2023 Cessna 170 Convention, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan

[cessna170bdriver]

I just got a call from Jay Baeten offering his home strip as a staging area for 170s going into Oshkosh after the convention. His strip isn’t on the chart but is in aviation databases as 9WS2. It’s about 35 miles northeast of KOSH, located about 8 miles south of KGRB, about a mile west of the GRB ILS 36 localizer. Jay says he has room for at least 50 airplanes, and you can pitch a tent or lay a sleeping bag on the floor of his 90x45 hangar.

[cessna170bdriver]

It would seem that the issue with calling Kewadin for hotel reservations has been resolved with the 22110 code. I apologize for not realizing that was required. There was also an issue with the online reservation link. The Kewadin has fixed that issue, and the link provided in the FlyPaper is now working: https://book.b4checkin.com/chameleon/ke ... ssociation

[cessna170bdriver]

I just got a call from Jay Baeten offering his home strip as a staging area for 170s going into Oshkosh after the convention. His strip isn’t on the chart but is in aviation databases as 9WS2. It’s about 35 miles northeast of KOSH, located about 8 miles south of KGRB, about a mile west of the GRB ILS 36 localizer. Jay says he has room for at least 50 airplanes, and you can pitch a tent or lay a sleeping bag on the floor of his 90x45 hangar.

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Additional info from Jay Baeten regarding using his home strip on the way to Oshkosh: We do have porta potties, running water; & possibly get a crew together to cook breakfast for you guys, if we get enough to fly in.

[hilltop170]

I just made my hotel reservation at the Kewadin for the convention online without any problems. Looking forward to it!

I would love to camp at Jay’s but the departure day of the convention, July 23, is the last day to secure the reserved group parking at OSH, so I’ll probably fly straight to OSH on Sunday the 23rd.

[cessna170bdriver]

The departure day for the convention is Saturday, July 22nd. If there’s an error published somewhere I need to get it corrected.

[hilltop170]

The departure day for the convention is Saturday, July 22nd. If there’s an error published somewhere I need to get it corrected.

Thanks for clearing that up Miles, I had not looked at the agenda before my post.

I’ll plan on camping at Jay’s Saturday night.

[cessna170bdriver]

Detailed convention information and a registration form are now available at https://cessna170.org/about/convention/. The registration form should be in the next FlyPaper as well.

[cessna170bdriver]

The Convention shirt order form and an UPDATED registration form as well as convention details and schedule information are now available on the Association’s Convention web page.

[cessna170bdriver]

Please use the UPDATED registration form linked in the previous post. I’m still getting older forms, which omitted the $8.50/person box lunch for the Pictured Rocks Boat Tour, had an incorrect deadline for the registration discount, and didn’t include a link to the convention shirt order form. If you’ve already registered but didn’t sign up for the box lunch on the Pictured Rocks trip, you may do so on arrival at the convention. If you’ve registered but haven’t yet ordered your shirts you may use the form linked in the previous post until June 1, when I have to order shirts.