Hi All,

First Richard the Bad old days of the late 90s and early 2000s when folks won’t come because of infighting with varoius warbird groups have since change Warbirds of America and EAA in general have been trying for the last few years to have a large collection of Warbirds.

Yes if your going to be come to see alot of Warbirds doing profiles and Aerobatics then my I suggest you think about going to Geneseo or Yankee Air Musuem museums show. But if your a straigth Airplane Junkie then their is no place in the World where you will see this many types of aircraft.

I know that the Announcer thing has ben change alot over the past few years, as for the price remember EAA as to pay out a rather large Insurance policy for the show.

As for a list of what aircraft are comming to Oshkosh except for a select group of Warbirds that are invited EAA has know idea what is going to show up. I know alot of Warbird pilots here in the North East New England don’t decide till a month before Oshkosh. Speaking for myself when I went out to Oshkosh with my Moth I wouldn’t decide till two weeks before hand.

So its a little unfair to harp on EAA about what is going to be on display they are try to have aircraft for all walks of aviaition not just us Warbird folks.

Also their is one thing that no one has been talking about and that is the Seminary that EAA holds everything from building your own aircraft to industry question and answering sessions. They also try to have a special group of people every year that speak. Over the years I’ve had the chance to hear the Apollo/Gemini Astronuats, VF-17 Memebers ect.

It is the most sacred event we who love avaition or to put it in another way its are Wailing Wall or Meca.

Cheers
RER

Hi Gary,

They are trying to get four B-17 to be their this year. But the real heavy Bomber shows will be Geneseo and Michagon both are looking at 7 to 8 Heavys. The Mich. show will have the Lanc their along with Collings Foundations 17 and 24.

Cheers
RER

Free Janie

Hi Mark,

Yes it did an alright job to try to follow the Midway action, I’m glas that the rerelease Dvd version has the deleted scene that where shot for TV and never for the big screen put back into the movie.

For those who say it on Tv the who;e section on Coral Sea with the 130 filling in as a Maya was cut from the VHS versions.

Also to note that some of the Midway stuff was shot at 69 Palms train facilty.

Cheers
RER