Oshkosh 2017 attendance.

How was the attendance at OSH this year?

  • More people attended than ever before

    Votes: 21 42.0%

  • Not as many people this year

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • About the same

    Votes: 10 20.0%

  • VERY light this year compared to previous years

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • I'm not sure

    Votes: 17 34.0%
  • Total voters
    50
Just saw this..
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mscard88 said:
I have the same experiences with my PBRs Nate. No one drinks it. So it's all mineeeeeeeeeeeee! :goofy:
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Nothing wrong with a nice and cold PBR.


edit: ooops....after effects of a cold BPR....
 
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GRG55 said:
All you folks who attended Jay's H.O.P.S party must have been too ****ed to notice the Wednesday night downpour. ;)
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That was an extremely mild rain shower, for Oshkosh. No wind, no lightning, just a 30 minute rain. Piece of cake!

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That rain shower cost me a phone and almost a camera. The camera started working again the next day... whew! I was drenched.

I had a great time, but worked every day from around 5AM to 7 or 8PM. I can't complain though, I think I'll get a magazine cover for the IAC, I got to do some air-to-air work including three of my friends in their Eagles, and met a lot of cool people. I met Apollo and Space Shuttle astronauts, Dick Cole (last Dolittle Raider), Patty Wagstaff, Bob Lacey, Sean Tucker, two of the Barenaked Ladies (not sure which ones, and not as exciting as it sounds!), Stan Lee, and many more.

Wearing a bright yellow vest stating I was an EAA photographer seemed to invite people to complain to me a lot. The biggest complaints were they were parked too far out even when there were open spaces. For example, in Vintage, we passed a lot of empty spaces, but that was because they were trying to keep Cubs, 195s and other groups together. The restaurants don't stay open long on Sunday, and even on weekdays they close by 9PM or 9:30 after night shows. The trams stop at 8PM, then you have to ride a bus which takes longer to get in and out of, and there seems to be only one. Those were the biggest complaints, which isn't bad for handling over 17K visitors each day.

I only had one incident that really made me mad. I was taking photos of the Blue Angels when a guy walked right up in front of me and got in my face. He wanted me to give him a VFR sign for departure. I told him he needed to go to one of the departure booths and talk to a briefer. He said that I was a briefer. I told him I wasn't. He asked why I was wearing an orange shirt then. I told him I wanted to wear an orange shirt, but my bright yellow vest over it said I was a photographer on the back. He insisted I was a briefer and needed to help him and took a step toward me. I put a hand on his chest and pushed him back and called out to EAA Security and he was no longer my problem! Other than that, most people were friendly and I was honored to be part of an awesome team.

Check out the work here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eaaairventureoshkosh/
 
My uneducated guess says everything was up this year especially the "lawn chair" crowd on Friday and Saturday. Moreso than for the T-Birds a few years back.
 
Went into ATW,got ripped off by the hotel,rental car ,will be looking at using another close by airport,next year. Thought the show was crowded,but some vendors seemed to be missing.
 
Lowflynjack said:
That rain shower cost me a phone and almost a camera. The camera started working again the next day... whew! I was drenched.

I had a great time, but worked every day from around 5AM to 7 or 8PM. I can't complain though, I think I'll get a magazine cover for the IAC, I got to do some air-to-air work including three of my friends in their Eagles, and met a lot of cool people. I met Apollo and Space Shuttle astronauts, Dick Cole (last Dolittle Raider), Patty Wagstaff, Bob Lacey, Sean Tucker, two of the Barenaked Ladies (not sure which ones, and not as exciting as it sounds!), Stan Lee, and many more.

Wearing a bright yellow vest stating I was an EAA photographer seemed to invite people to complain to me a lot. The biggest complaints were they were parked too far out even when there were open spaces. For example, in Vintage, we passed a lot of empty spaces, but that was because they were trying to keep Cubs, 195s and other groups together. The restaurants don't stay open long on Sunday, and even on weekdays they close by 9PM or 9:30 after night shows. The trams stop at 8PM, then you have to ride a bus which takes longer to get in and out of, and there seems to be only one. Those were the biggest complaints, which isn't bad for handling over 17K visitors each day.

I only had one incident that really made me mad. I was taking photos of the Blue Angels when a guy walked right up in front of me and got in my face. He wanted me to give him a VFR sign for departure. I told him he needed to go to one of the departure booths and talk to a briefer. He said that I was a briefer. I told him I wasn't. He asked why I was wearing an orange shirt then. I told him I wanted to wear an orange shirt, but my bright yellow vest over it said I was a photographer on the back. He insisted I was a briefer and needed to help him and took a step toward me. I put a hand on his chest and pushed him back and called out to EAA Security and he was no longer my problem! Other than that, most people were friendly and I was honored to be part of an awesome team.

Check out the work here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eaaairventureoshkosh/
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I love it when people think they know what you do better than you do lol
 
frfly172 said:
Went into ATW,got ripped off by the hotel,rental car ,will be looking at using another close by airport,next year. Thought the show was crowded,but some vendors seemed to be missing.
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Why not just fly in to Oshkosh? The arrival is easy and a whole lot of fun.
 
Jay Honeck said:
That was an extremely mild rain shower, for Oshkosh. No wind, no lightning, just a 30 minute rain. Piece of cake!

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Yes, most of us multi-OSH attendees have been through at least one campsite-flattening from the outflow of a big cell...followed by the deluge also coming in sideways just to make sure Mother Nature did a complete job. None of the three rainfalls between Saturday evening and Wednesday inclusive were all that bad, but enough to make things after sticky-humid and encourage the mosquitos. So far 2015 was the perfect year, no rain and that dry, cool westerly all week.
 
