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Fareed Guyot
07-31-2011, 09:29 AM
Vote here to let us know what you liked best about AirVenture 2011.

jpgagnon
07-31-2011, 06:03 PM
My highltght of AirVenture 2011 was flying into Oshkosh with my Homebuilt
My hat off to the Fisk controller he was outstanding. We also flew as a group of three planes we got seperated at Fisk heavy traffic
However the Marshals found us and we got parked together in the homebuilt area (ZENAIR )
Thank you for making this week a memorable event
Jean Paul Gagnon

dennist
07-31-2011, 06:38 PM
Coolest thing, was on sat. When Sean tucker was flying, and the wind from a nearby storm caused damage to many tents, awnings, and knocked over portapotties. Tucker kept the show alive with an adhock airshow during the wind, while the airboss tried to persuade him to land. Us that were racing back to the campground to secure our items, looked up, to see tucker standing still in the air, and being the showman that he is.....Thanks for the 2011 year....

Rick Rademacher
07-31-2011, 07:29 PM
I enjoyed seeing Oshkosh through the eyes of a 20 year old Ukraine student, Vadem and a 15 year old B-17 volunteer, Chase as I walked around with them for three days. Because one old geezer friend had to stay home, I could take these two plus two old geezer regulars in the van. We all had a great time. Next year I will fly the Cub, 75th anniversary for a different perspective on the show.

Dan Grunloh
07-31-2011, 09:42 PM
The Electric Lazair ultralight. Watching him shut down one engine and maintaining altitude on a pass across the field. And knowing that he is soaring it for extended times back home. Realizing we will someday have a special row in the ultralight/light plane exhibit area for electric aircraft.

Dave Stadt
08-02-2011, 08:38 AM
Best part was volunteering nearly all day for 10 days to help make sure others had a good time. Try it...you'll like it.

David Brown
08-02-2011, 08:55 AM
Vote here to let us know what you liked best about AirVenture 2011.
We flew into OSH in an RV10. It was really cool to be parked in a sea of other RVs!

steveinindy
08-02-2011, 09:13 AM
Realizing we will someday have a special row in the ultralight/light plane exhibit area for electric aircraft.

Yeah, but there is probably never going to be a day where it is applicable to more than just that niche market and the "Oh, isn't that different" sort of response.

Jason Alexander
08-02-2011, 02:45 PM
The night airshow was a blast! I missed it last year. But I couldn't pick just one event as the stand-out highlight! I had a blast the whole week! Can't wait for next year!!

I will say that another high point was when a gentleman in an RV stopped at my intersection to ask about where he'd be parking. Once we'd gotten everything straight, I grinned and shouted the familiar, "Welcome to Oshkosh!" His passenger, a young man who possibly had Down's Syndrome smiled, thanked me, and offered his hand for a handshake. That had me grinning for the rest of the evening.

Kamic
08-02-2011, 08:54 PM
+1 night airshow! Weather was perfect, the airshow was awesome, the fireworks were amazing, and no mosquitoes! :)

Dan Grunloh
08-03-2011, 10:41 PM
Yeah, but there is probably never going to be a day where it (electric aircraft) is applicable to more than just that niche market and the "Oh, isn't that different" sort of response.

Never is along time.

oldgoat
08-04-2011, 07:23 PM
I was pleased to get Col. Charles McGee to sign my copy of his book on the wing of Red Tail!
He even graciously posed with me for a picture!

hydroguy2
08-05-2011, 07:43 PM
The homebuilts and the people who built them.

Fastcapy
08-05-2011, 08:27 PM
I love all of it. However, the night airshow is just spectacular to me. The firework display was amazing, better than any other fireworks I have seen in the area on July 4th or any other time for that matter!

danielfindling
08-07-2011, 11:38 AM
Osh tower: "Boeing Dreamliner are you VFR?" (while arriving to airventure)Boeing Dreamliner: "affirmative" circling west of Kosh before arrivalMe (listening en route in my car from Appleton hotel to myself). "how cool!"

mazdaP5
08-07-2011, 08:35 PM
I drive in, and I really like when you first arrive, the bright lights at the gate, how friendly and helpfull the staff is, te anticipation, it's great. As far as the flying goes, sitting on the flightline Sunday and Monday, watching all of the arrivals. That's the tops.

steveinindy
08-07-2011, 08:37 PM
Never is along time.

OK....within my lifetime (and I'm 30).

PaulDow
08-07-2011, 08:47 PM
Coolest thing, was on sat. When Sean tucker was flying, and the wind from a nearby storm caused damage to many tents, awnings, and knocked over portapotties. ....We saw Sean later that day. He said that he felt he would be better off in the air where he could still see decent weather than being on the ground during that storm. Hitting a gust while taxiing or landing probably would have been more dangerous than staying in the air with an escape to the south available.

Ozzie
08-08-2011, 04:30 AM
I came to see Dale's E Lazair and to meet up with several other Lazair owners. Considering the current economic climate in the USA the EAA have done well to keep putting on a great event. The night airshow was a lot of fun. Even the John Deere tractor demonstrations pulling giant RVs out of the mud in Camp Scholler were entertaining.
ozzie from downunder
nice change to the forums guys:)

chefdave
08-09-2011, 08:48 AM
So much happened this year. But the biggest was that I was promoted to a co-chair of the Warbird food shack. We serve the best volunteers at Airventure each year. So next year will be more work but that is fun to me.

Antique Tower
08-19-2011, 10:12 AM
The best part of OSH 2011: my electric/water camping spot in Scholler. After 23 years of the other kind. It only felt perverted the first night.....

fighterOWL2005
08-20-2011, 08:17 PM
The whole thing was epic for me. Although the Boeing 787 could have stayed a litle longer. For the exception of a couple of wet days, I enjoyed it all.