Would you go to am Air Show if their is 40% chance of rain?
I live in Chicago and I am planning going to the Oshkosh, WI Air Show
on Aug 1st. The drive is quite long around 3-4 hrs. And they are predicting
thunderstorms on Saturday 40%. So I am not sure if they will cancel the
Air Show and ground the aircraft. I hate to go up their and have them cancel. What should I do and what would u do? thanx
I am a private pilot, owning my own Kitfox airplane, here in Norway and if I was living in Chicago, I would go to Oshkosh in any kind of weather; this is the greatest light aircraft fly-in in the world!
But I understand your concern. If I was you I would drive, anyway. Perhaps they will delay a couple of hours the show, to allow for the ugly cumulonimbus to move away, but sporadic thunderstorms won't stop the show. What could, though, is a very low ceiling. Those planes fly VHF, i.e. visual reference, and must stay under the clouds. If the ceiling is very low ... there is nothing to show because they need some altitude to do aerobatics.
Incidentally, did you know that a Spanish Kitfox flew from Madrid, Spain, to Oshkosh, a few years ago? Yes, Michel Gordillo, a friend of mine, did it. But not across the Atlantic, across Bering Strait. In fact, my left landing gear is the one he had when he flew that memorial trip.
Have fun at the show and ... I wish I could be there too!
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