Oshkosh 2024 - Who's going?

bflynn said:
Coming into the show, take hwy 44 exit toward the city, get in the right lane and turn right on Knapp road. I expect you won't be be able to miss getting in, there will be cones everywhere. Follow their directions to parking, it might help to put a "Prepaid" sign in your windshield in very large type, but probably you just have to stop and show someone your parking ticket.

There is some private parking, but you've prepaid, so you don't want that. Just follow the cones and volunteers will direct you. Wherever you park, there is a traffic loop that goes around the museum and comes back out on 44, it goes counter clockwise. There might be an out to go south along Scholler, the loop will be high traffic, especially shortly after the airshow.

Tickets are at the main gate, which is marked on the map as EAA AirVenture.

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I believe there are times where the traffic flow reverses on the west end of that loop, so the prescribed entry if you follow the signs is to get off an exit to the south (Exit 113, Hwy 26).

Tickets/wristbands are available in several places, but if you're driving a car in each day and not camping, the main gate is the place to go - They have lots of windows and it flows reasonably quickly most of the time. If you can get there a day early, you should be able to get wristbands right away - I've always grabbed mine upon arrival at either the North 40 gate or the main Camp Scholler entrance on Sunday, depending on where I'm camping. That avoids the Monday morning rush.
 
Wait, you all are there already? I’m just now looking at my calendar, since I’ll probably have to boink off of work for this. How is GAP on Wednesday AM?
 
kaiser said:
Wait, you all are there already? I’m just now looking at my calendar, since I’ll probably have to boink off of work for this. How is GAP on Wednesday AM?
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You should be able to get a spot. It may not be a good spot, but it'll be a spot. Bring good walking shoes!
 
If we were to stay at a local hotel how available is uber ?
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Rock star parking! :D
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All you have to do is get here a week early lol

In other news, my new tent is way bigger than it looked on the Internet :D

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Also, I was reading the guidebook and I thought.... That looks a lot like @SixPapaCharlie

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Looks like he finally hit the big time.
 
tsts4 said:
When is planning to leave as we're departing Friday the 26th?
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Dunno. I'll let you know as soon as I know. And if you leave before he does, I'm sure we can figure something out.
 
Jim K said:
In other news, my new tent is way bigger than it looked on the Internet :D
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Please post a review after the show. I'm in the market for a new Oshkosh tent, something a bit bigger than my "two"-person backpacking tent. My wife said she'll go to Airventure if we have a place she can stand up in.
 
Kitch said:
If we were to stay at a local hotel how available is uber ?
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Uber is great. Drivers from all over descend on OSH to make money during the week. The only thing to be aware of is that there are specific Uber/Lyft pickup/drop-off locations on the site. They are on the EAA maps.
 
iamtheari said:
Please post a review after the show. I'm in the market for a new Oshkosh tent, something a bit bigger than my "two"-person backpacking tent. My wife said she'll go to Airventure if we have a place she can stand up in.
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My new one is quite big, but I really like it so far. I'm 6'2" (1.88m) and can stand up in it. REI Wonderland X

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Dave Theisen said:
Bryan is a model? That’s just Plane Silly. :)
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Lightspeed marketing meeting: "After the increase in booth prices, we only have $1.67 left in our marketing budget for the ad. Who can we get with that?"

(seriously though, that's very cool to see @SixPapaCharlie )
 
They're parking Row 518, the first row west of the green shower house, in the North 40 here on Friday 7/19 @ 12pm central.
Cherokee are still taxiing in from their mass arrival and being parked down closer to the food tent as usual.
 
Sam D said:
Lightspeed marketing meeting: "After the increase in booth prices, we only have $1.67 left in our marketing budget for the ad. Who can we get with that?"

(seriously though, that's very cool to see @SixPapaCharlie )
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Nah, the Delta has $65 worth of parts and the rest of the price is Bryan's endorsement fee.
 
If you’re looking for some Airventure pregame, something to listen to on the way there, or to live vicariously through others, check out the latest episode of the Flying Midwest Podcast.

We even talk to self-proclaimed “worlds greatest pilot” [mention]SixPapaCharlie [/mention]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2XvuuBnvoqQitPDQJG3Doy?si=qlyUtmE_SFiUyPv2R8eX6Q

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flying-midwest-podcast/id1601680150?i=1000662335646

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Sam D said:
Lightspeed marketing meeting: "After the increase in booth prices, we only have $1.67 left in our marketing budget for the ad. Who can we get with that?"

(seriously though, that's very cool to see @SixPapaCharlie )
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Wow. I didn't realize inflation was that bad. I remember what he used to be willing to do for two bits.
 
Arriving Tuesday and staying in the Dorm. I’ll be working in Hangar C at the Seaplane Pilots Association Booth afternoons Wednesday and Thursdays as well as Friday Morning.
 
I'll be there the whole week for FlySto.net

Stop by in Hangar A, booth 1013. Bring your logs if you have any . Looking forward to meeting many PoA people!
 

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Internet kerfuffle grounding?
 
About to leave NH. Spending the night in UES, heading up first thing tomorrow morning in an effort to not get t boned by someone over Ripon. Hopefully there are some spaces left in the N40.
 
Our plan is finalized. Leaving Tuesday from Tampa, stopping overnight at Rough River KY, arriving Weds noon at OSH. I am worried we are cutting it close on arrival. But can't find a closer RON option that I am familiar with.
 
My practice for long cross countries was to fly as far as weather or daylight allowed, and stop at the nearest medium size airport. We always found nearby accommodations and food, and any delays were always less than the distance covered beyond the "Safe reserved room" distance.

We were happy with all but the one near Miami, but that was spring break time, and everything was filled. 80,000 miles of cross country, most states east of the Rockies.

Trip from Washington DC to central Missouri, we went to central Illinois before the weather stopped us, easy hour and a quarter the next morning, as the weather had drifted south, as predicted.
 
geezer said:
My practice for long cross countries was to fly as far as weather or daylight allowed, and stop at the nearest medium size airport. We always found nearby accommodations and food, and any delays were always less than the distance covered beyond the "Safe reserved room" distance.

We were happy with all but the one near Miami, but that was spring break time, and everything was filled. 80,000 miles of cross country, most states east of the Rockies.

Trip from Washington DC to central Missouri, we went to central Illinois before the weather stopped us, easy hour and a quarter the next morning, as the weather had drifted south, as predicted.
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I might relook my plan in favor of that strategy. If we can get all the way to Burlington WI on Tuesday, we can visit the American Champion factory Weds morning, and still be on the Oshkosh arrival by 10am.
 
In the last 24 hours I have gone from riding in a PC-12, to catching a ride in a friend’s RV-10 while possibly give his son dual on the way, to driving 13 hours, to now leaving in the morning in a borrowed Bonanza. But dammit, I’m going to make it there somehow!
 
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