Last day of my trip but still plenty more to see until I board my United flight back home. I must have been very tired as I didn’t wake up to the alarm, so a slight sleep in was had as I didn’t get up and about until 05:30. Checked out by 06:00 as this […]
Hi all, A quick early morning look around the static area with no people around. Just some pictures as most of these were logged the day before; More pictures can be seen at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72157718344052647 Then it was straight off to the Warbirds area, again in the hope of beating the footfall there. Not the best […]
Hi all, On the Wednesday morning of my Oshkosh week I woke up to torrential rain and the mother of all thunder storms. As I couldn’t see the situation improving quickly, I took this as a sign that it was the time to do the AirVenture Museum. As it didn’t open too early, I took […]
Hi all, Back to the North 40 areas to finish these off. More photos can be seen here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72157718288752572 North 40-Grass (North): N2771, Beechcraft 95-A55 Baron (TC-270) N2015K, Beechcraft A36 Bonanza (E-1312) N707BR, Beechcraft V35 Bonanza (D-8312) N8142R, Beechcraft V35B Bonanza (D-9657) N51LH, Bellanca 17-30A Super Viking (98-301027) N5915A, Cessna 172 Skyhawk (28515 ) N2426Y, […]
Hi all, First hit was the Homebuilt area to finish off what was missed the day before….. More photos can be seen here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/62861611@N08/albums/72157718216219728 Homebuilt area-IAC Aerobatic Center: N90GK, American Champion 8KCAB Super Decathlon (1092-2009) N83KS, Extra EA.300L (074) N393EC, Pitts Model 12 (222) N413KC, Pitts Model 12 (296) N900JH, Pitts Model 12 (274) N907MG, […]
Hi all, First day at my first ever Oshkosh. Up bright and early from the campsite…… On display on main road near EAA AirVenture Museum entrance: 52-1993/FU-993, North American F-86H Sabre, EAA AirVenture Museum (187-19) On display near EAA AirVenture exhibition entrance: 51-8627/TR-627, Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star, EAA AirVenture Museum (580-6411) The first place that […]
Hi all, My intention on the second day of my trip was to get to Oshkosh which was a good 180 miles North of Chicago. Several people had told me to get to Oshkosh as soon as I could, but i figured that I would rather let the place fill up a bit before walking […]
Hi all, Here follows a series of reports and many, many photographs from my first visit to this great event. I had always wanted to do Oshkosh, but maybe I had previously been put off by the size of the event for a one man band to tackle? Oshkosh (EAA AirVenture) is the week long […]
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A day out to take my mother to the coast allowed me to have have a look at the Bae Systems gate guards at Samlesbury~Lancs. Been wanting to do that for a while, so as it’s only a short detour from the M6 before continuing on the Blackpool, today was ideal, apart from the dull […]