12,000+ units registered. Would be interested to see the breakdown of tents vs RVs/trailers.
12,000+ units registered. Would be interested to see the breakdown of tents vs RVs/trailers.
Dave Shaw
EAA 67180 Lifetime
Learn to Build, Build to Fly, Fly for Fun
The color of the tram is designated by a tiny flag on the rear that you might only notice after it passes by.
That’s great news Ron! Happy to hear that you and the others have come back negative as well! Keep us posted on any new developments but that’s so great to hear for now anyway! You guys do such a great job putting this event on every year and put in so much of your personal time and effort to do so. So thank you so much- It’s greatly appreciated by all who attend Oshkosh!
"The color of the tram is designated by a tiny flag on the rear that you might only notice after it passes by"
There is also a colored pennant on the tractor to indicate which route. Both the front and rear pennants are mounted on long wooden dowels so that any tram can easily and quickly be put into service on any route as the need arises.
For all practical purposes there are only three 'main' routes - Red to the North, Yellow in the middle, and Blue to the South. While on the route a tram is pretty much always going in the direction the tractor is facing (easier on the tires that way) so there really can't be all that much confusion. And at the two main terminals Blue-Yellow and Red-Yellow there is almost always tram staff available to assist the lost, plus that conductor at the rear DOES have a microphone to annnounce such info as needed.
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I don't want to start a new thread for just one topic so I'll post this here under the "Good, Bad and Ugly" banner.
Friday evening after the airshow I was headed northbound on 41 from 26, (southwest of the convention grounds).
In the sky over 41 were two powered parachutes crusing directly over the median of the highway at less than 500 feet.
I didn't think traffic from the Fun Fly Zone were permitted that far west of the field. Correct me if I'm wrong.
In any case, if there had been a mishap it would have reflected poorly on the aviation community. When it comes to public relations we need to avoid stunts like this.
OK, that's my rant. back to work.
That true too. There really isn’t much overlap. And for seasoned folks it’s hard to screw up based on where they park etc. I know where it’s going. And the volunteers are super at offering help. But I could, and did see, newbies get confused at the terminals. Is the blue tram the one with the blue awning and little almost unnoticeable yellow flag or the blue awning and the little almost unnoticeable blue flag? Not the biggest issue facing eaa. But a bigger sign seems like a simple fix.
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The good: Good for me at least was the Viper Demo teams last high speed pass during the Thursday day air show. I have never experienced an aircraft breaking the sound barrier so I am no expert but pretty sure it happened on the very north end. I would love to hear opinions from anybody who experienced it or knows more details on it. I was right on the flight line north of the forum buildings and the Vans booth. First sound we heard was a double boom that was like two lightning strikes right next to us. The compression was like somebody punched you left right in the chest. I heard reports it took some people off their feet. This probably falls in the bad or ugly category for some others. Hope the pilot didnt get in too much trouble. It certainly is the highlight of my nearly decade of attending.
Not really a bad as we arrived to camp Tuesday so that has got to be the worst possible time to show up. As expected we were in the far SW corner and there wasnt much room left either.
The Ugly: post Airventure depression. Another year and I still dont own an airplane darn it. Next year.