Osh Kosh 2007 - airport & accomodation

"Marc CYBW" wrote

OK. Here's my resolution for 2007 - I've decided to make plans to fly to
Osh Kosh in my 182 - a two day trip by myself each way from CYBW
(Calgary - Springbank). One day if I the weather's good and I can find
another pilot to share the flying.

Trouble is, I don't want to join the heavy air traffic and the
landing-two-at-a-time routine at Osh Kosh itself. So Plan B is flying to a
field north or northwest or west, staying at a B&B, and renting a car.

If you do not land at OSH, and camp with your plane, you have missed over
half of the experience. REALly

All you have to do is land at a nearby airport, within a hour or so from
OSH, get up early and take off so that you arrive within the first hour or
so the field is open, a few days before the show opens, like Tues. or Wen.
No problem then, the traffic will be very light.

Just in case, practice landings on a spot, changing the landing spot on the
runway at the last moment, flying down the runway at 50 feet, overhead
approaches, or one turn to final, and practice slow flight and speeded up
approaches. Go with someone who has flown in before, if possible. You will
have no problems, then, even if traffic is heavy.
--
Jim in NC

If you do not land at OSH, and camp with your plane, you have missed over
half of the experience. REALly

I second Jim's motion, Marc. If you fly all the way to Oshkosh WITHOUT
landing there, you will have bought dinner, drinks and a show only to
find that you've been kissing your sister. Right idea -- wrong
person/location!

All you have to do is land at a nearby airport, within a hour or so from
OSH, get up early and take off so that you arrive within the first hour or
so the field is open, a few days before the show opens, like Tues. or Wen.
No problem then, the traffic will be very light.

Absolutely. Just first land somewhere to the south and west (like, oh,
say, "Iowa City, IA" -- KIOW -- I know a great "Pre-Oshkosh Fly-In Pool
Party" that has free beer, wine, pop, food, music, etc, every year...
:-) within 90 minutes of OSH.

After resting up (overnight is always fun!), your flight into OSH will
be short, and you'll arrive fresh.

(South and west are best, so that you arrive in the RIPON procedure
without having to make any radical turns before joining the flow. Of
course, if you arrive a few days early, there won't BE any "flow"...
you'll just fly straight in.)

It's the flight of a lifetime. Don't give it up because you've been
scared away.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Just in case, practice landings on a spot, changing the landing spot on
the runway at the last moment, flying down the runway at 50 feet

OH! That's normal for OSH? And I thought I was special.

I believe you guys have convinced me to do the camping thing. The busy
airspace isn't a problem (Springbank and Calgary are busy controlled
airspaces) but the idea of landing half way down is something to come to
grips with. Having said that our fields are (actually were - just extended a
few weeks ago) 3,000' and I virtually never use the length in my 182
anyways.

So, how early before the event does the field open for camping?

And do they allow Canadian beer? :-)

Marc


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Marc CYBW" wrote

OK. Here's my resolution for 2007 - I've decided to make plans to fly to
Osh Kosh in my 182 - a two day trip by myself each way from CYBW
(Calgary - Springbank). One day if I the weather's good and I can find
another pilot to share the flying.

Trouble is, I don't want to join the heavy air traffic and the
landing-two-at-a-time routine at Osh Kosh itself. So Plan B is flying to
a field north or northwest or west, staying at a B&B, and renting a car.

If you do not land at OSH, and camp with your plane, you have missed over
half of the experience. REALly

All you have to do is land at a nearby airport, within a hour or so from
OSH, get up early and take off so that you arrive within the first hour or
so the field is open, a few days before the show opens, like Tues. or Wen.
No problem then, the traffic will be very light.

Just in case, practice landings on a spot, changing the landing spot on
the runway at the last moment, flying down the runway at 50 feet, overhead
approaches, or one turn to final, and practice slow flight and speeded up
approaches. Go with someone who has flown in before, if possible. You
will have no problems, then, even if traffic is heavy.
--
Jim in NC

Marc CYBW wrote:
I believe you guys have convinced me to do the camping thing.
Cool! As everyone has said, it really is great. The one year we didn't
camp, I really missed it.

So, how early before the event does the field open for camping?
Not sure, others can comment here. I'm wouldn't be surprised if some
volunteers start arriving a week or more before the event.

And do they allow Canadian beer? :-)

Absolutely. However, the only way MontBlack (or any designated Honeck
campsite representative) will allow Canadian beer to enter the cooler is
via a taste test...might require a couple of bottles so plan
accordingly. :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

In a previous article, Jack Allison said:
Absolutely. However, the only way MontBlack (or any designated Honeck
campsite representative) will allow Canadian beer to enter the cooler is
via a taste test...might require a couple of bottles so plan
accordingly. :-)

I forget, didn't we bring some Sleemans last time? That's pretty great
stuff.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it
should be hard to understand.

Sleemans. Hmmm.

I think a full "flight" of Big Rock, Calgary's finest, is in order. Warthog;
Traditional; McNally's; Grasshopper .......




"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Jack Allison
said:
Absolutely. However, the only way MontBlack (or any designated Honeck
campsite representative) will allow Canadian beer to enter the cooler is
via a taste test...might require a couple of bottles so plan
accordingly. :-)

I forget, didn't we bring some Sleemans last time? That's pretty great
stuff.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
Real programmers don't comment their code. It was hard to write, it
should be hard to understand.

I think a full "flight" of Big Rock, Calgary's finest, is in order. Warthog;
Traditional; McNally's; Grasshopper .......

Whoooaaaa, Marc. You keep this up, and we'll name you a
co-grand-poobah of the annual Rec.Aviation party! It's always held
Wednesday during OSH, so plan accordingly...

;-)

Just so you know what this is about, here are some pix from the last
several years.

Here was the 2006 edition, our biggest one yet:

http://alexisparkinn.com/wed_-_north_40_party.htm

....and the 2005 edition: http://alexisparkinn.com/wednesday1.htm

....and the 2004 edition: http://alexisparkinn.com/newsgroup_party.htm

....and the quintessential photo of THE rec.aviation party of all time,
from 2003: http://tinyurl.com/yzao2d

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

Marc CYBW wrote:

I think a full "flight" of Big Rock, Calgary's finest, is in order. Warthog;
Traditional; McNally's; Grasshopper .......

Hmmm, looks like that C182 useful load is going to come in handy! Two
years ago, with just two of us in the Arrow, I managed to bring a case
of local stuff. No such luck last year with four adults aboard ("Hello,
MontBlack camping gear delivery service? Yes, we'd like a full
compliment of camping gear please...")


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane

"To become a Jedi knight, you must master a single force. To become
a private pilot you must strive to master four of them"
- Rod Machado

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

The problem, of course, is that US Customs takes a dim view of anything more
than a few beers being "imported"; I don't remember the actual number.

Jim


"Jack Allison" wrote in message
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Marc CYBW wrote:

I think a full "flight" of Big Rock, Calgary's finest, is in order.
Warthog; Traditional; McNally's; Grasshopper .......

Hmmm, looks like that C182 useful load is going to come in handy! Two
years ago, with just two of us in the Arrow, I managed to bring a case of
local stuff. No such luck last year with four adults aboard ("Hello,
MontBlack camping gear delivery service? Yes, we'd like a full compliment
of camping gear please...")