Comments on: Brennand Airport: A Work in Perpetuity http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/09/brennand-airport-a-work-in-perpetuity/ Aviation buzz and bold opinion Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate Bernard http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/09/brennand-airport-a-work-in-perpetuity/comment-page-1/#comment-99843 Kate Bernard Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/09/brennand-airport-a-work-in-perpetuity/#comment-99843 I have worked as a flight instructor at Brennand Airport since June 2005. (That's me in the picture.) It is a friendly place to be. There are EAA chapter meetings, summer cookouts, and impromptu group fly-outs. No I.D. badges or gate codes here. Hangar-neighbors know each other and we all seem to have some kind of project. The airport is small and quiet, offering pilots a very quick path to the sky. Pilots don't have to taxi forever or wait in line to take off. The location is convenient, only a few miles west of Neenah -- a short drive from anywhere in the Fox Cities. Yet it's off the beaten path just enough that not many people know it's there. As mentioned in the article, we are always hoping more people will "discover" Brennand Airport. One of the best ways to do that is to take an introductory flight lesson. Aviation enthusiasts can also check out the EAA Ultralight Chapter 41 web site (http://www.eaaul41.org) for events and the meeting schedule. Guests are welcome! Kudos to Ted and all the other helpers and volunteers who keep this place alive. I have worked as a flight instructor at Brennand Airport since June 2005. (That’s me in the picture.) It is a friendly place to be. There are EAA chapter meetings, summer cookouts, and impromptu group fly-outs. No I.D. badges or gate codes here. Hangar-neighbors know each other and we all seem to have some kind of project.

The airport is small and quiet, offering pilots a very quick path to the sky. Pilots don’t have to taxi forever or wait in line to take off.

The location is convenient, only a few miles west of Neenah — a short drive from anywhere in the Fox Cities. Yet it’s off the beaten path just enough that not many people know it’s there. As mentioned in the article, we are always hoping more people will “discover” Brennand Airport. One of the best ways to do that is to take an introductory flight lesson. Aviation enthusiasts can also check out the EAA Ultralight Chapter 41 web site (http://www.eaaul41.org) for events and the meeting schedule. Guests are welcome!

Kudos to Ted and all the other helpers and volunteers who keep this place alive.

]]> By: Stephen Ruby http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/09/brennand-airport-a-work-in-perpetuity/comment-page-1/#comment-96435 Stephen Ruby Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:29:58 +0000 http://www.jetwhine.com/2009/09/brennand-airport-a-work-in-perpetuity/#comment-96435 We flew a Helio Courier in there in October of 2005 with Norm Petersen in the back seat, at the time Norm had his J-3 and a one-of-a-kind Danish airplane hangared there. To everyone's complete surprise we managed to get stopped by the first taxi-way light. The folks there with the hangar doors open were quite impressed because this was the first time a Helio landed there, they said. We went inside the office/lounge area and found the place quite nice and well maintained. When we departed the airplane was flying off in about 100 feet, with a minimum radius turn to the south we headed back to OSH. For some photos of this flight you can see them here..http://sloflight.ning.com/ We flew a Helio Courier in there in October of 2005 with Norm Petersen in the back seat, at the time Norm had his J-3 and a one-of-a-kind Danish airplane hangared there.

To everyone’s complete surprise we managed to get stopped by the first taxi-way light. The folks there with the hangar doors open were quite impressed because this was the first time a Helio landed there, they said.

We went inside the office/lounge area and found the place quite nice and well maintained. When we departed the airplane was flying off in about 100 feet, with a minimum radius turn to the south we headed back to OSH.

For some photos of this flight you can see them
here..http://sloflight.ning.com/

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