Oshkosh 2025

[DaleB]

I've never attended, but maybe this year will be my first. I'm one state away, fly a homebuilt, and don't mind camping in a tent. I think I can wait until the 11th hour to commit.

Colin, if you do go I'll buy you a beer just so I can get a good close-up look at an actual completed example of what I'm building!! Never seen one before.

 

[LWGII]

My way is easier and more convenient!! When I wake up, I'm already there. No shuttles!

This is what happens when your friends know you're turning 50 at Oshkosh...

Until you get hungry.

 

[tsts4]

Until you get hungry.

If you go hungry at Osh you ain’t doing it right regardless of your accommodations.

We car camped in Scholler a couple of times until my RV-10 was out of phase 1 then we aircraft camped in HBC 2015 thru 2019.


Then 2020 when we stayed at the Hilton on the field because we could since the show was cancelled.

And for the past 4 years we’ve still flown in but traded the tent for a rented 5th wheel:

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Never too soon! I start thinking about Oshkosh about the moment my wheels leave the pavement on the field (even though that's usually on the ground these days). We are past the winter solstice of aviation, OSH25 is closer than OSH24 so I'm getting excited. This will be my 21st overall, 20th in a row, and 19th in a row being on the field for the whole week.

Huh? That sounds like a slight. Santa Claus would not be pleased.

But seriously, wondering what you mean by that comment? I'm not old enough to have been to Woodstock.

It can be awesome but it can be muddy, dirty, wet, rainy, hot as hell, cold as hell and if you drink too much you will swear you saw Santa Clause and heard Yodeling.

 

[flyingron]

Can't vouch for Scholler but it takes a serious amount of water to make the Vintage area soft, let alone muddy. The Sloshkosh year was the only one I can recall and even that year it dried out buy the official opening. Believe me, I know. Me and one other woman used our personal cell phones to call back every single pilot we parked in an alternative location when their areas dried out that year.

 

[tsts4]

Can't vouch for Scholler but it takes a serious amount of water to make the Vintage area soft, let alone muddy. The Sloshkosh year was the only one I can recall and even that year it dried out buy the official opening. Believe me, I know. Me and one other woman used our personal cell phones to call back every single pilot we parked in an alternative location when their areas dried out that year.

Scholler is more susceptible to mud issues due to the shear volume of vehicular traffic on the exposed dirt lanes going to and fro that can quickly create a quagmire even with a moderate amount of rain. In my experience the aircraft areas only tend to suffer from prolonged bouts of rain.

 

[455 Bravo Uniform]

I've never attended, but maybe this year will be my first. I'm one state away, fly a homebuilt, and don't mind camping in a tent. I think I can wait until the 11th hour to commit.

My first one we were driving on a family vacation and I convinced the troops to swing by (it was a 1 hour driving detour). We stayed for a few hours and then hit the road. Even if you can’t commit to an overnight it’s worth a visit!

 

[ColinD]

With the speed of my airplane, it's probably going to be an overnight before I even arrive from Minnesota.