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USPA member John Delashaw of Argyle, TX, sent this report of his OSH adventure, which I though you might like to see.
My partner, Chuck Huber, and I started our trip in our Cessna 172 to Oshkosh on July 22. We were flying along with Joe and Patty Nelsen in their 172, N5000A, the 1st 172, and Kirt Brend and two passengers, Bob Demunck and Kevin Grimes, in his 172 N65197.
We had agreed to stop about every two hours, so our first stop was Claremore, OK. Our second stop was Higginsville, MO, and the third stop was Washington, Iowa. We spent the night in Washington because of reported bad weather in Portage, WI. When we got out of bed the next morning, Chuck said his back hurt bad and we would have to go on without him. After some discussion, we left Chuck, and Bob Demunck flew with me, and we all went to Baraboo - Dells airport instead of Portage, then to OSH.
The Fisk arrival to OSH was made according to the Notam where we had a three-lap holding pattern around Green Lake which took about an hour. The ground controller repeatedly said, " you guys have got to stay in line at 1800 ft. half mile spacing at 90 knots or I will send you back to the holding pattern.” Which he did.
The pictures show Joe Nelsen standing by a sign about his plane, Joe's 172 sitting in a designated place at Aeroshell Square, and the new Cessna Light Sport prototype aircraft which was unveiled at OSH and was placed in front of Joe's 1st 172.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association