Top Ten Things that Suck About Oshkosh

In a previous article, george said:
The worse thing about Oshkosh is that its not near enough for me to go
to :-(

The worst thing about Oshkosh is that my wife spent $30,000 remodeling our
kitchen so I have no money for taking a week off work this year.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
There is alleged to be an airport whose designator is ARP but I've
never got any response to my attempts to locate it.
-- Tanuki

Jay Honeck wrote:
Just to be clear -- my "Thing that Suck" list is largely
tongue-in-cheek.
That was understood. I just wanted to post some info on what I heard
that may make things better.

Also, sorry I couldn't make it to your party. My solemn duties as a
chapter officer required me to go to the Ford tent that night and
schmooze with Jack Rausch, Edsel Ford II, and Bobby Unser. Well,
actually I never got closer than 25 feet from any of them.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...

That said, real shower buildings would be a nice upgrade. Sun N Fun
has 'em, and they're terrific.



I heard quite a few folks say they had more fun at Sun & Fun. Less saturated experience they said...

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:13:21 -0500, "Viperdoc"
wrote in
:

Ford and Honda have to do with aviation


Umm... Willow Run, and the HondaJet? :-)

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

Spent over 45minutes two days in a row standing in sweltering heat in line
for Zogg food... consolation? Matt Younkin and Kyle Franklin were just
ahead of us, in line, each of those two days. It was nice listening to them
as well as the fans that recognized them... sad part was the second day it
was just 40 minutes before Jim LeRoy died.

Tami and I missed you as well Viperdoc, I actually looked for you on
Wednesday near the KC135, to no avail.

Jim Burns

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
...
Here's another one: long lines for food and water. It seemed like there
were a lot fewer food vendors present this year (not including McDonalds),
and that it was a 30+ minute wait to get anything.

I think I saw and heard more foreigners than ever at OSH... cheap US $ =
lots of opportunity to spread aviation.
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
The worse thing about Oshkosh is that its not near enough for me to go
to :-(

My kids were making mental lists of the various languages they heard
on the grounds at OSH, and it was soon clear that there were people
from all over the world at AirVenture. Clearly you have to live very
far away, indeed, to NOT be able to attend OSH.

I personally heard Russian, Portuguese, German, French, and Spanish.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Good news is that according to an interview with Tom P. many upgrades
are in the works. EAA understands that if they want to continue to
attract attendees, they cannot be complacent and keep things as is.
Camping area expansion and upgrade was mentioned as was the new
control tower. Transportation on and off the field was another issue
mentioned.

If the continued popularity of satellite fields such as Appleton
continue to attract visitors who want to be close enough to Oshkosh
yet have the ability to come and go on their own schedules. More
facilities will probably be in the works there as well. The greater
number of folks commuting from Appleton to Oshkosh was noticeable this
year. Hotels were happy and more homes further away from the field
were available for rent and many are already contracted again for next
year.

Hopefully, things will continue to adapt and improve rapidly enough to
keep this event as popular as ever.

The worst thing about Oshkosh is that my wife spent $30,000 remodeling our
kitchen so I have no money for taking a week off work this year.

$30K for a KITCHEN?

Shoot, we remodeled the entire first floor lobby of the hotel for
$12K. (Of course, we did all the work ourselves. Cheapest
contractor-built quote: $50K)

I hope you get to eat at home every night and really get to enjoy it.
Sadly, if you're like our family, it's rare that the stove ever gets
turned on...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I heard quite a few folks say they had more fun at Sun & Fun. Less saturated experience they said...

More fun? Nah -- just different.

I enjoy both events immensely, but if I had to choose, it would be
OSH, hand's down.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"