There are only so many ways to get to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Fly your own plane. Drive your own vehicle (car, bus, motorhome, motorcycle, bicycle, truck). Airline in. Hitchhike.
Most of us want to get from home to OSH as efficiently as possible for the show, which takes off July 25 — especially with fuel prices being what they are.
Apparently Texan Dave Tillema didn’t get that memo. Dave left Southwest Texas July 9, 2022, with the goal to make it to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in less than two weeks flying his Zenith CH 750 Cruzer.
Should be no problem. A straight line from West Houston (KIWS) to Oshkosh (KOSH) is just 914.4 nautical miles according to SkyVector.
Except Dave is planning to touch down in all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. along the way.
You can follow Dave on Facebook and Flight Aware.
Dave left from southeast Texas (not southwest Texas), just south of Houston from the old Clover Field (where I learned to fly) now called Pearland Regional.
The fundraising website – https://www.givesendgo.com/G3ESE – for the 48-state challenge says “Flight starts July 9th, from west Texas, weather permitting.” Dave repositioned his Zenith from his home base of southeast Texas on July 8, but officially started the challenge on July 9 from west Texas.
The map of Dave’s route on https://www.facebook.com/groups/505877704540514 starts at LVJ.
It like we say in the airline world..
“Time to spare?
Travel by air……. “
Especially these days…..
Super Cool! It’ll be interesting to see all of the facts and figures when he gets there! Can’t wait to see your report on the outcome of this historic flight!
Nope, he will be touching down in WV.
It should be a very interesting trip. Enjoy your journey and have fun.
I guess that’s one way to avoid the tolls!
That is very cool! Safe travels! It looks like he’ll miss touching down in WV.