The Unofficial 2015 Oshkosh thread...

[Fouga23]

What's this?
http://s109.photobucket.com/user/tbyguy ... v.jpg.html

[Mike]

Don Pellegrino's Fairchild XNQ-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_XNQ

[NathanT24]

Whos B-25 is this?

[Mike]

It's written on the side!!!!

B-25H 43-4432 N10V

[Dan K]

Whos B-25 is this?

Nate, N10V is listed as a B-25H, but it's carried a glass nose for many years...I'm guessing back when it was restored in the 1970's.

Here's a little story about N10V from when AVweb once interviewed Paul Poberezny:


I had a reputation as a wild pilot. But the reason I flew like I flew was I wanted to match my ability against the ability of the airplane in case I needed to use it in an emergency. One day I was out here approaching [OSH runway] 36 in a B-25 and I had gear problems. A hydraulic line broke and I had lost all hydraulic fluid. I had enough pressure to get the nose gear down. At first the mains wouldn't come out of the nacelles, then I was able to get the doors open and crank them down into the slipstream. I flew around for about 90 minutes burning off gas and by then the scanners had picked it up and a line started to form. My wife heard about it and came to the airport, too.

I was about ready to pick a place and plunk it into the grass, then I figured I'd try one more thing. I climbed up and brought it back to about 90 knots to reduce the slipstream. The right one moved, but didn't lock. On about the fourth try the right one locked. Now I had a nose and a main, but the left one wouldn't budge. About that time I ran out of fuel in the right engine, so I told the tower, "Change of plans, I've got about 12 seconds and I'm coming in."

I touched on the right main, feathered the left engine, cut the mixtures and held the left wing up, then let the left wing drop and drag into the mud on the side of the runway. Just a little light braking and we were stopped. The damage was a little bit of the left vertical fin and about 18 inches of left wingtip to repair. We changed the prop, didn't hurt the engine, and two weeks later I flew it to an airshow. That's the B-25 that's up in the museum, by the way.

[k5083]

Whose Buchon? Is that EAA's static one?

August

[hurricane_yank]

Are the two Mossies still parked next to each other?

[Dan K]

Are the two Mossies still parked next to each other?

Only the webcam knows all.

http://spirit.eaa.org/webcams/popup_north.html

[needle]

Anyone know why Oshkosh is closed right now just heard on FISK VFR that it was closed and they didn't know when it would be reopening

Col,

It appears it is due to a small plane crash at Wittman field:

"A Piper Malibu PA46 with five occupants crashed just before 8 a.m., according to EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski. Four of the people made it out of the plan on their own. The other person was taken via helicopter to a hospital. The extent of the person's injuries aren't known".

Seen here: http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/ne ... /30506389/

Looks like it was on runway 27/09

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[4RG.I.'S]

From the local news:

http://fox11online.com/news/local/fox-c ... ash-at-eaa

OSHKOSH — 8:55 a.m. Update:

We just spoke with officials with ThedaClark Medical Center in Neenah, they tell us three people were transported to the hospital.

Two by ambulance and one by air.

We don't know their conditions.

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OSHKOSH - An investigation is underway after a plane crash this morning at AirVenture 2015.

EAA officials tell fox 11 News, a Piper Meridian went down just before 8 a.m. Wednesday on one of the runways.

The plane is a six passenger plane. There were five people on board.

The Oshkosh Police Fire Department was on the scene within a minute.

Some of the people got out. It's not know how many people were injured.

A medical helicopter was called to the scene.

The airport is closed as of 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

[Bomberboy]

Thought this just about said it all.
Mossies by Matthew Vader, on Flickr

You are so right there!
I am so jealous!!!!!!
2 Mossies in one place, that is so not fair.
You lucky bar-stewards

[Bomberboy]

Tuesday

Don't you just love so called re-enactors?
What is the average age of the Mossie crew? 70 ish.

[CH2Tdriver]

Tuesday

Don't you just love so called re-enactors?
What is the average age of the Mossie crew? 70 ish.

Yes, I was thinking that same thing. Strangely though, (as highlighted by the red head in the T-33 pic) there never seems to be a shortage of twenty something ladies ready to bare all for the warbird calendar pinup shoots! Maybe they should reverse that trend with 20 year old reenactors and 70 year old pinup models and see how many calendars they sell?

[airnutz]

The RIMOWA Junkers F13 replica is pretty impressive! At 2.2 million a copy, I wonder how many more will be commissioned?

[kzollitsch]

Just saw the F-100 on the north webcam.