This is the 19th AirVenture that I have flown my RV to. IF I experience another year like this one, I will no longer fly my RV to AirVenture.
I put 2.6 hours on my hobbs meter going from KUNU to KOSH. It should not take 2.6 hours to fly from 41-nautical miles even at 90 kts NOTAM arrival.
Unknown why ATC wanted everyone in trail with 1-mile separation. AT times, they asked for 2-miles. Is this an ATC slowdown? NOTAM says 1/2 mile in trail.
My APRS track shows 2.2-hours. The other 0.4 hours on the hobbs must be taxi time as there was a long wait sitting waiting for ATC to let us cross RWY 27.
Here is what the ground track looked like on aprs.fi.
You may still be able to see
my track on AirPRS.com if the site has not gone dark.
This is what the AirPRS track looks like:
This is what traffic looked like toward the end of the hold that started at 7:50 AM.
I did report my negative arrival experience to an EAA Board Member and promised to follow up with an email. I have a friend that is working ATC here and plan to inquire what his understanding is of all the bad experiences being reported this year.
One BIG mess up today was the B1 morning fly by. They closed the airport to arrives during the schedule B1 time slot. It did not show on time. When it showed up almost one hour later, they closed the airport. This screw up is why I think I flew so long in a holding pattern. In my opinion, when the schedule time was missed, another one should not have been given.
I may be the only one that does not mind holding for the rescheduled mass arrivals but not for my tax dollars being wasted to make noise and causing me to spend more money to fly a holding pattern.