Airventure 2010, Oshkosh
2010 AWASH with rain, Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News
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Oshkosh
Awash - Airventure pummelled by rain
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Making the trip to Oshkosh for
Airventure every year there is one thing that I have
noticed, as I drive or fly over the top of Lake Michigan it
always seems to rain.
This year was no exception, as I started driving across the
Upper Peninsula rain drops started hitting the windshield of
the van.
The difference was the intensity, it came down so hard that
it forced me to pull over and wait it out.
Several hours later when my
wife and I drove into Oshkosh the first thing we noticed was
that all the fields were covered in water.
For whatever reason this did not sink in to my thick skull,
and I proceeded to register for camping. After paying over
$200.00 for the privilege to camp in an open field with
limited access to washrooms, and showers, we proceeded to
the ultralight camping area, only to find it CLOSED! |
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Actually it was flooded out!
The rain that we ran into on the way down, had
apparently visited Oshkosh before heading north! Everything
was flooded! We managed to find a parking spot in the main
camping area, on what I thought was high ground. That night
it poured for several more hours, when I stepped out of the
van in the morning the water was up to the running boards of
the van! Starting the
van up resulted in the exhaust pipe blowing bubbles into the
water! I was able to drive out but others were not so
fortunate, which was evident by the number of large four
wheel drive John Deere tractors that were making the rounds
with pulling straps attached to them.
As we drove down the back
roads all we could see was mile upon mile of motorhomes
pulled over on the side of the road. By the second day not
only were the back roads filled, but every vacant parking
lot in Oshkosh was packed full. And they stayed right there! EAA
brought out washrooms, and provided shuttle buses back and
forth to the grounds.
Fortunately for us the
Ultralight Camp ground dried out enough to allow us in for
the weekend, and the rain just went away. |
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