If you want a "taste of Oshkosh", go to the AOPA Fly-in at FDK. I think it was
in 2002 that FDK became the second busiest airport in the country for that one
day, right behind ATL and ahead or ORH. I think the weather was IFR for 2003,
but I may be off by a year.

Dave Reinhart


"Guy Elden Jr." wrote:

The icing on the cake tho came when we got to the Verrazano. I requested
direct CDW and to transition Class B, and was immediately cleared in with a
descent to 6,500 and direct CDW. This put us on a perfect turn to round the
tip of Manhattan directly over the bridge, and then start our way up the
Hudson river side of the city. As I leveled off at 6,500, I noticed the
queue of departures waiting on the taxiway at Newark for 22L. They were
departing at a good pace, probably one every 45 seconds. We were handed over
to "Newark" departure (a term I hadn't heard til today), and I noticed that
that controller was a bit busier. He was still able to handle us very well
though, with just a small vector more northward, which again, put us in an
even better position to view the city from along the Hudson.

A few minutes later we were cleared down to 2,500, and as we descended
through 3,000, radar services were terminated, I contacted CDW, and was
cleared for a straight-in on 27 behind one more arrival. Picture perfect
landing to an absolutely picture perfect flight. I will _definitely_ be
doing this one again!

p.s... when we arrived at CDW around noon today (before the flights), there
were, I kid you not, _12_ planes queued up on the taxiway waiting to depart.
All GA. I've never seen that many GA planes in a line at any airport before.
The tower told all the touch and go traffic to land or go elsewhere for a
while so they could clear out the traffic, but my oh my, I think that gave
me a taste of what to expect if I make it out to Oshkosh this year! :-)

--
Guy Elden Jr.