In article oEOUb.231279$I06.2585781@attbi_s01, Jay Honeck wrote:
- Bring an air mattress. Oshkosh ground is harder than concrete.

Except on wet years, when the air mattress will double as a floatation
device.

I'd add:

If you're not normally very active, take it slow and don't push yourself
too hard the first day or two, or your knees/legs/ankles will hurt so bad
you won't enjoy the rest of the week.

Along those same lines - draw a line on the map for what you want to see
each day, or you'll spend a lot of time backtracking back and forth. If
you don't finish it all, then do it the next day.

Even in a week, you can't do it all. Don't push yourself, or you'll miss
a lot of the fun. Oshkosh is meant to be wandered through in a Cub, not
sped through in a Concorde.

Nothing starts conversations like a compliment on someone's plane, but
don't overdo it. If you can't complement it, ask a question - "Wow,
that gear looks sturdy - do you fly off a rough strip?" . Some of
my favorite Oshkosh time was spent talking to people on the way to or
from the showers.

If you're camping:

If you have a high-wing, bring wooden clothespins, and you can hang wet
towels or other wet clothes on the tie-down ropes. You can also
clothespin wet towels to your prop if you're desperate.

Bring twice as many towels as you think you'll need.

It rains in the afternoons. Don't put your entire week's worth of clothes
in your tent - leave them in the plane where they're more likely to stay dry,
and just take out what you need daily.

Things not to miss (besides what Jay said):

Jerry's One Man Band.
If you own, spend at least a few hours at the tent of your type club.
If you do your own maintenance, the SnapOn tool truck has good show specials.
The forums are wonderfully useful. Spend an hour or two the first day you're
there to decide what you want to attend, and include it in your daily
map.
I can pass on the rest of the airshow, but I have to sit down every day
and watch the Red Baron Stearmans. Acro in an Extra doesn't impress me.
Acro/formation flight done in a Stearman with the level of precision
those guys have is just amazing.
If you're a morning person, spend a few hours one morning at the UL area.
If you're not, spend a few hours one early evening at the UL area.

Tina Marie
(doing SunNFun instead this year)
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