You mean besides that it's kind of vaguely amusing to read all the conspiracy theories and watch otherwise intelligent and rational folks make mountains out of molehills? The handful of us who bother to still post here after the place became infested with some of the most pessimistic people on the Internet stick around solely to interject some alternate thoughts so that people new to the hobby who come across the forum and see threads like this one don't assume that we are all crabby, cranky and prone to assuming grand schemes are behind any slight change in business policy, HR posting or operations. You know explanations other than things like....that Rod is conspiring with Mac- who is really the head of the Priory of Scion- and the Illuminati to get rid of experimental aircraft at Oshkosh because you know that's where having an air conditioned building on the flight line automatically leads in any rational line of thought. Pardon me now as I have to go dislodge my tongue from my cheek.
Unfortunately in science what you believe is irrelevant.
"I'm an old-fashioned Southern Gentleman. Which means I can be a cast-iron son-of-a-***** when I want to be."- Robert A. Heinlein.
I think we're more trade show,rather than fly-in get together.The old EAA was fun while it lasted.
1998 was the year when it was changed from the "EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In" to "EAA AirVenture Oshkosh".
It is still a lot of fun!
I think it more about
1--seeing old friends
2--learning new stuff in the seminars
3--trade shows/vendors
4--looking at airplanes ( if it flies --I look at it)
5-- airshow
Kevin