Top Ten Things that Suck About Oshkosh

Went up for one day, with a specific list of booths to see, as well as to
hang out with the guys from our units (F-16 and KC-135). We came with our 11
year old son, and two of his buddies. They liked the pyro during the
airshow, while I enjoyed seeing the people at the Extra booth, Paraphernalia
(parachute guy), etc. I

I'm not too much of a gear head- I'd rather be flying than looking at
vintage or exotic stuff. As an example, I'd rather have a talk with Sean
Tucker than watch him fly, although he is obviously great. Had a brief talk
with one of the pilots of the navy MH-53, who was at the airshow and camping
with her parents- what a great accomplishment.

To me, it's more about the people in aviation rather than the hardware.
Plus, I went up in the flight suit- it's great PR for our units in the
state, but they are very hot in the sun.

I saw the expandable flag pole exhibit as well, and looked at the new
Lightspeed Zulu, which seemed pretty interesting. Also paid my Jeppesen
subscription and got an update for flightstar (which promptly locked up).
What do Ford and Honda have to do with aviation, although they obviously
paid big bucks for their exhibits?

Plus, we live so close that it hardly seems worth the time and effort to
camp, but this rules out having a few beers and then driving home
afterwards.

However, it was still a great day and a great experience, and one that I
certainly would do for a day each year.

In a previous article, "Viperdoc" said:
What do Ford and Honda have to do with aviation, although they obviously
paid big bucks for their exhibits?

Ford Trimotor? HondaJet?

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Paul Tomblin wrote:
In a previous article, "Viperdoc" said:
What do Ford and Honda have to do with aviation, although they obviously
paid big bucks for their exhibits?

Ford Trimotor? HondaJet?

Same as John Deere and Harley-Davidson. They are all major sponsors of
the EAA (even before the Honda Jet). Ford was also a *MAJOR* sponsor of
the Wright Flyer reenactment (lots of cross-link between that effort and
the EAA). Deere, Ford, and Honda all provide $$$ and resources to the
show.

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:13:21 -0500, "Viperdoc"
wrote in
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Ford and Honda have to do with aviation


Umm... Willow Run, and the HondaJet? :-)

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

In article ,
"Viperdoc" wrote:

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

Ask the folks who camped around me what they think about Honda
generators in the airplane camping area.

Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable flag
pole booth.

Ask the folks who camped around me what they think about Honda
generators in the airplane camping area.

Although your new generator is very cool (EVERYONE used it to charge
cell phones, cameras, and laptops) I get Viperdoc's point.

At least Honda is sort of getting into aviation. No one knows what
Ford is doing there. (Although watching them test the Ford GT on a
track across the street from our campsite was pretty darned cool, I
must admit.)
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Is this why there was a huge tent full of Ford cars and another full of
Honda generators? It's just a larger scale version of the expandable
flag
pole booth.

Ask the folks who camped around me what they think about Honda
generators in the airplane camping area.

Although your new generator is very cool (EVERYONE used it to charge
cell phones, cameras, and laptops) I get Viperdoc's point.

At least Honda is sort of getting into aviation. No one knows what
Ford is doing there. ...

They were spending a pile of money - Duuh....

:-)

The company was hyping this up on the internal web pages - number of people,
"exclusive automotive sponsor since 199something" - had some pictures too,
but I didn't see you in them - so how do I know that you were really there?

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Jay Honeck wrote:

At least Honda is sort of getting into aviation. No one knows what
Ford is doing there.

They're bringing back the Tri-Motor.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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