EAA Oshkosh
 

Any of you going to the Oshkosh Fly-in this year?

No, but if you come to Copperstate I'll be there with my 911, trying to bum a ride with one of the Europa guys. :D

Copperstate would be a long haul in my 125mph Pacer but I am at Oshkosh every year.

My Citabria has a 52" prop, she's good for 100 KIAS. From where I keep the airplane it's about 650 Nautical, more if I go around the lakes. By Oshkosh standards that's nothing, I realize, having seen the guys in modified Long-Ezs from Germany.

Last year I went in a G44 Widgeon: it was the only time I've flown across Lake Michigan at 2500 AGL with the windows open. But hey, you've got two engines, and the airplane is a boat!

Anyway I'd love to make it. Maybe I'll stop at OH02 for a few touch and go's on the grass! My Citabria LOVES grass. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1088180350.jpg

I will probably go 1 day before it starts so I end up parking around the UL area which is close to the showers. I hate ending up in the south 40!
I have car gas in my pumps. If you end up heading out around this time you can certainly stop in. Hell, you would be welcome to stay over if you wanted to. I fly up the coast talking to Gary tower along the way, while staying below Chicago's airspace. Only problem is that is the engine goes south, not many options for a clean emergency landing!

Tim, thanks for the invitation! I may find myself out that way later in the summer.

The Auto Gas STC is the way to go. Unfortunately I've got a set of those high-compression pistons so the a/c is placarded for 91 octane.

The showers were TERRIBLE last year! They were adjacent to a road, so there was plenty of mud, and when you got out of the shower there was nothing but mud in the changing room. Disgusting, particularly in light of the admission fees for EAA Airventure! I hope they clean up their act this year, but at least there is hot water.

Despite all the commercialized BS and the orange-jacketed petty tyrants it's still the greatest show on earth. I could spend three days just in the Fly Market looking for junk to decorate my hangar with.

Any of you coming up to to the Pacific Northwests Arlington Fly-in ?

I agree it is getting a little big for it's britches, yet where else can you go and see literally thousands of aircraft and like-minded enthusiasts.
I too have weathered a couple pretty good storms there.

I go every year. I usually have the motorhome parked in Paul's Forest.

Look for the 33' Winnebago with Nevada plates.

Maybe I'll see ya there.

Here is a picture from last year. I was near the south end of the UL area near where the DC 3's and big amphibs park.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1088187278.jpg

And Tim, just read your first post over in the f thread.

Welcome to the board!

Which post was that "f thread"?

The Cheney thread.

Even though two people on different sides of the political fence will never agree or change each others minds, I could not resist to comment.

I thought the comments were perfect. We can always use a sane viewpoint in the OT forum.

Singpilot what kind(s) of airplane(s) do you have?

7 variants of DC9's and MD8X's. 2 Gulfstream 4SP's.

I run a small airline for sports teams and manage the Gulfstreams.

I forget what year it was, but we took a 1967 DC9-15 to OSH one year, got them to let us park it with the classics (it being over 25 years old) with a wing hanging over the grass, and pitched tarps over the wing. My entire off duty company came along as a reward for a great year.

Now I usually just drive in, I have a friend that saves a spot for me several weeks in advance.

Holy crap, you are into the big stuff! I will look try to look you up some evening while I am out visiting camp sites (it is kind of boring sitting in my little pup tent under my wing out on the flight line).

Hey, went right over the top of you tonight, looked like a line was moving in from the south. It took FL450 to stay on top. Am in NYC for a few days.

I am always in Paul's forest, in the middle of a bunch of Minnesota plates.