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It's time to start the annual dialogue on getting pumped up for OSH.

I'll be camping in HBC again this year. I'm going to be staying a bit longer than the last few years. We'll be arriving Saturday morning and leaving the following morning.

I wish I could make the Otter this year, but my night schedule is booked through Thursday.

Now the real question, can I get a replacement for my old, faded, ratty looking VP t-shirt? Inquiring minds want to know.

I'm working on it Bob! Hats are gone...but I do have a few camp chairs left...hoping for T-shirts, pens, and small farm animals for a few of you.

I will be there too! Although I will be bringing a tent, I hope to comandeer finer accomodations.

If anyone has some digs to share, please let me know!

I hope to get there early too!

No way, no how am I missing the Black Otter on Wednesday!

CJ

cjensen wrote:I'm working on it Bob! (snip) small farm animals for a few of you.

Can I get a VP Shetland Pony?

That would be so cool!

CJ

I'm heading off to Oshkosh on Sunday, with an ETA in the morning, depending on weather of course. I will be staying through Thursday late morning in HBC.

Here's my evening itinerary as it stands now:
Monday: RV Beer Fairy
Tuesday: Van's Banquet
Wednesday: The Black Otter RiverBangers feast.

I am going to make an attempt to keep this thread alive with daily posts documenting all that's going on at Oshkosh.

For all of those going, see you there shortly!

Mike, I am in row 314 HBC.

The flight up to osh was pretty straight forward. Weather was hazy the entire time until I got near Chigago.





Arriving into Oshkosh was another story. Very chaotic. The controllers did their best with the pilots they were handed. My oil temps were screaming on the long taxi to parking.



Camp Bullock set up for the week. I'm in row 313 near the green garbage dumpster for anyone looking for me or my beers.



Captain John's "Aluminum Mistress"




The B52 was amazing to see.


I attempted to call it an early evening, but the lure of the SOS brothers beer tent couldn't be suppressed


Great first day at Osh....looking forward to many more!

Mike, I expect to see you at the end of that beer bong in tomorrow's OSH update!! Drink one for me!

The second day at Oshkosh has been great. Here are a few of the highlights-

TruTrak's new $1000 autopilot. It uses trim servos to control the pitch and roll





L3's new "affordable" EFIS - the Genesis. It starts at $6k. It seems like a nice unit, but it is clearly not targeted for the experimental community.


GRT released their Heads Up Display on a pair of Epson glasses. When I visited their booth they didn't have a set to try on. It works with both the HX and SX EFIS's, connected wirelessly via a bluetooth USB dongle on the back of the EFIS.




The 6 cylinder PMAG looks pretty impressive. The connector on it is much more sophisticated than what their 4 cylinder EMAG/PMAG's use. Brad indicated they should be shipping by August.


The media pass definitely pays off. For two years in a row the lovely ladies of Heavens Landing flocked towards me.


I ran into Captain John in the Fly Market. He was pretty happy with his new $150 folding chair.


We ran into Chad Jensen at Vertical Power. He hooked us up with some sweet swag, including a nice folding chair!



Off to the RV "Beer Fairy" social event, CJ tried out his new chair.



The new Airbus A350 did a pretty impressive demonstration flight.


We had a lot of fun at the RV social. Tons of people and loads of beer.






The SOS brothers "BeerVentures" tent is dangerously close to Homebuilt camping. I inevitably make it over there every year.

Mike you might have to look into getting john one of those old guy scooters since he's spending so much time at osh on his a$$

Actually Mitch, that was probably the only two times I sat in that chair! I honestly have no idea why I bought it. Once again it is a classic money and brains equation!

CJ

The fun continues at oshkosh!

RV-14


A350


Jerry's one man band


How RV's are really powered!


Van speaking at the banquet




Another expensive beer at SOS Brothers.


Wednesday morning and a sea of RV's!

Home safe here in East TN. to spite the weather that got pretty poor somewhere over Kentucky. Almost did not beat the bad stuff here! Did it non stop again this year! These are magic time machines!!!!



A couple zigs and zags for weather and cloud avoidance. 559NM in 3.5 hrs from takeoff to landing averaging ~160kts GS. Burned 32 gallons of liquid gold from startup to shutdown....

Great seeing all of you all again as well as meeting some more of you for the first time face to face!

Mike, CJ, Painless, Eric, Bruce, Don, Chad and anyone else I missed, you guys are the best!