Opportunity to go in 2017, is it worth it?
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:17 pm
A friend of mine is flying up to Oshkosh this year. He usually goes with three of his friends, this year they can't make it so he's looking for someone to go with him. We would be flying his Mooney and it still is a pretty long haul. Also, he is a CFI and mentioned he might just let me fly in the left seat for time building and some free instruction since I'm close to a check ride for light sport and do want to eventually continue on to private. Here is the catch: I'd have to pay 1/2 the expenses, so $40/hour plus half the fuel cost. Add that to the cost of tickets for three days, hotel, and food and that's going to be expensive.
So for those that have gone before, from your perspective is it worth it? I know that's a dumb question the responses will probably be YES why are you even asking?!?! But are there generally a good number of light sport kit/manufacturers represented or would I be better off (more bang for my buck) going to say Sebring or another light sport tailored event to go sit in a few demo planes I might consider building/buying?
So for those that have gone before, from your perspective is it worth it? I know that's a dumb question the responses will probably be YES why are you even asking?!?! But are there generally a good number of light sport kit/manufacturers represented or would I be better off (more bang for my buck) going to say Sebring or another light sport tailored event to go sit in a few demo planes I might consider building/buying?