The Unofficial Oshkosh 2018 Thread

Ken · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:27 am

I admit I’m kinda partial to the Cavanaugh Spads! Great photos and thanks for sharing.

Ken

mazdaP5 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:44 am

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:12 pm

We were there Sunday pm through Friday am.

Another great week at the little airshow!

A few selected pics.

And...if you didn't stay around for the B-1 departure on Wednesday night..... OMG...I've never seen anything stay in afterburner for 2+ minutes!

:shock:

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:28 pm

Camping in Vintage is for sure a treat!

Matt's new Grumman was certainly nice to see! :lol:

mazdaP5 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:01 pm

I'd camp with a T-6...

Pogo · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:35 pm

Zounds, Zane -- those are fantastic pix! :supz:

And to all who have posted images here:

:drink3:

Thanks!!

garbs · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:18 pm

Very nice, Zane. Did you get to “Pirates’ Cove” then?

Ztex · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:30 pm

Pirates Cove... that's a happening place! We just sat back and basked in the glow of the Disco ball and the odor of tequila and barley.

k5083 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:11 pm

Great photos everyone. I don't think I have seen any photos of Kermit's Snipe or any of the World War I planes in the air at OSH. None of them flew the day I was there, but they weren't scheduled to. What ended up being the extent of the WWI flying this year?

August

maradamx3 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:46 am

Kermit was scheduled to fly the Snipe Monday evening around 8. Not sure if that happened, as I was gone by then.
Tommy

mazdaP5 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2018 5:52 am

maradamx3 wrote:

Kermit was scheduled to fly the Snipe Monday evening around 8. Not sure if that happened, as I was gone by then.
Tommy

Mechanical problems.

mazdaP5 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:13 am

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:47 am

Via Kermit Weeks' Facebook page, on the first day of the show (Monday), after fueling the Snipe they found a fuel leak and therefore were not going to be able to fly it that day. Then, having fully realized the lack of daylight for the 8-8:20pm time-slot he had been scheduled to be flying it, combined with the nature of the improvised runway setup, Weeks decided to not fly the aircraft the rest of the week either. To add injury to insult, on the last day of the show a person driving a vehicle towing the Snipe wasn't being cautious enough and the tailskid ended up jumping the dolly and resulted in the bottom of the Snipe's rudder getting smashed. As a result, Weeks mentioned in his Facebook posting that he was also pulling out of bringing his aircraft to Dayton for the USAF event, nor will he be bringing his aircraft out and about any longer - just keeping them at Fantasy of Flight.

Pogo · **Posted:** Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:43 pm

Ouch, I hate to hear that. I know for fact how devilishly easy it is to get in trouble moving such a plane as that on a dolly.

k5083 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:55 am

That is too bad, and Kermit's feelings are totally understandable. He put a lot of time, effort and money into getting those planes there and at least trying to fly some of them.

I haven't seen pics of the other WWI types flying either, not even the EAA's Standard or that Camel replica with the fat wings and the Rotax(?).

It was nice seeing those WWI types outside on the ground, but I guess you'd have to give the WWI theme a grade of EPIC FAIL for execution.

I guess we never will see WWI done right at OSH again. It has just become too big to give those planes the pampering they need.

August

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