Posted: 7/5/2009 7:22:38 PM EDT
| Ok, so I just decided to make the trip yet again this year. Anyone else going? anyone else gonna be in the North 40 with me? |
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only way i'll go is if mark larue fly's up and sets up a booth. Well maybe i will go anyway its only 30min away  How awesome would that be if there was a Larue booth at Oshkosh :) Crowded, you have never seen this many planes and people in one place. It's absolutely worth it though in my opinion, but it's too much of a good thing for others. I loved every minute of the 5 days I was there last year. I usually get to see an airshow every year or so, and I got 5 straight days of not only airshow but just busy GA activity. I was in heaven. |
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I went last year for the first time in a while and was reminded why I only go like every 5 years. So.....maybe. Can you elaborate? I've never been. I assume "crowded" doesn't begin to describe it... 
Crowded, hot, on your feet all day, crowded, expensive, crowded, hot, sunburt. My main bitch it that Im just not interested in 90% of the stuff there. Last year I just wanted to see the Raptor and Osprey other than the antiques. But if you get a chance to fly there and camp, do it! |
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I went last year for the first time in a while and was reminded why I only go like every 5 years. So.....maybe. Can you elaborate? I've never been. I assume "crowded" doesn't begin to describe it...
Crowded, hot, on your feet all day, crowded, expensive, crowded, hot, sunburt. My main bitch it that Im just not interested in 90% of the stuff there. Last year I just wanted to see the Raptor and Osprey other than the antiques. But if you get a chance to fly there and camp, do it! I had a feeling that's what you'd say... What do you think about Sun N Fun? I'd like to go down there for a couple of days (not camping). I work for the airlines, and getting in and out of MCO/TPA is easier than the OSH area....
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I went last year for the first time in a while and was reminded why I only go like every 5 years. So.....maybe. Can you elaborate? I've never been. I assume "crowded" doesn't begin to describe it...
Crowded, hot, on your feet all day, crowded, expensive, crowded, hot, sunburt. My main bitch it that Im just not interested in 90% of the stuff there. Last year I just wanted to see the Raptor and Osprey other than the antiques. But if you get a chance to fly there and camp, do it! I had a feeling that's what you'd say... What do you think about Sun N Fun? I'd like to go down there for a couple of days (not camping). I work for the airlines, and getting in and out of MCO/TPA is easier than the OSH area....
Never been to Sun n Fun. Im not trying to tell you not to go, by all means Oshkosh is a wonderful event that offers sights that you will never see anywhere else, ever. Its just not something I want to fight every year. Part of it is all the non-aviation people everywhere, especially out walking around the private planes. I dont know how many times I wanted to scream "If you dont own it, dont fucking touch it!" |
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I only went once and that was 1996. Awesome trip, and an experience I'll never forget.
That was the year Bob Hoover had just gotten his medical back and he preformed there that year. Got to meet the great man himself. I remember there was a beer tent/hall that was just outside the boundry of the airport and did a bang up business (lots from me). Lots of "flying" going on inside. Because it was just outside the fence, he was allowed to sell beer while the airport area was "dry". Any idea if the place is still doing business? While it was an awesome trip, it paled in comparision to the Air Races at Reno. (More beer) |
| I have been to sun n Fun for the last 6 years, but have never been to Oshkosh. I volunteer on the Warbird line and it is alot of work but alot of fun. Many of the Warbird line guys do Oshkosh, as well, and they tell me I must go to Oshkosh at least once, but I like Sun n Fun a great deal. I used to fly in, but now that I stay for 8 days, I drive and camp. Oshkosh is only about an hour longer drive from MS than Lakeland, but my work schedule is always screwy in the summer. I highly recommend Sun n Fun. |
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I went last year for the first time in a while and was reminded why I only go like every 5 years. So.....maybe. Can you elaborate? I've never been. I assume "crowded" doesn't begin to describe it...
Crowded, hot, on your feet all day, crowded, expensive, crowded, hot, sunburt. My main bitch it that Im just not interested in 90% of the stuff there. Last year I just wanted to see the Raptor and Osprey other than the antiques. But if you get a chance to fly there and camp, do it! 
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I went last year for the first time in a while and was reminded why I only go like every 5 years. So.....maybe. Can you elaborate? I've never been. I assume "crowded" doesn't begin to describe it...
Crowded, hot, on your feet all day, crowded, expensive, crowded, hot, sunburt. My main bitch it that Im just not interested in 90% of the stuff there. Last year I just wanted to see the Raptor and Osprey other than the antiques. But if you get a chance to fly there and camp, do it!
What? Bill Pancake was there and the Vintage area is always fun.....and I got to see the two new Warriors. See ya in 2013!
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