Oshkosh Pictures and The Story of The Missing Picture

Jim Burns wrote:
Thanks for the great pics. What camera was used?
Sorry you could not stay for the party... next year!
Jim Burns

Jim,
Most of the pics was shot with the Nikon D50 with an old 24-120mm
lens (we were on the 6-month waiting list for the 18-200mm VR DX lens).
Some of the shots were with the Panasonic PV-GS300 camcorder (not
great but convenient).

Rick's ankle pretty much wore out by the third day at Oshkosh and we
had a full traveling agenda so Wednesday morning departure sounded like
a good idea. After his suspenseful landing event at Oshkosh (had to go
around to avoid pancaking an experimental plane which missed his orange
dot and slowed to get off the runway to allow us to land on our green
dot), I'm not sure whether I can talk Rick to go back to Osh. However,
he is game to go to SnF so that we can say "been there, done that" ;-)

Hai

Hai and Rick,
Don't let a single landing event diswade you from coming back to OSH, there
are plenty of alternative airports a short distance from OSH. Some have
daily shuttles and offer on airport camping, it's just a matter of planning.
Jim

"Longworth" wrote in message
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Jim Burns wrote:
Thanks for the great pics. What camera was used?
Sorry you could not stay for the party... next year!
Jim Burns

Jim,
Most of the pics was shot with the Nikon D50 with an old 24-120mm
lens (we were on the 6-month waiting list for the 18-200mm VR DX lens).
Some of the shots were with the Panasonic PV-GS300 camcorder (not
great but convenient).

Rick's ankle pretty much wore out by the third day at Oshkosh and we
had a full traveling agenda so Wednesday morning departure sounded like
a good idea. After his suspenseful landing event at Oshkosh (had to go
around to avoid pancaking an experimental plane which missed his orange
dot and slowed to get off the runway to allow us to land on our green
dot), I'm not sure whether I can talk Rick to go back to Osh. However,
he is game to go to SnF so that we can say "been there, done that" ;-)

Hai

In article . com,
"Longworth" wrote:

After his suspenseful landing event at Oshkosh (had to go
around to avoid pancaking an experimental plane which missed his orange
dot and slowed to get off the runway to allow us to land on our green
dot), I'm not sure whether I can talk Rick to go back to Osh.

But now you know what to expect!
Your next trip will be less stressful and you will be ready for the
unexpected. SnF will be no different. Your OSH experience will be
usefull there, too.

john smith wrote:
Your next trip will be less stressful and you will be ready for the
unexpected. SnF will be no different. Your OSH experience will be
usefull there, too.

john,

Yes, we expect SnF to be as challenging. We studied the NOTAMS
carefully, read as much as we could on Oshkosh experience and did some
Oshkosh-like patternworks few days before the trip. We were very
surprised to see that the arrivals at RIIPON and FISKE were quite
orderly. All hell broke loose when we were in downwind with at least a
dozen of planes all different sizes and speeds all funneled into rwy
27. We have attended a number of flyin events so this experience was
not exactly stressful but it was not fun either.

The landing on the colored dots system only worked when all pilots
have the skills to do exactly what to expect of them. There is no way
of anticipating what types of planes or pilots would be sharing the
runway with you

If we are to go back to Oshkosh, it will my turn to be the landing
PIC. I would not mind landing at KOSH but may check out Jim's
suggestion.

Hai Longworth