This morning, we were taken about 45 miles south to attend the
2009 EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, WI. For those who've never heard of this, it is a gathering of EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) pilots and other people who love airplanes and acrobatic flying. There were thousands of people, airplanes, bicycles, RVs and vendors
gathered there. Four static displays of airplanes were there - warbirds (including a WWII Army camp), homebuilt, vintage and ultralight & rotorcraft - plus many other museums and displays of unique aircraft. In the afternoon, there was a fascinating airshow with sky divers, acrobatic planes (and even an awesome acrobatic
helicopter), wing walkers, the new Airbus 500 passenger jet, and the White Knight 2 (Richard Branson and Burt Rutan's unusual prototype aircraft that is expected to take people into space in the near future). We've been to airshows in the past but nothing even close to this. Wow!!
This morning, we were taken about 45 miles south to attend the 2009 EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, WI. For those who've never heard of this, it is a gathering of EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) pilots and other people who love airplanes and acrobatic flying. There were thousands of people, airplanes, bicycles, RVs and vendors 
gathered there. Four static displays of airplanes were there - warbirds (including a WWII Army camp), homebuilt, vintage and ultralight & rotorcraft - plus many other museums and displays of unique aircraft. In the afternoon, there was a fascinating airshow with sky divers, acrobatic planes (and even an awesome acrobatic 
helicopter), wing walkers, the new Airbus 500 passenger jet, and the White Knight 2 (Richard Branson and Burt Rutan's unusual prototype aircraft that is expected to take people into space in the near future). We've been to airshows in the past but nothing even close to this. Wow!!
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