Oshkosh advice

[Trent Moorehead]

Hey all,

Next week, I am travelling to WI for business and am going to try to make it
to Oshkosh if my meetings wrap up like I think they will. I will arrive
there around 2:00 or so. I was thinking of visiting the museum. Any other
cool things to check out? Must sees?

Thanks,

-Trent
PP-ASEL

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Trent Moorehead" > wrote in message
...
>
> Next week, I am travelling to WI for business and am going to try to make
it
> to Oshkosh if my meetings wrap up like I think they will. I will arrive
> there around 2:00 or so. I was thinking of visiting the museum. Any other
> cool things to check out? Must sees?
>

Arrive earlier. You're not giving yourself enough time at the museum.

[Jay Honeck]

> Next week, I am travelling to WI for business and am going to try to make
it
> to Oshkosh if my meetings wrap up like I think they will. I will arrive
> there around 2:00 or so. I was thinking of visiting the museum. Any other
> cool things to check out? Must sees?

Well, Trent, you can have lunch at Friar Tuck's, and imagine all of us
standing on the deck, overlooking the North 40, drinking a beer in 90 degree
heat next summer!

Of course, it'll be sleeting and about 36 degrees while you're there, so
you'll need a good imagination.... ;)

I think the Museum, and Pioneer Airport (which is part of the EAA complex,
but not within cold-weather walking distance of the museum) are the two big
things to see. I don't think the Seaplane Base is open except during the
convention, and the rest of OSH is very clean and nice, but pretty
unremarkable.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[G.R. Patterson III]

Jay Honeck wrote:
>
> I think the Museum, and Pioneer Airport (which is part of the EAA complex,
> but not within cold-weather walking distance of the museum) are the two big
> things to see.

Yeah, but as Steven said, he'll need more than three hours to see them.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

[vincent p. norris]

>....the rest of OSH is very clean and nice, but pretty unremarkable.

The Granary is a nice place to have dinner, and they have some good
beer.

vince norris

[Trent Moorehead]

"Steven P. McNicoll" > wrote in message
news:IfWnb.7085

> Arrive earlier. You're not giving yourself enough time at the museum.

I know. I wish I had a choice, but I don't. What I am looking for is info
about what I shouldn't miss so that I don't waste the little time that I
will have. Still, I think it would be better to get an incomplete visit
rather than none at all.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

[Jay Honeck]

> Having never been to OSH or Airventure, I think it's going to be cool to
see
> what everyone's been talking about. I've read so many things about it, I
> feel almost like I've been there.

Well, Trent, when you're standing at Friar Tuck's, gaze at the control
tower, waaaaay off in the distance to the southeast.

Now picture the flight line going just as far SOUTH of that tower as you are
standing north of it.

Now imagine walking that distance. Every day. For a week. Sometimes more
than once. And it's ALL full of airplanes...

By the sixth day, the aches all merge into kind of an overall dull throb.
But I wouldn't be anywhere else in the world, the last week of July... ;-)

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

[Steven P. McNicoll]

"Trent Moorehead" > wrote in message
...
>
> What I am looking for is info
> about what I shouldn't miss so that I don't waste the little time that I
> will have.
>

All depends on your tastes. You might want to take a quick walk through the
complete museum and then go back for details on whatever interests you the
most.

[G.R. Patterson III]

Trent Moorehead wrote:
>
> What I am looking for is info
> about what I shouldn't miss so that I don't waste the little time that I
> will have.

They have some permanent exhibits. I would ask which exhibits are temporary,
and spend all my time on those. Those will be in the museum itself. It is to
be hoped that you will be able to take in the permanent exhibits at leisure
at a later time.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

[Pete S.]

Plenty of guides to take you walleye fishing on the Winnebago system.
Very nice water with big walleyes.
Pete

Trent Moorehead wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Next week, I am travelling to WI for business and am going to try to make it
> to Oshkosh if my meetings wrap up like I think they will. I will arrive
> there around 2:00 or so. I was thinking of visiting the museum. Any other
> cool things to check out? Must sees?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Trent
> PP-ASEL
>
>

[Jay Honeck]

> Plenty of guides to take you walleye fishing on the Winnebago system.

Walleyes = Yum!

*Almost* as good as Lake perch...and cheaper.

> Very nice water with big walleyes.

Fishing in November in Wisconsin = No friggin' way!

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