{"id":33038,"date":"2021-07-16T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=33038"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:13:15","slug":"lets-meet-at-oshkosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/16\/lets-meet-at-oshkosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s meet at Oshkosh!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I hope that everyone is going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eaa.org\/en\/airventure\">EAA AirVenture<\/a> (&#8220;Oshkosh&#8221;), a safe space for pilots of light aircraft where nobody will say &#8220;That is a stupid hobby.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m giving two talks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>introduction to helicopter aerodynamics and operations (targeted at those with some airplane flying experience), at 8:30 am on Wednesday, July 28, at 8:30 am, Forum Stage 6<\/li><li>Instrument Flying Ground School, Lesson 1 (using <a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/zoom-ifr-class-materials-available-for-other-flight-schools\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28810\">the materials previously offered here<\/a>) where lessons 2 and 3 will follow as free Zoom classes. Wednesday, July 28, at 10:00 am, Forum Stage 6.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll also be at the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association dinner, Monday, July 26 at 5 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn. You <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cirruspilots.org\/Events\/oshkosh-dinner\">might still be able to register<\/a>. Warning: in previous years this was a typically dull non-profit org event in which the featured speakers talked about the organization&#8217;s administration rather than the activity that the organization supposedly fosters. One of my pilot friends refused to return even though I offered to pay for his ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re new to the magic of AirVenture\/Oshkosh, see a lunchtime talk from our <a href=\"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/teaching\/ground-school\/\">MIT ground school class<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KbEQd6Iz7jM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year the event is free for children under 18 and Delta variant COVID is free for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. 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