----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Good Morning Mary, I'm glad you enjoyed it, thanks a lot for coming. I've been receiving many e-mails and phone calls with similar responses so it makes me feel like it was a success since so many people enjoyed it. I was there clearing things away until after dark Sunday night and then took Monday off to 'take a breather'. Yesterday I went out and spent most of the day there cleaning up, taking down the decorations, etc. It's getting to be to big a job to handle alone so I may do something different next year.(I wish they'd hurry up and start cloning people, I need to be about four people!) ;-) Guy flew in from Coos Bay and brought James with him on Saturday Morning. They were a big help in getting prepared and then they camped on the field Saturday night after we went into town in my car for a food break. Also, I asked Liz if she felt up to helping some since she recently injured her back and is supposed to be taking it easy. She jumped right in there and took over the food on Sunday and was out there for a few hours on Saturday helping with some of the 'light' work. Many thanks to those three who helped to make it a better function. See my further comments below*****
Mary ac wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thanks for hosting such a great event!
***** Hey, I think I had more fun than anyone..... seeing so many people
having a good time and enjoying themselves at Walker made all the work
worth while.
My grandson Eric really had a good time too.
*****Yes, I know. I saw him getting in the middle of several things. He
was asking Ron all about his "Whizzer", helped make ice cream and learned
how to make it instead of buying it in a store. (He told me he now knows
where ice cream really comes from.)
The lack of planes were made up for by the neat old cars
*****Yes, I too was dissappointed in the lack of coupes this year. I
haven't had time to go over the sign in sheet yet and get an exact count
but I think there were only about seven or Eight Ercoupes and about the
same of other brands. Of course you must remember that there were more
than that still in the hangars who didn't "fly-in" because they are based
there.
The California group had a conflict on that week-end, so we only had
Washington, Oregon and Idaho in attendance. Some of the Oregon guys don't
like to land on 'grass strips' so they didn't come (in spite of all the
money I spent on 'rolling' the field and let everyone know in the
newsletters that it was smoother this year than it was last year).
Liz told me that they guy who came in with his twin engine Apache told
her it was the smoothest grass strip he'd ever landed on. Of course he's
not restricting himself to only 'hard surfaced' runways but it made me
feel good that 'someone' appriciated all the work and expense.
Personally, I don't like to land on 'hard surfaces' because it's so
hard on tires and so unforgiving on the initial instant of touchdown. That
'squeak' you hear when you touch down on a hard surface is just the same
as locking your brakes in a car and making the same sound. (Tell me that
doesn't shorten the life of the tires.)
(The 1914 Ford was our favorite). The motorcycles were nice too, but Eric
liked the Whizzer the best.
*****That Ford, the Antique motorcycles and the Whizzer are based at
Walker. The newer motorcycles were ridden in. I Have a WWII Indian
motorcycle (Military model) that I was going to take out there and park it
near my hangar but I just ran out of time and didn't get it there.
Perhaps next year.
And he had never made hand cranked ice cream before. One of his main
fascinations was the variety of planes there and he spent a lot of time
comparing their landing gear types.
*****Tell Eric to huryy up and grow up, I could use his help and
'expertise' there in future events. ;-)
By the way, who flew in the farthest? Drove the farthest? Was the oldest
pilot, youngest pilot? You advertized a contest, so ...who are the
winners?
*****I'm embarrassed to let this out Mary, but I have to be honest with
you....I was so busy trying to talk in the planes in the pattern, get them
on the ground and parked, oversee everything, trying to greet and chat
with everyone, get the antique car club in and parked, trying to get some
one to sign up for the flour bombing and spot landing contests, etc, etc,
etc.... that I totally forgot to get dates of birth from anyone for
youngest and ldest pilots.
I had some brand new (latest edition) AAA road maps to figure out
miles driven and a new National navigational wallmap like you see in most
FBO's to figure out who flew the furthest. Now, here's the embarrassing
part that I must 'fess-up' to....
after most of the people had left and only a few of us were left we were
chatting about the events of the day and I said 'Oh S---"! I forgot to
have the people sign in for the four contests, oldest and youngest pilots
who 'flew-in' and the furthest driven-in and flown in.
