Well then, what about the volunteers, who ride motorcycles all over
the grounds? I've not heard one instance of them running into an
airplane. Why would a pilot that brings his folding bike with him be
any less able to avoid hitting a plane? There's more than enough room
to maneuver a bike at that event. If not, the volunteers wouldn't have
room to roam at will on their motorcycles. And I'm not talking about
letting the entire general populace ride bikes, just giving the ones
who fly in a show plane. Exceptions can be made. One year at Oshkosh,
I noticed the Taylor flying car, sans wings, driving all over the
grounds anywhere he wanted to go with it. It was really neat to see,
and I admired it everytime it drove by. Not once did I worry about
what he might hit with it. I was glad to see it there, and able to
roam the grounds at will. If you don't want a bike, or motorized one
around your plane, then write the EAA and tell them no more volunteers
on motorcycles on the flight line, or you aren't coming. See what they
in return.

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:04:37 +0000, Scott
wrote:
On the other hand, if you're a pilot or careful person with a bike on a
ramp with low activity, that isn't a problem, but that doesn't exactly
describe Oshkosh, does it?

KB
I was wondering when the last time he was to Oshkosh (maybe 1956 or
so???) where the flightline wasn't crowded with pedestrians. I've been
there pretty much every year since 1975 and it always seems too crowded
to try and weave a bike through the crowd (assuming you ride the bike on
the pavement and not row to row sneaking between planes, which I agree,
would not thrill me when my plane is parked there). I don't think we're
all sheep following the leader at all...as Kyle says who wants a bike
(especially motorized) running around their airplane???

Scott