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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:24 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

Well I just got back from OSH for my trip over this year to

secure my campsite and I got a bit of a surprise!



As those of you who were camping in 2010 can attest, that place

was ALL MUD last year, with huge ruts, some of them probably

12" deep, from trucks and tractors.  I'm here to tell

ya that you wouldn't even know that today.  Surprisingly,

they were able to smooth out and improve the grounds to such

a degree that I really didn't notice any evidence of last

years mess.  The grass is nice, and there is one more thing

I don't remember from other years.  Many (most?) of the

rows up where I've been camping seem to have trees, surprisingly

maturing trees, on them.  I've attached a blurry (I was

in a hurry) photo of the area near my sites.  I may have

overlooked the trees in past years, but there are lots

of them now, and I think in 2-5 years there's going to be

a lot of great shade available for everyone.



At any rate, the grounds are in great shape, and there's a lot

of activity, and things are pulling together quite well from

the looks of it.



This year the sites seem to be filling a little faster than

previous years, and it's filling in an odd way, where the

sites are more shotgun scattered around the grounds.  So

finding contiguous sites isn't quite as easy.  I arrived

on the same day, near the same time, as always, and yet

I'd have to say that there seemed to be a bunch more

things staked out, further out from me, that I wouldn't

have expected.  Perhaps folks are trying to make sure

they get the high ground, but whatever it is, the place

seems to be filling well.  There aren't that many actual

campers there yet, but those will be coming in over the

next few days.



As usual too, on the way over I spent a bit of time in

IMC, having an absolutely beautiful, soggy wet cloud

trip.  Many of you may know, one of the things I love

about living where I do is that we get awesome IMC

conditions sometimes, and today was one of them.  Stable

air masses, and cool clouds.  It's a blast.



The trip home wasn't quite as nice.  I knew when I left

that I was running against time, as a big rainy mass

of heavy rain was coming towards home.  Even with a

fairly quick-turn, I wasn't able to totally beat it.

There was a fair amount of lightning in some areas of

the mass, but looking at the picture on WSI and comparing

it to what was out the window...and, staying VFR

with good 4000' ceilings, I could tell that I wasn't

going to be too near the worst parts where there was

lightning, so I pressed on into the rain and was able

to make it home without getting anything worse than

5-7 mile vis and 3000' ceilings, and no bright

flashes around me.  The ride was also almost perfectly

smooth...so this was, at least on the forward half

of it, just a large mass of rain.  The back side was

where all the action was, and I wasn't going there!



Also, the prepaid camping went fairly well.  It's

something new they did this year, to allow you to

pay for sites in advance.  You still need to stake

them, but it did save a little data entry time

at the camping tag booth.



Looking forward to another great week for OSH 2011!



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Ron B.

Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Posts: 103
Location: Nova Scotia

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: OSH camp conditions report

Tim

Making plans for our first time flying into Oshkosh. We tried for Sun n Fun this spring but only made it to South Carolina, LUCKLY. We cannot leave before next Sunday afternoon at the earliest. I would like to arrive at Oshkosh early in the morning to avoid the mad rush and get situated. That being said it would have to be Tuesday morning. I would like to camp near the other RV-10s , any chance that might happen? Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated.

Ron in Nova Scotia

Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

Hi Ron,

It's great to have people flying in from far away.

It's always interesting to talk to the folks who traveled

a ways to get there.  Regarding camping by the other RV-10

folks, this year there isn't any RV-10 group site

arrangement.  So nobody has coordinated any sort of camping

sites.  I've got mine already, and I know some other people

will show up throughout the coming week, but this year it's

basically every man for themselves.  I'm not sure what next

year will bring, but I think we grew past the manageable

group camping arrangements, so I'm not too sure it'll happen.

This doesn't mean you can't camp, of course, but you're

unlikely to be camping next to other RV-10 folks without

making pre-arrangements before they stake their sites.



Now if you're talking about camping with your plane, you may

end up by other RV-10's in that case....but the homebuilt

camping is generally pretty disorganized by make/model.

You'd likely be close to plenty of RV-10 guys, but they park

them as they bring them in so you never know.



OSH is just one big "winging it" time!



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD

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On 7/17/2011 7:54 PM, Ron B. wrote:

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 Tim Making plans for our first time flying into Oshkosh. We tried for

 Sun n Fun this spring but only made it to South Carolina, LUCKLY. We

 cannot leave before next Sunday afternoon at the earliest. I would

 like to arrive at Oshkosh early in the morning to avoid the mad rush

 and get situated. That being said it would have to be Tuesday

 morning. I would like to camp near the other RV-10s , any chance that

 might happen? Any tips/help would be greatly appreciated. Ron in Nova

 Scotia





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Ron B.

Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Posts: 103
Location: Nova Scotia

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: OSH camp conditions report

Thanks Tim

Yes I think we plan on camping with out RV-10. I've never stayed overnight while at Oshkosh. I think we miss out on meeting a lot of people. I'm going to Oshkosh this year to hopefully meet with guy's like you and others I corresponded with on the various forums. I just received news that a prior commitment has been postponed so I can leave whenever I want now. What day would you suggest we arrive in order to get a half decent site and avoid the masses in arrival.

Thanks Ron

msausen

Joined: 25 Oct 2007
Posts: 559
Location: Appleton, WI USA

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:11 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

Hopefully the overall weather improves.  North of OSH we've had severe thunderstorms, some tornados, high 90's with humidity near 100% the last couple days and the heat index is supposed to be in the 115 range this week.  Of course last week it was in the 70's and I had my windows open and the AC shut down.  No flooding though, that was a few weeks back. 



Michael



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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 5:47 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

It really is brutal up here where I am right now, with humidity

about as high as it can get without actually raining, along with

mid-90's for temps.  The good news is the forecast was revised

so that over the weekend it's the high 80's instead of 90's,

and next week sunny and high 70's.  So if the forecast can just

hold out, it could be a superb week for the show.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD

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On 7/18/2011 7:07 PM, RV Builder (Michael Sausen) wrote:

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 Sausen)"<rvbuilder(at)sausen.net>



 Hopefully the overall weather improves.  North of OSH we've had

 severe thunderstorms, some tornados, high 90's with humidity near

 100% the last couple days and the heat index is supposed to be in the

 115 range this week.  Of course last week it was in the 70's and I

 had my windows open and the AC shut down.  No flooding though, that

 was a few weeks back. 



 Michael



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Tim Olson

Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2872

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 4:50 am Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

Hi Ron,



To get the best sites, you'd probably want to drop everything

and leave NOW.  But, to avoid the mass arrivals, you probably

should shoot for Saturday at the very latest.  Most years

I've flown in Friday and it was very relaxed with very little

traffic.  But Saturday thru Monday it is very hopping, so

avoid anything after Saturday a.m. if you don't like traffic.

Personally, I love it when it's busy, other than when some

schmo takes a digger on the runway and causes the traffic

to back up over Ripon, but I'm a bit weird that way.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD

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On 7/18/2011 3:06 PM, Ron B. wrote:

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 Thanks Tim Yes I think we plan on camping with out RV-10. I've never

 stayed overnight while at Oshkosh. I think we miss out on meeting a

 lot of people. I'm going to Oshkosh this year to hopefully meet with

 guy's like you and others I corresponded with on the various forums.

 I just received news that a prior commitment has been postponed so I

 can leave whenever I want now. What day would you suggest we arrive

 in order to get a half decent site and avoid the masses in arrival.

 Thanks Ron





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orchidman

Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 277
Location: Oklahoma City - KRCE

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 7:33 am Post subject: Re: OSH camp conditions report

 	  Tim Olson wrote: 	
		  Personally, I love it when it's busy, other than when some schmo takes a digger on the runway and causes the traffic to back up over Ripon, but I'm a bit weird that way.



Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD

	


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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:51 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

On 07/19/2011 08:45 AM, Tim Olson wrote:

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 Hi Ron,



 To get the best sites, you'd probably want to drop everything

 and leave NOW. But, to avoid the mass arrivals, you probably

 should shoot for Saturday at the very latest.


	


Mass arrivals:



Saturday 1:00pm - Bonanza & Cherokee

Saturday 2:30pm - Cessna

Saturday 4:00pm - Mooney



Sunday 11:30am - Comanche

Sunday  3:00pm - racers

Kelly McMullen

Joined: 16 Apr 2008
Posts: 1188
Location: Sun Lakes AZ

Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:08 pm Post subject: OSH camp conditions report

Hmm, that should be exciting...Cherokees mixing with Bonanzas with

same arrival time.



On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Rick Beebe <richard.beebe(at)yale.edu> wrote:

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 On 07/19/2011 08:45 AM, Tim Olson wrote:

>

> 

>

> Hi Ron,

>

> To get the best sites, you'd probably want to drop everything

> and leave NOW. But, to avoid the mass arrivals, you probably

> should shoot for Saturday at the very latest.



 Mass arrivals:



 Saturday 1:00pm - Bonanza & Cherokee

 Saturday 2:30pm - Cessna

 Saturday 4:00pm - Mooney



 Sunday 11:30am - Comanche

 Sunday  3:00pm - racers

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