Sun, Jun 29, 2003
If You're Going To Airventure 2003, You’ll Want To See
This
Whether flying into EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh for the first, fifth, or fifteenth time, pilots
who plan to land at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) for the annual
convention will benefit from a new area on the EAA AirVenture
website, "Understanding Air Traffic Control at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh."
This collaborative effort of the EAA web development team and
veteran FAA Oshkosh Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) gives pilots a
better understanding of the unique procedures in place for EAA
AirVenture.
ATC veterans, all of whom are volunteers, call EAA AirVenture
"the Super Bowl of air traffic control" and for good reason: More
that 10,000 airplanes of all kinds fly into the convention from all
over the country, even the world. Their safe, coordinated operation
is priority one and well-informed, alert pilots make everyone's job
easier.
Visual Aids are worth a thousand words, and the site
provides not only great aerial shots of landmarks and sectional map
views, but several are animated to make them even user
friendly.
Clear explanations provide pilots-even first-timers-with
valuable information on what to expect as they proceed to OSH, as
well as what ATC expects from them. Information on the website
takes pilots from Ripon to Fisk VFR approach, and all the way to
the ground at Oshkosh. Departure procedures are also included.
Read/Know the NOTAM!
This information is not a substitute for the official
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003 NOTAM. Arriving pilots must also be
alert for last-minute changes that would be announced through
either ATIS or arrival ATC frequencies. Here are some other pieces
of advice for those flying into OSH:
-
Have plenty of
fuel.
- Know your airplane's slow flight characteristics and
limitations.
- Keep your eyes out of the cockpit and your head on a
swivel.
- Fly your airplane!
- Listen-don't talk-and follow the instructions of the
controllers as closely as safety permits.
- Know and fly your airplane.
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