AirVenture

Monday, July 27th, two days before the EAA AirVentureOshkosh 1998 convention even opened, the sound of airplanes atfull fury filled the air at Oshkosh Wittman field. Ten very special,very speedy airplanes wrestled for the finish line on the southend of runway 18-36, ending a 822 nautical mile cross countryrace. Though there have been air races […]

We landed in Oshkosh in mid-afternoon five days before the official opening of the convention in what appeared to be a sleepy, under-utilized mid-western airport. The rains that had plagued the Midwest all spring and summer affected central Wisconsin as well. The grass taxiways used during the convention were soft and several of the traditional […]