"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:7nDRc.253451$JR4.113312@attbi_s54...
4. The Grass was Too Long. It seemed EAA hadn't cut the North 40 grass in
at least a week, and it was easily 6 to 8 inches tall. While this is great
for setting up a tent, it makes for green prop tips.

Much of the South 40 was unmowed (well they had harvested the hay) and they
were just one step ahead of where we were putting airplanes. Even the "ditch"
taxiway didn't get mowed until late.

5. Where was the Confederate Air Force? In years past, the CAA was a
commanding presence in the warbirds section, with Fi Fi (the only flying
B-29 in the world) as its centerpiece.

I wouldn't say they were ever a commanding presence. Fifi wasn't there last year
either was it? We were really lean on heavier warbird iron this year.


6. The Sunday Airshow Sucked. Way too many performers bugged out early,
and the show was the worst I've ever seen in OSH.

Yep, EAA's persistant tinkering with what day-of-the-week the airshow starts combined
with the weather. The airboss even handled people departing the show directly from the
airshow on the Saturda and Sunday airshow. Of course, we saved all that pyro money
for the "Masters of Stupidity" show.


7. Long-Term North 40 Camper Parking? When bad weather was predicted (but,
of course, never materialized) a whole bunch of folks departed early. This
left huge holes in the North 40 between campers, some of which were
in-filled by later arrivals, but not all.

Again, this is also caused by starting on Tuesday (which may be a good thing or
a bad thing). People were departing on Wednesday. We did a pretty good job
of backfilling down in Vintage.

8. Losing the Piggly Wiggly is a pain.

Ditto the WalMart...