
events
did make me wonder if the day was to be successful.
Upon arrival at Wilson Industrial Air Center (W03) at 1:42 AM the
airfield
lights refused to come on when I triggered the mic button. I didn=92t
want to
have my record blemished by omitting a single airport so I circled the
field
at about 800 feet and made out the runway markings by the moonlight. A
single porch light on a building next to the approach end made a good
target, so I established a landing pattern and accomplished the "porch
light" approach to runway 21. My landing light and a =BE moon gave just
enough
light so see the centerline of the runway on short final.
There are 21 turf fields among the 109 destinations and some of them are
downright scary! The shortest are 1400 feet long with huge trees at both
ends! I managed a touch-and-go at all of them, but must admit that it
would
have been a real challenge to make a full-stop landing at some. Keck=92s
Airport (N88) was real special. The NC Airport Guide has "special
notices/warnings" which note that Keck=92s has "agricultural equipment
on
runway and buildings on NW edge of runway." What they don=92t say is
that if
you stray just 10 feet off the centerline you will leave your wingtip in
a
tractor garage. There are mowers, tractors and junk all over the place
and
an aluminum irrigation pipe is laid across the center of the runway. As
if
all these obstructions were insufficient to deter one from attempting to
land, the farmer jumping up and down and furiously waving his arms was
also
a good indicator. I managed to touch down between the irrigation pipe
and
the tractor and I still have both my wingtips, so I must have missed the
tractor garage.
I now know where Goose Creek (28A) got it=92s name. I was forced to land
long
as about fifty geese strolled across the approach end of runway four. I
was
pleased to see some of my RV buddies emerge from a hangar at Goose Creek
and
wave frantically as I passed by. I gave them a blast of smoke and a wing
rock then raced off to the next destination.
I refueled four times. The first stop was at Currituck County Airport
(ONX)
at 3:09 AM. It was very dark and very quiet and I stayed for nearly two
hours, waiting for first light. It was so peaceful that I feared I would
fall asleep and miss the entire day! The old gentleman that helped
refuel
the plane at Curtis Brown Field (EYF) was thrilled to hear all about my
trip
and was amazed to see a flight plan with 109 turn points! Tad Sargent,
one
of my RV formation buddies met me at Ashe County Airport (GEV) and
supervised the refueling while I took a break. He even used his own
credit
card to pay for the gas so I didn=92t have to wait around for the
interminable
credit card approval process. Thanks, Tad; I owe you a few bucks and a
whole
lot more. The last fuel stop at Macon County Airport (1A5) was the most
expensive at $4.64 per gallon, but hey, they gotta=92 make a living and
I was
in no position to bargain. A serious case of get-home-itus was beginning
to
take hold of me.
I finally arrived home at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM and was greeted
by
all of my neighbors who were gathered for the Independence Day picnic.
George Orndorff kept the grill hot for me and I topped off the day with
a
burger and a Miller.
My thanks to Larry Bowen, Tad Sargent, Len Leggett and Tom May who
called
several airports to warn them of my arrival and to my wife, Kathy who
manned
the "command center" at home, keeping everyone appraised of my progress
as I
sent text messages to her along the way. It was a great trip.
Total Airports: 110 (109 public use plus 1 private)
Total Elapsed Time: 19 hours, 51 minutes.
Total Flying Time: 17 hours, 6 minutes.
Furthest distance between two airports on route: 65.4 NM
Closest distance between two airports on route: 1.16 NM
Average distance between airports: 18.26 NM
Average speed along route: 116 knots
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
EAA #662612
AOPA #05652004
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| Subject: | Re: NC Airport Tour |
You bet! At 12:07 AM there isn't much traffic.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Utsey
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour
Great job Ron, did they let you make a touch & go at CLT?
Randy
From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Schreck
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:12 AM
To: Collins, Bob; RV Southeast List
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: NC Airport Tour
Can't say that I'm ready to do it all over again, but a long shower
and a good night's sleep are just what I needed after flying for over
seventeen hours yesterday! I'm not sure where the idea came from, but at
some point I decided that it sure would be neat to touch down at all of
the public use airports in North Carolina. Then some idiot (perhaps me)
suggested that it might be possible to do it in one day! That's 109
landings in 24 hours! (110 if you count my home field, which is a
private airport.) As Tom May, my next door neighbor pointed out, that's
a landing every thirteen minutes. Impossible! As it turned out, after
seventeen hours and six minutes of flying time I touched down at all 110
airports (109 public plus one private) and averaged a landing every nine
and a half minutes. Total distance, not including circling to land and a
few bomber patterns behind "normal" pilots, was 1991 nautical miles and
the average speed was 116 knots. The total elapsed time was 19 hours, 51
minutes from the first public airport, Concord Regional Airport (JQF) to
the last, Siler City Municipal Airport (5W8). I spent two hours cooling
my heels at Currituck County Airport (ONX), waiting for sunrise so I
could start knocking off the unlighted airports. First Flight Airport
(FFA) at Kitty Hawk was the first unlighted destination and it felt
pretty awesome to land at the site of man's first powered flight at
first light on Independence Day! Being a holiday, most of the restricted
areas were cold and all of the military bases were quiet but a few
events did make me wonder if the day was to be successful.
