A buddy just had a seat open up on his plane, and since he flys a vintage plane he gets a great camping spot. Guess who gets to go along? So, for someone who's never been, and will be there for the week -- any suggestions?
Just enjoy yourself and try to hit every display!!! I just pulled last years thread up. Not sure what aircraft will be on display yet other than it will be massive again.
I was there for 3 days back in 1983 and still couldn't see everything, and I know the show is even bigger now. Be prepared to do a lot of walking, much of it on grass.
This will be number 45 in a row for me. Be sure to ck out Warbirds in review. I go for the entire week and there is no way that is enough time to see everything. Ck the website for other events, the fireworks are better then many large cities have, there is usually a STOL contest and this year there is some RC airplane flying and WW1 replicas. Also ck out the Theater in the woods schedule. Usually there is several aviation greats on stage, definitely worth seeing. Usually there are some never before seen airplanes that are new. And I know several new aircraft are supposed to be there such as the F-82, B-26K and the bally bomber which is a scale B-17. Also the B-29 DOC will be there again. The seaplane base is definitely worth going to. I will be in a blue and white T-34 if you want some more info.
A few photos from Airventure 2018. The Tigercats were perfect and could win at Pebble Beach if they were cars!!!! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Your photos are making my mouth water! The only time I made it to Oshkosh was 1983 which is now 35 years ago! Now that I'm retired, I need to go back - maybe next year?
An amazing experience. Here's my picture thread: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/airventure-2018-picture-dump.581356/
You will not regret going!! A few more from this year.. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Check out this amazing video from the F-16 demonstration. Ok, not as exciting as a Pilatus PC-12, but almost! I see the poster commented that he would be uploading a version where you could control your own view.
In this post you have the two aircraft that were the source of my employment until my recent retirement: the F-22 and the C-130. Thanks!
I was reminded of an incident that took place during the 1983 fly-in that I attended. During the morning, before the official airshow, a Flying Tigers stretched DC-8 flew in to drop something off or pick something up. After taking off on runway 18, he got into the airshow spirit: he made a circuit and then flew down the same runway he had just taken off from at several hundred feet up and about 350 mph! That woke a few people up!
