Waking up this morning was bittersweet because the show wasn't over, but I needed to be heading home because I had to be at work on Monday. I walked to the bathrooms to brush my teeth and finally stopped to look closely at an airplane I had walked past numerous times throughout the week, but never b...
Day 4. Time's running out and there's still so much exploring to do. I had to get a photo of this iconic tower to start the day. It's estimated that 10,000 aircraft fly in to Oshkosh for Airventure each year in the span of a week making this the busiest airport on the planet and what an enormous tas...
Day 3. It's time to do some more exploring. The venue is huge and there is a lot to be seen. I made plans to attend several forums while I was here, and after my first afternoon in which several folks told me I'm flying with the wrong propeller, I made sure that I was going to attend the propeller f...
This place is huge! I did some walking to see the nearby exhibits, then took the "public transportation" to see the farther away exhibits. One of these exhibit halls had penants displaying award winning aircraft of years past and one of those penants was N11018's sister ship: Arden Hjelle's N117A. S...
Today was the day. I barely slept last night because flying into Wittman Regional on Day 1 of Airventure isn't something you "just do". There's a 30page NOTAM published with some pretty specific instructions on how arrivals should be conducted which includes mandatory instruction from ATC. Supposedl...
According to some stories I was told, folks had difficulty flying in to Airventure 2018 because of poor weather with the visibility getting as low as 1 mile at throughout the day. This caused many pilots to rethink their Airventure 2019 travels by planning to arrive a day early and wouldn't you know...