Author Topic: THE aviation event (Read 1604 times)

pineywoods · « **on:** July 29, 2009, 08:33:40 pm »

I'm sitting in the campground at the world's largest aviation happening, annual Experimental Aircraft Association convention/airshow in Oshkosh wisconsin. No pics till I get back home next week. The wireless network here won't tolerate uploading pics. White Knight II spaceship and the airbus 380 arrived yesterday. There's just no decent way to describe this event. Over 10,000 airplanes on the field, 1500 acres of campground and displays. Todays highlight of the airshow was aerobatics (including inverted flight) in a helicopter. Not recommended eh DanG!!!! there's enough ex-military hardware here to support a small war.

Tom · « **Reply #1 on:** July 29, 2009, 09:28:29 pm »

I'd bet a bag-a-donut holes that my first cousin is walking around up there too.

DanG · « **Reply #2 on:** July 29, 2009, 10:16:29 pm »

DanG Piney! You got me wanting to go up there! Maybe, if the stars line up right, I can do the EAA Fly-in and the Piggy Roast in one trip next year.

fishpharmer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2009, 12:24:04 am »

DanG, that sounds like a brilliant idea. Need a co-pilot?

Pineywoods, I enjoyed your neck of the woods. I finally got to go to Simmons in Bastrop.

I hope you post lots of pictures when you get back.

sawmilllawyer · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2009, 01:11:45 am »

Really need pics, no pics, no happen.

pineywoods · « **Reply #5 on:** August 05, 2009, 09:46:02 pm »

Got pics, it happened. Here's a few. More in my gallery

There were 25 or 30 of these, P51 mustangs

Black sheep anyone?? vought corsair made famous by the black sheep squadron and tv series

Predator un-manned surveilance drone. This one belongs to the US border patrol

This one's for DanG. Placard on the side says max load 22,000 pounds.

More pics later

Norm · « **Reply #6 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:58:41 am »

Thanks Piney!

I was stuck out in Nebraska visiting that weekend. Oh well there's always next year.....

pineywoods · « **Reply #7 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:13:40 am »

Previous post is now fixed. I clobbered my gallery while uploading some more pics. Here's a few more ..

Mother ship of the Rutan/Branson space ship. Named "Lady Eve"

Airbuss A380. This monster carries over 500 passengers plus a bunch of freight. There's a P51 and a ford tri-motor parked under the wing.

World's smallest twin engine plane. single seat, 2 chainsaw motors. It belongs to the co-pilot of the Airbus. Wings fold, strap to a pallet and stuff it in the baggage compartment. It does fly nicely.

Curtis P-40 painted like the flying tigers. Not many of these left.

P-38 lightening. Less than half a dozen of these still flying. America's top-scoring ace in ww2 flew these.

There were 2 electric powered planes there, one of them flew. No way to get decent pics because of the huge crowds - attendance was over half million people.

fishpharmer · « **Reply #8 on:** August 06, 2009, 09:53:51 am »

Piney, that some very impressive macinery.

What kind of chainsaw engines did the little plane have?

Thanks for sharing.

pineywoods · « **Reply #9 on:** August 06, 2009, 10:19:47 am »

Quote from: fishpharmer on August 06, 2009, 09:53:51 am

Piney, that some very impressive macinery.

What kind of chainsaw engines did the little plane have?

Not sure, but I think they are sachs. 11 hp each. It's from france

farmboy1tn · « **Reply #10 on:** August 06, 2009, 11:04:40 am »

nice pictures. thanks for sharing

DanG · « **Reply #11 on:** August 06, 2009, 11:45:57 am »

Thanks Piney!

That Skycrane is a brute. What sort of pod did they have mounted under it? The Army had a variety of pods that could be attached to them, but I never saw any of them being used. They even had a passenger pod. Drawing on my foggy memory from 40 years ago, I'm thinking it would carry 38 souls.

trapper · « **Reply #12 on:** August 06, 2009, 01:26:24 pm »

I am about 15 miles from oshkosh if some one needs a place to park next year.
might even have a spare room

pineywoods · « **Reply #13 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:48:51 pm »

Quote from: DanG on August 06, 2009, 11:45:57 am

Thanks Piney! That Skycrane is a brute. What sort of pod did they have mounted under it?

Would you believe a water bucket ? with a big dump valve in the bottom. fire bomber

sawmilllawyer · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2009, 12:39:58 am »

Thanks for the pics Piney. What a show!

wi woodcutter · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2009, 09:22:21 pm »

DanG and fishpharmer I only live about 50 to 60 miles away from there let me know if you guys come up here next year. We'll go out and have some cheese curds and a few Pabst Blue Ribbon's.

Jasperfield · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2009, 11:20:04 pm »

Last time I flew in was '02. Zaugs (I believe) had the food contract. Large Cokes were $4. How much were they this year?

pineywoods · « **Reply #17 on:** August 08, 2009, 11:04:37 am »

Quote from: Jasperfield on August 07, 2009, 11:20:04 pm

Last time I flew in was '02. Zaugs (I believe) had the food contract. Large Cokes were $4. How much were they this year?

Can't say, I didn't buy any. I stay in a motorhome in the campground, we take our own food when we can't eat in the volunteer kitchen. Zaugs is still the food contractor. There are 3 camp stores in the campgrounds. It can get a bit pricey, but no more so than say a nascar event or a major league ball game. Anybody that's interested in going next year, I can provide all the nitty gritty details, costs, accomodations transportation, etc. The kind of stuff you normally have to learn the hard way. There's LOTs of stuff besides looking at airplanes and watching an airshow.

Slabs · « **Reply #18 on:** August 08, 2009, 07:49:16 pm »

Quote from: fishpharmer on July 30, 2009, 12:24:04 am

DanG, that sounds like a brilliant idea. Need a co-pilot?

Maybe a navigator?? I got maps and a whiz wheel.

DanG · « **Reply #19 on:** August 08, 2009, 08:54:12 pm »

That sounds like a winner, Slabs. I've been known to whiz on a wheel or two in my time.

Seriously, if we start planning now, we could get up a new version of "The Grits Express". Nothin' says it has to be all in one vehicle, either! How 'bout it Tom, Woodbowl, Ellmoe, Radar, Don K, and the rest of you Southern, grits eating Hammerknockers?

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Author Topic: THE aviation event (Read 1604 times)