Oshkosh 2018 - BullockAir-A-Palooze

[bullojm1]

It was pretty dicey in Northern PA. Lots of rain and low vis.






Great, just when I needed you the most, FIS-B radar dropped out on Garmin Pilot. Originally I thought it was due to being too low to pick up ADS-B.


Luckily, a restart of the app fixed it.


Things started to look better the further east I went.


Rounded the corner of the system moving across PA! Hopefully smooth sailing from here!




Looked great to the east.


100 miles to go, or so, and I was racing weather moving in on KDMW.

[Captain_John]

Mikey, great job reporting! Mitch and I look forward to next year! Maybe you need to add a trip to either Massachusetts or Maine next year for some more entertainment? Hahaha see you soon!

CJ

[bullojm1]

Nearing Harrisburg, PA, a low layer of clouds popped up. Luckily I was already past all of the mountainous terrain of PA, and could easily maintain VFR under them.


The race is on! If I couldn't beat the rain to KDMW, my backup plan was to put down in York, PA (KTHV) and wait out the weather or have someone come get me.


BOOM! Made it back with no issue. What a flight. 4.2 hours from Detroit - should of been about 2..but there was a lot of extra flying to get around the weather. It was an exhausting flight.


No sooner did I pull the plane into the hangar did it start down-pouring. I probably beat the rain by 10-15 minutes. Considering how much flying I did today, that was extremely lucky.


What a GREAT TRIP! So many places visited and friends seen. It was an extremely challenging flight with regards to all of the weather I encountered. I stayed VFR the whole time, but it pushed my limits to the extreme multiple times. This is the trip that finally convinced me to get my instrument rating. the IR would of made this trip so much easier and safer.

[Captain_John]

You should get your instrument rating! Believe me, if I can do it, you can too!

Get er done!

CJ

[roadrunner20]

Thanks for the great trip report!
I know you told me about your flight to Oshkosh...that was really, really sketchy.

Thanks for saving me the last beer from the beer tasting.
It was that 360 degree beer top. I was really happy to have it since I shut down at 7:58 Sunday being the 2nd to last arrival.

I'm already looking forward to 2019.

As Captain John said, you better get your IFR.

[bruceh]

Great writeup! Awesome time as always.

[dwranda]

Yes Dave from Jamestown NY is a fan! It was great talking to you!

[ksdflying]

Dude! What a **** of an awesome post. Hope one day when I get my 8 done I'll get to run into you at Oshkosh and party down with you with some great craft brews and some gentlemen whiskey! Love your trip report here. Inspiring. Motivating.
Cheers.

[bullojm1]

Originally Posted by Captain_John

You should get your instrument rating! Believe me, if I can do it, you can too!

Originally Posted by roadrunner20

As Captain John said, you better get your IFR.

I already have my first instrument lesson scheduled for next weekend. This trip really hit home that I needed to get off my duff and just do it. While I was VFR the whole time, and always had a "out", it would of been a much simpler trip to file and not worry about weaving through weather low.

[CharlieL]

Hey Mike, Thanks for the write up! Great to see you at Oshkosh! I had the same weather challenges out and back. I had nothing on my list for Osh this year, came home with an oxygen system and IFR ground school course! This trip convinced me that an IFR rating is in my near future. Hope our paths cross somewhere along the line this fall. Our home airport is adding a food truck festival to the annual fly in and car show. Sunday, Sept 23rd, Simsbury, CT 4B9 . Maybe you can make it? Always a good time!