OSH '05 Comments

Margy wrote:

But they are heavy!

Absolutely. Not for someone flying a, shall we say, "load-challenged" aircraft.
Tom was, however, looking for a tent that will hold up under weather, and you
can't be certain of that with lightly built gear.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"Rich S." wrote

We rented a single room with two beds
located ten *houses* (1½ blocks) directly North of the airport. A hot
breakfast was included with this air-conditioned lodging and our hostess,
the young wife of a U.S. soldier, was happy to drive us to the store, to
the
North gate, and anywhere else we needed to go. All this for $50/night
each.


Sounds pretty delux! Good going.

Thanks for the kind words about "Essie". She's getting a little shopworn
after six years but still carried us there and back with dispatch and
comfort.

It's nice to see something different, (than RV's).

Did you see that green Pietenpol? Perfection! Too bad the owner was
such an egotistical pompous ass, fruitlessly trying to keep all folding
chairs out of the display area. Kind of like holding back the tide.

Yes I did, and also the Pober Pixie was nice, too. The crowds were so big
Saturday, that the show area was full, all the way back. I have never see
that big of a crowd at OSH! Alsmost makes me think that EAA should provide
larger seating area, before the plane parking area starts. I wouldn't want
to have my plane at the burn line. Margy Natalie (and Ron came later in
the week) had her Navion right at the edge, and it was tough to keep
everyone off of it, completely. If you didn't see it, it is a real beauty!
--
Jim in NC

This is exactly why I prefer lightweight mountaineering gear. I can
throw it in the plane and not worry about weight and balance, hump it
in over the mountains, or haul it in the back of my truck.

Oh, and mountaineering gear is designed for even worse weather...

Yes, you pay a bit more (but not much more than the Cabela's heavy
stuff), but I get more use out of it than once a year.

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

The picture made it look as big as a garage! :~)

The picture is almost certainly their 12x12 model.

Now I take the sissy way out and bought a Coleman pop-up.

Sort of hard to tow that behind an aircraft.


Yes, but it's worth it.

The bitch was getting a trailer hitch for the rudder.

Matt Barrow wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Matt Barrow wrote:

The picture made it look as big as a garage! :~)

The picture is almost certainly their 12x12 model.


Now I take the sissy way out and bought a Coleman pop-up.

Sort of hard to tow that behind an aircraft.



Yes, but it's worth it.

The bitch was getting a trailer hitch for the rudder.

If you shop for an airplane hitch businesses might get scared off
selling you one (liability concerns), so you have to say, "It's for
an off-road vehicle..." Then you make a nice write up of how you
adapted it to your rudder, take pictures, and submit it to the EAA
magazine

Aaron Coolidge wrote:
I had a department store tent as well. 'K-Mart' house brand. I didn't set it
up, but Mike my tent-sharer did. I commented that his tent pegs were a little
short, but he said that it would be OK. Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in). That little debacle
had us scrambling for folding chairs, laundry, etc. for a while.

That's another problem to deal with.
We need to educate the ignorant that it is VERY impolite to power you
way out of your parking spot. The correct method is to ask your
neighbors for assistance in pulling the aircraft into the aisle by hand
(such as we did with the Baron behind Jay at the party Wednesday evening).
Someone is going to get very badly injured when one of the power-users
doesn't get the power off and slides on the wet grass and overruns a
tent or two ahead of them.

On 8/4/2005 14:28, john smith wrote:

Aaron Coolidge wrote:
I had a department store tent as well. 'K-Mart' house brand. I didn't set it
up, but Mike my tent-sharer did. I commented that his tent pegs were a little
short, but he said that it would be OK. Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in). That little debacle
had us scrambling for folding chairs, laundry, etc. for a while.

That's another problem to deal with.
We need to educate the ignorant that it is VERY impolite to power you
way out of your parking spot. The correct method is to ask your
neighbors for assistance in pulling the aircraft into the aisle by hand
(such as we did with the Baron behind Jay at the party Wednesday evening).
Someone is going to get very badly injured when one of the power-users
doesn't get the power off and slides on the wet grass and overruns a
tent or two ahead of them.

.... not to mention getting injured by the flying debris.


--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Student
Sacramento, CA

Plywood, PLYwood, PLYWOOD.

Jim



"Aaron Coolidge" wrote in message
...

Well, it was OK until the Bonanza
behind us fired up at 6AM Wednesday and used full power to pull out of
his spot (wet ground, ya know, the tires sink in).

Its already happened in years past out in the North 40. (serious
injuries from a plane over-running a tent that is).
I'm just amazed that it doesn't happen more.
(knock on wood)...

Ryan Wubben

wrote:
Its already happened in years past out in the North 40. (serious
injuries from a plane over-running a tent that is).
I'm just amazed that it doesn't happen more.
(knock on wood)...

Ryan Wubben


Wow. That is disturbing. It's a pity that the powers that be can't put
a fraction of the effort they put into verifying that the camping fees
have been paid, into creating and enforcing a 'no taxiing directly from
the campsite, must turn 90 degrees first' rule.

When I was at Fond du Loc and we couldn't get my Archer up the tiny
incline in front of me I called the FBO and they cheerfully towed me to
the taxiway. But I suspect the sheer quantity of planes at OSH would
quickly overwhelm any FBO who tried to be so generous.

Tom