This guy has the best arrival videos, IMHO. How about a Wildcat parking next to two Corsairs, a Staggerwing, and a gaggle of Douglases?
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Honestly…grateful NOT to be in the gaggle this time.
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Oh c’mon…I wonder what kind of crate you would come back with this time. I smell a float-plane in your future…
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I think that version meets Part 103 as well.
It can be hot and wet in Wis. this time of year. I remember that 2009 was really hot, which I guess is better than heavy rain. But we got to see a captain rawhide an A380, which was unexpected, to say the least. That’s part of what makes the annual EAA gathering such a memorable experience.
I was going through some papers last week and stumbled across this bit of lost art, if you will.
I may have posted this photo before, but with my late father-in-law, who in his late 80s, gutted out two full days in the heat. I eventually began availing us of the golf cart service, which along with a barbecue sandwich and cold 16 oz cup of lemonade, did much to rally his old legs and spirit.
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It does.
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I loved flying into Oshkosh until a doofus not on the right frequency decided to make sure I could count the rivots on his oncoming Cherokee.
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Too many wild things to mention 
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Haven’t been to OSH in many years, I miss it, hopefully I can find the opportunity to make it back in the next few years.
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The 747SP is the coolest looking airplane.
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A friend of my brother started his flying career in the RAAF as a pilot and then joined QANTAS. Started with regional routes in a Dash-8 but transitioned to 747s when they still had some of the ‘classics’ in the fleet including a SP. He specifically requested assignment to the classics over the 400 so he could also pick up his flight engineer qual and to this day counts hand flying the SP as the highlight of his career.
He now on A380s.
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Check out this multiengine jet glider. Not the thumbnail aircraft, the cool electric BETA. Then a few planes later, a C-17 short field landing, the Mustang/Raptor tight formation flyby, followed by a kick-ass T-33. Mind explodes 
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But secretly he longed for the the carefree days of the Dash 8… Right…? Riiight?
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That 29UB got me feeling things.
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He did say it was a lovely aircraft to fly. Many, many moons ago he and my brother shared an apartment (and I was also staying for a visit) and we went to pick him up from the airport. It must have been pre 9/11 because he got us air side with his security card to give us a tour of the aircraft.
I distinctly remember him pointing out the TCAS needle and saying that was the most important instrument on the aircraft, which is why I know that although he was happy flying the Dash 8, flying into regional airfields wasn’t his favourite thing…
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Nowadays the most important instrument in the aircraft is whether the DoorDash app can connect to the WiFi. It is the most essential cog in the complex mechanism that makes up an entire night of flying…
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Flying the Personal Computer -24
No… I’m not envious… Pfft! I got WIFI at home…
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Did the BD-5 have an aborted takeoff?
Just found this. Alina has an engine out at Oshkosh and handles it like a pro.
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She brought (or bought) her Mosquito there too.
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