EAA Ultralight fly-in..By invitation only

[1600vw]

Well, the invitation said that members of two EAA Ultralight chapters had received the special briefing, so I expect people who had been a member of those chapters were on a fly-in invitation list. I don't know anything about the chapters, but I suspect they're local to Oshkosh, which makes the briefing relatively easy to arrange.

In any case, I was in Oshkosh last week (on my three-times-a-year trip to sneak in and mess up the settings on Hal's office chair while he's out to lunch) and notice there was tons of automobile parking. If one is interested in the event, I expect one can drive in an attend everything. I once went to a Fly Baby fly-in where I drove in....no one treated me any lower (not that that would be possible...:-).

Ron Wanttaja

Maybe everyone should drive in and then they can call it a car show.

Just me, if I was planning an event like this the first thing I would do is look for a field that ultralights can fly into with out needing approval from the FAA. We all know the state of the ultralight today in America so why not have a fly-in that others just might want to attend in their own Ultralight.

Tony

[Hal Bryan]

Maybe everyone should drive in and then they can call it a car show.

Just me, if I was planning an event like this the first thing I would do is look for a field that ultralights can fly into with out needing approval from the FAA. We all know the state of the ultralight today in America so why not have a fly-in that others just might want to attend in their own Ultralight.

Tony

Tony -

I think the disconnect here is that you think this event was supposed to be an ultralight fly-in, which it wasn't.

The goal of this event was to introduce and showcase ultralight flying to the public, not to introduce ultralight pilots to each other. If we were looking to host a major fly-in with as many ultralights as possible, yes, absolutely, a private special-procedures airport that is surrounded by a larger Class D field, wasn't ideal.

But that's not what we set out to do with this particular event. We wanted the local community, our museum and Pioneer Airport visitors in particular, to see what this branch of aviation was all about, so people on our staff worked hard to arrange it so that we could get about 30 ultralights to come in from two local chapters for a day of both static and flying displays.

Regardless, it's a moot point now; you'll notice that I'm speaking in the past tense. Late yesterday, the winds here in Oshkosh were forecast at 25+ knots today, so the event was canceled.

Hal

[1600vw]

Tony -

I think the disconnect here is that you think this event was supposed to be an ultralight fly-in, which it wasn't.

The goal of this event was to introduce and showcase ultralight flying to the public, not to introduce ultralight pilots to each other. If we were looking to host a major fly-in with as many ultralights as possible, yes, absolutely, a private special-procedures airport that is surrounded by a larger Class D field, wasn't ideal.

But that's not what we set out to do with this particular event. We wanted the local community, our museum and Pioneer Airport visitors in particular, to see what this branch of aviation was all about, so people on our staff worked hard to arrange it so that we could get about 30 ultralights to come in from two local chapters for a day of both static and flying displays.

Regardless, it's a moot point now; you'll notice that I'm speaking in the past tense. Late yesterday, the winds here in Oshkosh were forecast at 25+ knots today, so the event was canceled.

Hal

This is what I was seeking or the info lacking on my part. I was missing something here. This has a purpose other then just being an Ultralight fly-in. Now we are getting somewhere.

Very good....

Tony

[Hal Bryan]

Sorry I didn't clue in to the misunderstanding faster, Tony... If I'd actually read the subject line when you started the thread, for instance...

It's really disappointing that we had to scrub it this year, but we may try to revisit it in the fall. Otherwise, we'll try again next year and hopefully have backup "wind/rain day" in place.

[1600vw]

There has been a lot of rain this year. Please keep us posted on dates and all Hal.

I knew we would work this out.

Tony