Top Ten Things that Suck About Oshkosh

If the continued popularity of satellite fields such as Appleton
continue to attract visitors who want to be close enough to Oshkosh
yet have the ability to come and go on their own schedules.

This is a phenomenon that I truly don't understand. I have met many
people who have flown their aircraft all the way across the country,
only to stop 20 miles short of the main event and land off-field.

Dunno if it's fear of the Fisk Approach, or what, but take it from me,
a guy who spent his first 16 OSH fly-ins staying off-field -- there is
simply NO comparison between the two experiences.

When you're staying at Wittman Field, you are immersed in the
experience, as opposed to watching it. In many ways, if you haven't
stayed on the field, with your airplane, you haven't been to
AirVenture.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Jul 30, 12:04 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
The worse thing about Oshkosh is that its not near enough for me to go
to :-(

My kids were making mental lists of the various languages they heard
on the grounds at OSH, and it was soon clear that there were people
from all over the world at AirVenture. Clearly you have to live very
far away, indeed, to NOT be able to attend OSH.

I personally heard Russian, Portuguese, German, French, and Spanish.

They're almost next door :-)
It's about 16 hours from here to LA

11. No kettle korn

In article ,
"Viperdoc" wrote:

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

Ask the folks who camped around me what they think about Honda
generators in the airplane camping area.

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

Ask the folks who camped around me what they think about Honda
generators in the airplane camping area.

Although your new generator is very cool (EVERYONE used it to charge
cell phones, cameras, and laptops) I get Viperdoc's point.

At least Honda is sort of getting into aviation. No one knows what
Ford is doing there. (Although watching them test the Ford GT on a
track across the street from our campsite was pretty darned cool, I
must admit.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In a previous article, Jay Honeck said:
The worst thing about Oshkosh is that my wife spent $30,000 remodeling our
kitchen so I have no money for taking a week off work this year.

$30K for a KITCHEN?

Shoot, we remodeled the entire first floor lobby of the hotel for
$12K. (Of course, we did all the work ourselves. Cheapest
contractor-built quote: $50K)

Yeah, but I bet you didn't get custom soapstone counter tops (but at least
I got to fly down to New Jersey so we could pick out the slabs) or Mission
style cupboards.

I hope you get to eat at home every night and really get to enjoy it.
Sadly, if you're like our family, it's rare that the stove ever gets
turned on...

It was her mother who died and left us the money, so I don't get much say
in how it gets spent. I kept telling her that I could get a Cessna 180 on
straight floats for not much more than that, but she didn't listen.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
The only way to convince some people that HTML is about content, not
style is with a 2x4 PLANK.
-- Geoff. Lane

I agree that immersing yourself is the best part of the experience.
But some people prefer not to fly into such congestion or prefer to
park at a spot where their aircraft isn't fondled by everyone who
walks by. A good portion of the aircraft parking at ATW are heavy
twins and jets, these need hard surface parking which is not exactly
at a premium at OSH. I've camped in the RV campgrounds as well as
slept in a tent under a wing, both were fantastic. The nights at OSH
are something special in their own right. But then again some folks
just like hotels and need to get away from the hustle and bustle of
the show to unwind each evening. Staying in ATW gives them that
chance, plus there is a larger selection of eateries that you can
actually get a seat to eat dinner.

Tom P stated in the news interview that EAA was going to spend as much
money as they have during the past 25 years in the next five to
upgrade the infrastructure of the event. Better transportation around
the field so people don't have to walk as much. It was evident this
year the number of elderly and handicap people who love attending this
show will benefit most.

For those of you who complain about the rain turning the soil into
mud, don't remember the years when it was nearly a hundred degrees all
week with high humidity and no rain. The grass was brown and each step
you took resulted in a mini dust storm. Or if someone started up their
aircraft it was a major dust storm. It was always funny to see the
pictures taken from the air a couple days after the show, revealing
the green silhouettes of the aircraft from the untrampled grass under
each plane.

A little landscaping around some of the troubled areas prone to
flooding need to be addressed, those are simple fixes if someone just
takes the time to do it.

Yeah, but I bet you didn't get custom soapstone counter tops (but at least
I got to fly down to New Jersey so we could pick out the slabs) or Mission
style cupboards.

Ah, good. At least aviation was in there somewhere...

:-)

It was her mother who died and left us the money, so I don't get much say
in how it gets spent. I kept telling her that I could get a Cessna 180 on
straight floats for not much more than that, but she didn't listen.

ROTFL! Funny how that sort of thing doesn't translate sometimes...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N

In article .com,
Hawkeye wrote:

A little landscaping around some of the troubled areas prone to
flooding need to be addressed, those are simple fixes if someone just
takes the time to do it.

But then they wouldn't be able to park airplanes there!
Each of those airplanes represents $19/day.
They would lose money, and as we know, it is all about money.

[snip]
8. Showering one-handed.

Having not been to OSH myself, I'm not sure I want to know why you guys have
to shower one-handed, but I figure it's got something to do with the
beautiful nose-art, the abundance of sexy aircraft or maybe those retro
flight attendants costumes I saw in a C-47 photo.

;P

Which reminds me: I'm surprised Viagra doesn't sponsor an aerobatic team.
An infinite supply of pun fodder there...

-c