OSHKOSH 09 Pic Stream #1

 

The AirPigz 'Pig Pen'  taking shape in the boonies of the campground about 2pm Saturday.  The travel trailer is a really nice family of 4 from IL, and the motorhome in the background is the myTransponder ranch just beginning to take shape.  More camp pix later.

 Wow! Oshkosh 09 starts tomorrow, but it feels like it's already under way with about 1.2 bazillion people already settled in the campground and there are airplanes everywhere!.  And as I said in a post recently, the best Oshkosh ever is the one you're at right now... so I gotta say that this feels like the best one ever!

 Below is a quick stream of pix taken Saturday afternoon shortly after I arrived, and some on Sunday as I made an early morning trip around the grounds.  It's just a  nice little sample of what to expect as I post pix and info through the week  (BTW, I can take pix of airplanes facing the othe way, I really I can).

 In an effort to get the pix up quickly, I'm not gonna include a lot of info with them.  That'll come later, after I have time to soak up the entire event.  Occasionally I'll find something so interesting that I'll say more about it, but a lot of this stuff is gonna come at you pretty fast.

 I'm also planning to post some pix attwitpic.com/photos/airpigz.  It's a great place for stuff a little more unusaul, or when I simply don't have the time to prep a full post.

 Please check back often, and tell your friends... it's a special occassion: the first-ever AirPigz experience at the world's greatest aviation event, Oshkosh!

After a little rain Saturday, I saw this fast and furious looking Lycoming powered Lancair Evolution being pulled to the exhibit area.

 

It doesn't get any better than a Pitcairn Autogyro in my mind... what a beautiful flying machine.  The all new 'Vintage Hangar' is visible in the background.  Mmmm, Oshkosh!

 

A really big and very yellow amphibious Cessna Caravan being pushed into the exhibit area on Sunday morning.  Sure looks like a great way to have some serious fun!

The Sunday morning sky was a perfect background for Mike Logbacks beautiful Tailwind.  I got this picture right after he shut the engine down from arriving at OSH.

The freaky-cool unmanned Predator arrived the other day (I saw the EAA tweet about it's arrival) and is on display.  Gonna have to study this thing in the coming days.

I actually saw some people were really concerned that the new flush toilets at OSH might ruin the experience (?), but fear not, there are still lots of sweet portables around!