EAA AirVenture 2012 “Super Saturday!”
I didn’t do much more today than eat too much, sit in a camp chair for hours on end, and watch airplanes fly around! First Jim and I went to the annual private party at Meyers Aviation, where we got … Read More
EAA AirVenture 2011
Late July came fast this year. We endured a 100-degree heat wave over several days the week before EAA AirVenture. The annual hangar party at Brennand Airport came and went, with too much heat, humidity, and mosquitoes. It was warm … Read More
Time Travel on a DC-7
One of the stars of AeroShell Square at this year’s EAA AirVenture was a beautifully restored 1958 Douglas DC-7B. The airplane did a demo flight on Thursday and was open for public walk-through tours throughout the week. On the last … Read More
AirVenture Thursday
Jim and I went to EAA AirVenture early this morning to make sure we would see the demonstration flight of the restored DC-7 airliner he’s crazy about. We claimed a good observation spot where we could watch the plane’s four … Read More
Ercoupe Fun with Friends
If I can’t visit my aviation friends around the country, at least EAA AirVenture brings them to me! My former student Sean, who trained with me in 2007 as an AbleFlight scholarship recipient, is visiting from Philadelphia. We went for … Read More
No One to Watch
This is bizarre. The EAA AirVenture grounds are still so wet today that almost no one can fly in. Normally I’d want to sit in my camp chair on the north end of the airport and watch planes land. But … Read More
Flying In to AirVenture with Sean
This morning I had the privilege of flying into Oshkosh in the back seat of the Sky Arrow with Sean. We took off around 8 a.m. under a low ceiling in winds that were already gusting to 20 knots. Matt … Read More