EAA Airventure Oshkosh

[wxman1]

What is this “fly in” in Wisconsin you speak of? Every year on the last week of July? Never heard of it. Never noticed an increase in private air traffic through Cedar Rapids that week during my career. Never did I notice that week 1) more non-talking non-participating radar blips and 2) more pilots uncomfortable and unfamiliar with ATC going past.

Just kidding, I did notice. Practically saved a guy’s life one year during Oshkosh, I was training a new controller on radar and he terminated service on a pilot leaving our airspace, but I saw another target basically head-on a few miles ahead descending right at him. So I jumped on frequency to give him a traffic call - he not only excitedly responded a bit later that he had the other plane in sight, he called back when he was a few miles further along to thank us again because it was pretty close.

Anyway, you probably didn’t know the Cedar Rapids ATCT tower manager is the manager of Oshkosh’s “temporary” tower operations this week. (Oshkosh has its own tower, of course, but for EAA the FAA recruits federal controllers from all over the country to come in and staff it for fly-in week.)

Oh I am in touch with her and am getting a tour on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[serverguy]

My son has been interested in WWII era planes since he found out his great grandfather was a tailgunner in a B17. His service was toward the end of the war, thankfully.

I don't know anything about this event but he talks about it constantly. If you could only go for a day when would you attend? I'm assuming the big demonstrations are on the weekend.

Not EAA, but if you can't make it up there and are close to Des Moines there will be an opportunity to see some older planes at the end of the month.

Des Moines, Iowa | airpower-tour

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Also a quick chance to plug Fly Iowa that is in Clarinda this year on August 31. They have a great show lined up.

https://flyclarinda.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FLY-IOWA-Event-Poster-Final.pdf

 

[FLYINGCYCLONE]

My son has been interested in WWII era planes since he found out his great grandfather was a tailgunner in a B17. His service was toward the end of the war, thankfully.

I don't know anything about this event but he talks about it constantly. If you could only go for a day when would you attend? I'm assuming the big demonstrations are on the weekend.

There is a museum at Omaha that is pretty good. Also Palm Springs used to have a mueseum that had WW II aircraft in it that they flew.

 

[NWICY]

My son has been interested in WWII era planes since he found out his great grandfather was a tailgunner in a B17. His service was toward the end of the war, thankfully.

I don't know anything about this event but he talks about it constantly. If you could only go for a day when would you attend? I'm assuming the big demonstrations are on the weekend.

@wxman1 you are being paged.

 

[cstrunk]

Sad news from the event.
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[wxman1]

My son has been interested in WWII era planes since he found out his great grandfather was a tailgunner in a B17. His service was toward the end of the war, thankfully.

I don't know anything about this event but he talks about it constantly. If you could only go for a day when would you attend? I'm assuming the big demonstrations are on the weekend.

EAA owns a B-29. It has been restored and made airworthy within the past couple years.

If he still is that into it next year you should make it a must see. Nowhere else can you see one of two flying Lancaster’s fly in formation with the only two flying B-29s oh turn it is followed by an F-22
And F-35 demo.

Or stroll around a ramp with numerous WWII fighters and bombers, get in a Huey and C-47 from Vietnam. Fly an F-16 sim. Lord I could go on.

 

[DGC]

If he still is that into it next year you should make it a must see. Nowhere else can you see one of two flying Lancaster’s fly in formation with the only two flying B-29s oh turn it is followed by an F-22
And F-35 demo.

Or stroll around a ramp with numerous WWII fighters and bombers, get in a Huey and C-47 from Vietnam. Fly an F-16 sim. Lord I could go on.

Making me sad I didn't make it up there this year.

 

[serverguy]

Excellent youtube channel that did daily highlight of the air shows.

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