I was standing wearily beside the North 40 aircraft camping perimeter road and, as often happens, a driver of a golf cart pulled up and asked, “Where are you going?”
“Registration,” says I, and his response was, “Climb in, I’ll take you that way.”
That’s just Oshkosh helpfulness.
We engaged in the obligatory introductions, and my benefactor turned out to be one of the 27 EAA board members, out doing volunteer tours for persons unacquainted with AirVenture and the organization. That he would pick up a lowly hitchhiker speaks well of the kind of person making up EAA’s directorship.
Turns out, we knew some of the same people and had knowledge of one another’s hometowns. But, that’s just Oshkosh. In his words, “Oshkosh is what the rest of the country should be like all the rest of the year.”
We come together here because of our shared interest in aviation, and no matter what particular persuasion most piques our flying desires, we set aside our differences to talk aircraft. Before long, we have made new friends, molded by, you guessed it, Oshkosh.
Like me, you’re probably tired of hearing Paul Poberezney’s quote, “You come for the airplanes, but you stay for the people.” But it is absolutely true; our summer wouldn’t be the same without looking up acquaintances and making new ones.
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Source www.planeandpilotmag.com
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