Oshkosh 09 Official Sign Up Thread

[MangoMike]

Welcome to Air Venture 2009.

This is one of the highlights of the Summer - hope you can make attend.

Directions to our camping hosts.

Marland and Pat Felker
1864 W. Waukau Ave.
Oshkosh, wi 54902


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Take the East Exit off Rt. 41 to Rt. 44. Make right at first light, then stay right at the "Y". Make left on Waukau Ave. It's about the 2nd driveway on the left, small entrance so pay attention. As the boys were saying it's a wide turn in.

There is water available.

Honeywagon can be called if you need its service. Fees apply.

Trash Dumpster on site.




This is the list of current attendees. Any changes please post them here.

Jon (A1)
JDUB & Rae (Jerry Winchester)


Granvil (grantracy)
Jim & Linda (Jelmore)
Ken (Bluevost)
Mark & Lorenda (dmark1)
(JasperJr)

Mike & Donna (mangomike)
Sawdust

This is in no way a structured event. So every day is a free day.

However here is a rough outline of what JDUB and I will be doing if you would like to join in.

There is also an opportunity to work with Jon and Debi at Pilots and Paws at their official booth. If you're interested sign up with Jon.

Friday Night

Trukman and Mango Arrive

Saturday

1pm Bonanza Arrivals (100 Bonanzas flying in formation 3 abreast) Probably Runway 36L

Moving over to the view the rest of the landings on Runway 9/27.

Spaghetti Dinner at the bus, all invited.

Sunday

Morning - JDUB & Mango Mike Omelettes to Order Breakfast. All Welcomed. This is a great way to start the day.

Plane spotting at Runway 9/27 next to the Bonanza contingent.

Good day to buy your tickets pre show. Booth located at the east end of the service drive (Wittman Road) by the bonanza parking (North 40).
Admission Fees:
http://www.airventure.org/planning/admission.html

Sunday night - Open.

Monday

Official opening day of Air Venture.

10:00am Visit Vendors

3:00pm White Knight Arrives Runway 36L
3:30pm Air Show starts w/ warbirds in review. Runway 36L. Bring a chair and water.

5:30pm Doobie Brother Free Concert at AeroShell Plaza

7:00pm Pizza Dinner at the bus. $10 per person. Salad/Pizza/Sodas/Beer

8:30pm Movie in the Woods - The Right Stuff

Tuesday

Visit Vendors
3:30 pm Air Show

2:00 am Sheep attack.

Dinner - TBD

Wednesday

Pack up, head home.



Recommendations:

EAA Museum
http://www.airventure.org/attractions/museum.html

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helicopter rides in a vintage Bell 47, with a complete ariel view of OSH. At Pioneer Airpark, next to the EAA Museum.

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Links:

Map of Airport: http://www.airventure.org/planning/A...rounds_map.pdf

First Timers Guide: http://www.airventure.org/about/newbies.html

Daily Highlights: http://www.airventure.org/attractions/dailyevents.html

[sawdust_128]

Sawdust & C headed that way.

[Coloradobus]

Chris and I and our Airstream friends will not be attending. Maybe next year, tho. We were looking forward to this event, but since the monsoon season started early this summer, we are desparate to re-grade the yard to keep water out of the basement.

[Jon Wehrenberg]

I will have 5 extra tickets for each day. Obviously I cannot accomodate everyone, but they are available. I have them for the entire show, so if anyone is not going to be there during the dates Mike listed I will still have them for the remaining days. The only people who will get priority (and I doubt if they will be expecting them) will be pilotsnpaws pilots who will be manning the booth. So far no firm committments from any of them.

[Jeff Bayley]

I'm wondering about taking my H3-45 shell to Oshkosh and putting for sale signs (or lettering) to try and stumble across a buyer and towing my 22' Airstream to stay in. I've only been to the air show once but isn't there about 5,000 RV's that show up and 10,000 planes ? Maybe out of that masses I can snag a prospect. The year I went, my camping neighbor was in a piece of junk bumper pull but owned was loaded and bought a 1 million dollar plane at the show.

Does anyone know how early I should get there if I can break away in order to get a premo spot toward the entrance and on one of the main roads in order to get the maximum foot traffic exposure from people walking into the gate from the RV section ? Would two days prior be sufficient ?

[MangoMike]

Jeff,

If you park w/ the rest of the POG gang at Marland Felker's place there would be zero foot traffic visibility, unless you could sell it to Jon.

There are a number of homes on Waukau Ave, which leads to the main gates, but I would image all those spaces would already be allocated.

If you setup in Camp Scholler at least you would have the visibility of the rest of the RV folks.

Mike

[jelmore]

Mike, we'll be there Saturday morning in time to get parked and see the Bonanza fly in. Can we bring something, like orange juice and something bubbly for Sunday morning breakfast?

Jim Elmore and Linda French

[meandmyprs]

Still without a bus waiting for a Marathon bunk bus to pop up. We had a great time last year and wish we could cruise up this year. I may pull a rabbit out of my hat and fly up so I will stop by the "camp" if I do...remember no generators past 10 PM

Brent

[sawdust_128]

We are hoping to be out of camp cannarozzi in the early part of the morning. Here is my cell (919-337-8145) and if you could give me a call about the later lart of the morning and give me a guiding hand inbound, I would appreciate. I will not have forum access after this session.

Thanks.

Ed & Cindy.

[Jeff Bayley]

Hope you guys are all having fun at the show. Sorry we missed it.

I wasn't going to say anything about this while I was there I was just going to do it nice and quiet. If I told people I don't know I might get turned in but since I'm not there......here goes. I'm only posting this for the people that told me not to stop posting my stories.

The day before last or maybe two days before, me and my buddy were one of the last ones making our way out of the fenced in show toward the RV park and we happened to pass the headquarters where they park and charge all the golf carts the use to get around. Maybe there were 50. Maybe a 100. It was right off the main walk way. Opposite the side of the walk way of the flight line as you would expect. We'll, it was unattended and I just got a little curious and poked around until one started. I don't remember if they had or needed keys but if they did need key's, it take long to see one with a key in it. I cranked it up (my buddy was far away watching but too afraid to participate) and picked up my buddy and man it was nice driving that golf cart back to my bus after walking all day. I just parked it in between my bus and another RV. The next morning I awoke to give myself a ride back to and around the show and discovered I had boosted one with a VIP sticker on the front that was the "All Pass Access". There are certain places that roped off and to enter some of those (few) areas mostly military I recall at the very end of the walkway it seems, well those areas are off limits to golf carts that don't have passes but we just saluted the good men as we drove my never stopping.

I guess it must have ran on gas because I used it all day. I went back and forth to my bus to get cocktails and cool off. It was pretty convenient. I never worried about getting questioned and I never did but I pretty much kept moving. Before I left, I put it back where I found it.

If any of you get sore feet from all the walking, now you know. Great for picking up chicks too. "Going your way, ya'll need a ride ?". Like falling off a rock really.

I know nobody else will want to do that, but if you do, I'll not only be surprised. I'll be impressed.

Tell more about what we are missing. Which rocket truck do they have at the show. Is a semi or that Chevy truck by Neill Darnell. Goes by Darnell Racing. If Darnell is there, find his Prevost and check out the fanciest double stacker you'll ever see. All carpeted and showroom like. Spent like over $100,000 just on the trailer.