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Experimental is the magic word - everything is
permitted with all that flies - from the folding Gyrocopter. |
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Oshkosh is not only a fair and exhibition but
also an air show. Here you can see the well-known aero shell team, which performs with
close formation aerobatics. |
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. up to the top modern viper jet, which
performed its first public demonstration here. |
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A small "Air Race" served as a promo
for the famous National Air Races in Reno. Here "Hoot" Gibson starts the engine
of his Sea Fury "Riff Raff". |
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For some owners of experimental aircraft
handiness is the most important thing... |
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At the large Aeroshell Square of big and exotic
airplanes, we saw well-known faces from Germany: Irish Dornier and copilot Dr. Klaus Daser
used Oshkosh as a pause in their world tour with the DO 24 ATT. |
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... others orient themselves with their self-
built planes towards famous models like the Curtiss Hawk. |
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And for the DO 24 ATT and other water airplanes
there was enough water at the local lake. |
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However all EAA members have one thing in
common: they love their airplanes and spend much time taking care of them . Sometimes
personally... |
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Glacier
Girl" was skilfully flown by Steve Hinton after spending decades in the eternal ice.
However the "Glacier Girls" didn't leave the public cold at all. |
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... or by paid airplane service. |
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Everyone who likes it particularly loud, had a
blast as well - beside this F-4 phantom there were lots of different jets at the event. |
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This is an experimental airplane as well: The
global flyer, a construction of Burt Rutan, who recently orbited the earth with Steve
Fossett. |
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However for the large finale of the last days,
the skies where clouded with lots of heavy aluminium. |
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Entertainment for young people is important.
This the organizer noticed as well. |
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... the experienced veterans clearly knew what
was going to come... |
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... only someone who is born fearless starts
doing these things. |
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... and it came! |
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Warbirds play a large part at the EAA air
venture. Surely 60 years after the end of the Second World War. |
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