This was only my second time there, I was there Sunday to Sunday, but it seemed really packed on Friday and Saturday. I predictably had a great time. I have been getting seriously burned out on flying recently as it has now almost been 20 years, but OSH has helped reactivate my brain on flying again. Sadly what has my synapses firing most is new airplane lust. I discovered this little treasure-

JMB VL3

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Numbers- 160kt cruise, 5.5 gph, 28kt stall, 500 ft landing and take off roll. I went for a demo ride and these numbers (not stall) were demonstrated to me, not sales pitched to me. Fantastic little plane, gorgeous build, fit and finish. Reasonable prices for a brand new airplane. Of course it's not for everyone. It's a personal plane, not a family plane.
 
Dav8or said:
This was only my second time there, I was there Sunday to Sunday, but it seemed really packed on Friday and Saturday. I predictably had a great time. I have been getting seriously burned out on flying recently as it has now almost been 20 years, but OSH has helped reactivate my brain on flying again. Sadly what has my synapses firing most is new airplane lust. I discovered this little treasure-

JMB VL3

VL3-b.jpg


Numbers- 160kt cruise, 5.5 gph, 28kt stall, 500 ft landing and take off roll. I went for a demo ride and these numbers (not stall) were demonstrated to me, not sales pitched to me. Fantastic little plane, gorgeous build, fit and finish. Reasonable prices for a brand new airplane. Of course it's not for everyone. It's a personal plane, not a family plane.
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Nice. Reminds me of the Sling 4 that intrigued me last week.

http://www.airplanefactory.com/
 
Looks like a nice airplane. I'd buy all of the numbers but the stall speed. I'd bet my house against that figure in TAS, power off. Unless it has a 200 SF wing, 28 knots needs a helicopter like coefficient of lift or a tiny gross weight to hit that figure.
 
Dav8or said:
This was only my second time there, I was there Sunday to Sunday, but it seemed really packed on Friday and Saturday. I predictably had a great time. I have been getting seriously burned out on flying recently as it has now almost been 20 years, but OSH has helped reactivate my brain on flying again. Sadly what has my synapses firing most is new airplane lust. I discovered this little treasure-

JMB VL3

VL3-b.jpg


Numbers- 160kt cruise, 5.5 gph, 28kt stall, 500 ft landing and take off roll. I went for a demo ride and these numbers (not stall) were demonstrated to me, not sales pitched to me. Fantastic little plane, gorgeous build, fit and finish. Reasonable prices for a brand new airplane. Of course it's not for everyone. It's a personal plane, not a family plane.
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I saw that over in the ultralight area. Thought it was pretty cool but their sales pitch was laughable. I think they quoted worlds fastest ultralight or something like that. That's no ultralight for one, LSA's are speed limited and many hit that speed, and there are plenty of faster experimental aircraft. Pretty cool none the less!
 
Camp Scholler was more crowded than I have ever seen it, people were camping right up against the porta potties and way out South, I would say double than in past years.

Some campers got stuck in the mud after all the rain, I was one, we just sank right in, but the EAA guys got the big JD out and pulled us out, they were great, but it was also crazy at the campground as well, but fun,some crazy stuff going on,
 
They also filled up two rapidly created overflow parking lots. The drive-in crowd was definitely more than the past and more than apparently expected.
 
frfly172 said:
Went into ATW,got ripped off by the hotel,rental car ,will be looking at using another close by airport,next year. Thought the show was crowded,but some vendors seemed to be missing.
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Yup, Hangar D, in particular, had *tons* of empty space. Talking with people, it sounds like EAA has priced some vendors out of being able to attend. Not saying that's a bad thing, but it does seem to be the case. Luckily, the hot silicon people were still able to afford to have four booths. :rolleyes:
 
Skywalker said:
Great pictures - as always!
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Thanks, but only a few of the pics in that link are mine. I was seriously amazed a the talented photographers there. I can't show most of my pics due to an agreement with the EAA. As they use them/publish them, I'll post them here!
 
denverpilot said:
That's because the Blues kick the Bird's asses. LOL. Yeah, I said it. :)
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This year at OSH the Blue's routine seemed even tamer than what I saw last year at Reno. They still fly a tight formation and impressively precise. But there is a lot of empty time at show center.
 
flyingron said:
They also filled up two rapidly created overflow parking lots. The drive-in crowd was definitely more than the past and more than apparently expected.
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We drove in Thursday morning at 9:00 am and they were already using the grey lot.
 
kyleb said:
Looks like a nice airplane. I'd buy all of the numbers but the stall speed. I'd bet my house against that figure in TAS, power off. Unless it has a 200 SF wing, 28 knots needs a helicopter like coefficient of lift or a tiny gross weight to hit that figure.
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Here's how it's done. Enormous flaps. Like I said, they did demonstrate the slow speed flight and also it's short field capability. We did not however do a stall. It is amazing. It can land almost like a Cub. Very steep decent.

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Grum.Man said:
I saw that over in the ultralight area. Thought it was pretty cool but their sales pitch was laughable. I think they quoted worlds fastest ultralight or something like that. That's no ultralight for one, LSA's are speed limited and many hit that speed, and there are plenty of faster experimental aircraft. Pretty cool none the less!
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They are all european and very new to sales in the US. In europe, it is classed as an ultralight so their claim may be legit for Europe. Their rules are very, very different than ours. Here they sell it as an experimental. They have builder assist programs to make the FAA happy. You do a little bit and basically they finish it. The E/AB rules, or the FAA's attitude seemingly has changed dramatically this year. All the kit sellers were telling me that you can now basically hire people to build your kit with their blessing.

There are definitely experimentals out there that can fly way faster, but not on that fuel burn and none of the other speedy planes that I'm aware of can land that slow. The slow speed side of this plane's performance envelope is very, very important to me.
 
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