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by claybird
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:03 am
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: Possible F-15 demo return??
Replies: 8
Views: 484

Re: Possible F-15 demo return??

For those who never saw the F-15E demo, well... it was awesome. They carry more gas than pretty much anybody else in a pointy nose jet without external tanks, and it was like 12 minutes in afterburner of a 15 minute profile. Just not sure that after all the hours put on those jets in the sandbox war...
by claybird
Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:02 am
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: Flight Line/Crowd Line Distance Question
Replies: 12
Views: 585

Re: Flight Line/Crowd Line Distance Question

Regarding EAA- at Oshkosh, if you are trying for show center, you will be missing out on a ton of opportunities afforded by having way more than a mile of vantage points to choose from. Go to Warbirds in the morning, you can stand less than fifty feet from Mustangs or Corsairs etc. starting up. At t...
by claybird
Tue Aug 01, 2023 3:54 am
Forum: 2023 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023
Replies: 318
Views: 129907

Re: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023

My warbirds take may be unpopular if you want to go to EAA and park on the front row and never leave all day/all week. If that's all you want to do then fine, but you're missing a ton of chances to go out to Warbirds at 7am and be just a few feet away from flights of Mustangs, Corsairs, T-6s, etc. s...
by claybird
Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:17 pm
Forum: 2023 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023
Replies: 318
Views: 129907

Re: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023

avravalleyaviation wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:47 am Any word on if todays day show is delayed or cancelled? The rain and lightning looks pretty bad…
Unfortunately, we are just enroute to EAA today, but- the weather to me looks like there is gonna be some vape photos coming later today....
by claybird
Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:55 am
Forum: 2023 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023
Replies: 318
Views: 129907

Re: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2023

[/img][/img][/img] I think EAA's reluctance to accept military demo teams is due to the size of the acrobatic "box" required. The Blue Angles apparently pursued this a few years ago and it was determined that residents in certain homes around the airport would need to vacate during the ai...
by claybird
Sun Jul 24, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2022
Replies: 324
Views: 153104

Re: EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2022

Hey everyone, 1 more day until OSH22. In the past you guys have posted the daily airshow schedules either in here and/or Facebook. You guys doing that again this year? I hope you do, personally I use that to plan my afternoon. Lol! Hope to see some of you around! If you're on the grounds, go to the...
by claybird
Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:23 pm
Forum: General Airshow Discussion
Topic: First Timer Tips for EAA AirVenture
Replies: 1
Views: 14191

Re: First Timer Tips for EAA AirVenture

Also worth a reminder, the specific daily airshow schedule is normally posted at the Homebuilts HQ building by lunchtime. Helpful while you're at Oshkosh, and also helpful to save a copy of if you're editing some photos weeks later and need a reminder about what a performer was that perhaps you had ...
by claybird
Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:01 am
Forum: 2022 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2022
Replies: 324
Views: 153104

Re: EAA Airventure Oshkosh 2022

Kinda nitpicking, but it was VFA-106 that did the Saturday night burner passes last time. The Growlers and F-35C have been putting on some pretty cool stuff, but they may be limited by the light conditions their profiles can be flown in. I can't wait to see what they come up with, though. Anybody wh...
by claybird
Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: 2021 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2021
Replies: 216
Views: 428929

Re: EAA Air Venture Oshkosh 2021

Probably worth a reminder, or especially for anybody that is a first-timer, if you're on the field the daily show schedule with specific performers and times for their displays will be posted by noon at the Homebuilders HQ just to the west of the brown arch. I always go by there an hour or two befor...
by claybird
Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:30 pm
Forum: 2021 Airshows/Fly-Ins/Exercises/Events - Discussion and Photos
Topic: KC AirShow 2021
Replies: 38
Views: 33193

Re: KC AirShow 2021

Going Sunday. Already had planned on it, but Harrier and Thunderbirds added sure makes it worth the 4 hour trip. Would agree about maps of the actual layout of the field being helpful...