Upon arrival at Wilson Industrial Air Center (W03) at 1:42 AM the
airfield lights refused to come on when I triggered the mic button. I
didn't want to have my record blemished by omitting a single airport so
I circled the field at about 800 feet and made out the runway markings
by the moonlight. A single porch light on a building next to the
approach end made a good target, so I established a landing pattern and
accomplished the "porch light" approach to runway 21. My landing light
and a =BE moon gave just enough light so see the centerline of the
runway on short final.
There are 21 turf fields among the 109 destinations and some of them
are downright scary! The shortest are 1400 feet long with huge trees at
both ends! I managed a touch-and-go at all of them, but must admit that
it would have been a real challenge to make a full-stop landing at some.
Keck's Airport (N88) was real special. The NC Airport Guide has "special
notices/warnings" which note that Keck's has "agricultural equipment on
runway and buildings on NW edge of runway." What they don't say is that
if you stray just 10 feet off the centerline you will leave your wingtip
in a tractor garage. There are mowers, tractors and junk all over the
place and an aluminum irrigation pipe is laid across the center of the
runway. As if all these obstructions were insufficient to deter one from
attempting to land, the farmer jumping up and down and furiously waving
his arms was also a good indicator. I managed to touch down between the
irrigation pipe and the tractor and I still have both my wingtips, so I
must have missed the tractor garage.
I now know where Goose Creek (28A) got it's name. I was forced to land
long as about fifty geese strolled across the approach end of runway
four. I was pleased to see some of my RV buddies emerge from a hangar at
Goose Creek and wave frantically as I passed by. I gave them a blast of
smoke and a wing rock then raced off to the next destination.
I refueled four times. The first stop was at Currituck County Airport
(ONX) at 3:09 AM. It was very dark and very quiet and I stayed for
nearly two hours, waiting for first light. It was so peaceful that I
feared I would fall asleep and miss the entire day! The old gentleman
that helped refuel the plane at Curtis Brown Field (EYF) was thrilled to
hear all about my trip and was amazed to see a flight plan with 109 turn
points! Tad Sargent, one of my RV formation buddies met me at Ashe
County Airport (GEV) and supervised the refueling while I took a break.
He even used his own credit card to pay for the gas so I didn't have to
wait around for the interminable credit card approval process. Thanks,
Tad; I owe you a few bucks and a whole lot more. The last fuel stop at
Macon County Airport (1A5) was the most expensive at $4.64 per gallon,
but hey, they gotta' make a living and I was in no position to bargain.
A serious case of get-home-itus was beginning to take hold of me.
I finally arrived home at Gold Hill Airpark at 8:09 PM and was greeted
by all of my neighbors who were gathered for the Independence Day
picnic. George Orndorff kept the grill hot for me and I topped off the
day with a burger and a Miller.
My thanks to Larry Bowen, Tad Sargent, Len Leggett and Tom May who
called several airports to warn them of my arrival and to my wife, Kathy
who manned the "command center" at home, keeping everyone appraised of
my progress as I sent text messages to her along the way. It was a great
trip.
Total Airports: 110 (109 public use plus 1 private)
Total Elapsed Time: 19 hours, 51 minutes.
Total Flying Time: 17 hours, 6 minutes.
Furthest distance between two airports on route: 65.4 NM
Closest distance between two airports on route: 1.16 NM
Average distance between airports: 18.26 NM
Average speed along route: 116 knots
Ron Schreck
RV-8, "Miss Izzy"
Gold Hill Airpark, NC
EAA #662612
AOPA #05652004
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RVSouthEast-Listhttp://forums.matronic
s.com
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
For the next discussion,maybe we could go to anson cty,get the car and go
have lunch at Mike Barbee,s restaurant.It would have to be on sat as they do
not open on sunday.
