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OSH'25: The VAF Thread. PIREPs, Latest News, Pictures….whatever you got.

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So got my first trip to out to Basler today. N40 has filled up nicely but still lots of room in GAC in the grass. The hard ramp by Basler is full. I estimate that HBC is only about 2/3 to 3/4 full. Still haven’t scoped out Vintage (although we’ll be over there tonight to visit the pirate bar) or S40. Pedestrian traffic seems normal, maybe slightly under from the past couple of years.
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I did a triple shift this morning in the S40, from 6:30am to the showtime. At the start of the day we were informed that N40 and Vintage were completely full, and everything was being sent to the S40. Our grounds are a bit over half full now, but are a patchwork of ruts and swamps that we were continually reworking what row to put where, reworking our taxi lanes, etc. Still, the inbound traffic and watching the conga line weren't as bad as I thought they'd be on Monday morning. We actually had time to continually rework our rows on the fly.
 
Came across Pinnacle Aircraft Engines while wandering around Airventure today. I'm not associated with them and know nothing more than what I learned today. He has a little information card indicating his lead time for an IO-360-EXP is 6 to 8 weeks. Can't hurt to talk with him if you're in need of an engine in less than 18 months.

Vac's AoA presentation was enjoyable and educational - better than just watching YouTube videos on the subject.


Regards,
Rob
RV-7A
N706DR
 
sbalmos said:
I did a triple shift this morning in the S40, from 6:30am to the showtime. At the start of the day we were informed that N40 and Vintage were completely full, and everything was being sent to the S40. Our grounds are a bit over half full now, but are a patchwork of ruts and swamps that we were continually reworking what row to put where, reworking our taxi lanes, etc. Still, the inbound traffic and watching the conga line weren't as bad as I thought they'd be on Monday morning. We actually had time to continually rework our rows on the fly.
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Thank you for volunteering! If I only took away one impression from my first visit to AirVenture, it would be deep admiration for the endless stream of volunteers who make everything run—and always do so with a genuine smile.

—Ron
 
Has anyone laid eyes on Skydesigns? I’m assuming they’re out here and I want to check out the gear legs, didn’t see them in the 4x sheds of the apocalypse…thanks
 
I just got here. Yay!!! I was the last allowed arrival before the show so they had me going 150 knots past Fisk. That turned out to be a good thing cause I was hitting the red line on my oil temp so I didn't mind going fast, but then when I landed with a nice big HBC on my windshield, they said there was an incident on runway 18 and they weren't letting anyone over there so I had to park on the other side of 27 until after the show I was hoping to get the tent all set up before the dinner tonight, but I guess not speaking of dinner does anyone have a ticket? I understand I can go and buy my own food which I plan to do but if there's a ticket available, I'll take it.
 
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I just got here. Yay!!! I was the last allowed arrival before the show so they had me going 150 knots past Fisk. That turned out to be a good thing cause I was hitting the red line on my oil temp so I didn't mind going fast, but then when I landed with a nice big HBC on my windshield, they said there was an incident on runway 18 and they weren't letting anyone over there so I had to park on the other side of 27 until after the show I was hoping to get the tent all set up before the dinner tonight, but I guess not speaking of dinner does anyone have a ticket? I understand I can go and buy my own food which I plan to do but if there's a ticket available, I'll take it.
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No, your understanding of the banquet is incorrect. You are confusing the RV-10 dinner (which was Sunday) where you could buy your own food and attend without a ticket. Van’s banquet tonight doesn’t have a bring your own food option. You need a ticket to attend.
 
