Oshkosh Wisc 2003

Going to Air Venture

At Oshkosh, WI

Our final camping spot for the week.
After our loonnng taxi to the “south forty” we set up camp on the last row on the end of the airport property. We were told this was the first year they had put campers that far down, and they thought they would have to close the airport to any more campers. But later, we saw them mowing the grassy area between the taxiways and the landing strip and they were parking airplanes in there. There were LOTS of airplanes. The first day, as we road the bus and tram to get to the main events, several people questioned why we, with an experimental aircraft, was parked so far away from everything. The next day, with the help of volunteers from the homebuilders association, we were able to move up to row 100, a significant improvement. It was just off the end of the ultralight runway, so we had fun watching them buzz about. This still was quite a hike from any of the main show and events, but we didn’t mind the walk. (Or if we were tired, we caught a tram.)
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