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill crothers" <bill28104@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:54 PM
Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Labor Day weekend 2007
> <bill28104@yahoo.com>
>
> Well, another holiday has passed and the next one in
> line is Labor Day. I offer as one option for SERVers
> a return to Ashe Co. and Jefferson Landing for the
> long weekend. Besides cool weather, you will find
> bike riding on the Va. Creeper trail,
> canoe/tube/kayaks on the New River, meals at Shatley
> Springs and other good selections. A cookout at our
> house is also likely w/ homemade ice cream and other
> goodies. Shopping and siteseeing at W. Jefferson and
> Blowing Rock galleries and antique stores also fill
> the bill. I found 3 and 4 BR condos avail. that
> weekend for about $75-80 per nite per couple. As
> before, we can rent cars as needed to supplement our 2
> for max movement around the area. There may be a few
> aviators wanting to buzz around the mtns. and sitesee
> as well. Depending on interest, we can reserve rooms
> as needed. If another venue is more in demand, we can
> go elsewhere, but this can start the discussions for
> another SERV gathering...looking forward to hearing
> everyone's thoughts...Reno
>
>
> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.
> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
Sounds good to us!
--
Larry & Pam Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com
On 7/5/07, bill crothers <bill28104@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Well, another holiday has passed and the next one in
> line is Labor Day. I offer as one option for SERVers
> a return to Ashe Co. and Jefferson Landing for the
> long weekend. Besides cool weather, you will find
> bike riding on the Va. Creeper trail,
> canoe/tube/kayaks on the New River, meals at Shatley
> Springs and other good selections. A cookout at our
> house is also likely w/ homemade ice cream and other
> goodies. Shopping and siteseeing at W. Jefferson and
> Blowing Rock galleries and antique stores also fill
> the bill. I found 3 and 4 BR condos avail. that
> weekend for about $75-80 per nite per couple. As
> before, we can rent cars as needed to supplement our 2
> for max movement around the area. There may be a few
> aviators wanting to buzz around the mtns. and sitesee
> as well. Depending on interest, we can reserve rooms
> as needed. If another venue is more in demand, we can
> go elsewhere, but this can start the discussions for
> another SERV gathering...looking forward to hearing
> everyone's thoughts...Reno
>
>
> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.
> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
Ya, let us know when...
--
Larry Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com
On 7/5/07, bburril <bburril@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
> For the next discussion,maybe we could go to anson cty,get the car and go
> have lunch at Mike Barbee,s restaurant.It would have to be on sat as they do
> not open on sunday.
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
Me to. Is there going to be a bus to take us home?
Cappy
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bowen
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Labor Day weekend 2007
<Larry@BowenAero.com>
Sounds good to us!
--
Larry & Pam Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com
On 7/5/07, bill crothers <bill28104@yahoo.com> wrote:
<bill28104@yahoo.com>
>
> Well, another holiday has passed and the next one in
> line is Labor Day. I offer as one option for SERVers
> a return to Ashe Co. and Jefferson Landing for the
> long weekend. Besides cool weather, you will find
> bike riding on the Va. Creeper trail,
> canoe/tube/kayaks on the New River, meals at Shatley
> Springs and other good selections. A cookout at our
> house is also likely w/ homemade ice cream and other
> goodies. Shopping and siteseeing at W. Jefferson and
> Blowing Rock galleries and antique stores also fill
> the bill. I found 3 and 4 BR condos avail. that
> weekend for about $75-80 per nite per couple. As
> before, we can rent cars as needed to supplement our 2
> for max movement around the area. There may be a few
> aviators wanting to buzz around the mtns. and sitesee
> as well. Depending on interest, we can reserve rooms
> as needed. If another venue is more in demand, we can
> go elsewhere, but this can start the discussions for
> another SERV gathering...looking forward to hearing
> everyone's thoughts...Reno
>
>
>
> Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels
> in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit.
> http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
>
>
>
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: Labor Day weekend 2007 |
Me too. Cappy
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bowen
To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Labor Day weekend 2007
<Larry@BowenAero.com>
Ya, let us know when...
--
Larry Bowen
Larry@BowenAero.com
http://BowenAero.com
On 7/5/07, bburril <bburril@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
<bburril@carolina.rr.com>
>
> For the next discussion,maybe we could go to anson cty,get the car
and go
> have lunch at Mike Barbee,s restaurant.It would have to be on sat as
they do
> not open on sunday.
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For those who per chance don't follow this each day, take a look here ...
http://www.vansairforce.net/index.htm
Again ... "Way to go Ron!"
James
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