The Unofficial Oshkosh 2019 Thread

[phil65]

Hellcat got robbed...

Phil

[garbs]

Firefly got Reserve post too, IIRC

[GRNDP51]

Hellcat got robbed...

Phil

Gotta second this post...

[phil65]

http://s108.photobucket.com/user/phil19 ... sort=3&o=1

What was the deal with this on the Hellcats prop... :


Phil

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[MilitaryAttractions]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiKK4Dh ... e=youtu.be
can someone tell me how to embed youtube videos?

[Flyin Illini]

So here’s the A-26 Firebomber

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[hurricane_yank]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiKK4DhZLrI&feature=youtu.be
can someone tell me how to embed youtube videos?

There is a new option when posting a reply it is a youtube tag. You can find it right above the text box and then from youtube you grab the embedding code that you can find in the share option on their page.

[JohnTerrell]

What was the deal with this on the Hellcats prop... :

It's another factory detail, chalked on the propeller, which was copied when the aircraft arrived at Oshkosh from this Bethpage Grumman factory flightline photo: https://metroairportnews.com/wp-content ... e-NY-1.jpg

In this instance, "Tom" was likely the guy that made the last check of the airplane on the factory flightline just prior to a test pilot taking the aircraft up, and therefore signed off on it and wrote "Gas OK", meaning that the tanks were full and the aircraft ready to be flown.

[JohnTerrell]

Awesome cockpit camera footage from one of the XP-82's displays:



It was great to listen to Ray Fowler speak on what it's like to fly this aircraft, and especially interesting his comments on how, unlike most any other twin, it doesn't have a VMC/single engine minimum control speed.

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[k5083]

Here is my take on the Mustang family portrait.

The evening they set it up, the feeling was electric among the relatively few folks still hanging around Warbird Alley. The EAA crew was pretty aggressive about keeping people away from the planes and discouraging amateur photography. Of course none of us could get the shots EAA was getting from its 20-foot mobile platform, but we did what we could. Scrambling up the adjacent bleachers got us some relatively high angles. Not high enough for a good view of everything, and that canopy cover on Old Crow was a spoiler, but it was still a pretty special evening of walking among those planes. We also climbed the berm around the back for some rear shots.









Next morning my #1 objective was to shoot this grouping, so I was there about 6:10, which is about as early as someone who is not an aircraft owner, camper, exhibitor or EAA staffer can get in the gate. It was a beautiful dawn, with lots of interesting clouds, which presaged a cloudy, drizzly day ahead, but was great in the moment. I brought a monopod to give me an extra 5 feet of altitude, which helped me get a little big of a high perspective on the planes. Again, EAA was pretty grouchy about keeping us amateurs away from the aircraft, to keep its own photos clean - and exclusive. Out of respect for this, I stayed to the periphery and out of the background. I'm still pretty happy with the pics I got.



















I actually prefer some of these quarter-angle shots to the head-on one that EAA went for. You can see the planes better.

I then went around the group with the tele to pick out some semi-abstracts with overlapping bits of Mustangness.













Finally, to best capture this brief but special experience, which I'll never forget, I grabbed this short phone video clip of a walk about halfway around the grouping.



EAA was apparently determined that this wonderful experience not be widely enjoyed, and began pulling the group apart as soon as its photos were done. By 7:30, it was a thing of the past.



August

[phil65]

What was the deal with this on the Hellcats prop... :

It's another factory detail, chalked on the propeller, which was copied when the aircraft arrived at Oshkosh from this Bethpage Grumman factory flightline photo: https://metroairportnews.com/wp-content ... e-NY-1.jpg

In this instance, "Tom" was likely the guy that made the last check of the airplane on the factory flightline just prior to a test pilot taking the aircraft up, and therefore signed off on it and wrote "Gas OK", meaning that the tanks were full and the aircraft ready to be flown.

Thanks for the info.

Any photos of the night show ?
Wednesday's show was incredible...

Phil

[Lon Moer]

Here is my take on the Mustang family portrait.

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August

Great photo's!

I'm curious as to why the EAA crew assembled the Mustangs this way?
If they had switched places with the D and the H the "Moonbeam McSwine" nose art would not have been hidden and the H is the same on both sides, so it wouldn't have mattered.

[mazdaP5]

Hellcat got robbed...

Phil

Gotta second this post...

I've gotta agree.

[Blackbirdfan]

From the EAA flickr page

Warbird Area by EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, on Flickr

Warbird Area by EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, on Flickr

This shot took months to make happen. At first it was laid out using 1/48 scale P51s over a measured and scaled to size mock up, then the models were arranged, the idea overlaid on google earth, then the request sent off to Warbirds of America so see if they would be game to make it happen. The request was granted, and so the arrangement took shape Thursday evening for a Friday morning shoot. Connor did a great job in envisioning the shot and making it happen.



I have a TON of pretty awesome shots that I'm looking forward to sharing as soon as I have the green light from the EAA to do so. A hint on some of the highlights, the night show on Saturday night, well, forget the man made fireworks, I went for the natural ones, with warbirds in the foreground. XP82, C47 Spooky, Skyraider, Corsair, Corsair and Bearcat, and a PBJ. Other highlights, Lopes Hope on short final over my head, awesome sunset shots in the warbirds area, lots of good stuff. You might be able to see some of it on the EAA Flickr feed. We had a world class team shooting some world class stuff.

Will

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[JohnTerrell]

With regard to the results of the judging, I couldn't see it going any other way than it did. As we've seen before, the judging criteria isn't setup to automatically award the most original or authentically-restored warbird the highest prize, there are other factors that weigh the scoring, most notable being the amount of points awarded for "difficulty factor". Obviously the owners and restorers know what they have in their aircraft. Whether it be the "Grand Champion", or the "Reserve Grand Champion", the restorers are awarded the exact same prize in the "Golden Wrench".