I took advantage of the unscheduled morning to go to the grocery store while John started looking at airplanes on the show grounds. After I caught up with him he had to show me the cutest plane (that is obviously NOT how he would describe it) but it will take off and land on land or on water. It only holds two people, has one propeller, folding wings, and lots of other ‘stuff’.
We walked through lots of aircraft exhibits, the hangers with all kinds of aircraft ‘stuff’ ( radios, propellers, head sets, batteries, etc.) for sale, and then the vendors that are selling all the junk easily found at shows of this size. I swear some of these people are selling the same thing here that they sell in Quartzite, AZ! There are a few RV dealers here (Born Free is one), and car dealers (Ford Motor Co.), EAA has numerous stores and all the various aircraft companies have their own promotional products (Cessna, ICON, Bonanza).
During today’s air show we got to see the US Marine Corps’ Osprey. This aircraft has two propellers that rotate so the plane can hover and move like a helicopter then as it takes off, the propellers rotate forward so that it flies like an airplane. It can go as fast as 280 knots (over 300 mph) and travel up to 900 miles before refueling. It is used to place and pick up troops, and can fly in supplies as needed. It can land on aircraft carriers or at the airport. We were really fascinated by this aircraft.
Just as John put the chops on the grill, a storm rolled through Oshkosh. It wouldn’t be an EAA event without at least one thunderstorm!
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