OSH vs SnF

Since I live in the mid-Atlantic area the distance
issue is not a deciding factor for me nor is the threat of weather since
I have a IFR ticket. ( discounting Tstorms and such )

We have never been stopped by weather going into SnF that an IFR ticket
would have helped. At least not in anything less than a King Air.

Can you say "ice" and "tops to 47,000 feet"???

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

In article . com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

We have never been stopped by weather going into SnF that an IFR ticket
would have helped. At least not in anything less than a King Air.

This is true.
I have watched low pressure systems pump moisture into the Eastern US
around SnF week. It comes up out of the Gulf and either tracks northeast
up the west side of the Alleghanies or eastward across AL and GA then up
the east side of the Alleghanies. It can last as long as two weeks (four
years ago.) I have taken advantage of being on the front side of a high
pressure system going south to FL and ridden the trailing low pressure
system back north later the same week. If the timing works, it provides
spectacular ground speeds.

Jose wrote:
Reading all these posts I'm not sure why people go to Oshkosh in the
first place, especially with Sun'n'Fun as an alternative.

Jose,
We made our first Oshkosh trip this year and would have gone to SnF
if it weren't for the iffy weather forecasts the last few years. We
have our IFR tickets but did not want to mess around with ice or
thunderstorms coming to Florida from the Northeast. We plan to get XM
weather when Lowrance introduces their GPS version with weather next
Spring.

Hai Longworth