Oshkosh in Winter...

Great writeup Jay. I can hardly imagine all of the differences from how
things were at Air Venture compared to your trip. Maybe someday when
I'm retired and flying around the country for fun, I'll make the trek
from the left coast during winter. Hmmm, have to work on that whole
Tannis heater/pre-heat thing though since out here, we're complaining
when it drops anywhere below 40 and we need to go flying. :-)

$3K to stay at the Hilton during the show or camping by your plane?
Now, that's a true no-brainer. I'd take a bit of rain and the
possibility of my tent blowing away to camp with folks on the field
before I'd line Hilton's pockets with such a wad of cash.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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It's not quite always so quiet at the Hilton off season, one of the
Flight Line Ops volunteers had her wedding there in October and it was
quite lively then! It was also a Badger game night.

I did some touch and go's there about 3 weeks ago and I don't think
there was any construction yet of the new control tower.

But on the other hand, the solitude and quiet of the North 40 in winter
is really quite amazing considering the scene in July/August. Our
little Flight Line Ops building looks so lonely out there in the middle
of the field...
Ryan Wubben, M.D.
Flight Line Ops co-chairman
Madison, WI

But on the other hand, the solitude and quiet of the North 40 in winter
is really quite amazing considering the scene in July/August. Our
little Flight Line Ops building looks so lonely out there in the middle
of the field...

Lonely is the best word to describe it. It's just hard to believe that it's
the same place where record-setting flights are made, and aviation
luminaries of all kinds gather every year.

When you see it like it is today, you realize how truly special Oshkosh is
every summer.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I was in OSH for the EAA Directors meeting back in 1986.
Your report doesn't sound too much different from what it was like then.
Except the Hilton didn't exist.
The Pioneer Inn was the place to be.

Jack Allison wrote:
$3K to stay at the Hilton during the show or camping by your plane?
Now, that's a true no-brainer. I'd take a bit of rain and the
possibility of my tent blowing away to camp with folks on the field
before I'd line Hilton's pockets with such a wad of cash.

Try the dorms. $25-50 per night. And discounts on meals. And convenient
bus transportation door to door.

Do the dorms have AC? Otherwise it might get pretty hot. I've stayed
overnight at dorms on bike rides and with no AC it was miserable.
Now I always use a tent, and always have plenty of AC...... g.


"Blanche" wrote in message
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Jack Allison wrote:
$3K to stay at the Hilton during the show or camping by your plane?
Now, that's a true no-brainer. I'd take a bit of rain and the
possibility of my tent blowing away to camp with folks on the field
before I'd line Hilton's pockets with such a wad of cash.

Try the dorms. $25-50 per night. And discounts on meals. And convenient
bus transportation door to door.

Peter MacPherson wrote:
Do the dorms have AC? Otherwise it might get pretty hot. I've stayed
overnight at dorms on bike rides and with no AC it was miserable.
Now I always use a tent, and always have plenty of AC...... g.

One of the dorms at Lawrence (in Appleton) is now airconditioned.
I'd rather be a bit warm with no AC in the dorms and also have
hot/cold showers, running water, etc and not have to slog thru
mud and such in the morning. I also like having the bathrooms
*right there* instead of having to walk some distance to the
port-a-potty.

What can I say? I like the creature comforts.

Of course I could bring the boat's potty and put it in the tent,
but personally, the tent aint big enough for me and the potty!

(*chortle*)(*chortle*)

Blanche wrote:

Of course I could bring the boat's potty and put it in the tent,
but personally, the tent aint big enough for me and the potty!

You could get a second tent just for the potty.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

You could get a second tent just for the potty.

Shoot, the farthest I've had to walk to a potty in the North 40 is about 100
yards.

And they usually smell like Pina Coladas -- not like the old days, that's
for sure!

Sleeping in the dorms at OSH is like kissing your sister. You're "almost"
doing Oshkosh -- but it's just not right.

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Sonny, I was bunking it in the dorms before you were an aviator apprentice
third class.

{;-)


Jim





Sleeping in the dorms at OSH is like kissing your sister. You're "almost"
doing Oshkosh -- but it's just not right.