2008 Oshkosh Photos – Director’s Cut
December 8th, 2008. Filed under: Fly-ins, Oshkosh Airventure, Photo Albums.Of the 1,400 photos I took at AirVenture this year, I’ve whittled them down to this master list of 300. It gives you a good idea of where I was and what I saw. I hope you enjoy them half as much as I do.
This is one of three photo albums I created for 2008 Oshkosh. The other two are:
Oshkosh Photos – “A” List – A sub-group of “Director’s Cut.” 40 of the best of the best photos.
Oshkosh Photos – Four Amigos – Unless you’re family you’ll likely want to skip this album. It’s all the pics of the four of us who went; My dad, his older brother and his son, and me.
Click on any photo for a larger image and slide show option:
Travolta’s plane being pulled into AeroShell Square
Travolta’s plane being pulled into AeroShell Square
F-22 Raptor Arrives
F-22 Raptor Arrives
F-22 Raptor Arrives
F-22 Raptor Arrives
F-22 Raptor Arrives
F-22 Raptor Arrives
Love that contrast!
B-17 Flying Fortress – Yankee Lady
B-17 Flying Fortress – Yankee Lady
F4U Corsair
Beach ?B-8?
Grumman Albatross and T-6
T-6
Grumman Albatross
B-25 Mitchell – Special Delivery
Wednesday AM conga line to launch
Red Bull’s Grumman Albatross taking off
P-38 Lightning – Glacier Girl
Huh?
A buncha P-51 Mustangs taxing out
P-51 Mustang – Gentleman Jim
P-51 Mustang, Petie 2nd, with Harrison Ford as pax
Harrison Ford in the passenger seat
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
P-51 Mustang – Miss Marilyn II
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender arrives
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender taxies into AreoShell Square
Corsair
Lotsa Lotsa MUSTANGS!
Lockheed U-2 (TU-2S) coming in for landing
Lockheed U-2 (TU-2S) to a full stop with ultralight on the upwind leg.
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor arrives
V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor makes a pass
V-22 Osprey landing
V-22 Osprey – “going around”
Sean Tucker – Aerobatic ROCK STAR!
AreoShell Team (sans one team member)
Kyle Franklin
Kyle Franklin
David William’s Dyke Delta
David William’s Dyke Delta
Love the sign on the building!
A buncha Eze’s
More Eze’s and a Velocity (Pink/Green)
John Travolta’s 707
McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender
Base Camp for the week
Everyone treking to the Fiy-In Theater
Cousins Edsel Ford and Harrison Ford
Jet propelled BD
EAA’s Bell 47 hovering over the warbirds area
Rocket Racing League’s first public demonstration
Rocket Racing League’s first public demonstration. (Rocket powered Velocity aircraft)
Duggy the DC-3
Julie Clark and her T34
Julie Clark and her T-34
The Colaborators
The Colaborators
The Colaborators
Sean Tucker
Ben Freelove – Extra 300L
Eric Tucker – Extra 300L
Bill Stein – Edge 540
Many layers of traffic at OSH
T-6′s on final
T-6′s on final
Matt Younkin
John saying “Heya Bob!!”
What the heck was this?
Electraflyer-C
Rocket Racing League – Rocket powered Velocity
Tucker doing his signature ribbon cuts
Billy Segalla – Son of the Flying Farmer at the Ol’ Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Eclipse 400 Demonstration
“The Jet” by Cirrus Demonstration
U-2
Velocity SE
Bob trying out the Velocity XL-RG on for size. Nice!
B-52 Low Pass
Grumman Duck at the EAA museum
Late Sunday afternoon RV grounds
There’s our camper – between the trees to the right of the blue tarp
EAA Headquarters and grass strip
Patty Wagstaff about to cut the ribbon
Cut to shreds!
Matt Chapman on deck ready for his performance
Weird weather at the end of Sunday
A typical waypoint for me, Hudson NY, but now at 18,000′ in big iron
Other Posts You May Enjoy:
- 2008 Oshkosh Photos – “A” List
- Mooney Mass Arrival – Oshkosh 2009
- Looks like I’m going to be an owner!
December 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Wow. Very nicely done, Bob. Makes me want to book a room right now. These are great pictures that provide a fine overview of AirVenture 2008. Thank you for sharing.
December 8th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Oshkosh is one of my favorite things to do all year. Nice job on the pics! The Checkertail Mustang is one of my favorites too, as I have over 20 hours in the back seat of it, and one of my jobs at OSH is to wipe the bugs and dew and handprints off of its polished metal first thing in the morning before the crowds arrive, and last thing in the evening after they all go home.
December 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Laura! Do you need any help next year?? I’m VERY good at bug removal and polishing. Will work for ride(s)!!!!! puh-puh-puh-pleeeze!
btw- you did a spectacular job. That bird was one of the very best looking planes there. Spotless. Gleaming!