Cub to Oshkosh!
This Little Cub Is Ready To Fly Again

We took the Cub to Oshkosh for her debut! This little 1939 Piper J-3 Cub was ready for adventure... AirVenture 2009 that is.

We've got our Cub to Oshkosh adventure chronicled below. Check the bottom of the page for more pages on our adventure.

After a restoration project that lasted 10 years, she was ready to fly. Jack is now the CubGuy for us. My patient sister was ready to have the Cubby fly rather than sit in pieces in the hanger (and her living room).

For years we were a cheering section, now we were traveling along as ground support, meeting them at airports as we went. We posted daily vignettes about our cross country adventure. Pictures and stories may still be coming. We're allowed a week to get from California to Wisconsin... and that's what it took is.... It was just as much fun as we hoped!

Here are the pilots:

Finished just in time! First flight was July 6! Here's the proof.... the Cub after her first landing in Camarillo, California. She likes to fly!

Cub to Oshkosh Flight A week's worth of adventure
Aerial Photos
See the J-3 in Oshkosh and some of our fun and adventures while we were there.
And finally Oshkosh to California Flight The Cub Flight Home.

The Cub took off from California on Friday afternoon, July 17, 2009. We arrived in Oshkosh on Thursday, July 23. After of week of fun and awards, she left Oshkosh on Sunday morning, August 2, 2009 and got back to San Jose, California on August 7. We're calling that the end of the trip. She'll stay here for a little post trip R&R before returning to Camarillo. The tracker is turned off... the adventure is over, but you can still read about it. We had a great time!

Find 'em, See 'em, Fly,'em! And have a great flight!
  Judy and Mark

The ground support crew left San Martin at 1:50 (1350). Whew, we drove the motor home through 106 degree heat. Thank goodness for air conditioning.

The pilots, that would be Jack and Carol, took off from Camarillo. Engine propped at 1700 PDT. Wheels of the ground at 1710. They arrived at Techachapi 6:20 (1820) They reported having to dodge windmill blades coming over the hill because the little Cubby didn't want to climb too much more.

With the longer drive, the ground support crew arrived in Tehachapi at 6:40. We found a friendly airport couple... who just happened to own a J-2... who helped us find the Cub and a place to park the motor home and set up our tent for the night.

No matter, we're glad to be underway... taking the Cub to Oshkosh.

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