Jerry at Trio Avionics (three of my best Oshkosh friends) also put the Oshkosh bug in the ear. I'm not sure I can get her there and I'm so spoiled by being able to bring a bunch of STUFF via car to Oshkosh, I'm not sure I'd know how to limit it to the "one change of underwear and a sleeping bag" method you vets seem to have mastered.
I finished transition training with Tom Berge last night for a total of about 9 hours. I can't say enough about how valuable it was. I feel more confident as a pilot (not overconfident) than I ever have.
Last night we went around and ran the circuit around MSP, two landings at Crystal, one landing and a last-minute go-around at Lake Elmo, over to my home field of Fleming in South Saint Paul (dropped 300' on downwind so figured, "heck with it; I'll just keep it tight," ended up very high on base and greased it, and two landings at Airlake, where the plane now is, and finally a no-flaps landing back at Crystal. All were fine landings.
Tom had me flying with a "heavy wing" for a few of the landings to simulate what he encountered on the flight the other day. That was a pain in the neck but certainly doable, but it sure makes me want to get the first flight out of the way so I can get a benchmark and start fixing that thing. You know what's REALLY a pain in the neck? Having my plane at one airport, and having all of my tools at another.
I have to pull the brake calipers off and find out what the deal is with that left brake. There's a chance there's a kink in the line, too, so if the caliper doesn't reveal a problem I'll have to pull the false floors out and either remake the line or just "splice" in a section of it for testing.
I've kind of decided, with Tom's counsel, to do a "private" first flight. By myself, nobody around, early on a morning, but it may not be this week. There's an airshow in Mankato and the airspace is closed and that's in my "box," and the last thing I want to worry about is running into Sean D. Tucker.
Anyway, we'll see, but I'm not going to rush anything. It's a nice drive over to Oshkosh, too.