Mosaic passed. see eaa.org/mosaic. final rule takes effect in 90 days. becoming sport pilot cfi in your vans rv looks very exciting. need clean stall vs1 of 54 knots or less. most all cessna 172s now are considered LSA’s. cheaper path to sport pilot certificate and MANY more s-cfi’s can work into a stable cfi pipeline for longterm teaching continuity.
cheers from Oshkosh
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Auburntsts said:
No, your understanding of the banquet is incorrect. You are confusing the RV-10 dinner (which was Sunday) where you could buy your own food and attend without a ticket. Van’s banquet tonight doesn’t have a bring your own food option. You need a ticket to attend.
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Oh no! That sucks I was given some very bad info if that's true I will show up and see what happens Anyone with a ticket for me?
 
cgeyman said:
Mosaic passed. see eaa.org/mosaic. final rule takes effect in 90 days. becoming sport pilot cfi in your vans rv looks very exciting. need clean stall vs1 of 54 knots or less. most all cessna 172s now are considered LSA’s. cheaper path to sport pilot certificate and MANY more s-cfi’s can work into a stable cfi pipeline for longterm teaching continuity.
cheers from Oshkosh
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This is incorrect. Please read the ruling. There are two different numbers around stall and neither are 54kts. Vs0 of 61 and or vs1 of 59. (If I haven't transposed those) Are the two numbers. One is the new lsa certification number the other what a sport pilot can fly. See the other threads here for details.
 
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cgeyman said:
Mosaic passed. see eaa.org/mosaic. final rule takes effect in 90 days. becoming sport pilot cfi in your vans rv looks very exciting. need clean stall vs1 of 54 knots or less...
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Indeed, very good news... and I, too, totally plan to become a CFI-Sport. However, the stall-speed thing is a little more complicated: See thread 1, thread 2.

aadamson said:
Vs0 of 59 and or vs1 of 61. (If I haven't transposed those)
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You did transpose them. It's so confusing! 59 knots VS1 (clean) for what Sport Pilots can fly, 61 knots VS0 (dirty) for what airplanes can be certified as S-LSA. So, for example, some faster RVs (which stall slower than 61 knots dirty but faster than 59 knots clean) could be certified as S-LSA (if Van's wants to offer factory-built airplanes) but could not be flown by Sport Pilots (unless they are modified to reduce the clean stall speed by a few knots. And by that, I mean: ...unless the design is modified, because the airplane must have that low stall speed since it was first built).
 
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It’s getting more difficult to spot an RV custom mod I haven’t seen. This week I caught sight of a new mod I haven’t seen before on an RV-7: clipped wingtips! Cool look, faster roll rate, increased hangar space, at the cost of some loss of speed at high altitude.

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AirShowFan said:
Seriously, this stall-speed thing is so confusing that I'm afraid the FAA might change it again just to make it clearer...
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However, am I correct in that the RV-15 can be flown by a Sport Pilot? I think so as the weight limits went away. Now is Van's going to market it as E-LSA/EAB and eventually move to S-LSA?
 
docjjrmd said:
However, am I correct in that the RV-15 can be flown by a Sport Pilot? I think so as the weight limits went away. Now is Van's going to market it as E-LSA/EAB and eventually move to S-LSA?
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They have been pretty open about their design intention of the RV-15 for flight training and plans to sell them factory built. I don't think anyone expects that to mean a standard type certificate, which leaves S-LSA. They have not really left much open for interpretation and that is the plan. E-LSA is a more of an assumption, but I think it's a safe one.

Now that the rule is published I think they will feel like they can speak more freely about each.
 
Arrived AirVenture grounds around 9 AM this morning from my dorm room. Saw RVs in formation over the airport as I walked in the gate. (Foreflight said 2,650' feet) I am not sure how many over flights they did but I counted 3 but only got a picture of one shape.
(Airplane Formation)

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Not sure what formation group was flying. Would have been nice to have a heads up so that someone other than me could have gotten a few photos.
 
RV6_flyer said:
Would have been nice to have a heads up so that someone other than me could have gotten a few photos.
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One of the challenges of the event is keeping up with all the cool things happening and planning your day. Beautiful formation - well done to the guys flying this!
 
docjjrmd said:
However, am I correct in that the RV-15 can be flown by a Sport Pilot? I think so as the weight limits went away. Now is Van's going to market it as E-LSA/EAB and eventually move to S-LSA?
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S-LSA must precede E-LSA.
 
