Early Oshkosh Planning

"Paul Dow" wrote

5 night stays though may be a bit long. 6 days at Airventure can get to
be a bit much for me. I guess I could spend some time volunteering, but
I usually go with people who aren't quite as 'plane crazy' as me.
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Ditch those ^%&$*(&*(% no good dogs! You gotta stay that long to see even
3/4ths of OSH! Sorry, my plane craziness is showing!
--
Jim in NC


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"Paul Dow" wrote

5 night stays though may be a bit long. 6 days at Airventure can get to
be a bit much for me. I guess I could spend some time volunteering, but
I usually go with people who aren't quite as 'plane crazy' as me.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ditch those ^%&$*(&*(% no good dogs! You gotta stay that long to see even
3/4ths of OSH! Sorry, my plane craziness is showing!
--
Jim in NC

That depends on why you are going. If the only thing you want to do is go,
look at a bunch of planes and the displays, then 4-5 days is enough. You will
do nothing but walk your legs off and not really enjoy the even though. I have
spent 5-6 days at Oshkosh each year and have yet to see it all. Its not
because I couldn't get to everything but that I wanted to enjoy everything that
I did get to. The most time is spent simply talking with the other builders
and pilots about their projects, experiences, and love of flying.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

Hi Bob,

On my first visit back in '98 I didn't have much of a plan to go through
the place, and we just did a lot of walking for 3 days. Saw about 80%
of the place (measured by volume) and realized that we missed a lot of
forums we were interested in. I think the workshops at Sun N' Fun are
more intesting because of the smaller crowds allow more individual
attention from the instructors.

I don't want to feel like I have to see "Everything" there since I don't
think I miss much by quickly going through the Big Business sections,
and honestly I think some of the Theater in the Woods shows need to be
brought up to the current century. Well at least up to the 1970's.

As you suggest, I should try to take more time to talk with random
people. I need to accumulate some of those "I Learned About Flying From
That" and "Never Again" type stories to make myself more interesting. :-)

I did actually like being there on the final Monday in 2003. Although a
lot of planes had left, it was nice having an almost private airshow.
An interesting place to watch the show for a while is down at the south
end of the field near the big amphibians. You get a different
perspecive of the flight patterns, and there's no stiff neck from
looking straight up. Also on Monday there were no lines for the Bell
helicopter ride.

I know what will take a lot of time to do there! The quest for
reasonably priced food & drink. That was one thing Sun N' Fun really
did right this year. They didn't go with a single food supplier. They
had many County Fair-type vendors supply food. A lot of it was very
good and not priced too high.

RobertR237 wrote:
That depends on why you are going. If the only thing you want to do is go,
look at a bunch of planes and the displays, then 4-5 days is enough. You will
do nothing but walk your legs off and not really enjoy the even though. I have
spent 5-6 days at Oshkosh each year and have yet to see it all. Its not
because I couldn't get to everything but that I wanted to enjoy everything that
I did get to. The most time is spent simply talking with the other builders
and pilots about their projects, experiences, and love of flying.


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)