ScottSchmidt
Well Known Member
OSHKOSH 2007 ? When people ask which holiday they like the most, the typical answer is 4th or July, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and sometimes you hear Memorial Day or Labor Day. For me, that answer is easy, my favorite holiday is Oshkosh. It is the longest holiday of the year at over 1 week, it has the largest gathering of people in one place than any other holiday, it has a ?service? every night at Theater in the Woods celebrating different aspects of the holiday, and everyone at Oshkosh is happy to be there (unlike some holidays).
I expect this year to be reported as the biggest Oshkosh ever recorded. For a couple of days the airport was totally full and did not accept new arrivals unless you were a warbird, homebuilt or vintage aircraft. I have also never seen the campgrounds so full. Camp Scholler was busting at the seams by Sunday night. Thanks to the efforts of the RV-10 camp group, we had spots right up front which made it a short walk to the showers and entrance to pilot?s paradise.
This was the first year I would be flying into Oshkosh. My first visit to Oshkosh was in 1996 when my dad and I went for the first time on TWA airlines into Chicago. We rented a car that first year, drove up to Oshkosh and stayed with relatives in Appleton WI. Over the years, I started to figure it out and eventually tweaked it as best I could to experience what Oshkosh really is by flying commercial into Appleton, renting a car and camping in Camp Scholler. The only thing missing was flying myself into Oshkosh in a plane I built and camping in Camp Scholler. Well, I made it and RaNae and I had a blast.
On Saturday, we departed KBTF (Salt Lake City) and headed for Custer SD. for our first gas stop. Custer is home of Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore. This is a town we want to come back to and do some exploring. We fueled up, departed and flew around the two monuments and took some pictures before heading to Albert Lee MN for our second gas stop before landing at Oshkosh.
I expect this year to be reported as the biggest Oshkosh ever recorded. For a couple of days the airport was totally full and did not accept new arrivals unless you were a warbird, homebuilt or vintage aircraft. I have also never seen the campgrounds so full. Camp Scholler was busting at the seams by Sunday night. Thanks to the efforts of the RV-10 camp group, we had spots right up front which made it a short walk to the showers and entrance to pilot?s paradise.
This was the first year I would be flying into Oshkosh. My first visit to Oshkosh was in 1996 when my dad and I went for the first time on TWA airlines into Chicago. We rented a car that first year, drove up to Oshkosh and stayed with relatives in Appleton WI. Over the years, I started to figure it out and eventually tweaked it as best I could to experience what Oshkosh really is by flying commercial into Appleton, renting a car and camping in Camp Scholler. The only thing missing was flying myself into Oshkosh in a plane I built and camping in Camp Scholler. Well, I made it and RaNae and I had a blast.
On Saturday, we departed KBTF (Salt Lake City) and headed for Custer SD. for our first gas stop. Custer is home of Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore. This is a town we want to come back to and do some exploring. We fueled up, departed and flew around the two monuments and took some pictures before heading to Albert Lee MN for our second gas stop before landing at Oshkosh.