Phase 1 complete

Your 4 spots total 90' x 75'.

Oshkosh 2014

Hi All,

Just so John does not think I have forgotten Oshkosh this year -

After the trailer had the blowout last year, it now has new rubber including the spare tire!! The truck has had it's oil changed (15 quarts) new brake pads and 4, yes 4 new rotors. You don't want to know how much a rotor is for a F-250!!

This weekend it's oil change time for the all important generator and Joe and I will start loading the truck.

We intend on pulling out Saturday the 19th arriving in Oshkosh on the afternoon of the 20th - this is one day later than past years.

We've been doing non rain dances to the various Gods for good weather - is the snow off the ground up there?

See you all in 48 days or 4,147,200 seconds

Bob

Pete

https://vimeo.com/46783427

Couple pix's from cleanup day!

Today was cleanup day.  Paul, Chuck and Joe.

The video is here

The trailer - empty, but spread all over the place

The before

Chuck labeled everything - but can we read it?

The New Fender

Tomorrow is Oshkosh clean up day.  The latest we have ever done it.  I have opened the trailer, thanks to the good weather at Oshkosh this year - there were NO FLYs!! And it did not smell bad.

Today I replaced the Fender

The Aluminum Overcast in NJ

Hi All

On Saturday Liz and I dropped a couple of packages off at the local FedEx depot. Just as we got out of the car - I heard the sound of a radial engine - Oh several radial engines.

Holy Crap - it's a B-17 about a hundred feet in the air, taking off.

It was the EAA's B-17 at the  Caldwell Airport

So Sunday Liz and I went back with a couple good cameras and snapped a few pix's

Me getting a pix on landing

Liz shot this one on landing

My Landing pix

Take off!!

A story….

Not aviation related - it's our backyard..

A long long time ago - in a far away place. Well our back yard last Wednesday.

password is bear

Have fun

Bob

Anyone seen Chuck?

Yea he was in the trailer

Thank god it's not me!

The before and after

How cold is it!!

It's 50 Degrees!!

No comment... For Kim

Time to dump the gnomes!!

These guys are better

Warbird Parking- on Wed morning

Breakfast

No rain last night!!  the low was 51 degrees - the high today will be 70!!  Great weather

Bob

The weather today was GREAT - 72 or so for a high - Tonight the low in the mid 50's.

TC is still missing.

Other gnomes have arrived.

If anyone knows where TC is.....

He disappeared just after dinner....

Oh yea - Airplanes - Fifi flew over late this morning.

Sunset - Just before the skies opened up!!

A three pix panorama just before the skies opened up.

Day one of the drive

We pulled into Elkhart IN about 7pm had a quick dinner. Here are a few Pix from today

Hope you are enjoying the "Truck Cam"

Moe, Paul, Me

We are on the way! Camera will up in a minute

The Gnome is helping, yea right.....

Is it bad....

When the trailer hitch weight should be 300 pounds. And it's 450.

Re-packing an it's 90 out!

We have aluminum foil!!!!

Gnome Problems

BIG Problems in the Gnome Community!!

Oshkosh Pack-day 2013

Hello All,

Today was pack day - Paul P, Joe R and Chuck D along with Joe's girl friend Ashley.  We pulled the wheels off the trailer for inspection of the bearings and tires.  All was great. Next was the oil change on the generator.  We are now 80% ready to go.

The only problem was the 92 degrees with 10000% humidity.

A  few pictures:

Part of the new canopy 

Two new items on the roof of the truck

Final brick words

Hi All

Thanks for all the suggestions and help.   I ordered the brick tonight.  Here is the text.

Inscription
Robert P. Mahoney 1940-2013
Bob Was Our:
Quartermaster, Tinkerer,
Encyclopedia, A True Gem,
Crusty Old Man, Putterer,
Best Darn Broadcast Tech,
A Good Old Soul, Lovable,
Frustrating, One-Of-A-Kind,
Renaissance Man
But most of all we
loved him and will miss him

Bob Mahoney

I need to get the brick done like asap

I looking for one our two word adjectives that described Bob to you

Thanks
Bob

Mahoney - Brick - what to say?

Hi All,

From everyone's reaction, and again thank you Brian for thinking of it, we're buying a brick. We'll get as many people to kick in 50 bucks as we can. I will make up the difference, if any.  and we'll go for the thousand dollar version.  What the heck, we all had $1000 worth of fun with Mahoney over the years.

So… there's lots of room for words so I am now going to ask for all of you to contribute a line or two, fun stuff I would guess,and finalize the order as soon as we can.

I'll then try and beg the EAA on getting it installed prior to the convention.

Bob Ross

Final Air-show performers

http://www.airventure.org/attractions/airshows.html