Oshkosh 2016 Pictures

[Adler]

As is tradition, here is a dump of my pictures from this year. My 27th consecutive Oshkosh, besides the Martin Mars, I cannot remember one as lackluster as this year. All in all, I took about as many picture over the course of the week as I usually do in a single day. Luckily over the years, I’ve met plenty of other regulars that helped keep the week interesting.


This thing is seriously huge






Compass approved morning brews with @Ollie

@CFI A&P voluntarily went to talk with the FAA

Recreating the iconic Top Gun scene with @Ollie

Pissing away money

The Mike Tyson Challenger had to do two go-arounds



A PTK friend returning from the race



Not wanting to spend $125 for a tour of the Martin Mars, we fired up a SeaBee and went to the base and created our own tour:









A friend showed up in their T6 filled with camping gear, and parked in the seaplane section.


@tlewis95 riding the jumpseat with Jeff Skiles

 

[Adler]

The world's largest flying seaplane dropping 7200 gallons of water



Poor Preflight



Peidmont






What a great sound
















The last two F-4’s in US inventory, destined to be shot down as target drones any day…

 

[knot4u]

Thanks for the pictures. Is that Bearcat painted as a Blue Angel? Any idea who owns it?

 

[CFI A&P]

OMG, I'll have 260 hours at graduation from WMU, can I haz 727 yob?


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[deadstick]

What a great sound

You know what sounds better than a radial?

Four of them.


Thanks for the pics. It's been 20+ years since I attended Oshkosh.

 

[tlewis95]

Great stuff as usual. Glad I was able to run into you

 

[ShortField]

Awesome pictures. Always look forward to them.

 

[Beefy McGee]

@Adler

What's the story on Jelly Belly? Looks like a t-shirt or rag on the horizontal stabilizer, besides the missing aileron.

 

[azmedic]

Apparently the Martin Mars was damaged during an emergency landing on Friday...


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[A Life Aloft]

Wonderful pics, especially the Mars. That T-6 is a real beauty.

I hope there wasn't severe damage to the Mars, what happened?

Edit: Found th details on line. I wonder what the hell she hit in the lake?

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/stor...bomber-makes-emergency-landing-lake/87778216/

 

[Nark]

Sorry I missed you guys. I was worse than an ADD kid in a candy store.

One of the funniest parts of the show was when Rob Reid asked the crowd to check their handheld radios, there was a stuck mic.
He then went on to explain the day before a "rotund" man had fallen asleep and his girth hand been pressing the PTT.

Of course the F-16 only did 2 passes before breaking, which meant the Canadian Snowbirds out performed the entire USAF on Friday...

I've got a pretty big desire for a CJ6 now

 

[EIR]

Great pictures!

 

[azmedic]

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[Adler]

@Adler

What's the story on Jelly Belly? Looks like a t-shirt or rag on the horizontal stabilizer, besides the missing aileron.

I'm not sure what the rag is, but it's Kent Pietsch doing a drunk pilot routine. He drops the aileron early on.


He also does really neat bit where he climbs to altitude, shuts off the engine, and does a full aerobatic glider routine, note the prop:








@Ollie 's beer filled C-1