Well, the start of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is now just over a month away and I see that it’s been a few weeks since I posted anything here. Pretty much all the events are set, so let’s run some of them down.
Advance online ticket purchase is extended to June 30. Visit LINK . AAA also has discounts, but EAA member discount is better.
As most of the people reading this know, the Doobie Brothers will be performing after the air show on Monday night. I won’t be able to report on it since I’ll be arriving on Tuesday. I also see that Jeff Dunham will be performing on Saturday night August 1, which is just after I leave. D’oh!
Major aircraft expected include an Airbus A380. US Air Force Thunderbird #8 will be on the grounds July 26 and 27th. White Knight Two will be at the show all week. Military planes include a C-17, C5M, F-18 .F-15, C-130. T-38, HH60, and A10.
Of course, plenty of new aircraft, warbirds, vintage and ultralight planes will be on display. The vintage type area is now a permanent building instead of a tent.
The biggest news for our chapter’s past president is the news that there are 4 buildings with flush toilets in the campground areas, and 4 large trailers with flush toilets will be on the show grounds.
The Fly-In Theater will be presenting the One-Six Right, Barnstorming, The Right Stuff, Six Days Seven Nights, Cloud Dancer, BAT 21, X-15, Pearl Harbor,
The daily air show will include:
- Chuck Aaron Red Bull Helicopter
- AeroShell Team T-6s
- Melissa Andrzejewski – Edge
- Herb Baker – T-28
- Bob Carlton – Jet Sailplane
- Chandy Clanton- Edge 540
- Julie Clark – T-34
- Collaborators – Modified Pitts, Edge 540, Extras
- Susan Dacy – Stearman
- Dave Dacy/Tony Kazian – Stearman Wingwalking
- Kyle Franklin – Waco, Wingwalking act
- Debbie Gary – Marchetti
- Mike Goulian – Extra
- Liberty Parachute Team
- Bud & Ross Granley – Yaks
- Ed Hamill – Pitts
- John Klatt – Stauduacher
- Greg Koontz – Decathlon
Not everyone flys every day.
The International Visitors group is expecting many Japanese visitors, so they’re looking for translator assistance.
At the museum, the Founder’s Wing will be opened. This honors EAA founder Paul Poberezny and from the renderings I’ve seen, it looks like it is in the former restoration area near the center of the building.
The biggest change is the redesign of the main entrance. In the past, there were vendors to the far right and left of the entrance which didn’t attract many visitors. Now the entrance will spread out diagonally which should assist in traffic flow.
Over 500 seminars, 100 museum speakers, dozens of workshops and other activates will be offered. Visit LINK for more details.
If you’re flying in yourself, you better be familiar with the NOTAM. Here’s how to get your copy. The controllers were way to accommodating with this bonehead last year who didn’t know what he was doing. Here’s how not to arrive at Oshkosh LINK