Blogs from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, North America

June 9th up at 5am and on the road early from Sault Ste Marie. Wasn't much of a lineup at US Customs. The customs officer said he trusted us that we dumped all our food and let us in with no inspection. We entered the State of Michigan and then on to the Sate of Wisconsin. This was our first time in these states. In Michigan most of our drive was through Hiawatha National Forest. Beautiful tall trees some wildlife and very few people. We then drove along the shores of Lake Michigan until we entered Wisconsin. Cottage country. Everyone seemed to have a fishing boat. Once we entered Wisconsin we hit the traffic of Green Bay. A busy freeway with six lanes. We arrived in the small city of Oshkosh. Wisconsin is in another time ... read more

Geo: 44.0249, -88.5444Today was a travel day. We didn't visit any attractions and I have little to report except that it was a long day. We left Mitchell, SD at 8:30 AM and 63 degrees and aimed for Oshkosh, WI. There was a high ceiling, so we had gray skies all day. It reminded me of my many years living in Maine, when days upon days could go by without a visit from the sun.We traveled across South Dakota, Minnesota and into Wisconsin. For the first 250 miles all we saw was corn fields and little else. The crops are young, having just been planted. Many of the fields are flooded with water in low areas and we assumed that they had a lot of rain the day before. The corn fields in SD are so ... read more

My day started a bit differently this morning. We had a group photo, and Athol Franz was being picky. The group had a great time ripping him apart. I took my standard walk down to the flightline and put my chair down in anticipation for the massive show expected the afternoon. I decided I should possibly do some memorabilia shopping before I left, so I bought myself a couple of T-Shirts, Caps, and a really interesting book on the B-29 type and its combat history. I had another walk through the warbirds area and saw that even more T-28s had arrived. I am almost prepared to saw that the T-28 is to the USA at an airshow, what the the Harvard is to South Africa at an airshow; extremely numerous. I hopped on the free Warbirds ... read more

I have an idea that this is going to be a reasonably short entry; I am exhausted from all the walking and the sun. I had what appears to be the normal morning for me in Oshkosh. Early up and then breakfast followed by a walk to the flightline. I had a plan this morning, I would put my chair on the flight line first thing. This meant that my spot would be reserved for thhe airshow the afternoon, and no one would be walking, or standing in front of me. This went off well. I took a walk down to the warbirds area to see if anything new had arrived overnight, and as normal, something had. The aircraft that most noteable stood out was the A-36 Apache Fighter aircraft. I would have called it a ... read more

Dy 1 at EAA Airventure 2012 started off screaming; with Phil making everyone aware that he is awake and ready to start his day. I had a nice breakfast of toast and two bagels with peanut butter, and a nice cup of tea. I walked to the main gate and got there at about 6AM, when the gates open, and was informed that online ticket redeemkng was only opening at 7. I thought that this might have been a bit earlier, as even the people who hadnt bought tickets could get theirs by 6.30. It sounds like I'm moaning; I'm not. At the entrance stood a a stunning Cessna Grand Caravan Floatplane, done up with camouflage stripes; that is the aircraft you need. A long walk to the warbirds area was rewarded with the sight of ... read more