This will be a good idea to communicate the serious concern prior to next year's event !
An nearly everybody will be EAA Member flying in and therefor the EAA have those addresses !
Great idea !
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That's a pretty good idea. More proactive than expecting people to read a NOTAM on their own.
IIRC, there are ~15,000 airplanes on the field during the show. That's only $7,500 in postage, plus paying for the people or machines who stuff the envelopes.
Ron Wanttaja
I wonder what the cost would be for a mass e-mailing instead?
IF this is a 'real' concern for all those flying in, and only judging by the previous NINE pages of comments by folks it seems to be, doing something new and positive in nature is perhaps better than EAA doing nothing beyond what they have done in the past?
I make NO claim to having all the answers and my opinions are worth exactly what you paid to read them - lol
$7500 postage plus $x for handling is pocket lint for EAA. They have Millions.
Plus, they do a dozen mailings a year of Sport Aviation.
Why not create a required online course like they have for the DC SFRA? OSH is a helluva more complex and dynamic. Get Wings credit for doing it.
ted
Not to mention countless others asking for money. You'd think a postcard or somethign regarding Airventure wouldn't be a drain in resources.
Online course is a great idea -- in fact, wasn't there a webinar already done? I could be wrong. Don't know how you'd make it "required" though. Heck, reading the NOTAM is required, and apparently enough people don't do that.
Yes, I know that... but I'm not clear on how you'd enforce that with a huge influx of airplanes, all operating effectively NORDO, converging on Oshkosh.
My goodness....you can get a booklet with the procedure, pictures and radio frequencies. How much more does anyone need? If there is a "glitch in the system" it needs to be fixed but I don't see where making the system more complicated is of any benefit. Weather can be a factor that pilots and controllers have to deal with at times. Some times you need to sit on the ground and wait for it to clear....been there and done that.