EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
They probably should increase their sponsorship for me making this thread annually. I could just as easily be advertising a fly in much closer to me.
Here the website incase you never heard of the event or can't operate Google.
http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
Here the website incase you never heard of the event or can't operate Google.
http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure
Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
Anyone have a favoured port of entry when flying from Toronto to Osh?
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
Some use MBS (Saginaw Int'l) if you want to go over the lake. I have used PHN (Port Huron/St. Clair County) several times in the past. They see a lot of Oshkosh traffic so they are generally pretty quick getting you through. They are rarely on time though...
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
Yup from Southern Ontario , Port Huron is the best route
Then you have stops like , Jackson , Valparaiso , Southbend , Poplar Grove, Rockford etc to choose from for fuel stops.
Then you have stops like , Jackson , Valparaiso , Southbend , Poplar Grove, Rockford etc to choose from for fuel stops.
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
I should have went last year, now we've lost Bean. Oh well. What am I going to miss this year?
Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
As always there will be lots of very cool stuff and people. One of these is supposed to be there - F82 Twin Mustang and also this - Yak 110. It would be awesome to see them to do a joint flyby. I hope they arrange it.
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
The pedal plane guy passed away. He made a lot of kids and grandpas happy. Rest in peace bud.
https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/eaa-news-and ... ne-pioneer?
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
All set to go
Leaving on the 20th arriving the same day
Over to Brodhead on the 21st for a pre-game warm up and then Osh starts on the 23rd
Got two passengers in the truck this year
Maybe one Beef with get back there .................
Leaving on the 20th arriving the same day
Over to Brodhead on the 21st for a pre-game warm up and then Osh starts on the 23rd
Got two passengers in the truck this year
Maybe one Beef with get back there .................
...isn't he the best pilot you've ever seen?....Yeah he is ....except when I'm shaving.........
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
This year we are going to ride in a germ tube to Houston, in August. I might tell you how it goes if I don't melt.
One day I might make it back.
One day I might make it back.
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Re: EAA AirVenture Oshkosh July 23-29 2018
A comment in the CNE airshow thread about it being a little too quiet prompted me to track down the following video. As always, the reality is not captured adequately on film, but it's still very cool. The night airshow had just been cancelled due to a huge storm moving in from the East and we were hustling back to our tent beside the plane which was parked at the south end of the grounds. Hearing an extremely loud roar we we looked back over our shoulders towards the runway (which was only a few hundred feet away) and here came the B-1 just after takeoff over the end of the runway. The sky and grounds were much darker than this video make it look, and out of the gloom came this bellowing, massive aircraft. At full afterburner and that close, it shakes you to your core and fills you with awe. It must be a real hoot for the crew - especially on the company's dime.
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“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
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“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.”
Mark Twain