Wednesday, July 30 Randy, Berck, and I took the bus in the morning in time to get to the RV composite building class, but unfortunately the class was cancelled. We took a regular composite class, but didn’t stay for the hands-on part. Berck took a TIG welding class and wanted me to attend it with him. It was really interesting, but I fell sound asleep in my metal folding chair. Berck and I explored the exhibit booth hangers. Berck found the instrument panel we want for the plane. We also bought a cool tool for making hose clamps out…
Tuesday, July 29 In the morning we all loaded up in the car and drove to a lot that had a sign next to it that said EAA BUS. A bus came up that said “EMPLOYEES/VOLUNTEERS”. We asked the driver if there was another bus we should wait for, but she said we could ride her bus. When we asked what bus we should take, she went on and on about how everyone was trying to save a buck and she’d take people as long as she wasn’t full of volunteers. (It was only when we came back home, we…
Monday, July 28 We got up early to find nice cool temperatures and a steady wind, and Danny dropped of us back at Schaumburg airport. Even so, we didn’t have the plane filled up with fuel completely. We took off with no problem and headed north, keeping Lake Michigan off to the distance to our right. As we got closer to Oshkosh, we checked once more on the iPad and saw a whole lot of plane transponders converging. We had to turn our transponder off before we got too close. We kept our eyes open for traffic. I called…
Sunday, July 27 continued We came up to the Schaumburg airport from the east. The runway is in the middle of an urban area surrounded by tall trees and buildings. At the east end of the runway is a water tower you have to make sure you miss as you come in to land! Berck put the plane on the ground, and we got ourselves and our stuff out of the plane while listening to the dustup blaring from the hanger. Berck expressed misgivings about how short the runway was in terms of taking off in the morning. We all…