Oshkosh camping

Tedstriker wrote:

Anybody can camp in the North 40 (spam can) parking area. Homebuilt,
classic or otherwise. You often see people who would qualify for
showplane camping parked up there for the exact reason you have.

It used to be that homebuilts could park in with the classics, but
since the homebuilts got their own camping area there seems to be
some rift between the two communities. Never hurts to ask once
you get there, but be prepared to deal with the least common denominator.

The North 40 isn't that bad. I parked there two years. There's
no blasted PA system and your much closer to the off-field services
(Restaurants, groceries).


Do they have showers/bathrooms in that North 40 parking area just like
in homebuilt camping? I haven't done the camping thing there yet, and
was wondering, are the showers/bathrooms overly crowded in the
morning? that is, do you have to stand in line just to get inside?
Not having that PA system sounds nice, as do being closer to the
services. I guess up there, you're out of walking distance to the
show.

I did when I was there in 1995. The first morning, I got to the showers
about 7:00 and waited probably 30 minutes. The next morning I got there
before 6:00 and only waited a couple of minutes. The rest of the week
I stayed in the dorms and didn't wait at all! :-)


Matt

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 03:42:24 GMT, "keepitrunning"
wrote:

Last time I was there I parked my airplane in the homebuilt parking and
camped next to it. I am wondering if a friend flew in with me in a
production aircraft, could we park together in the homebuilt parking or
would they have to go off with the production parking. Can you camp in the
production parking area?

First, Production would have to be old enought to qualify for at
least contemporary. I've forgotten the year for each qualification,
but it was 60 or 61 when I was there so it's probably about 65 by now.

Yes, you can camp in the production area (North 40).
I always went about a week before the fly-in and set up camp about 4
or 5 places West o the showers in the Antique/classic/contemporary
parking even though I rented a room in an air-conditioned home just
about a half a block North of Baslers.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Thanks for any info.
Gary