Pinckneyville flyin time again ...
Highflyer
The annual flyin time is coming around again! I finally got to where I
could find things in the hangar again, which is a sure indication that it is
time to start flyin preparations!
The local motels will be filling up fast again so you may want to get your
reservations in as soon as you can if you want a close motel room.
WHEN: May 16, 17, and 18 this year. Once again, it is the full weekend
prior to the Memorial Day official weekend. This has become the traditional
historical date for the flyin. It allows folks to plan well ahead to this
incredible trek. For many it becomes the cross country trip that they talk
about to everyone that will hold still long enough to listen.
WHERE: Pinckneyville DuQuoin Airport, Pinckneyville, Illinois. PJY is the
airport identifier. Put K in front if you have a fussy GPS. We are about
80 miles southeast of the Arch in St. Louis. There is a 4001 foot ( have to
be over 4000 feet for jets! ) north-south runway ( 18L – 36R ) with an 1800
foot grass runway parallel to the northern half.
( 18R – 36L ) . There is no taxiway. This an access taxiway perpendicular
to the runways. We do have instrument approachs again, but they are GPS
approachs only.
WHAT: The annual t here day get together of the diehards on the
rec.aviation newsgroups. Buddy rides all day and hangar flying all night.
Other entertainment as happens. Beer, soda, and good food. The PJY
barbeque is world renowned, as are the uniquely HOT Italian sausages served
on Thursday night. The Red Lady should be flying this year.
WHO: Pilots, about to be Pilots, wannabe Pilots, and anybody else who is
willing to put up with a bunch of wild eyed folks who talk about airplanes
and flying all day and all night.
COST: This is not one of those “break the bank” flyins. Highflyer and Mary
try to keep the costs in line so that we can have a good time without being
rich. We do that because a lot of people who come to the flyin own
airplanes. We all know that people who own an airplane are not rich
anymore! We try to collect $25 from everyone to defray the cost of the
beverages and the groceries. We do breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day.
Usually we have baby back ribs, steak, and chicken on Saturday night.
Friday night we have something good. No one goes hungry. We do have
something for vegetarians.
ACCOMODATIONS: Pitch a tent next to your airplane if you like. There is no
charge for camping on the field. We have a couple of bathrooms, but no
showers. Generally, if someone really would like to shower one of the folks
in a motel can help you out. We do have a garden hose. There are places
you can park a camper or motorhome near the action. If you are really nice,
we can even run you out an extension cord for an electrical hookup. No
sewer hookups though.
If you want a motel there are several in the area now. The preferred flyin
motel is the Mainstreet Inn, in Pinckneyville. The lady who runs it always
puts up with our group graciously. One year she even shortsheeted every bed
in the place, for a small bribe!
Her phone number is 618-357-2128. The rates are quite reasonable.
A little fancier is the local Oxbow Bed and Breakfast. This is between the
airport and town, right on the edge of town. A number of our folks stay
there every year they come and speak very highly of the establishment.
Their phone number is 618-357-9839.
We always manage to arrange some kind of transportation to and from both of
these places. If they are full there are other motels in the area and
transportation can usually be managed with no particular problems.
HOW: Flying to PJY is the primo way to arrive. If that doesn’t work many
fly commercial to St. Louis and rent a car for the last 90 miles from the
airport. Whatever works for you works for us! Pinckneyville airport is
right on Illinois 127 just six miles south of the town of Pinckneyville.
Route 127 is exit 50 off of I-64. The airport is about 30 miles south of
I-64.
Please send an email to Mary at jjoh...@siu.edu so that she can get some
idea how many steaks to buy for Saturday night dinner! It makes it a lot
easier when we have some idea of how many people to plan for meals.
Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport, PJY
Steve Hix
wrote:
> 2008 Pinckneyville Rec Aviation Flyin
>
> The annual flyin time is coming around again! I finally got to where I
> could find things in the hangar again, which is a sure indication that it is
> time to start flyin preparations!
> [snip]
Nice to see that you're enthusiastic about the event.
But was it absolutely necessary to post the entire notice in *how* many
posts on various topics over in rec.aviation.homebuilt (including *one*
with the fly-in as the topic)?
Just asking.
Roger
>2008 Pinckneyville Rec Aviation Flyin
<snip>
Now here's a sig I've not seen for a while. Welcome back.
It looks like I should have pushed the weather and made it down to the
flying one of those years past.when I had a medical. Who knows, maybe
in another year I'll be back to flying solo again.
Last year at P-ville time I was still wearing a brace on my left leg
and walking with a cane. I'm pretty much back to normal except for a
slight limp when my left leg gets tired.
Take care
Roger
>Highflyer
>Highflight Aviation Services
>Pinckneyville Airport, PJY
>
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
John Ousterhout
http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html
- John (thank dog I'm not in Iowa any more) Ousterhout -
Highflyer
"Steve Hix" <se...@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID> wrote in message
news:sehix-ED37E1....@news.speakeasy.net...
It is hard to get the message out and posts don't last very long. It works.
Now that Big John Oyster has updated the faq we can just refer folks to it.
See the faq at http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html and get most of the
information for this year.
Highflyer
Steve Hix
wrote:
Pop the link to the FAQ into a standard four-line sig file, and you're
golden. Seriously, anyone interested can check the link, and the message
bandwidth otherwise is clear. Everyone wins.
John Ousterhout
Pinckneyville FAQ. http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html
If I'm reading my webstats properly over 200 people have read the
Unofficial FAQ in the past few days. Unbelievable!
- John (back home again in Oregon) Ousterhout -
ChuckSlusarczyk
says...
>
>I've added a link to Highflyer's official announcement to my Unofficial
>Pinckneyville FAQ. http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html
>
>If I'm reading my webstats properly over 200 people have read the
>Unofficial FAQ in the past few days. Unbelievable!
>
>- John (back home again in Oregon) Ousterhout -
I must shamelessly confess that I was one of the 200 people to read the
Unofficial FAQ and was instantly rewarded with a flood of fond memories of the
event. Well done John.
See ya
Chuck S
William Hung
novem...@ousterhout.net> wrote:
> I've added a link to Highflyer's official announcement to my Unofficial
> Pinckneyville FAQ. http://www.ousterhout.net/pjy-faq.html
>
> If I'm reading my webstats properly over 200 people have read the
> Unofficial FAQ in the past few days. Unbelievable!
>
> - John (back home again in Oregon) Ousterhout -
>
>
>
> Highflyer wrote:
>
> > It is hard to get the message out and posts don't last very long. It works.
> > Now that Big John Oyster has updated the faq we can just refer folks to it.
> > information for this year.
>
> > Highflyer- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Sounds lie fun, wish I was closer.
Wil
Dylan Smith
> Sounds lie fun, wish I was closer.
I made it all the way from the Isle of Man a couple of years ago.
It's a really nice, friendly flyin.
--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid.
William Hung
Wow, that's quite a trip. For me, it is not only the distance, it is
also the logistics. One of these days I'll make it out there.
Wil