Am I the only person at Oshkosh without wheels?

"Jeff" jfranks1971 minus wrote in message
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I will clarify. I think *THIS* year, the problem was more with vendors and
golf carts. The gators and the EAA golf carts all seemed to be relatively
sedate and courteous....and I would get out of their way. What got on my
nerves was the number of cars and minivans. Maybe I just hit it all at the
wrong time, but I entered the grounds from Camp Scholler behind the South
West Exhibit building. By the time I made it to the Cessna unveiling of
their LSA on Monday, I had already had to stop and move out of the way for
4 vehicles.

Again, maybe I'm just a magnet for them, but it definitely seemed worse
this year, IMHO.

jf

I'll agree with that. Most vendors are much less tollerant and less willing
to give pedestrians the right of way than are the volunteers.

Dave Stadt wrote:
There were actually fewer support vehicles this year. If it weren't for
them there would be no OSH. Give volunteering a try and you might
understand the need a little better. The rule is no one under 16 or 18
(can't remember which) drives a vehicle. Just having spent 9 days at OSH I
can't say I ever saw the rule violated.


It is a whole lot better than a decade ago. It was almost impossible to
walk safely at show center with the pletora of cars (let along gators
and carts).

In a previous article, "Jeff" jfranks1971 minus said:
have some gripes. Number one of those a Did anyone else notice a marked
increase in the number of vehicles running around the flightline?

While we're on the subject of transportation I'd like to talk about the
busses in the North 40 and Camp Scholler.

The shuttle busses in Camp Scholler suck - they're slow, they go on a very
indirect route, and they take too long to unload and load - most days I
walked rather than taking them. And in the North 40, it seems they're
always standing room only and all the standees have to get off and back on
every time somebody wants to get off. This is in marked contrast to the
trams on the grounds itself, which are frequent and take no time to load
and unload.

Why don't they run trams in the camp areas instead of busses?


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