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Old 05-02-2012, 09:52 PM
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OK I got the HBC area identified and if you google KOSH the satellite photos were taken during Airventure week (Year??)

However, it looks like there is quite a mix of different aircraft in HBC. Do they reserve HBC areas for different types? (Like Sun n Fun/OSH does for HB area parking)

Are they going to stick me with a bunch of plastic planes if I arrive when they do. No offense intended

Where do most of the VAF RV'ers camp? Not that I want to hang with any of you fanatics......big
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Old 05-02-2012, 11:01 PM
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Default RV's in HBC

All types of homebuilt airplanes camp in HBC. However by far the RV's out number all other types. Don't worry about being parked by other types (those folks are friendly too) because you probably won't be more than a plane or two away from an RV. The vast majority of RV'ers who camp with their plane do so in HBC. I'll be there.
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Old 05-03-2012, 04:23 AM
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However, it looks like there is quite a mix of different aircraft in HBC. Do they reserve HBC areas for different types? (Like Sun n Fun/OSH does for HB area parking)
For the most part, yes. We start out with a plan (RVs in these rows, glass-backwards over there, really big stuff here etc) and for the most part like types are together. However, even with years of experience and data, it is impossible to predict precisely how many of which type will show up on what day. As a result, depending on when you arrive, you may end up somewhere other than where you thought or hoped. Just roll with it, you're still at Oshkosh and not too far from the other RVs.
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Old 05-03-2012, 06:15 AM
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Saturday might be a better option. My son is coming with me and he is a pilot too so that will be a big help in watching for other planes. Mark, That sounds like a great offer. I'll talk to my son and see if he can come a day early. Do you have a fuel stop planned at a particular airport between Arkansas and Osh!
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Old 05-03-2012, 07:03 AM
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Sounds like the Arkansas gaggle is leaving around the same time as me. If you don't mind. Can you send me your en-route freq? I'd like to monitor it and maybe check in.

See you at HBC.
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Old 05-03-2012, 07:22 AM
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Default EAA Webinar for AirVenture

The EAA posted their May/June Webinar schedule. On June 21 is Flying into AirVenture at 7 p.m. CDT. It may be some help, especially for first-timers.
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Old 05-03-2012, 07:49 AM
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Dan, I would imagine you will be well East of us most of the trip. I know most of the locals here use 122.75 for plane to plane conversations. I sure hope the weather cooperates as this is getting exciting. Tadpole, thanks for the info. I have flown to Osh twice but it's been several years.
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Old 05-03-2012, 08:14 AM
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HBC is an absolutely atrocious camping location. A Tuesday night party among the houses to the west features a LOUD R&R band (sometimes they're pretty good!) not associated with Airventure romps until 1 a.m. Then the road graders work the main access road bordering HBC until dawn. The adjacent VERY BRIGHT and tall parking lot lights illuminate the area. I've tried using an ANR headset only to find it picked up stray RF from a nearby COW. Don't expect to get much sleep in HBC.

This year I'm heading to Vintage or South 40, all south of Theater in the Woods, no parking lots, and further away from light and noise sources.

Sunday p.m. is a good arrival time. The morning rush is over, and you don't have to work around the airshow closure.

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Old 05-03-2012, 10:49 AM
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Didn't know that! The last time I went I stayed wherever they park Bonanzas. It was not bad at all. Before that I stayed in the North 40. I remember it being fine too except for a long walk to a shower or restroom.
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Old 05-03-2012, 11:47 AM
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While I can't speak to light levels or road grader noise, I can offer an opinion on the party noise. The band John is talking about is most likely the nightly band at the SOS Bros tent located on Waukau Ave across the street from Camp Scholler's 101 Woods. If you've ever seen a bright yellow tethered balloon with a smiley face on it, that's the place. Anyway, we camped in the 101 Woods last year not more than a couple of hundred yards from the SOS Brios and didn't find the noise particularly disturbing--plus I'm positive the band stopped by midnight. It boils down to individual tolerances--for my family, noise was a non-issue and we were at least 6 times closer to the band than anyone in HBC or North 40. I suppose it helps that we contributed to the noise over at SOS Bros on more than one occaision (I love me some beer and brats ).
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