EAA’s Camp Scholler: A Home Away From Home for Thousands of Guests

As EAA AirVenture 2005, the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, offers an unforgettable year of activities, airplanes and personalities, one of the event’s grandest traditions—camping at Camp Scholler or adjacent to the flight line—will again create a new “aviation city” at Wittman Regional Airport on July 25-31.

Tens of thousands of people enjoy the unique camaraderie at EAA’s Camp Scholler drive-in campground each year. This camping area, along with the fly-in camping areas for aircraft, creates a scene matched by few other conventions. EAA members and their guests from around the world come together in a community of those with a passion for flying. Many people have set up camp on the EAA grounds each year for more than two decades, developing lifelong friendships and priceless memories.

“While EAA AirVenture participants stay in hotels throughout the region, as well as college dormitories and private housing, many people believe that camping at EAA AirVenture is the best way to get the real flavor of the event,” said Tom Poberezny, EAA President and AirVenture Chairman. “After a busy day on the flight line at Oshkosh, those who camp on-site find that they make friends and share memories around a campfire or cookout. Their experience becomes even more memorable as part of this aviation-minded community that springs up at Oshkosh.”

Camping is also an inexpensive way to enjoy EAA AirVenture, whether you bring a tent, pull-along camper or motorhome. Rates are just $18 per day for each camp space, and open to any EAA member and their guests. Camping areas officially open on Friday, June 24, with sites available on a first-come, first-served basis, and plenty of room to welcome all AirVenture participants.

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