Prepping for Oshkosh AirVenture.
I’ve been getting more and more excited about the big vacation this year: AirVenture at Oshkosh Wisconsin.
This is basically mecca for homebuilders, general aviation (i.e. private planes), and anybody who loves flight.
EAA has done an amazing job running this show, year after year, and I’m finally making my first pilgrimage!
This is thanks to Lois’s Xmas gift last year, which was my pick of AirVenture or another event (which I’m totally blanking on, so I guess the choice was obvious).
Highlights that I’m looking forward to are the Miller Jet-Pack (technically a fan pack, but whatever gets ya off the ground…), Airbus A380 Double-decker-obscenely-huge-jet, Sonex e-flight plane, the other electric flight projects, the list goes on and on. White Knight Two will be there (mothership for spaceship two, which will be doing space tourism flights via “Virgin Galactic”).
I’m also going to be surveying hands on modern avionics and systems with an eye towards my own plane project. And enjoying the AirShows of course.
Speaking of things that fly, still hopeful that Endevour might get off the ground today at 6:51 p.m. EDT/3:51PM PDT, if the weather improves. Going up for one of the last ISS assembly missions, we’re going to have a lot of folks in space this week. 7 going up in the shuttle plus the now 6 folks already on the ISS now that the crew size is finally at full strength.
All in all, an exciting time for yours truly.
