Oshkosh 2003 Redux

In article , Ron Wanttaja says...


Give the EAA Housing number a call next year....there are some good deals
in private homes.

Also, there were several vendors and non profits that I know of (one I can
remember is Aviation
Tomorrow, Jim Dunn's electric plane) that were looking for roomates to fill up
their private houses
even days before the show.

If you have never been to Osh, the Klyde Morris cartoon basically spells it out,
where Klyde
describes all his horrible experiences to his FO, who commiserates, and then
Klyde says, "but I also
got to meet Scott Crossfield," whereupon the FO says, "Next year I'm going with
you!"

Wes (the cartoonist who draws Klyde) had an awful show, and lost his shirt
($1200 to EAA for a
booth among Ginsu-knife and Ronco slicer hucksters vs. a couple hundred in
sales) but my bet is
that he will be back (although he is not likely to give the EAA over a thou for
a booth in Junk Scam
Land. EAA has ruled that Klyde books and stuff are "non-aviation-related" so
he's banished from
the pavilions).

cheers

-=K=-

Rule #1: Don't hit anything big.

Jay Honeck wrote:
Note for N40Fest04... eat first, drink after (more, longer).
BYOSB (bring your own sleeping bag)
Maybe next year we can figure our how to do a cookout at the site? That
would tend to slow things down a bit, and provide a little starchy
back-fill, so to speak...

First, need to get all the airplanes parked together.
Second, get the high wings lined up.
Third, tarp and guy the high wings (40 foot tarps work really well
across two wings!)
Four, I have the gas grill.
Five, others bring cooking utensils (skillets, pots, etc)
Six, in addition to beer, we add food items to the admission charge.
Seven, once the beer and food have arrived, you have a party.

On 11 Aug 2003 16:51:49 -0700, Kevin O'Brien
wrote:

Wes (the cartoonist who draws Klyde) had an awful show, and lost his shirt
($1200 to EAA for a booth among Ginsu-knife and Ronco slicer hucksters vs.
a couple hundred in sales) but my bet is that he will be back (although
he is not likely to give the EAA over a thou for a booth in Junk Scam
Land.

Gonna have to sell a lot of books, if he ends up in the pavilions. I
overheard one of the vendors there say he'd paid $2200 for his booth.

He might want to team up with people like Hank Caruso and Robrucha and have
a combined "cartoonist mart" booth in the pavilions.

Ron Wanttaja

Jay Honeck wrote:

Maybe next year we can figure our how to do a cookout at the site?

If I'm there, I'll bring a two-burner stove.

George Patterson
They say that nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,
death doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.
Will Rogers

john smith wrote:

First, need to get all the airplanes parked together.

Well, there are usually several groups (type clubs and such) that are
allowed to park together, so there's probably a way to do it.

George Patterson
They say that nothing's certain except death and taxes. The thing is,
death doesn't get worse every time Congress goes into session.
Will Rogers

First, need to get all the airplanes parked together.
Second, get the high wings lined up.
Third, tarp and guy the high wings (40 foot tarps work really well
across two wings!)
Four, I have the gas grill.
Five, others bring cooking utensils (skillets, pots, etc)
Six, in addition to beer, we add food items to the admission charge.
Seven, once the beer and food have arrived, you have a party.

Good God, I was pretty amazed that we were able to get a dozen or so people
to actually remember the date, the time, the place, and the beer! What
you're asking requires more coordination and planning than most fly-in
breakfasts!

But I'm with you, man. Next year, it's a COOKOUT!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ltYZa.124340$uu5.18517@sccrnsc04...
But I'm with you, man. Next year, it's a COOKOUT!

Sounds great! Just don't use the $1.99 avgas for starting the cookout. ;-)

I hope to FLY to Jay's 2nd annual Pre-Oshkosh party and to OSH next year...

Roughly $10 to $12M over the total life of the show annually that remains
within
the Oshkosh area.

Wow.

And while we were in OSH the Appleton Post-Crescent ran a letter to the
editor decrying the fact that Wittman Field has a hugely expensive
independent airport authority. The writer was claiming that this authority
should be eliminated as a cost-cutting measure, and combined with the nearby
Outagamie County airport authority, because there simply wasn't enough
traffic into OSH to warrant the expense.

Reading this while sitting in LaSure's, I literally couldn't believe my
eyes... Maybe 51 weeks per year the guy has a point, but those other 7 days
more than make up for whatever that board may cost.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I'd never seen this cartoonist before the show. I think one of his
problems from the view of someone whos never seen his work before is
that he didn't really have anything to show, to tell us what his product
is (and where its printed, magazine?)...some T-shirts, displayed a few
'toons, and what else?? How about some books of his cartoons?

John

Yeah, that $1.99 a gallon avgas after years of outrageous high prices from the
same folks. I hope those of you who bought gas at Oshkosh recognized what the
$1.99 a gallon fellers were trying to accomplish. Once competition is gone, gas
will go back up again.

Yeah, I paid 20c a gallon more to encourage the other guys to come back again.
And, they promised us AUTOGAS next year.

Jim


"Greg Burkhart"
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Sounds great! Just don't use the $1.99 avgas for starting the cookout. ;-)


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com