BAC Picnic at Oshkosh Airventure - Oshkosh, WI (KOSH) - Tuesday, July 29, 2014

[AVIATOR_]

Join us for our annual picnic at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Bob Schmidt will be making the arrangements for the picnic when he returns from Alaska. The location on the grounds has yet to be determined. We are hoping to have the picnic in Camp Scholler this year. I will post an update when I know more. The picnic will start at 2:00PM CDT and ends when the last person leaves. We will supply brats and burgers with all the fixings, plus beer, soft drinks and water. If you have portable chairs, you may want to bring them.


Please respond to this thread if you plan on attending so we can plan our food and drink quantities.

 

[rashby]

Sorry I am going to miss the picnic as I am not going to arrive until Thursday night it Friday morning. Any other activities for the weekend with BAC?

Also do you suggest camping in the general or classic area (assuming a 66 Beech is a classic)?

 

[A23ABobP]

John,

Attending the picnic will be three, Andrew, David and me!

We'll be at OSH all week.



Bob

 

[A23ABobP]

.....do you suggest camping in the general or classic area (assuming a 66 Beech is a classic)?

Roland,

Since you are pre-1971, you can camp in Vintage aircraft camping, hold up your VAC sign. Tell the approach guy at FISKE you want to land on 36/18. That makes it a very short taxi.

 

[rashby]

Roland,

Since you are pre-1971, you can camp in Vintage aircraft camping, hold up your VAC sign. Tell the approach guy at FISKE you want to land on 36/18. That makes it a very short taxi.

Would you recommend "vintage" camping over general?

 

[niechiro]

Roland, I will be arriving either Thursday evening or Friday morning. Maybe some of us who don't arrive until later in the week can have an "after the picnic party". Hope to see you there.

 

[rashby]

Roland, I will be arriving either Thursday evening or Friday morning. Maybe some of us who don't arrive until later in the week can have an "after the picnic party". Hope to see you there.

I like that idea.

 

[paxflyer]

One adult and two children please. Thanks


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[nkboland]

Myself and daughter. We already have dinner plans at 5:00 so just visiting.

 

[A23ABobP]

Would you recommend "vintage" camping over general?

Roland,

Vintage aircraft camping is a smaller and less crowded area than the general aviation camping ("North 40"). You may want to study the Airventure grounds map to help decide which you would prefer. It looks like the ratio of people to shower facilities is better at vintage vs general. Maybe someone with Airventure aircraft camping experience can chime in. Both vintage aircraft parking and vintage aircraft camping are along the north/south taxiway Papa, near P3 and P4. It's a short taxi from landing on 36L. If you decide on general aviation camping, your taxi time will be much shorter if you can land on 9/27. A quick and polite request for a different runway during your wing rock will probably be honored by ATC at FISKE.

I have only been to Airventure the last two years. The first year, I thought parking in vintage parking would be rather presumptuous, among only Staggerwings and 195s. Actually, there are many boring P and C brand aircraft there, so a pre 1971 Baby Beech is just what is needed to spice up the vintage area. So after we cleared runway 36L, we taxied for >30 minutes to the farthest northeast corner of the north 40. Last year we cleared 36L and parked immediately in vintage parking. In vintage parking/camping, you may get a spot good enough for watching the air shows.

Hope to see you there!

Bob

 

[A23ABobP]

.....Maybe some of us who don't arrive until later in the week can have an "after the picnic party".

I also agree, we should have another get together later in the week.
Bob
seven zero three
554-4485

 

[larrynewland]

There will be 3 of us.
Larry Newland
N9152S

 

[mda]

I also agree, we should have another get together later in the week.
Bob
seven zero three
554-4485

We'll miss the picnic this year, working around Lisa's work schedule.
But, sign us up for a picnic or meeting later in the week. (Thurs/Sun)

We're flying to OSH on Sunday morning (July 27) and leaving Monday evening (July 28).
We'll return Thursday evening (July 31) and leave Sunday (Aug 3).
It's easy to do when you live 30 minutes from Oshkosh. (Watertown, WI, RYV)


Mark Anderson
'73 Sundowner
N24693, KRYV

 

[rgschmi]

Picnic Location

The picnic will be held in Paul's Woods, thanks to a friend that is letting me use his camp site for the afternoon. I haven't seen it yet, but he says it is bigger than most and has a picnic table. I've attached a map of Paul's Woods with the approximate picnic location.

I'll go back through this thread and come up with a headcount. If you are planning to attend, or if you have to cancel, please post on this thread. Don't want to run out of food or drink!

The North-South Street name that's too small to read is Deischer Eaa St.

 

[rgschmi]

So far I have 13 attending the picnic. Any more out there?

 

[niechiro]

For those of you who will be in Oshkosh on Tuesday, it should be of some interest that Lycoming is celebrating their 85th anniversary of producing engines for general aviation airplanes. Her is what they are doing on Tuesday:
Tuesday, July 29th is
Lycoming Day at the EAAPlaza!
· Lycoming-PoweredAircraft will be on Display from 8:00 AM-2:30 PM.
· 85th AnniversaryPresentation by Michael Kraft 1:30 pm.
If you own a Lycoming-powered aircraft join usfor a group photo at 2:00 pm.
-

 

[paxflyer]

Enroute now. We flew from Seattle to Billings. Rough as a cob!

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[cbooton]

John...Count me in.

Thanks, Charley Booton, B24R Sierra, N9143S

 

[markweiss]

13.5 in a Sundowner..........hmmmm, maybe you can see the curve of the earth from there!

 

[dougkrop]

I will be there with one