AirVenture 2022 - Miscellaneous
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| The day begins! Walking from homebuilt camping to the Show on a bright, crisp morning. |
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Skywriting, still a thing.
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| The famous brown arch. |
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Looking up at the Control Tower at the end of a long, fun day at AirVenture.
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| Yes! I need one of these for my RV-7! 215 horses. |
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| Of course, I strolled through the four big vendor buildings. This year I didn't buy anything. Last year I was weak and had some "impulse" buys. One was a Hummingbird feeder which was a present for Lynnette. And she liked it. But the Hummingbirds did not come. The guy was back this year. I mean to give him some what for but he had a lot of victims, I mean potential buyers at his booth. |
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| We've all seen missing man formations. But have you seen one done by C-47s? |
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Sit in an F-18 SuperHornet! Be "Maverick"! Right in Boeing Square. Here is an enterpreneur trying to cash in on the popularity of the movie Top Gun: Maverick. Which I greatly enjoyed, by the way.
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| Tom Cruise lurking in the shadows ... |
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As crowded as AirVenture 2022 was with airplanes, the homebuilt aircraft showplane parking was practically empty.
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| Why is this prime aicraft parking real-estate deserted? |
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| I walked through the Warbirds section to the northern end and watched takeoff and landings on runway 9/27. |
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A T-6 taxiing on the grass.
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| I was glad to see Cleaveland Aircraft Tool still going strong. Their booth was right next to Van's Aircraft. I bought my RV tool kit from Cleaveland at the start of my build and many of the tools still get used regularly. The great "Main Squeeze" has got lots of use in the RV-10 project I'm helping on. |
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Have a problem with your ride? You can get it fixed for free right here! It's the EAA Emergency Aircraft Repair station near the Classic Parking area.
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I like the forums and usually go to a lot of them. But this AirVenture I went to the Warbirds in Review sessions instead. I only went to two forums. Well, three, if you count the Van's RV-15 forum.
Here, I'm in the EAA Canada tent learning about flying into Canada. Frankly, it was depressing. There's a page long list of things you have to do to cross the border, either way. Forget to do one of them, or do it wrong, you get in trouble. Welcome to Canada.
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| I always try and catch a Mike Busch forum. Mike is the guru on general aviation engine maintenance. Besides going to his AirVenture forums, I own and have read his books. This forum concerned what you do when you have engine problems on a cross-country. It was interesting. I learned a few things, and confirmed a few things. |
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