My girlfriend and I camp by my plane in an 8-person tent, which is almost big enough for two of us for a week! I've always envied the shade where the tents are behind the Hangar Cafe. If I wasn't with my plane, I'd be there.
Yeah, I have a small fan I got at Cabelas I stick next to my cot. We also have a ceiling fan that we found at some camp store years ago.
Until you posted this photo, and I saw your name tag says Ron... I thought your POA name said FlyingIron!
Not alone. I thought the same thing for like my first 3 years on the board. I failed to mention that bout of dyslexia during my last medical...
I was Lowflynjack or FlynLow on Powered Parachute/Paraglider forums. I was too lazy to think up a different name!
And my Breakfast Brat-eat-o at Major Goolsby. For dinner we like the attitude of the Pete's Garage people who decided they'd stay serving food until nobody wanted any more last year.
Pete's Garage was open on Wednesday before the show and was the only place we found to eat... that and the fact that they have Spotted Cow and it became one of our favorites!
Except for all of the homebuilders, kit manufacturers, building forums, and everything else that's always there.
THEY DO. If you think otherwise, I'd encourage you to try out the South 40.
AOPA? Garmin? Boeing? Airbus? USAF? etc etc etcExcept for all of the homebuilders, kit manufacturers, building forums, and everything else that's always there.
There is something to be said for those of us flying our certified stuff in getting inspired by the EAB planes there and attending the workshops and perhaps deciding to take on building an EAB but at 61 with way too many other hobbies and projects I thank you for putting up with us.
The thing is, they've never turned down an E/AB plane... they've never run out of room for them. When people complain that it's not about E/AB planes, they need to show up in their E/AB planes and increase the percentage. I personally have no desire (or skill) (or time) (or money) to build my own plane, but I love walking through and looking at all of the beautiful planes people have built.
I am not your target demographic. I don't give a crap about the barn find Cessna 140 that a guy spent $100k on. I don't give a crap about some $60,000 Garmin setup in a $500,000 Lancair. I don't care about a $250,000 diesel engine. I couldn't care any less about some inner city yute getting a 10 minute flight or inspiring some kid to become a pilot (lol 80% washout rate for PPL students)
Okay, works for me!
Nearly every person I know who has built their own airplane in recent memory is a member of AOPA and put a bunch of Garmin stuff in their panel. So yeah, of course they're there. And were I building a plane, I'd want them there too.
I first went to OSH in 1987 with my dad. He bought me a membership - You had to have one in those days to get on the flight line and actually see airplanes.
I find interesting stuff in SA every month. Maybe you don't because you know it all already.
Oshkosh was much smaller back in the day. Still big - I do remember airplanes at least out to the west end of 9/27 and wrapped around. And seeing airplanes with tents under the wings is what made me want to do that someday.
So it's not even that you want it to be more about experimental aviation, it's that you want it to be about YOUR OWN PARTICULAR NICHE of experimental aviation, which sounds like it's the plans-built, do-everything-on-the-cheap variety. Guess what? That's not everyone's cup of tea. Some experimental folks like the $500K Lancair with the expensive panel. I'm somewhere in between - I like gadgets and affordability and going places.
So again, EAA should only be things you care about? EAA should not try to lead expansion of their own core market, and just let it wither and die?
Nowhere, because there's probably not anyone with a margin big enough to get that kind of discount any more. Welcome to the global economy. Isn't competition good? EVERYONE gets the "25% discount" now because margins are smaller due to competition.
They have articles on various subject like those all the time. And if you wait long enough, they'll have similar articles again.
Sounds like you should visit an engineering school... That doesn't sound like a general interest article even within the homebuilt aviation market.
I feel like I've heard something like that before. Something, something, maintaining diplomatic relations...blah, blah, because I was inverted.....I love what you already place here for us to see. Maybe a few air flights in the Oshkosh area for those of us that haven't been ... now if you can get an air-to-air with a Stealth with cockpit pics that'd be awesone
Thanks! I do take some pics of the grounds as we fly over, but haven't done a lot. This year I'm thinking about attaching my Insta360 cam to the EAA Photo Plane. One of my favorite things to do at OSH (of many!) is coming back in from a photoshoot on the prison approach and looking down on the area.I love what you already place here for us to see. Maybe a few air flights in the Oshkosh area for those of us that haven't been ... now if you can get an air-to-air with a Stealth with cockpit pics that'd be awesone
What in the name of Zeus's Butthole is the purpose of that setup?!?!?Thanks! I do take some pics of the grounds as we fly over, but haven't done a lot. This year I'm thinking about attaching my Insta360 cam to the EAA Photo Plane. One of my favorite things to do at OSH (of many!) is coming back in from a photoshoot on the prison approach and looking down on the area.
Also fun to see the crowd gathering for the night airshow!
A photo of me taking a photo of this rare wheel setup! Another example of something you won't see everywhere!
LOL, it was from the 40's and bushwheels weren't as popular or available as they are today. It was an attempt to distribute the load in an off-field landing.
For you, apparently nothing. Don't go, it clearly isn't for you.
I look forward to you trying to start an organization to bring that kind of organization and event back. Until then, I'll keep enjoying that there is a whole lot of that kind of thing that exists within the giant event that is OSH.
The rubber chicken parties were epic. There is nothing more Oshkosh than having Patty Wagstaff serve you a margarita out of a gas can.
its easy to dismiss my criticism because no one wants to make waves. where are the builders that are throwing $250k at a diesel motor? they are complaining about $2k for a new jug.
IMO your criticism has some merit, and you're free to complain all you want. However, I also think you are very much in the minority. I for one have no issue with Osh's commercialism or the direction EAA has gone--this will be our 13th year attending, 11th year straight flying in and our 4th volunteering but I will admit it's not for everyone. You are free to round up all of the individuals who feel as you and start your own organization. The forums and workshops that cater to the very techniques you lament are there plus a ton of online info in the form of hints for homebuilder videos, webinars, and digital copes of Sport Aviation and Experimenter. People are still building Piets, Fischer's, Hatz's, and Corben Aces to name a few, but again they very much in the minority. Times have changed and EAA has moved on and no amount of one guy bitching about it on a forum is gonna change that.
Except its only valid if you want to remain in the 90s. The private, recreational aircraft market went through a huge shift in the 80s-90s on both the TC’d and E/AB sides. And the EAA and other similar associations had to make the same shift or disappear. I wasn’t involved on the E/AB side much except for the occasional rotorcraft work or Condition Inspection, but I even saw the shift in my mx business during the same time frame. While I’m sure there are other diehards like yourself who prefer the E/AB of the 90s, the overall private market has moved in a different direction with the intro of LSA, the potential changes in MOSAIC, and even the failed attempt at Primary Non-Commercial.
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