I just got back from an awesome camping trip to AirVenture 2008 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In case you are not familiar, Oshkosh is the largest aviation fly-in in the world. The estimated attendance is 750,000 for the week. I drove over from Minneapolis to meet some friends who flew in from Birmingham on Wednesday. Fortunately, we had great weather and no rain during the events.
Although I’m not directly involved in aviation myself, I still enjoyed seeing everything from the latest experimental homebuilt planes to the historic military aircraft. Highlights of the show include dozens of beautiful WWII era warbirds, airshows featuring the F-22 Raptor, ultralights taking off across the road from our campsite, incredible new planes like ICON Aircraft’s incredible new plane.
Check out my pictures here:
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I found out Friday night at the fly-in movie that John Travolta is an aviation freak to the extent that he designed his house like an airport and owns a Boeing 707, which he flew to Oshkosh (Quantas – Australian airliner). He introduced the movie Broken Arrow at the fly-in theater. BTW, he parked his Quantas jet right in the middle of the exhibition area – it was pretty lame compared to the rest of the planes surrounding it. There’s a description of his airport-house here.
Watch some videos from the fly-in from EAA:
