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My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:04 pm
by Carel-EAP
One day to go leaving for Oshkosh and looking forward to it. I will be available on Skype and if you want me to get info for you on any products or want to know anything about things happening at Oshkosh. please send me a message. my skype address : carel1959
will post some pictures here when i get back.
Carel
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:24 pm
by Bundy
Nee wat....die res van die Misasa members praat nie met jou nie!!
Just kidding.
Have an awesome trip Karel! Don't forget to go kiss a P51 for me!
Looking forward to your pics!
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:11 pm
by Carel-EAP
Hi Alan.
the trip was awesome thanks. this is the only one where i could get a kiss in. not sure if it was a P51 or P52.
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Carel
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 12:32 pm
by Carel-EAP
Thanks to MISASA's prize draw for a trip to oshkosh, i was the lucky winner, i had an awesome time at the world's biggest air show. One can not really know how many planes and people are there unless you attended it yourself. here are just a few pics of the nearly 2000 i took.
the south-african camp was a buzz between all the campers in their RVs.
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from the air one could see how many planes and campers there were along the 5km runway of the Whitmann airfeild. this is just a small section where private pilots camped next to their planes.
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the americans are really into home builds and ultra-lights of all kinds were shown. this is one of those for which no pilot's or plane license is required.
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for those of us flying trikes this REVO must be the ferrari\rolls royce of trikes.
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the daily airshow with its variety of planes and acrobatics was a highlight.
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one of the special planes was the Osprey with its unique engine configuration for taking off vertically and the flying like a normal plane.
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everybody looked forward to the display by the thunderbirds.
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and in the bombing simulation they went all out with the biggest fire works.
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all in all it was a great experience and i met the nicest of like minded aviation enthusiasts.
Carel Viljoen
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 2:39 pm
by nicow
Carel-EAP wrote:Thanks to MISASA's prize draw for a trip to oshkosh, i was the lucky winner, i had an awesome time at the world's biggest air show. One can not really know how many planes and people are there unless you attended it yourself. here are just a few pics of the nearly 2000 i took.
the south-african camp was a buzz between all the campers in their RVs.
Camp.jpg
from the air one could see how many planes and campers there were along the 5km runway of the Whitmann airfeild. this is just a small section where private pilots camped next to their planes.
Planes.jpg
the americans are really into home builds and ultra-lights of all kinds were shown. this is one of those for which no pilot's or plane license is required.
UltraLight.jpg
Thanks for the pics...
for those of us flying trikes this REVO must be the ferrari\rolls royce of trikes.
trike.jpg
the daily airshow with its variety of planes and acrobatics was a highlight.
Acro.jpg
one of the special planes was the Osprey with its unique engine configuration for taking off vertically and the flying like a normal plane.
Osprey.jpg
everybody looked forward to the display by the thunderbirds.
Tbirds.jpg
and in the bombing simulation they went all out with the biggest fire works.
Bomb.jpg
all in all it was a great experience and i met the nicest of like minded aviation enthusiasts.
Carel Viljoen
Thanks for the pics...
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:44 pm
by Bundy
Carel-EAP wrote:Hi Alan.
the trip was awesome thanks. this is the only one where i could get a kiss in. not sure if it was a P51 or P52.
Carel
Mooi man!
Glad you had a blast!
Re: My OSHKOSH adventure
Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:48 am
by John Boucher
Fantastic Carel. Pleased you enjoyed the trip... ay least a couple of us from MISASA chatted to you via a "ruk en pluk" Skype call...