Well that's interesting, but methinks I know the reason why; last year on Thursday morning I was sitting at home with my coffee watching the ADSB tracker page... and it was an absolute sh!tshow on the ground due to the "shift change". All the Thurs morning departures trying to get out while the early arrivals were streaming in... from my comfy chair in Texas it looked like gridlock on deck at OSH. Maybe this restriction will smooth that out.
Last year Thursday morning was
heinous. A
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show does not even begin to describe it. For us Vintage volunteers working the airport ground traffic, it was a frustrating major challenge. It was a nightmare none of us ever wanted to see and hopefully will never be repeated. There were several contributors: the Wednesday Night airshow; a lot of pilots plan on leaving Thursday anyway. So to hopefully avoid that this year, there will be
NO ARRIVALS from Fisk before 8 am and possibly later depending on the ground traffic. So: plan for that. If you don't care for circling Green Lake, wait until later in the morning but also be aware there will be a lot of people who will be waiting until later in the morning..........
Bottom line: read the
NOTAM; print out
ALL of the arrival maps (and departure map for later) and have them on your knee board so you will know where you will be going
depending on what runways are in use; have all the frequencies you will need written down in
BIG bold type somewhere; watch the EAA videos about what arriving there looks like; practice lower, tight turns base to final at home, with an instructor if you are not familiar enough with your airplane to do that yourself. Practice at home landing somewhere other than 'on the numbers' as you will have a colored
DOT to land on at OSH. You will NOT be the only one on the runway, but the controllers will usually have plenty of spacing between the people ahead and behind you. If you hear '
expedite your exit from the runway, into the grass' that means someone is hot on your tail and you need to
clear the LZ (landing zone) NOW!! Do as you have been instructed; do not wait for a taxiway intersection to come up as that might be too far for you to go. The grass on the West side of 18/36 is very well maintained.
Don't hit a runway light!! Don't freak out. Just be aware of everything going on around you. Land like you always do. Having a fellow pilot along is helpful but not necessary. Your navigator needs to help you watch for traffic and anything else they think you need to be aware of. The volunteers in Vintage are very experienced and very well trained and will not taxi you into a hole as mentioned in a previous post. Nearly ALL of the incidents we see on our end are pilots
not following the ground crews' instructions!! Pay attention!
Have your destination card printed in
BIG BOLD LETTERS as to where you are going.
HBC (homebuilt camping) or
HBP (homebuilt parking, if you are not camping with your airplane) for most of us here. A hand-written sign in pencil done on a piece of notebook paper is
NOT adequate!!! Print it out at home!
By conventions end, 13.000 airplanes (seriously) will have successfully landed and departed OSH safely. You will be among that crowd and will have been to OSH for your first amazing adventure. Enjoy the ride!!
I'll probably think of more later......
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