Its Oshkosh ....Bitch

David MacRay · Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:03 pm

GoBoy, did you fly anything down south?

GoBoy · Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:33 pm

David MacRay wrote: GoBoy, did you fly anything down south?

No David
I drove down as I buy and sell vintage aircraft parts so need my truck for transporting items
Every once in a while I will fly or get a request from an owner to fly their aircraft down for them
Every pilot should fly to Oshkosh at least once . park the airplane , sleep under it .....that's known as the "Oshkosh Experience "
Had a great time as usual and look forward to next year already

David MacRay · Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:16 am

I might have miss-heard/imagined it but I thought you had mentioned flying someone's plane last time.

I sat in a home built the other day at the bush flying museum in Missoula Montana. I could not get both arms inside at the same time. I guess it was not the type for me. Pity, it was a nice yellow biplane.

David MacRay · Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:12 am

My daughter took a picture of me sitting in it but I did have to turn my shoulders a bit to fit in. I don't think I would be able to safely fly it.

I am a pretty big guy. I sat in the P-51 Old Yeller once. Similar problem. It was a special privilege to sit in it so I did not adjust the seat but at the height it was at I was too tall to close the canopy.

I'll see if there is a photo on their website.

David MacRay · Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:39 am

Here is a link to their gallery.

http://www.museumofmountainflying.org/gallery.html

It is in the top right photo. Just past the gift shop. It seems to be a mono high wing that looks like a Pitts. It is there with a DO NOT TOUCH sign on it that has not crossed out. So I removed the extra cusions from the seat and hopped in. It was a tight fit.

Tailwind W10 · Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:18 pm

Not much of a view to identify it, the swept back wing makes my best guess a Stolp SA-500 Starlet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolp_SA-500_Starlet

Basically a parasol version of the Starduster.

Gerry

David MacRay · Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:40 pm

That could be it. Sorry I did not really pay enough attention to it after I did not fit. I looked at the pictures from my daughter's phone. It looks right except the wheel pants and the cockpit opening is different, it is higher in the front and the back is not round.

I think you might have it though Tailwind.

GoBoy · Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:08 pm

Yo Henpecked Bitches ! :-[ >:D

Tickets for Oshkosh 2016 are now available ;D
Time to start working on the other half for permission to go ;)

Get at 'em

Tons-o-fun · Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:16 am

Went this year for the first time. Flew in and camped under wing. Unreal Place!

One complaint I have though is trying to find an adult beverage in the evening. We asked probably 100 People if there was a bar or a place to hang out after dark. No one had a clue or said off site in town.

Now some of the best alcoholics I know are Pilots so was rather let down.

To me they're losing out big time on revenue!

Liquid Charlie · Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:07 pm

One complaint I have though is trying to find an adult beverage in the evening. We asked probably 100 People if there was a bar or a place to hang out after dark. No one had a clue or said off site in town.

Go down town -- it's a university town -- there are plenty of watering holes --