Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
Sounds like a fantastic trip. Sorry I missed you. Is my Cub as ugly as I post? :lol:
2019 Oshkosh Review
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Eddie Foy
Understand completely what you said
Also get the attraction to all the noise by most
My only point in all this is to say that for what it costs in fuel in one of the noise events EAA could easily provide an area where folks could showcase their talents and products at a reasonable cost
After all that is what originally brought all this together
And yes osh is the best ever
Understand completely what you said
Also get the attraction to all the noise by most
My only point in all this is to say that for what it costs in fuel in one of the noise events EAA could easily provide an area where folks could showcase their talents and products at a reasonable cost
After all that is what originally brought all this together
And yes osh is the best ever
hotrod180
FRIEND
Port Townsend, WA
Don't know about Sun-n-Fun but Oshkosh seems to be going strong and maybe even getting bigger every year.
Back in the day, the Arlington Fly-in near Seattle was billed as the third largest fly-in in the country (behind those two),
but it has been getting smaller & smaller over the past several years.
Why is it shrinking and the other two growing,
and what if anything can be done to reverse that trend?
Back in the day, the Arlington Fly-in near Seattle was billed as the third largest fly-in in the country (behind those two),
but it has been getting smaller & smaller over the past several years.
Why is it shrinking and the other two growing,
and what if anything can be done to reverse that trend?
I can't t speak to why one venue grows and another deminishes, but...
It's been pointed out before that we have effectively locked out most of the kids and adults who might have been interested in flying.
Take down the fences around the general aviation portion of our airports. Take kids for a ride. Be more open about aviation with your acquaintances. Too often I see pilots act as if they were in some exclusive fraternity when around nonflyers.
I aspired to fly after an old guy I met at an airport took me around the patch once. I think I was 12. Couldn't believe I was in the air, and was amazed that anyone could afford their own private aircraft.
Here I am, 60 years and quite a few aircraft later. Liability be damned. I give anybody who looks interested a ride.
Sorry for hijacking the thread.
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Cub junkie
Registered User
My Moms basement
If you have an interest in aviation then Oshkosh will always have something for you. Simply ignore or walk past what is not of your interest. Yes, miracle ladders and household product vendors seem out of place and annoying but until they exceed the aviation content of the show I ignore them as well. I have been going to the EAA fly in since 1963 when it was in Rockford. I have missed many but have made many as well. There is a lack of homebuilt airplanes but still something for everybody. Seems to be an unwritten rule that a monsoon comes through and wipes out the campground and makes life more challenging but that is Oshkosh. Glad to hear of good attendance and as Mike Vivion posted, lots of young people. We need 'em.
Cub junkie
Registered User
My Moms basement
Tool Time has a good story about FedEx Lou and a quality tent at N.H.
Rice farmer
FRIEND
Nor Cal
Steve, your cub has character! Watched you guys fly on Friday night, stopped by the stol corral once but it was deserted . Can’t wait for next time!
Cub junkie
Registered User
My Moms basement
950 Van's RV's..... Of course I'm being facetious but only a little. I should have said in my post there is a lack of scratch built homebuilts at OSH. In the older times builders built from raw materials. EAA was founded on that. Many that attend OSH think that you open a box and it comes out mostly finished. Probably my grumpy old man coming out but I still appreciate all homebuilts and restorations.
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arnold bronson
Registered User
Albuquerque, NM
New Holstein has been my destination in the past. Love the fly outs.
arnold bronson
Registered User
Albuquerque, NM
move it to the middle of the country
Dan Gervae
FRIEND
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
I loved it as always (even though it got cut short by minor family emergency). There’s something for everyone. Due to the weather closing the field on Monday I took my floatplane to the seaplane base....I camped in vintage with a sc.org friend (thanks Denny). I left Wednesday (too soon) but at least I flew in some of the nicest weather this summer��. I got to watch my buddy Rick and the one and only Steve Pierce in the STOL competition on Tuesday...great job guys. Wish I’d have had more time to visit... maybe next year.
Steve Pierce
BENEFACTOR
Graham, TX
They did it but don't remember how many days. Thrush and Air Tractor were there. They filled the Air Tractor up with a water hose shutting down a toilet trailer for over 2 hours. They got a water trailer the next day. Pic and story from the pilot/engineer from Air Tractor.
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