I am planning at least to be there most of the week....http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

When is it?

July 27-Aug 2http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

Seeing as I live in Minneapolis, I'd love to go but it's hard to find a hotel in the local area to stay at during the event... It's too far to travel back and fourth to everyday and I

Try priceline.com at the last minute. The last 3 years I have always got a room right in Oshkosh(the baypoint inn for $50)- the last two days-and for this excellent price as people leave early etc.Also Green Bay(where I usually have flown) usually has openings as not many go that far north-only a 30-40 minute drive from there....This year though I am flying to oshkosh....Great idea about avsim and oshkosh.....http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

I slept in a tent for a week in the on sight campgrounds. I'd probably do it again, although I prefer hotels for most trips.L.Adamson

Me and a couple of friends here in Finland are going there for the whole week. It was very hard to find any place to stay but we ended up in Green Bay.

Suggestion:I went to OshKosh a couple of years ago or so for the 50th year celebration. Heard Yeager three times, Lindburg, several others and overdosed on all those beautiful birds.You are 100% correct on Hotels. The closest are booked permanently for all future years by those connected with the celebration. I booked a place at Fond du Lac some 20 to 30 miles away over a year ahead. A few weeks before the event, I called to be sure everything was still in order. They never heard of me. Ended up staying at Manitowok about 60 miles away. The cost really was a wash between the cost of the room and the fuel burn every day. A neat drive as well IMHO if you like rural scenery at all. If I ever have the pleasure of going back I may do the same thing from scratch. It pretty well eliminates the hassle. The Manitowoc to Sheboygan area is right on Lake Michigan as well which is a beautiful region.If you have a thing for aviation and have never been to the big event at OshKosh, GO! Very impressive for many reasons. Cleaner than Disneyworld and some of the most friendly people in the world. If it is not the thrill of a lifetime to you, you need to be playing with boats, dogs, dolls or something else, not flight.Happy flying and enjoy the event!RTH

I am planning on being there on Friday July 30th.

I'll be there.. flying with my brother-in-law, and my father in my father's 182RG from central Maine... We'll be staying on site in a tent.. I can't wait! I'll bring the digi-cam too, for tons of in-flight and at-the-show pics..

Maybe us Sim heads should pick a time to meet at the Microsoft booth.....http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

Or you are welcome to meet at the Flight Aviation tech booth...booth 2098-2099. As you enter building "B" you will see the MS booth and an aisle to the left and an aisle to the right. Follow the aisle to the right to almost the end and on the left. We are right between Century Instruments and Avidyne.Best,Jim Rhoads

"Maybe us Sim heads should pick a time to meet at the Microsoft booth....":-lol LOL If you think the way I am thinking!