EAA Oshkosh, WI - is anyone going or has gone?
07-30-2004, 12:03 PM
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EAA Oshkosh, WI - is anyone going or has gone?
Wow the air show Thursday was unreal. Patty Wagstaff, Kirby Chambliss, Jim Leroy, Oracle Pitts, and so many others I lost track. Did anybody else go?
There was one manuever that I thought was really cool. The Oracle pitts did it and so did Jim Leroy. They basically do a low pass but the plane is flying almost sideways and pointed slightly up. Almost like a high alpha knife edge, but in between sideways and upright. I can hear them running the throttle up and down to maintain altitude (about 8 feet). It looks very cool. I want to try this out either on my Sim or the next time out. I will be much higher than 8 feet. One guy did it right on a landing. It's almost like they fly their approach that way so they can see the runway better. Then they straighten out just before the wheels touch down.
To see a full scale plane do this is pretty amazing.
Joe
There was one manuever that I thought was really cool. The Oracle pitts did it and so did Jim Leroy. They basically do a low pass but the plane is flying almost sideways and pointed slightly up. Almost like a high alpha knife edge, but in between sideways and upright. I can hear them running the throttle up and down to maintain altitude (about 8 feet). It looks very cool. I want to try this out either on my Sim or the next time out. I will be much higher than 8 feet. One guy did it right on a landing. It's almost like they fly their approach that way so they can see the runway better. Then they straighten out just before the wheels touch down.
To see a full scale plane do this is pretty amazing.
Joe
08-04-2004, 01:30 PM
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RE: EAA Oshkosh, WI - is anyone going or has gone?
Ive been about 4 differ times. If you think the airshow on thurs was neat, go on saturday, thats when they drag it all out, flat out awsome. LAst year i took about 300 pics. I wanted to go this year but school was in the was, if i miss 12 hours, i phase out.
