"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote:

Yes as someone who has attended Osh 9-10 times in the past and always
trailering a Safari helicopter, I know the driving bit. Ken Brock, of
the gyrocopter fame, had said that the rotorcraft aren't good for
cross country work. We found that the helicopter on a trailer behind
a pickup with a slide in camper actually made the same time crossing
from California to Osh as friends in a very fast Long Eze. Weather
caused their delays while as Jim says IMC in my pickup isn't too
difficult. Besides we have our "House" when we get to Osh and even
transportation when required. We camp on the private property just
south of the Ultralite runway and have a good view of the show.
We attend some 13 events each year in support of the magazine and the
camper-trailer combination has earned it's keep. If we keep the speed
down we get about 15mpg in our Dodge Diesel P/U. Looking at the
under-wing campers, and considering we are always there for the entire
show, our slide in camper with refrigerator, shower and toilet looks
pretty good.

A good way to pay for the trip would be to do the helicopter rides.
Three turbine G models were running nonstop during peak times and was
down to just 1 in the early mornings and evenings. They also had a
LongRanger running on Wednesday... Lots of TO/LD's logged by those guys
in the short loop over the parking areas and back to the blimp port...