Brantel said:
Well we suddenly became the unwanted star of the show! Full fire response, 200 people, 20 EAA folks. Amazing couple of folks here that saved our rig and most likely the rigs around us! If it had to happen, God put the right people in the right spot at the right time to make this as good of an ending as it could be!
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Holy Frijoles, I think I have that exact same scooter sitting in my garage right now. Why did it burn? was it on the charger or what?
 
I’m resurrecting this post about this guy (a 172 pilot) , edited so as not to “throw” his name under the bus. But he needs to be called out for others safety as well as his own. Below is his ADSB track on the arrival. I listened to it on LiveATC. PM me and I’ll shoot you the link or give you the date/time group if you want to look it up yourself. What drove me to post this is yesterday this same individual took off from Osh without a clearance from a taxi way (not 18L/36R). PM if you want that link too as it was caught on video. Otherwise everything is posted in the Osh 25 thread over on POA (POA isn’t shy about calling out folks for strip pilot tricks).Folks this why we harp on knowing the NOTAM and your and your plane’s abilities. IOW just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
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You can call the FAA Hotline or call the FSDO and report this.
That would be more effective at getting him out of the gene pool than posting here, if that’s your goal.
 
JonJay said:
You can call the FAA Hotline or call the FSDO and report this.
That would be more effective at getting him out of the gene pool than posting here, if that’s your goal.
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My goal isn’t about him at all. It’s about educating pilots on how to safely to arrive and depart Osh by using him as an example of what not to do. There have been fatalities here at Osh in the past caused by pilots not adhering to the rules.

And concerning calling the FAA, they have been extremely reluctant in the past for deviating a pilot here at Osh for similar transgressions. I can only hope his friends can sit him down and have a heart-to-heart about perhaps hanging it up before he hurts himself or worse somebody.
 
Auburntsts said:
My goal isn’t about him at all. It’s about educating pilots on how to safely to arrive and depart Osh by using him as an example of what not to do. There have been fatalities here at Osh in the past caused by pilots not adhering to the rules.
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He needs to find another hobby…. Hope somebody that was there watching steps up and does something….
This guy should have been busted at Osh after the first excursion and not allowed to leave, obviously endangering folks once again…. Nobody stepped up then, now we have incident number two.
 
Auburntsts said:
My goal isn’t about him at all. It’s about educating pilots on how to safely to arrive and depart Osh by using him as an example of what not to do. There have been fatalities here at Osh in the past caused by pilots not adhering to the rules.

And concerning calling the FAA, they have been extremely reluctant in the past for deviating a pilot here at Osh for similar transgressions. I can only hope his friends can sit him down and have a heart-to-heart about perhaps hanging it up before he hurts himself or worse somebody.
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I would presume that a USA/FAA ATC at a controlled airport would report such actions., I can't say in particular at KOSH as it may be considered a special event, but when someone does something like you described, (take-off from taxiway without clearance) ATC normally reports it to authorities.

I know I've reported stuff a lot less dangerous than that...
 
riseric said:
I would presume that a USA/FAA ATC at a controlled airport would report such actions., I can't say in particular at KOSH as it may be considered a special event, but when someone does something like you described, (take-off from taxiway without clearance) ATC normally reports it to authorities.

I know I've reported stuff a lot less dangerous than that...
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One can hope. I made an error on departure. I misread the Notam and take off procedures. I turned too early. My flight was high enough that it wasn’t an issue but still didn’t follow procedure and it would have been obvious to the controllers. I filled out a NASA form describing the factors that contributed to my screw up but fully expected a call from the FAA but it never came…..
I think they are so busy during the event, and we only see a small part of the poor behavior there. They may not have the inclination or time to police it.
 
Just another day at the Homebuilt Pavilion...

N336MR Alia CX300 electric single prop pusher.
800V battery charging, they carry a converter from FBO 480V GPUs

200nm range.
 

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Plywood pirep
RV-7A - Really small 1/2" plywood that I had on hand was hard to position the plane.
After 7 days tires are still above grade.

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I'm not at Oshkosh this year but my tail number/name has been showing up all around WI and up in to Canada and back to KOSH again on Flightaware. Flightaware shows that this is coming from ADSB data. Anyone I need to notify with FAA/ATC?

Thanks,
Andy
 
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