2025 - Who's going?

Headed there tomorrow, will be at the show all of Wednesday.
 
tsts4 said:
We’ve been here since Friday and it was busy and was hot as balls today. Forecast is for highs around 90 all week — bring sunscreen!
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It was crazy hot today.
 
Getting in tomorrow and leaving Friday. My first one and really looking forward to it. It’s taken me waaaay to long to be to attend. No more excuses this year. Looking forward to OSH next year.
 
IMG_9420.jpegMy Sun-n-Fun picture from this morning. Going to be a slow day for arrivals.
 
I drove over today (Tuesday). It didn’t seem too crowded, but I’ve never been there early in the week before. We’re going back tomorrow for the night show.
 
Yesterday was a good start. Crowds seemed avg to slightly above for an opening day but aircraft manufacturers and venders are here in force despite that fact that some (like Van's) only attend Osh due to the overall cost and travel time. Fog in the morning that burned off into a blistering 90* day-- gonna be in the 90's all week. Wear sunscreen and hydrate! I thought the opening night concert was a success and free beer over at Coconut Flyers before and after the concert capped off a fun day that started with making 2200 sandwiches for the other SnF volunteers. Had to go into the office today but I'll be back out there this evening in time for the night airshow.
 
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tsts4 said:
Yesterday was a good start. Crowds seemed avg to slightly above for an opening day but aircraft manufacturers and venders are here in force despite that fact that some (like Van's) only attend Osh due to the overall cost and travel time. Fog in the morning that burned off into a blistering 90* day-- gonna be in the 90's all week. Wear suncsreen and hydrate! I thought the opening night concert was a success and free beer over at Coconut Flyers before and after the concert capped off a fun day that started with making 2200 sandwiches for the other SnF volunteers. Had to go into the office today but I'll be back out there this evening in time for the night airshow.
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Yeah we flew up yesterday just to practice the notam and lakeland and most of central Florida was IFR until 11am in the morning. There was a flight of a L-39 and a T-45 taking off from Brooksville which was pretty cool. We were going to fly up tomorrow but unfortunately there's something going on with the plane so me and my friend will be driving there instead.
 
I'm planning to attend Martin Pauly's class Thursday morning, in case any other POA folks would like to connect.
 
Lance F said:
I plan to be there Friday and Saturday. Probably coming in a King Air 350. Not sure where they’ll put us. Hopefully at paved area at E1. We’d camp in the grass there.
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Oh nice, any extra seats?
 
mandm said:
Oh nice, any extra seats?
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Pax to be dropped off in Miami were late. Quick turn at KOPF was anything but. Got to Lakeland area a few minutes before airport closed at 1 and ATC said no go. Diverted to Plant City and rented a car. Had fun looking at stuff, hassling vendors and enjoying Blue Angels. My twin Cessna type club is having a dinner here tonight. So all good.
 
I was there today. Seemed a bit less busy than other times I've been. Got my 2 cases of oil and was reminded of how non-customer friendly many (but not all) of the vendors are. JPI in particular gets the "dear customer why are you talking to me" award. I'm talking to you because my very expensive engine monitor isn't working the way it's supposed to and I am trying to figure out the best approach to fixing it. GRRRR, still annoyed about that one. On the other hand, the Piper guy was very happy to talk to me about a plane I can't afford and I told him up front I was not a customer. (M350). Very cool retro paint job.
 
I had a super time my 2 days this year. My "vendor" beef was in the FAA's building. I went in right at opening at 9 this morning to ask for a little help with a safety seminar I intend to do an my airport. There must have been 20 FAA people in there (on OT, no doubt) and not one was trying to connect with any of the attendees that had just walked in. They were all just rrsitting in chairs. When I approached one to ask for help, he said to call my local FSDO. End of discussion. These guys are ripe for DOGE.
Anyway, I got useful info from a lot of vendors, saw some awesome flying by the civilian performers and the military fighter demos and Blue Angels, ran into people I knew, spent a bunch of money and flew the leg home in the KA350. Great weekend.
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Lance F said:
I had a super time my 2 days this year. My "vendor" beef was in the FAA's building. I went in right at opening at 9 this morning to ask for a little help with a safety seminar I intend to do an my airport. There must have been 20 FAA people in there (on OT, no doubt) and not one was trying to connect with any of the attendees that had just walked in. They were all just rrsitting in chairs. When I approached one to ask for help, he said to call my local FSDO. End of discussion. These guys are ripe for DOGE.
Anyway, I got useful info from a lot of vendors, saw some awesome flying by the civilian performers and the military fighter demos and Blue Angels, ran into people I knew, spent a bunch of money and flew the leg home in the KA350. Great weekend.
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The King Air 350 is a great airplane.
 
Besides Orlando intl and Tampa Intl which GA are recomendad to fly in during this event?
Thanks
 
Hang 4 said:
Why not fly into Lakeland, where the show is? Or are you talking about airlines?
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GA airports, Lakeland ? Will have to practice my spot landings…….very short field landings
 
arturo caballero said:
GA airports, Lakeland ? Will have to practice my spot landings…….very short field landings
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Well TPA and MCO are not the airports to fly into as GA. Besides flying into the show at LAL, PCM, BOW, GIF, VDF, X07, and ZPH are the nearest options. Besides LAL, all will require some type of ground transportation plus lodging.
 
arturo caballero said:
GA airports, Lakeland ? Will have to practice my spot landings…….very short field landings
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Well Avelo and Amazon fly Airliners in and out of LAL. The taxiway you land on during the show is 8000 feet long, yes there are a couple of colored dots you need to land on depending on traffic, but there's nothing remotely resembling a short field landing.
 
tsts4 said:
Well TPA and MCO are not the airports to fly into as GA. Besides flying into the show at LAL, PCM, BOW, GIF, VDF, X07, and ZPH are the nearest options. Besides LAL, all will require some type of ground transportation plus lodging.
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Thanks !
 
IAC is reviving member aircraft parking at their tent, so I'm sure I'll go for a few days. Flying takes me twice as long as driving.
 
Another option is to fly to Albert whitted (SPG). Puts you in downtown St Pete, walking distance of bars, restaurants and shops. Rent a car, about an hour drive to Lakeland if you to want mix up your itinerary and see (eat) more than just what's at the show.
 
farangutan said:
Another option is to fly to Albert whitted (SPG). Puts you in downtown St Pete, walking distance of bars, restaurants and shops. Rent a car, about an hour drive to Lakeland if you to want mix up your itinerary and see (eat) more than just what's at the show.
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If you want to go that far out then that opens up ORL and ISM as options too. But realistically the drive to LAL from SPG is probably gonna take a bit more than an hour on a weekday, and could be considerably more. Same on the drive back. That said the area around SPG is awesome so it depends where you want to spend your time.
 
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