Thread: OSH vs SnF
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Old August 1st 06, 05:01 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Jay Honeck
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Default OSH vs SnF

It's a serious question for those who have been to both. I've only been
to SnF, and only once, camping by the plane. I had a great time and
flying in was easy. I did it twice, since I had to leave to take some
friends home. Taxiing was forever though, and I thought they did a
great job getting us out at the end of the event.


SnF is wonderful, but I've never come closer to dying than I did flying
into Lakeland. To think that flying into SnF is any different than
flying into OSH is just wishful thinking.

Also, the weather getting to/from SnF is very, very dicey. We've gone
twice, and it's either been 6 hours down, and 3 days back, or vice
versa. Both times we were stuck by winter storms and icing, and there
always seems to be a persistent line of thunderstorms stationed right
along the Florida panhandle.

The storms in the Midwest in July, on the other hand, are usually
quick-hitters, and often quite easy to fly around. It's a world of
difference.

Finally, SnF is not OSH. There is, quite simply nothing like OSH
anywhere else.
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