Oshkosh Roll Call...

Dan - Last year, we arrived Monday morning around 9:00 and traffic was
relatively light. Between Ripon and landing on runway 09, we only saw about
6 other planes. The guy in front of us was probably 3/4 of a mile ahead and
it sounded like someone was right behind us as we had to put it on the white
dot.

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA 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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Any stats on when "good" times are?

Traffic can be very hit & miss (sorry!) going into OSH. We usually try to
arrive the day before the event starts, but this "traffic avoidance
procedure" seems to have caught on with many pilots. Thus, I'm not sure of
this, but I think the HEAVIEST day now may be the day before it starts.

We've also arrived on the first day, and that can be a bit hairy, but I've
never run into anything that was too uncomfortable.

You're right, I think evening arrivals, well after the airshow, are usually
the lightest. Just don't try to arrive RIGHT after the airshow, as there
will be a holding pattern release from Rush Lake -- at which point you've
really got the "square peg into a round hole" effect.

In fact, right after the airshow is when we always set up our lawn chairs at
our campsite, and crack a few cold ones -- cuz it's the best air show
anywhere...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hey Greg...fly to Fon du Lac, pick me up, and we'll fly to OSH...what do you
think? :-) Hey, you get another set of eyes and I get my first ride in an
Ercoup...sounds like a fair trade.

Hmmm, potentially sleeping in the miata or flying solo 1st time to
OSH...tough choice

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA 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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I'm still not sure if I'll be flying N93332 or driving the Miata again to
OSH this year. I'm hesitant on my first flight into OSH which would be solo.
It'll also depend if I can get time off work...

To each his own, but flying into OSH and parking your plane along with
the thousands of others there ranks as one of the life's most
satisfying aviation experiences. You do have to have a level of
confidence about doing it, but the challenges are mostly mental.

I flew into OSH the first time in 1999 with one year's experience as a
private pilot. I had to leave my cherokee in Iowa with engine problems
(another story!) and finish the trip to OSH in a rental 172. We
arrived early morning on the next to last day of the show, and I was
actually a little disappointed that traffic wasn't heavier. They were
landing one at a time and not using the dots.

The last time, in 2001, we flew in mid-morning on the day before
opening, and we had the full meal deal...jockeying for position over
the railroad tracks, holding over Rush Lake, S-turns on downwind to
stay behind the traffic ahead, landing three at a time on 27 with ATC
switching landing order on final. It wasn't really technically any
more difficult, but you had to mentally suspend the "rules" that you
normally fly by and follow your instructions.

A second set of eyes can help, but the first year it was my wife
saying "oh my God" a lot. The last time it was my non-flying nephew
who was just in awe of the whole experience. This year, and to make a
long story short and return to the thread, it will be this myself and
this same nephew, who is now an instrument rated private pilot working
on his commercial ticket.

Jay, unfortunately, due to schedule conflicts, we will be arriving
Friday, after the RAP get-together on Wednesday. Hope to run into any
Rec aviation stragglers staying through the weekend.

JP Krievins
planning to camp in antique/classic
N6101W

Jay, unfortunately, due to schedule conflicts, we will be arriving
Friday, after the RAP get-together on Wednesday. Hope to run into any
Rec aviation stragglers staying through the weekend.

No sweat, JP.

Be sure to come see us anyway -- we'll be out in the North 40. Just give
the nice EAA folks my "N" number, and they'll vector you right in...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hi Jay,

I'll be there exhibiting in Hangar C booth 3076 for the first time
this year. Look forward to seeing people from this newsgroup...

Dean Wilkinson

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:FzLFc.4830$JR4.1147@attbi_s54...
Who's in for OSH '04?

Mary and I (and the Osh-kids) will be flying in on Monday, and staying
through the following Sunday...

(Our Rec.Aviation party is planned for Wednesday night, after the airshow,
at our campsite. Admission is a 6-pack of good beer!)

I'll be there exhibiting in Hangar C booth 3076 for the first time
this year.

Does anyone else think this sounds 'dirty'?

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

So I'm an exhibitionist, what can I say?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:9acGc.28776$7t3.4349@attbi_s51...
I'll be there exhibiting in Hangar C booth 3076 for the first time
this year.

Does anyone else think this sounds 'dirty'?

:-)

So I'm an exhibitionist, what can I say?

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

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:19:50 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Who's in for OSH '04?

I've signed up to be there with some guys from the Buffalo area.

Mary and I (and the Osh-kids) will be flying in on Monday, and staying
through the following Sunday...

I have no idea where we'll be.

(Our Rec.Aviation party is planned for Wednesday night, after the airshow,
at our campsite. Admission is a 6-pack of good beer!)

I may try to crash your party. I've been sober for a while, so I
may bring bottled water or the like for other teetotallers.

Marty