I don't remember if I told you, but my well went dry just before I
left for the Reno Air Races and when I got back home I only had a few days
to prepare for the Walker Fly-in so I'm still living without any water at
home. As soon as I can get a little spare time I'll get the sign-in
clipboard and the maps out and I'll figure out who drove and flew the
furthest and I'll put it in the next news letter and award the prizes. I
know this is no excuse and I appologize, but unless I get some more help
I'm going to have to become less devoted to airplanes in the future (I
belong to seven airplane clubs, not to mention motorcycles, computers,
INET, neighborhood watch and others). I have almost totally neglected the
Ranch this summer so next year I'll have to make up for it.
I was dissapointed that you didn't get more sign-ups for the flour bombing
contest.
*****So was I, the only person who signed up for it was Guy Guernsey so
all the flour bombs are still sitting there in the corner of the hangar
next to the refrigerator. Maybe we can use them in the future. As for the
spot landing, Ron (the guy who made the ice cream) would have won that
easily but he didn't want to sign up as he is based at Walker but doesn't
fly a coupe so he felt it wouldn't be fair. He can hit the marker every
time if he tries.
I hope this answers your question Mary, I'll let you know when I get
time to figure it all out.
Thank you again for a GREAT event. It gets better every year!
*****Next year will be our 8th Annual event and it'll be the deciding
factor of whether or not I continue to do it. I think I'm nearing
'burn-out' and I don't want that to happen. Between now and next year
I'll try and get some of the other things taken care of so airplane
functions stay 'fun' as opposed to 'work'. As you know, I go to the Air
Races in Reno every year, last year was my first time to go to Oshkosh and
I wanted to go to Sun-n-Fun this year but I just couldn't fit it in. So,
2002 is going to be my year for evakuating and re-arranging my priorities.
Gotta get away from here and get outside, see you next year if not
before.....
Bob Saville
Mary Corrington Petet
>Hi Paul,
> You are entirely welcome and thanks back attcha for coming so far to
join us! Andy arrived not to
>long after you left. He stayed about an hour or so and then headed back
up your way again. He said when
>you last talked to him on the radio you were about over Salem and he was
still around Bremerton so
>that's why he was so late. Sounds like you both have pretty good radios,
that's a lot of miles!
> It was kinda neat having the scanner on the private frequency so I could
hear people call in and
>then scramble for the handheld and reply. I think next year I'll have a
tall stool handy to stand on so
>I can reply as..... "Walker Tower".
> I haven't done a final count yet, but there was in excess of 80 people
there, and those are just the
>ones who 'signed-in' so this was our best one yet for attendance and I
got several comments about how
>nice the field and runway were. To bad that the "hard surface' folks who
complained last year that
>'grass is to rough to land my plane on' didn't come this year, they
really missed a great picnic and all
>the antique Planes, Motorcycles and Cars that were there to look at. I
didn't get a chance to count the
>cars in that club that I invited but there must have been over 20 I
think. And nearly a dozen
>motorcycles.
> Thanks again for coming down Paul and spread the word around up in your
area that next will will be
>bigger and better!
> BTW, we also gained three more new members yesterday!! Their information
will be in my next
>newsletter for you to add to your membership directory and to
'officially' welcome then to our group.
>
>Bye for now..........
>
>Bob Saville
>N3396H 415C
>Eugene, OR
>Oregon Wing Leader, EOC
>
>"Oregon Ercoupe Erforce"
>Walker Airport
>
>
>
>Paul Anton wrote:
>
> > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following
any advice in this forum.]----
> >
> > Hi Bob & the Oregon bunch.
> >
> > Thanks for the open house at Walker. I really enjoyed it.
> > It was nice to have air under the wings again.
> >
> > By the way the 0-200 in 73H let me go OVER the barn
> > instead of around it.
> >
> > Paul
> > N2273H
> >
>
>
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