For reference, we put just over 42 miles on our bikes over 6 days.Originally Posted by PaulDow
According to google, the Oshkosh area will make $170 million for the week. A few more trams staffed by almost free labor should pay for itself in short order in increased attendance. I know plenty of old aviators who have given up on ever attending again due to the distance and heat. Imagine an old jeep, cut in half with tram seats welded into the middle for warbirds. For cooling, rent some portable a/c units like the vendors do if you don't want the cost of maintaining it. Swamp coolers in every door of the hangars. How about those misting booths like they had at universal orlando? Get in, push a button, and get lightly misted head to toe with water. Plenty of cheap solutions that can help the attendees, but it seems spending a dime will get you fired from the EAA, but having to call emergency for someone who passed out, won't.
Even changes suggested by the boots on the ground get tied up in the bureaucracy for years. Just like the accident in ultralights. People from that area knew something like that was bound to happen. Well, throw it in the suggestion box and we'll look into it at some point. They're so focused about making room for more people, everything else is turning to crap. The night airshow, once a must see, was a carbon copy of last year right down to the music, except for less performers. Even comedians change up their act once in a while. Don't they realize people visit more than once?
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