The Falco
The Visit to Oshkosh. Yet another crazy idea as it takes shape.. I must be mad !
2010 was the first year I had been to Oshkosh. It had been a long time coming really but for most homebuilders it is a bit of a religious experience. The home of the EAA, most homebuilders visit Oshkosh at some stage.
I enjoyed the meet. I call it a meet rather than an airshow since I feel that is what it is really. The air display is OK but that is all, I’ve seen better.
It was the final day of the meet and the daily show had just finished. The place had already begun to empty out the day prior but once the daily show had ended the floodgates openned and every aeroplane on the field was in a departure queue setting the airfield up to be a ghost town.
In front of me I watched as a woman with two battens controlled taxi flow like some kind of ballet when it hit me.
“I need to get more involved with this”
I didn’t really know what I meant. It was like someone was telling me something that hadn’t been thoroughly explained.
Slowly over the next half hour it dawned on me what I needed to do. I needed to have my Falco at Oshkosh!Follow my Flights
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Cowboy country
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Land ‘er at Lander
Another early start. We always seem to beat the alarm clock so it's not as bad as it sounds. We got up and got ready. The last few days have been a drag since we haven't had Internet. Our hotel … Continue reading
Never Forget your dreams
A fairly broken sleep last night. There is a motorcycle convention just down the road at Sturgis and the Hells Angels picked the same hotel as us. They were actually fine with a couple of exceptions at around 02:30. So … Continue reading
Spearfish
The night at Pierre was interesting in that we got to see the other side of America. Everyone seemed to be on a low. We went into Subway since there wasn’t a lot of choice. I’ve never seen such a … Continue reading
Pressing West
This morning we did our usual early bit and woke up to a fairly low overcast. We kept moving anyway with usual morning preparations but before calling the taxi we walked back into the quaint little town of Stillwater in … Continue reading
Goodbye Oshkosh
Today we departed Airventure. We got the army bus again and packed the plane ready to go. I sent some stuff back to myself in Chino via FedEx, said goodbye to some folk, got a departure brief and we pulled … Continue reading
Interviews and Seaplanes.
Caught the early bus again. The day started out cool. Got a few things done which included visiting flight service for a weather brief. Looks like it should be ok for us. Caught up with Pricey again fortunately. Haven't seen … Continue reading
