Peter R. writes:

I enjoyed your narrative. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

I'll second that. Who needs to go when Jay's writing the post-mortem?

Someday I hope to get the courage to attend one of these large fly-ins.

Peter, I flew in to Oshkosh for the first time this summer in an
Aircoupe (I had attended OSH a few years before, driving in). I too
wondered if I had the right stuff, but decided I didn't want to end up
65 years old and still wondering.

The key is preparation. Read the NOTAMs and other online material,
understand it, visualize it. Also, nothing wrong with having a more
experienced pilot in the right seat. I flew solo but with a group of
Coupes, which made it a lot of fun.

I'm not sure I'll fly in again--not being a big fan of airshows--but
sure am glad I did it at least once.