OSH '05 Comments

"PPT33R" wrote in message
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Another great OSH. The number and quality of the exhibits seems to
improve each year.

Speaking as a former exhibitor who cannot afford the rent to be an exhibitor
any more, did you notice how many of the exhibits were government agencies
pimping their state, or their college, or their missile defense services?
Did you notice how many of the exhibits had absolutely nothing to do with
aviation, yet could afford the rent to hawk you everything from superglue to
wood stoves? How many truly innovative newcomers did you find -- that
little jewel company that invented a new widget to save you tons of money
building or flying an aircraft? The last one I know of is Bill Bainbridge
at his little electric shop, and he's been around for thirty years.

As to the number of people, I do a pretty fair job of assessing attendance
by looking at the parking lots, both on the airport and at the UWO dorms.
If EAA comes out with a "record crowd" pronouncement (which they have to do
by Rogan's Law -- "grow or die") then somebody is puffing funny weed.

The one thing that really ****ed me off this year (and I will proceed
to rant about) was the invasion of the 'obese scooter people'.

So long as EAA can make a buck at it, there will be an order of magnitude
growth in OSPs for the next couple of years.

Now, I've read this whole thread about who should and who should not be
allowed a scooter, and all I can say at this time is that I thought ham
radio had the market cornered with people sitting around ****ing and moaning
about their gall bladder operations, their hip replacements, and their
various and sundry ailments. I guess a few of them have escaped to the
world of aviation {;-)


More ... MUCH more ... later. It is good to be home.


Jim

RST Engineering wrote:

It is good to be home.

And the election results were? When you get time...

The EAA Board selected two other individuals for the Board, but they really
came with excellent credentials. I do NOT believe that the "old boy"
network was at work in this year's elections.

Jim



"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
...
RST Engineering wrote:

It is good to be home.

And the election results were? When you get time...

RST Engineering wrote:

The EAA Board selected two other individuals for the Board, but they
really
came with excellent credentials. I do NOT believe that the "old boy"
network was at work in this year's elections.

Jim

Classy reply Jim
John

\later. It is good to be home.

Jim,

boy I can understand that "good to be home" I was there working for about 12
hours a days on the flight line "boy do I have a tan!" I had a great time
working, boy the first weekend was HOT!

Ps. by the way I have a Honda scooter and a Gator that I use! ( oh boy !!! I
am ducking ) but I do take it VERY slow in ped areas and try to keep it to
the taxiways!

Pss. you can see my volunteer group in the photo gallery under the
24th-25th. we are the group that had the Latin statement in it! we had to
hide all the single malt before the EAA photo tog would take the picture....
I was told that they want the world to believe that their is not booze in
camp ground... ha ha!

David J. Zera
Co-Chairman
Safety / Flight line
AirVenture 2006

RST Engineering wrote:

More ... MUCH more ... later. It is good to be home.

Glad you made it without incident.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

Thanks to motorcycle wrecks over the years, years of playing football
in my younger days, and other adrenaline induced behaviour, my knees
are crap... I flew up to OSH on Friday and saw pretty much everthing
that I wanted to see so I didn't see a reason to return the next day...
In 2002, I spent a week there and it seems that I was just seeing the
same things that I saw back then... All in all, I'm not sure I'll be
back... It's just not worth it for the pain that it adds to my knees...
If they allowed bicycles, it might be different, but walking from the
North 40 all the way to the other end of 36 really makes me remember it
the next day... I'll be damned if I'm going to get a handicap plate or
rent a scooter though...

Regarding flying into OSH- last year I flew in on a Sunday. After parking
the plane a volunteer walked in to the sight gauge on my Extra, snapping it
(made of carbon fiber and costs $900).

He shrugged his shoulders, never said a word, and walked away. If he had at
least said he was sorry I would have felt a lot better (mistakes happen),
but he just walked away as if nothing had happened at all. That was the last
time I will ever fly in to watch the show, especially since it takes only
1.5 hours to drive!

To me the value of the show is to renew old acquaintances, and make new
friends. This is a lot more important than watching some other guys fly
around.

"Jim N." wrote

He shrugged his shoulders, never said a word, and walked away. If he had
at
least said he was sorry I would have felt a lot better (mistakes happen),
but he just walked away as if nothing had happened at all. That was the
last
time I will ever fly in to watch the show, especially since it takes only
1.5 hours to drive!

I, speaking on the behalf of the volunteers at OSH that do give a damn, am
sorry that happened. I don't know that EAA insurance would have made it
good, but I want to think it would have.
--
Jim in NC

"Grumman-581" wrote

It's just not worth it for the pain that it adds to my knees...
If they allowed bicycles, it might be different, but walking from the
North 40 all the way to the other end of 36 really makes me remember it
the next day... I'll be damned if I'm going to get a handicap plate or
rent a scooter though...

I'm not sure I understand. You say you would use a bike as an aid to
getting around, but not a scooter? Why? I hope not vanity.

If money is the issue, I'll bet you could make you own (I saw one that was
home made) or borrow, or rent one off grounds.

I'm not there yet, but the day I can't walk all around OSH with a level of
pain I can manage, will be the day (or year) before I am on a scooter.
--
Jim in NC