OSH Airventure General Airplane Camp question
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Grum.Man
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I'm sure their official answer is going to be that yes you need to take your tent and yes you loose your spot. I would call and find out.
gsengle
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Good question, from having camped there it isn't clear to me how you'd easily get a taxi back to your original spot... the taxi procedure for camping is no radio transmissions and a big sign you've printed out that says GAC (general aviation camping) in the front window. You're parked in dozens and dozens and dozens of rows of planes on two sides of the field.
Maybe you could try a second sign that says where you need to get back to? Or just says "Returning to Campsite" so they don't try to put you in a new spot across the field? Except it's not like a mall parking lot with area letters etc. it's just volunteer flag people waving you where to go on grass taxiways. And I don't remember rows being marked.
And maybe go talk to the taxi crew chief before you try to go? Maybe they'll remember you when you return to help get there?
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steingar
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Yes, you can leave your base camp. Its a fly-in, remember? When you come back, make certain you have a sign that is easily visible from the ground that tells them what row you're in.
rwellner98
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Yup. No problem. Just remember to note where you need to get back to!
In theory, yes. In practice, maybe. The folks doing the marshaling on the ground are sometimes amazing, and sometimes maddening (there's always someone who doesn't know what the f* he/she is doing). As others have said, have your GAC sign, and a separate "ROW XX" sign. Be prepared to have your passenger get out of the plane (while it's running), and walk over to the marshaller to explain the situation.
steingar
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That, and make double damn certain that the passenger is well briefed on departing a running aircraft. Were it me once they departed they'd not be allowed to return. They can walk back to camp.
I try not to fly with dummies, so boarding a running airplane isn't that big of a deal
Art VanDelay
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I try not to fly with dummies, so boarding a running airplane isn't that big of a deal
Seems I have over 100 of them sitting behind me at any given time but they pay my salary so I try to not notice.
steingar
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Being around a spinning prop, which is as invisible as it is lethal, is inherently very dangerous, especially in a highly distracting environment like Oshkosh. Like I said, were it me the pax would not get on after deplaning. They can walk to camp. I have never and hopefully will never board pax while the prop is spinning. Just too many ways it can go wrong.I try not to fly with dummies, so boarding a running airplane isn't that big of a deal