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Post by donutt1964 on Jul 22, 2023 16:40:06 GMT
Airventure Oshkosh 2023 webcams up and running, looking good. Also virtual radar of Oshkosh area quite impressive too.
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Post by Jeff on Jul 23, 2023 11:44:58 GMT
Just looking at webcam, how do you guys log everything when your there or do you limit yourself to twinns and above?
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Post by zz on Jul 23, 2023 12:17:15 GMT
Log everything! 1000 a day!
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Post by Jeff on Jul 23, 2023 14:34:05 GMT
Log everything! 1000 a day! How do you keep up though with 2 landings every 15 secs, lol |
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Post by zz on Jul 23, 2023 15:42:14 GMT
Haven’t been to arrivals day yet.
I’ve just spent several days walking the field, from 7am to 7pm.
We tended to do a couple of areas of interest each day, then spend a couple of hours at the end of the day just in the GA areas (north 40) to boost numbers.
So exhibition, home builds then GA.
Then next day warbirds, finish home builds, then GA.
Then next day classic, vintage, GA.
Then next day museum, Basler, Lake Winnebago floatplane base….
Watching the arrivals today it does look insane. Landing 3 abreast, with a group of 3 touching down every 15-20 seconds.
In a 5 minute period there was a group of about 50 Mooneys landing together!
I would like to go and see that, but then it would probably mean I’d write everything down twice, if I then walked round the field for the week!
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Post by Jeff on Jul 23, 2023 18:57:59 GMT
Lol, so the trick is walk round the fields after they land 😉
She who must be obeyed after watching the live stream asked me why we havnt been before ? Evidently she reckons she would love it 🤭
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Post by zz on Jul 23, 2023 19:09:12 GMT
Well you wouldn’t want to disappoint her…
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Post by Jeff on Jul 23, 2023 22:11:59 GMT
On it 😉
Where do people stay when visiting? How much is a ticket? Etc etc
Mtia
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Post by zz on Jul 24, 2023 5:25:12 GMT
We stayed in Appleton which is a 30ish minute drive from Oshkosh. It was a fairly average motel, but we were barely in it! After walking so many miles every day you just need a bed! Appleton has its own airfield which has a Gulfstream facility so worth a stop too. There is also a F-86 in town.
But you can stay at Oshkosh in some of the university campus rooms. That way you’re almost at the airfield, but I’ve never done that so don’t know much about it.
Tickets for the show this year are $140 for a weeks ticket if you are an EAA member. It costs $43 to become a member. Not bad for a whole week but there are daily rates too. I think you may pay for parking as well.
However, another option is to try and get press tickets. We did this last time as two of our party were LAAS editors, and so we received free passes. If you were to contact them in advance and say you ran Aviationforall and sent them an example of some of the content, then maybe you could go down this route. Worth a go,
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Post by zz on Jul 24, 2023 5:28:09 GMT
Or look at an aviation tour company - loads of them do Oshkosh. Obviously you’ll pay a little more but they’ll take care of everything.
As an example, Oxford Aviation Group’s 2023 Chicago and Oshkosh tour-
Tour cost is £1800 based on twin room sharing. This includes the return flight from Manchester or London, 8 nights accommodation, ground transport, 6 days entry for EA AirVenture at Oshkosh and entry into all the museums. Not bad value for over 3,500 aircraft
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Post by mick on Jul 24, 2023 5:43:51 GMT
I have relatives just outside Milwaukee just over an hour away. Stayed there, hired a car and used to drive up via Fond Du Lac, who themselves have loads of parked up aircraft visiting EAA
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Post by Jeff on Jul 24, 2023 6:12:39 GMT
Thx guys, seriously looking into it 😊
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Post by dave on Jul 28, 2023 8:13:17 GMT
hi,
is it just me, or are those 3 webcams hypnotic!!!
also log everything... you can't change your mind later, i remember going to a PFA Rally at Leicester a few years ago, and back then there were alot of foreign visitors, so i just did UK, regretted it ever since... i'm older and a little bit wiser now.
regards,
dave...
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Post by graham on Jul 28, 2023 14:49:52 GMT
Hi Dave, there's a full list of every year's PFA rallies some where on the web, as soon as I remember what it's called, I'll post the link. Here it is peterandsusan.co.uk/laarally/ |
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Post by zz on Jul 28, 2023 15:10:13 GMT
The problem is, if you use lists from years past, how do you know which ones you saw?
Especially at the old PFA rally’s where it was easy to miss a few.
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Post by graham on Jul 29, 2023 11:49:39 GMT
Well, I suppose if you distinctly remember seeing a specific aircraft then it would help with identifying it.
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Post by dave on Jul 31, 2023 12:44:21 GMT
hi,
thanks Graham, i have looked at that website before,but, there's always a but, and its a big major but, i don't remember what was there!!! unless i've made a special note.
Anyway's i've just severed contact with Oshkosh, don't airfields look empty after most have gone home... also a question for any other's that have used the webcams, do you think attendance of aircraft and people has been down on other years?
regards,
dave...
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Post by donutt1964 on Jul 31, 2023 13:34:09 GMT
I went 3 times in the 80s-1984,1987 and 1988 and I think by the opening Monday the field was full to capacity to visiting GA aircraft, who had to go to Fond Du Lac and other local fields. Showplanes were to still allowed to land. The GA parking the far side of the runway seemed a lot busier then as well. It seemed a lot quieter this time than I recall towards the end of the week but it was nearly 40 years ago. The show stands/Boeing plaza are a lot bigger now and larger crowds of people.
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Post by dave on Jul 31, 2023 19:37:45 GMT
hi,
thank you donutt1964,
regards,
dave...
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