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    Just saw that the EAA is saying that Oshkosh will happen this summer.

    Free admission for those 18 and under.

    https://www.eaa.org/en/airventure

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    Quote Originally Posted by TC215 View Post
    I like a Stearman. Haven't flown one since I was a senior in high school though (and snap rolled it over the North Shore of Oahu).

    There are videos on Youtube of John Mohr doing his airshow routine in a stock Stearman. I saw him a couple times in person-- he's one of the best to ever do it.
    Have you read The Cannibal Queen? I have never been in a Stearman, but reading that book made me feel like I slept in a Holiday Inn Express.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldherkpilot View Post
    Have you read The Cannibal Queen? I have never been in a Stearman, but reading that book made me feel like I slept in a Holiday Inn Express.
    Read it so many times in middle school and high school I wore it out. I have a new copy on my bookshelf now. Great book.

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    I had a few hours in one. Most fun I’ve ever had in an airplane, sober.
    If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.

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    I have a weakness for a Waco.....

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    https://www.wacoaircraft.com/ymf-5

    I’ve ridden in a couple of these. Huge grin. Not sure I’d care to own one, even if I could afford it, but it’d be nice to have a friend with one. ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    I have a weakness for a Waco.....

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    https://www.wacoaircraft.com/ymf-5

    I’ve ridden in a couple of these. Huge grin. Not sure I’d care to own one, even if I could afford it, but it’d be nice to have a friend with one. ;-)
    One of the prettiest biplanes ever, in my opinion.

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    In a completely different niche, this was on the cover of Sport Aviation this month.
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    2 seats, aerobatic, cross-country legs, spectacular visibility, made in the US.

    https://gamecomposites.com/

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    EAA Airventure (Oshkosh) 2008 - The Collaborators

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oldherkpilot View Post
    Have you read The Cannibal Queen? I have never been in a Stearman, but reading that book made me feel like I slept in a Holiday Inn Express.
    As a sidebar, and not meant as a derailment, you might enjoy The Oregon Trail (Rinker Buck). Two brothers hitch a 3-mule (!) team to a Conestoga wagon and head to Oregon, avoiding the interstates as much as possible. There's much explanation on "how-to's", as in how to hitch up a three-mule team or why the old Conestogas, originally designed as grain haulers, were appropriate for 2,000 mile family journeys and how to modify them to make them even more suitable. You just never know when that sort of knowledge may be useful.

    https://www.amazon.com/Oregon-Trail-.../dp/B00P434GOO

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    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    I have a weakness for a Waco.....

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    https://www.wacoaircraft.com/ymf-5

    I’ve ridden in a couple of these. Huge grin. Not sure I’d care to own one, even if I could afford it, but it’d be nice to have a friend with one. ;-)
    Kermit Weeks 3 part video of him picking up his Waco in AZ and flying it home to Fl.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrX-r2psuJI
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAsppZKBlG8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHDnXa-x-E0

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