Video: The Fun Side of Oshkosh

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Key Takeaways:

  • AVweb staff often miss the "pure joy" of EAA AirVenture due to their focus on news coverage, creating a gap in their experiential reporting.
  • They found an inspiring YouTube video by James "Slick" Perkins, an 18-year-old aerobatic pilot and future naval aviator, who exemplifies fully experiencing Oshkosh.
  • The article highlights Perkins' impressive background and his "high art" method for maximizing the AirVenture experience.
  • Readers are encouraged to submit links to interesting videos, with the chance to win an AVweb baseball cap if their recommendation is featured.
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The common lament among AVweb staff at EAA AirVenture is that we spend a full week at the show but it seems like we see hardly anything. Sure, we cover the news, interview lots of interesting people and make sure there’s a wide variety of video, podcasts, photos and written information to give our readers a good picture of what’s going on. But few of us have ever gone to AirVenture for the pure joy of it, and that’s been an unintentional gap in our coverage.

Kitplanes Editor Marc Cook came across this video on YouTube by James Perkins, of Georgetown, Texas, who has elevated getting the most out of Oshkosh to high art. James, who’s been going by the nickname Slick since before he can remember, is a carded aerobatic pilot who competes in his Pitts S-1C. He’s also an Eagle Scout and will soon be a freshman at Texas A&M where he has a full ride ROTC scholarship as a future naval aviator. He’ll turn 19 next month.

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