Last day of Oshkosh (EAA AirVenture)…
Even more amazing than all of the U.S. military technology, a two-year father-son project to take a DC-3 fuselage from a field in Missouri into a highway-legal motorhome (not a trailer, but a Class A motorhome with a engine!). From Round Engine Aero:
The TWA Hotel did a great job turning a Lockheed Constellation into a bar, but it isn’t legal to drive down the road.
Two aerial vehicles that are slower than a homemade motorhome…
I asked the owner of this vehicle to kneel with me for the National Anthem, but he/she/ze/they (don’t want to assume gender ID) refused.
Redneck Airlines Fo’ Evah! (and that’s said with the greatest affection.)
Nashville, Michigan: “The population was 1,628 at the 2010 census…The median income for a household in the village was $32,857, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $31,311 versus $22,760 for females. The per capita income for the village was $14,147.”
That’s some awesome freedom and fun for a father and son on a budget, right there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Michigan
What’s up with all that engine parts (upper right picture)? They don’t appear to be in any working order.
> I asked the owner of this vehicle to kneel with me for the National Anthem, but he/she/ze/they (don’t want to assume gender ID) refused.
Anyone can kneel, turn their back, not show up, et. al. as much as he/she/ze/.. want to, but doing so on someone’s else time and dime to advance their agenda or cause no matter how just it is, is simply wrong and unacceptable in my book. We are now seeing a lot of it those days and now in the Tokyo Olympics.
Phil, why would you kneel during the national anthem?
didn’t expect this from PhilG 🙁
Seems like some posts here need irony alert icon.
Shouldn’t the best vehicle at an airshow be a ground vehicle turned into a flying machine, not the other way round. Next Oshkosh will start having best boat awards.
@GB: == Giant Buzzkill. Lol.
The following boats won awards this year!
Outstanding Metal — Plaque
Matthew Hermann
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
C-FIPT Cessna 182
Outstanding Fabric — Plaque
Gordon Gilchrist
Cedar Springs, Michigan
CubCrafters EX-3, N30PG
Outstanding Amphibian — Plaque
Van Pray
Montgomery City, Missouri
Cessna 206T
Outstanding Homebuilt — Plaque
Michael Eiras
Austin, Texas
SeaRey, N17TS
Judges’ Choice
Alex Vickroy and Jesse Starkson
Ashland, Wisconsin
Beech 18, N33JP
Bronze Lindy
Cliff Maine
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Lake Renegade, N704BC
Silver Lindy
Keith Kocourek
Wausau, Wisconsin
de Havilland DCH-2 Beaver, N22KK
Gold Lindy
Doug DeVries
Everett, Washington
Grumman G-21G Turbine Goose, N642
philg: Did you get a chance to test fly the Blackfly?
https://www.opener.aero/
See a later post. The Blackfly failed after 1 of 3 planned demo flights in the airshow. Towed off runway.
With 200lb useful load and 25-40 miles at 61 mph cruise it is bound to crash-land in the first half of typical Silicon Valley one way daily commute rout. It could be used to arrive at country club parties if it could handle 2 people seated.