Jay Honeck wrote:
Here are a few questions about OSH that I have not been able to
answer:

1. Do they close the airspace tonight (Sunday, last day of show), or
does the airport revert to 24 hour operation?

I'm sure you figured it out, but officially it closes. However,
we all head to the Volunteer appreciation dinner at 6:30 or so,
so I don't know what stops you.


2. How long can you camp in the North 40? What if you simply
*stay*? How long until someone comes out and says, "Uh, you *know*
the show is over, right?" A couple of days? A week?

As long as you care too I think. Of course, they lock up the shower
tent and take away all the port-o-lets quickly post show.


3. How long does it take to clean everything up? When is the last of
the 10,000 Porta-potties hauled away? When does the last volunteer
go home?

They'll be gone by the time you read this. One year they started
hauling them out of the south campsite DURING the show. The comm
center volunteers started breaking down the PA system Sunday morning.
We picked up all the cones demarking the field around airshow time.

The way vintage works is we pack up everything (the scooters we own
and all the cones and stuff) and return the rentals/loaners Sunday.
Then everybody takes time off and a group of dedicated guys (mostly
locals) come back in a few weeks and clean stuff up for the over
winter storage. All the protable buildings go to the Theatre in
the woods for storage. Many of the portolets go in a big field.


4. How many volunteers work OSH?

Must be on the airventure site somewhere

5. According to Tom Poberezny, planning for the following year
actually starts 13 months out. That means they were already planning
OSH '08 a month before OSH '07. True?

Absolutely. We were working on the Vintage plans for 08 during the
show for sure. I'm sure other things take longer times. The whole
show is broken down into comittees and there are more "chairmen" than
you can shake a stick at. I know of two operations: Vintage and
Aircraft Repair. Both have meetings and discussions all through the
year. A group of diehards gets up to the site early (either as a
special work trip, or just early for the show).



6. Is anyone here privy to the Master Plan for AirVenture? I presume
someone has codified their procedures so they are not constantly
reinventing the wheel each year as volunteers come and go. Is this
plan available anywhere?

Most of the knowledge is kept in the various subgroups. Most have
multiple "co-chairs" that provide continuity incase one of the chairs
stops participating. I know flight line ops tries to keep things
written down and we have a big section in the binder of "things to
do for next year." The chairs will usually email the volunteers
they have contact info and solicit input as well.