anyone going to Oshkosh?

[Dirty Dingus Magee 24]

i am taking off early tomorrow morning

 

if you have never been there you are seriously missing out!

[Pullstart 62,805]

Is it the air show?  I’ve heard it’s quite marvelous.

[Dirty Dingus Magee 24]

yes...huge air show.  many Warbirds , bi-planes , experimentals. military aircraft like the F-35,  etc

 

but there is so much more: how to seminars , famous people from all over the world . met Chuck Yeager there many years ago. the first time i ever Tig welded was at a seminar there

 

maybe i will post a few pictures when i get there

[WHX?? 48,796]

8 minutes ago, pullstart said:

it’s quite marvelous.

Oh yeah the traffic and congestion is quite marvelous. Forget about going to a restaurant this week. When you have had to deal with it for as many years as we have it gets old. @Achto is the lucky one he gets to battle the traffic to get to work. Course once he gets ther all he's gotta do is get up on the roof of his plant and best seat in the house! 

[Achto 27,510]

1 hour ago, WHX24 said:

@Achto is the lucky one he gets to battle the traffic to get to work. Course once he gets ther all he's gotta do is get up on the roof of his plant and best seat in the house! 

 

At 4:45am traffic is not really an issue and my route home is usually pretty clear as well, so not too much hassle for me. I will admit that I do not try to go any where else in Oshkosh during the show.

 

I have never been to the EEA show even though I have lived with in 45min of the air field / show grounds my whole life. Keep saying "One of these years I should go to EAA". I will sit in the parking lot at work and watch a little bit of the air show when I have time.

 

Enjoy the show @Dirty Dingus Magee Post some pictures, please.

Edited July 27, 2021 by Achto

[8ntruck 6,991]

My brother in law went to Oshkosh with his uncle a couple of times.  I think one year, they flew there in Uncle Willy's Monocoupe.

[Achto 27,510]

@Dirty Dingus Magee, no pictures????

 

I caught the Good Year blimp on camera while I was passing by on Hwy41.

 

 

Just a glimpse of the air field littered with planes. EAA is expecting around 10,000 planes at this years event.

 

 

As @WHX?? mentioned, I work near Wittman Field (the air port that hosts the EAA event). Just out of curiosity I timed the planes taking off during my lunch break. The tower must let 2 planes take off at a time with only seconds spacing between them. Every 4 minutes 2 planes would pass over our parking lot, with about 45 sec between them. This seemingly goes on all day long with a break in traffic during the air shows. During the air shows I think the fighter jets enjoy doing fly by's that make our building rattle.

Edited July 29, 2021 by Achto

[WHX?? 48,796]

8 minutes ago, Achto said:

Good Year blimp 

Bout as big as my ex.....

 

You need to get up on the roof for some shots! 

Somewhere near your plant is or maybe was a plant called Arrowhead Conveyor. Don't know if they are still there or not but we were replacing some RTU's there during EAA. We sat and watched the air shows most of the afternoons. 

[Achto 27,510]

21 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Somewhere near your plant is or maybe was a plant called Arrowhead Conveyor

 

Arrowhead is still in business.

 

Just for fun here is a site for tracking planes all over the word. Zoom in on Oshkosh Wisconsin, you will be amazed at the amount of plane traffic surrounding an airport that normally only sees a few dozen air planes per week.

 

https://flightaware.com/live/ 

 

If you click on the individual planes you will get the plane ID and it's scheduled flight.

Edited July 29, 2021 by Achto

[WHX?? 48,796]

Wow Cool

[Dirty Dingus Magee 24]

sorry...been busy and the WiFi on the grounds is hit and miss. 

 

and yes  , getting into Oshkosh is a challenge. land 2-3 at a time and they tell you what color dot on the runway  to land on

 

here are a couple of the night airshow

Edited July 31, 2021 by Dirty Dingus Magee

[Dirty Dingus Magee 24]

this is the actual C47 that led the invasion on Normandy.  dropped paratroopers behind the Germans before the invasion on the beach

 

as i said ...the actual one, not a copy or tribute

[oliver2-44 9,705]

49 minutes ago, Dirty Dingus Magee said:

 

49 minutes ago, Dirty Dingus Magee said:

as i said ...the actual one, not a copy or tribute

Cool their flying the Texas Flag. That would lead me to believe it is part of what used to be called the “Confederate Air Force”.  They changed the name with all the political correctness but I don’t remember the new name. They are all volunteer and work to restore and keep lots of old war birds flying or as static displays.  

[Dirty Dingus Magee 24]

Commemorative Air Force. and i made a small donation after leaving the cockpit . yes, they let you go inside

 

looking at the 22 little seats makes you think...what was going through their minds?  waiting for the red light to hook your static line to the anchor cable and check the gear on the guy in front of you, then run out that door when the light turned green. all while being shot at. took a lot of guts

[Handy Don 12,163]

16 hours ago, Dirty Dingus Magee said:

this is the actual C47 that led the invasion on Normandy.  dropped paratroopers behind the Germans before the invasion on the beach

 

as i said ...the actual one, not a copy or tribute

Someone with a real sense of mission parked this one next to an A-10. Both aircraft intended for support of ground pounder troops at the pointy end of the spear.