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Old 02-21-2012, 08:44 AM
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In my opinion, and that's what it is, the Lake parker muster circle is too close to the event. OSH FSK arrival is much further away from OSH runway and it makes everyone single file over a good distance to the base leg.

Lake Parker is a circle and when the controller reopens the pattern after say the Blue Angles arrival, the good folks cut the corners off the circle pattern and enmass head to the airport.

That when its a beehive.

If Lake parker hold is not in the picture, it works pretty good.
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Old 02-21-2012, 09:00 AM
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Make sure you have a fresh set of brake pads. Long, slow taxi to the various tie-down areas.
Glad you mentioned that. Hot brakes can be a serious issue, in particular for A-models. You may never have a problem at home due to good technique, but the S&F conga lines are stop-and-go with many turns and little chance for aero steering. So, manage your brakes. And put a small halon extinguisher in the airplane.

BTW....look at the notam. They want you southbound almost to the blue roof terminal building before you turn left or right for downwind. Then you'll be landing on the north taxiway, 9L or 27R for the show, close to your downwind. You will not get a squared-off base leg. The guys who do tight overheads on a regular basis will feel right at home. As for the rest, don't fixate on the main runway, then tighten your turn to make the correct runway. Bad juju.
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Old 02-21-2012, 10:54 AM
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Alton is right!

They REQUIRE tie downs there.

They have them for rent if you forget to bring them. I think they charge $25 for them. Not sure if that is daily or weekly.

If I were you, I would bring my own.

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Old 02-21-2012, 11:28 AM
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Kevin,

Get a copy of the NOTAM and get familiar with it. Know what you're looking for after you cross the power plant on Lake Parker and it is an easy flight to landing. The dangerous time is funneling yourself into the line east of Lake Parker as you fly west toward the power plant. Keep your head moving. Once you get your place in line, you will be fine. It's really not difficult at all, but read the NOTAM and KNOW what you are supposed to do. Have fun.

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Old 02-21-2012, 11:56 AM
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If you are VFR, be on the lookout in Central Florida ... a LOT of student pilots!
Just to add to what CB said there are a lot of student pilots in FL some of which speak poor English. They typically do a lot of position reports in training areas so its not uncommon for those frequencies to be saturated particularly at altitude.

And if you fly over Alabama, be prepared to not understand a single word heard on the radio.
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Old 02-21-2012, 12:02 PM
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And if you fly over Alabama, be prepared to not understand a single word heard on the radio.

Ouch!!

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Old 02-21-2012, 12:16 PM
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Default Lake Parker Hold

I have been in the hold over Lake Parker during a morning arrival. The lake is relatively small, so it fills up with aircraft in a hurry. Within about 2 laps around the lake, I had planes over, under, and next to me. Personally I will never enter/remain in the hold again. The good news is that you have some very easy "outs" during a hold. If it happens to me again, I plan to simply fly off to the East and continue to monitor the Lake Parker frequency. Once the hold clears, just fly back to the power plant.

That being said....Please don't let this concern you. Flying in to SNF is an awesome and rewarding experience. Just be sure to read and understand the NOTAM. Keep your head on a swivel, fly in and ejoy ever minute of it!
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Old 02-23-2012, 09:01 AM
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Thanks to everyone for the info and advice.

My current plan is to fly to Savannah on Saturday, March 24th and spend a day in this beautiful city. We would fly to SNF on Monday morning. On the way home we may spend a day in Spruce Creek, visiting friends there.

See you at SNF, assuming my schedule doesn't change again, and the weather cooperates.
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Old 02-23-2012, 02:50 PM
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Hi Kevin
Our plans are to try and get to Kissimmee at least. Allister (one of the RV-10 owners) has a new winter home there. We plan on flying over to Sun n Fun for a couple days. Probably make some other excursions arround Florida and plan on seeing the Mississippi river for the first time.
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Old 02-23-2012, 03:42 PM
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Just another data point from my first and last flight into SnF last year.

We arrived at Lakeland sometime around 11:00-12:00 Sunday morning before the show. I don't know if this was the norm or if it was just an anomaly that occurred for us during this one trip but from the time we entered the area east by the power plant until we touched down on the runway we had absolutely no traffic around us for our arrival. In fact, ATC did not even talk to us until we were touching down on the runway when they told us where to taxi.

Perhaps others who have flown in multiple times and on the weekend prior to the show can pipe in on whether this was an anomaly or not but, for us, on that day it was easier than landing at my home airport.

Of course, from the Thursday after that until I was able to takeoff around noon on the following Sunday, it was utter chaos and something I hope to never experience again. Consequently, Kevin, I hope to catch up with you at SnF and check out your new plane but my wife and I will be flying our personal 737 courtesy of Southwest along with 100 or so other passengers into Tampa this year.
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