Oshkosh

[Johnny_56]

G’day.

Any advice for going to EAA airventure?

Is it worth going for the whole week?
camping? Best drinking holes?

cheers

[Squawk7700]

I’ve been before and I’d recommend no less than 4 days.

It really depends if you like talking to people or not. If you don’t, you could walk around, look at everything and you’re done. If you choose to be social, you’ll meet new people, discover many new things, get invited to dinners and beers and have a far nicer time.

It’s the luck of the draw with camping, it could be very wet or super hot, or both! There are few few accommodation options this late other than camping too.

[thunderbird five]

5 days minimum I say. Mon- Fri.
You cannot (theoretically) get onto the grounds before Monday opening now, they've really cracked down on people getting in and wandering around before then.
By Thursday, many planes are leaving. Public display days are the last SAT SUN.
University is booked out now, you'll be too late to hit a room even on the standby list.
Airventure for the newby is just amazing, even Mrs TB5 really enjoyed the week there. Except for the home made "biscuits and gravy" at my USA friend's campsite.
Australians need to talk slower for Americans. (I was practicing last weekend with heaps of them in Melbourne.)

2018 we drove in via FISK APPROACH - holy moly, what an absolute **** show that was on Sunday Arvo. Spent an hour there on the site.

[cogwheel]

A few points….

have been 14 times since 1982.

Join EAA well before you go…provides some advantages
Plan to stay the week (you still won’t see it all)
Good pair walking shoes, small backpack
Work on accomodation and confirm, before you get there. Plan to arrive day before it starts, gives you a chance to famil with town etc
If you intend to hire car, book asap (car is handy if you buy stuff , you can put it in the trunk & keep walking)
Plan your arrival well in advance (suggest via ORD)
if you are serious photo taker, you need more than an iPhone

enjoy!!

[Johnny_56]

Thanks peeps!

If I end up there it’ll be my first time so I don’t know what I don’t know. I appreciate the input!

[Global Aviator]

Don’t forget to go to the seaplane base, that’s halfa day on its own!

Some funky places to go off the airport one of them the Varcity Bar in downtown (if you can call it downtown), also a cool brewery on the river. Of course that’s if you get time away from all the Airshow events!

Another one I did was a bit of wandering around different parts of the aerodrome from outside the Airshow, away from crowds and some different angles!

What never ceases to amaze me was the amount of aircraft in the sky at different levels.

Also if you’re thinking of a flight in something, stop thinking and book it!

[djpil]

when you get there, register at https://www.eaa.org/airventure/place/international-visitors-tent-translation-services?id=f7d71c1dbae1485aa95c87e2cd5d12d8 there is a free event on Thursday evening - free beer, I think the food is free too, not sure as I always go to the https://www.iac.org/event/2022-07-29-iac-member-gathering-and-dinner

[megan]

Recommend staying at the university for accommodation, good time to dine and mix with all types of aviation folk, no air conditioning when we were there though, plan on it being hot.

[tossbag]

also a cool brewery on the river.

Do you remember the name of this place? I can't remember it, cool place.

[pilotms]

If you are interested how a DC-3 is converted to Turbine: Try to visit Basler on the oposite site of AirVenture

[mullokintyre]

Another possibility that we have done iwhen there were a group of us was to hire an airbnb house in Greenbay for the week,
Green about 100kms from Oskosh, and on one occasiob we had a couple of pilots who flew into from Canada into Green Bay municipial and caught the bus rather than trying to negotiate the free for all at Fisk.
There is a bus that departs from Green bay early in the morning and returns in the afternoon.
From memory there were three shuttles per day.
The wives did not want to got o Oshkosh, so they spent a couple of days hooning around green bay and surrounds.
Bus ride is about 1.5 hours, and we were the only ones on it a couple of times, so sat up the front and talked to the african american driver about living in America, racism, politics, sport, flying you name it.
By the end of the week greeted us like long lost pals.
Mick

[JEM60]

Been 6 times over the years. Hugely enjoyable!!. Absolute airplane heaven. You cannot but fail to have a good time. Even if you are English, they will think you are Australian, so you are already one step ahead in talking to them. Have a great time!!!.

[Global Aviator]

Do you remember the name of this place? I can't remember it, cool place.

That be Fox River Brewery


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[tossbag]

That be the one, there was obviously something wrong with my google skills, I'd had too many beers there and my search criteria was quite narrow! :ok:

[Advance]

Camp.
Both Universities are naturally built to withstand the VERY cold OSH winters and double/treble thick brick does NOT cool down at night in the summer so you will have to buy a fan and keep windows open.
Been there done that at both Ripon and UWO.
Camp in Paul's Woods or over to the west - meet lots of great folk. Avoid camping near RV's that run generators overnight.
We have usually bought our tent in the US on arrival - saves baggage, cheap option.
How long depends entirely on your intersts - you can visit a lot of forums and workshops, talk for ages to knowledgable people, Theatre in the Woods at night.
We've always stayed the whole time and still not seen it all!
And, as someone above says, make sure you visit the seaplane base - bus from OSH airport direct.

[airspace alpha]

Kellys bar at the University. Put cash on the bar, the girls will serve you drinks and tell you when you need to put down more, The cardboard the pizza comes on tastes better than the pizza,
And on that score last time I was there the "food court" at OSH tried to go 'international" rather than the usual hot dog/burger/cheese curds stuff. They served "Singapore fried rice" and I swear when I turned the container upside down the rice didn't move.

My personal tip- not just for OSH but anywhere in the US. Go to Queen Vic market in Melbourne or any cheapo shop in a CBD and buy the $3-4 pack of clip-on Koalas with Australian flag or boomerang. Then hand them out to anyone in the service industry in the US. On board a plane when buying a drink hand over your credit card with a koala attached " Hi! I'm from Australia- Thats for you!" to the FA. Chances are your card will come back un-billed and another bottle of booze will accompany it. I've rarely paid for a drink in flight, had F class upgrades, far better rental cars and much more by giving a koala and a smile.- in the service industry they are so used to surly demanding people they react fantastically well to genuine thanks and appreciation.

[Dora-9]

Go to Queen Vic market in Melbourne or any cheapo shop in a CBD and buy the $3-4 pack of clip-on Koalas with Australian flag or boomerang.

I couldn't agree more - this gets you "service with a smile" everywhere in the USA.