Oshkosh, the trip split.. 2

[Brett_Henderson]

Oh the planes ! ..


I was told that was Harrison Ford's Pilatus behind us...


My personal favorite.. The Spartan...


Neat, B-25..



Neat formation...


We had Oshkosh transient company on the way home.. Valparaiso, Indiana..

[Dr.Goodfly]

LIBERATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Doc.

[beaky]

Okay, now I wish again that I could have tagged along!!
Very happy you didn't have to belly-in at Wittman; that would be embarassing in front of all those pilots.
"Yep, he prob'ly forgot to put the gear down.."
"Yep."

[Brett_Henderson]

We'll plan it better and more in advance next year, Rotty.. Maybe even you pick me up (there's a good chance I won't be renting from that club much more  ;)  )

I'd have MUCH prefered to have a pilot with me. The guy with me is my first student and he's struggling.. I thinks he's got more fear than he'll admit and it's not subsiding..

[Mobius]

Hey, I saw that C-54 taxiing to take-off on Sunday, but we never knew where it went, I guess you found it.

[Hagar]

Interesting photos. I used to overhaul those electro-hydraulic powerpacks. They're fine until something goes wrong. Didn't like them much. Good to know the emergency pump works.

[Willit Run]

Great shots in your posts!!!

  Man, I need to get to Oshkosh someday!!!!

 

[beaky]

We'll plan it better and more in advance next year, Rotty.. Maybe even you pick me up (there's a good chance I won't be renting from that club much more  ;)  )

Gee... I wonder why... You've read my mind, though- I'm hoping to join another club this year, so by next summer, that's a distinct possibility. It'd make a lot more sense for me to pick you up as I head west... and a detour to the UP wouldn't be so bad; a good way to avoid overflying water very much, or tangling with the Chicago airspace. Who knows? I may even have my IR by then (now I'm really being optimistic! ).

I'd have MUCH prefered to have a pilot with me. The guy with me is my first student and he's struggling.. I thinks he's got more fear than he'll admit and it's not subsiding..

Yeesh, that's not good... I guess you have to get him to 'fess up before you can make any more progress with him...good luck with that.

[Brett_Henderson]

Interesting photos. I used to overhaul those electro-hydraulic powerpacks. They're fine until something goes wrong. Didn't like them much. Good to know the emergency pump works.

Yeah.. the design is not very airplane-like. The resevoir is build to retain just enough fluid for the manual pump in the event of a leak. And the manual pump isn't truly like a back-up system, even if there IS just an electrical pump failure.There are way to many weak links in a 177RG's gear system.