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I didn't know that Oshkosh was as bad as S&F. The last time that I went into S&F using the hi-performance approach. They told me to merge into all of the other slow moving traffic. I don't know why they had a hi-performance approach at all. Sounds like Oshkosh does the same.
I try to arrive a few minutes before 0700 hrs. If you are the first to arrive, there is no other traffic.
From: "Halle, John" <JJHALLE@stoel.com>
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The speed thing is a real problem. The only time I tried to get into OSH, it was IFR when I got there and I ended up at Appleton. I have gone into Arlington and have first hand knowledge that there are a large number of pilots who either do not have any clear idea of what 90 kts. is or don't care. My Legacy can do 90 kts. more or less forever. It's awkward, the nose is up and it requires concentration but it is doable. No harder than taxiing a tail-dragger. Following an a/c doing 70 kts., on the other hand, requires serious S-turns low, in a high traffic area and close to stall speed. It only takes one moron to put the entire gaggle behind him in that position.
I think the OSH people should consider multiple approach patterns based on speed rather than a/c type.
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FWIW, I have read all about the 130 kt. Pattern 500 ft. high but have a hard time figuring out how the patterns merge at the airport. If somone has done it and knows, I would love to hear.
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,200 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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