In a message dated 7/5/2005 10:46:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
olsen25@comcast.net writes:
In reading the NOTAM it looks like there is an option for higher
performance planes to fly the arrival at 135kts at 2,300' (rather than 90kts
at 1,800'). What have you all done? I'd sure prefer the
135kts for engine and oil cooling as well as safety margin for when I get
behind someone that is only doing 75kts.
Any other OSH arrival tips appreciated, including the camping situation
for the experimentals.
Dan,
Go practice slow flight - everybody flying to OSH should.........
Even though the MAX/MIN speed limit is 135 Kts (or 90), remember that some
idiots think that they should fly at their slowest speed possible, so be
prepared to fly behind them. I have gone behind (for a while) a Piper Cub
that thought 65 Kts was just fine and, at the higher altitude, behind two twins
that were hanging on Vmc.
Now, I find the best way into OSH is to fly the Air Venture Cup Race.
After landing at Fond Du Lac (the finish line is 8 miles SE), last year we flew
from there to OSH as a flight of fifty, fastest plane first - What a piece of
cake. We land the day before OSH formally opens and park in a special
area. Try it next year.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL (KARR)
PS:
Even though Dayton is a little out of the way, the Race is too much fun to
miss.