"Jay Honeck" <jjhoneck@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:8ziUj.99540$TT4.75992@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Just two months and two weeks until OSH, ladies and gents! We're
> already gearing up for two events this year designed by and for
> pilots:
>
> 1. 6th Annual Iowa City Fly-In Pool Party
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/iowa_city_pool_party.htm
>
> Hard to believe it's been six years since you guys and gals helped us
> decide to build the only aviation themed hotel in the Midwest -- and
> it's "pay-back time"! For the sixth year in a row we'll be throwing
> the only fly-in pool party in the world, in thanks to all pilots who
> have helped us make our aviation dream a success.
>
> Always held on the Saturday before OSH, we'll have food, refreshments,
> music, swimming, and hangar flying -- all FREE. We'll have the
> Penguin flight simulator set up so that you can practice the FISK
> approach into OSH (it's especially challenging after a few beers), and
> a good time is guaranteed for all.
>
> We're close enough to walk from the air****t -- but why bother? We'll
> come fetch you in our courtesy van, and zip you right to the front
> door of the inn. Spend a few hours, or spend the night. If we run
> out of room (which we do most years), you're welcome to pitch your
> tent on the property -- free!
>
> Here are some pix from last year's party:
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2007_fly-in_pool_party.htm
>
> 2. H.O.P.S. Party
> Also for the sixth year, our campsite in the North 40 a OSH will serve
> as the base for the annual "HOPS" (Homebuilt, Owning, Piloting,
> Student) rec.aviation party. Put together with the invaluable
> assistance of this group's Jim & Tami Burns, Montblack, and Jack
> Allison, this annual ****n-dig is a great chance to put a face with the
> names you see in these newsgroups every day.
>
> Admission is, as always, a 6-pack (or more) of GOOD beer, preferably
> from your home-base. Regional micro-brews are almost always met with
> enthusiastic approval. Extra points are awarded if you can't see
> through it! (Left coast exception: If you're from Kalifornia,
> regional wines are a suitable substitute. Just be prepared to take
> some serious razzing...)
>
> This party is held on Wednesday during Airventure, right after the
> airshow. Because aircraft parking is "first-come, first-served" the
> location varies each year, but finding us is simple. Just go to the
> EAA North 40 check-in station (at the entrance to the North 40) and
> give them our "N" number or last name. They will give you our precise
> campsite number, and vector you in. (Note: Do this early in the day,
> or you may be surprised to find them closed. Randomly finding someone
> -- even a big party -- in the North 40 is "needle-in-a-haystack"
> stuff...)
>
> Here are some pix from last year's party:
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/2007_hops_party.htm
>
> And from 2006:
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/wed_-_north_40_party.htm
>
> And from 2005:
> http://www.alexisparkinn.com/wednesday1.htm
>
> And, the most famous picture of all, from the very first HOPS Party:
> http://tinyurl.com/6599f4
>
> Well, you get the idea. Hope to see you at one or both!
>
>:-)
I'll be the one peeing on your shoes.
Bertie
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