Oshkosh Checklist....

[Dayton Murdock]

A list of all the RV people you want to meet up with

[N941WR]

Beer?

more beer?

and even more beer?

[N941WR]

Here's another dumb question...

Is there some place, away from all the planes where it is acceptable to light up a camp stove, say to cook breakfast with?

[videobobk]

Originally Posted by N941WR

Here's another dumb question...

Is there some place, away from all the planes where it is acceptable to light up a camp stove, say to cook breakfast with?

Sure, Bill. Do it every year. If you camp, that is about the only way to get breakfast and still make it onto the flightline early. Also you could make lunch, but we don't. I refuse to eat anything except the soft serve ice cream (and what I carry with me) on the flightline. Dinner is always in town. The coffee pot plugged in at the showers works well and I have never seen anyone else do it. So, if you see a coffee pot, I am probably close by...

(Added) If you are talking about the airplane camping area, I don't know. I always camp in the campground. Maybe someone else can comment?

Bob Kelly

[sprucemoose]

Down by the shower house is probably a good place to set up a stove. You could probably get away with it near the airplanes, as long as you are safe about it. We have had a large amount of rain this year so the grass is not the dry brown tinder box that it has been the last few years.

Just don't do what I saw one guy do a couple years ago, and put one of these on the ground in the very dry grass right next to his airplane. That will earn you a talking-to.

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by N941WR

Here's another dumb question...

Is there some place, away from all the planes where it is acceptable to light up a camp stove, say to cook breakfast with?

Originally Posted by videobobk

(Added) If you are talking about the airplane camping area, I don't know. I always camp in the campground. Maybe someone else can comment?

Bob Kelly

Yep, I am talking about aircraft camping.

Anyone have an answer?

Jeff,

I do a LOT of backpacking and I just don't like those "lightweight" stoves. Too many parts to get lost, hoses to clog, etc. I use one of these:

In ten years of use at temps down to five above and at altitudes over 14K, it is the only stove that I have seen that works every time and has never left me eating a cold meal. Besides, it weighs just about the same as the stove you pictured, when you add in the bottle and there are times I would happily carry a few extra ounces if I know the equipment will work.

[sprucemoose]

I just grabbed that picture at random to show the type of stove the guy was using. I certainly don't endorse them.

[John Clark]

Here is a quote from the EAA website:


The Oshkosh Fire Department strictly prohibits wood campfires and charcoal grills (per National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards) anywhere in the aircraft camping areas on Wittman Regional Airport grounds.

Careful use of white gas or propane fired camp stoves is allowed in showplane camping, provided they are used in an area well away from parked aircraft, and that the stove is attended at all times. It is strongly recommended that aircraft near the stove be checked for any fuel fumes or leakage, and the stove be elevated above ground level.

John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA

[JoeLofton]

Last year there was a picnic table over at the EAA volunteer shack on the south side of the homebuilt camping area. That would be a good place to cook up some coffee and enjoy the sunrise. You may even bump into Doug charging up his notebook for the next Airventure post.

...Joe

[Steve]

You oughtta see some of the elaborate campsites up in the North 40. Those guys in the C-206's can haul and bring the kitchen sink and the stove. Sometimes the place kinda reminds of the marketplace just outside the main gate of URTAFB in Udorn, Thailand back in '74.

Steve