Trying to avoid the bizarrely high heat and humidity during the first days of the airshow, I look for things to do that will keep me cool and out of the sun. I start out on a walk through the tree lined streets of the RV park, Camp Scholler, to search for my friends Jim […]
Airplanes
Night at the Airport
From the quiet display of an elegant sailplane pursued by graceful streams of light to the loud thumping pulsating show flown by powerful strobe lit planes ejecting rockets from their wingtips, the night airshow at Oshkosh is one of my favorites. I don’t have video equipment that is capable of making a good movie of […]
Meals on Wheels at Oshkosh
Huddled with several hundred women sharing a thin line of airplane wing shade while we wait for organizers to snap the shutter on the annual WomenVenture photo, I strike up a conversation with another woman pilot. She insists that we include Ardy and Ed’s Drive In in our dining plans while in Oshkosh. Here is […]
Pictures from Oshkosh
Used to camping in the North 40 with our plane, camping off the airshow in our RV is a new experience for us. We find that traffic is extremely well managed and we are able to easily arrive and depart at the airshow whenever we desire. Warm and humid weather here has us sitting under […]
Tools and Parts
I am ecstatic to announce that the Golden Tools were purchased by a local museum curator. They are temporarily on display at the Chapel Hill Airport , but will eventually be relocated to Haw Field where their permanent home will be in the Bob Epting Award Winning Showplane Hangar. According to Bob, they are now […]
Views from above
Every now and then, the view from an airplane is breath-taking. Don’t know if these recent photos rate that description, but I did enjoy them.
