Round Motor Row No 1 ...

Round Motor Row No 2 ...

Round Motor Row No 3 - Cessna 195 alley ...

Staggered Staggerwings ...

I understand this is a very good airplane....

This is probably 0.01% of the tent campers here ....

A running Cessna 195 - Oshkosh Air Conditioning (no, that's not me) ....

The ultralight runway was busy ....

Bell 47 look alikes ....

You can make any vehicle run with a Chevy Small Block ....

I don't know what it was, but it crossed the road ....

A Percival, and a few apparent Percival wannabees ....

Lockheeds (*not* Beech 18s) and Cessna Bamboo Bomber ....

Formation flying seems to be the norm here, whether on the taxiway or departure ....

Sikorsky S-38 clone "Osa's Ark" flew a bit today. She and her sister ship "Caranuba" are both here this year ....

Posted 7:31PM OSH local by Dennis Collins - Oshkosh Day 4

 

When you absolutely, positively, *must* take your 7 best friends fishing.

The Sherpa Turbo 8
GW - 5500 lbs.
Takeoff at gross - 394 feet
Landing at gross - 233 feet
75% cruise - 172 mph
stall at gross - 42 mph

have to get a lader to preflight the engine ....

Posted 7:20PM OSH local by Dennis Collins - Oshkosh Day 4

 

There seems to be more airplanes at the Seaplane Base than I've seen in previous years. It's rockin. Three airplanes came in and offloaded luggage to the docks while I was there.

Not sure what the story is here.... Looks like a hell-of-a-ride though. Particularly without a seatbelt.

I took the "harbor cruise". The best deal at Oshkosh for two bucks. Everything else is expensive. Particularly galling is paying six bucks to park at the Seaplane base when I'm holding a reciept for the six dollar parking I paid over at the airport. Twelve bucks for parking in one day.

Water handling of seaplanes is an art form.

Lots of motorboats in very close proximity to fragile flight controls.

Posted 4:33PM OSH local by Dennis Collins - Oshkosh Day 4