2021-06-12-CAP-Oshkosh-Cadet-Power-Academy: Civil Air Patrol Cadet Powered Flight Academy - Airplanes was at Oshkosh (KOSH), WI, June 12, 2021 thru June 20, 2021. We had 16 CAP Cadets and flew Cessna 172 aircraft. We use the same CAP Barracks and Dining facility as CAP Blue Beret Oshkosh/AirVenture Encampment... we get to fly and learn to fly. :-) Because we fly 8-10 aircraft, we disburse to the nearby airports, up to 40 miles away, do our airwork, then fly back to Oshkosh. We were rained out and blown out several times, yet our cadets got their 10 hours of flight time and much more than that for ground school. Our Banquet was at the CAP Barracks Dining facility on Sunday Evening, 06/20/21. Click on a picture to make it bigger/easier to read, then click "back" in your browser to return to viewing.

	Arrived at Oshkosh (KOSH) Airport, WI, Looking N to Oshkosh Tower, 06/11/21	Cadet formation, 0700 CDT every morning, 06/14/21	Rain and possible hail is coming, so the CAP aircraft are hangared in the EAA Exhibit Hangar "C", 06/17/21	N98914, CAP4823, chocked, with tow bar removed in EAA "C" exhibit hangar, 06/17/21	Look around the CAP airplanes... other EAA aircraft are stored here, 1, 06/17/21

	Look around the CAP airplanes... other EAA aircraft are stored here, 2, 06/17/21	N37SW... Steve Wittman, "Wittman Tailwind", 06/18/21	Compass Hill Marker. More than 30 years ago, Paul asked us to "bring a fist sized rock from home" and tell a story about the location... building an airplane to teach the kids, first solo, achieved a rating, 06/17/21	Milestone displays on the path up Compass Hill (unreadable), 1, 06/17/21	Milestone displays on the path up Compass Hill (unreadable), 2, 06/17/21

	Milestone displays on the path up Compass Hill (unreadable), 3, 06/17/21	Milestone displays on the path up Compass Hill (unreadable), 4, 06/17/21	Milestone displays on the path up Compass Hill (unreadable), 5, 06/17/21	Bronze statues "enjoying aviation" on top of Compass Hill,, 06/17/21	Cadets on top of Compass Hill, "the plane, the plane", 1, 06/17/21

	Cadets on top of Compass Hill, "the plane, the plane", 2, 06/17/21	Cadets, "thumbs up for Paul", Paul Poberezny's signature gesture, 06/17/21	Cadets clowning on top of Compass Hill, 06/17/21	Cadets and seniors on top of Compass Hill, 1, 06/17/21	Cadets and seniors on top of Compass Hill, 2, 06/17/21

	Cadets and seniors on top of Compass Hill, 3, 06/17/21	Dirk (back side), former FAA controller at Oshkosh, telling a story, 06/17/21	Looking SouthWest from Compass Hill to the EAA Museum, 06/17/21	Cadets studying and discussing flight operations, 06/17/21	During preflight, checking the nose strut compression, 06/18/21

	Continuing preflight inspection, 06/18/21	Preflight complete, final declaration: Preflighted and safe to fly, 06/18/21	EAA Museum entrance to the first exhibit hall, with the EAA Replica Wright Flyer in the foreground on the floor. The sand in the exhibit was imported from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 06/18/21	Wright Flyer exhibit, Jer/ with "thumbs up for Paul", 1, 06/18/21	Wright Flyer exhibit, Jer/ with "thumbs up for Paul", 2, 06/18/21

	Museum displays on the floor and hanging from the ceiling, 06/18/21	Door from the EAA Museum to "Pioneer Field", where Young Eagles are flown, 06/18/21	Kid after his EAA Young Eagle flight enjoying the museum, 06/18/21	Johnson Wax exhibit, searching for "Carnauba Palm Trees", 1, 06/18/21	Johnson Wax exhibit, searching for "Carnauba Palm Trees", 2, 06/18/21

	Johnson Wax exhibit, searching for "Carnauba Palm Trees", 3, 06/18/21	Spirit of Saint Louis replica, 06/18/21	Lindberg "New York to Paris" display, 06/18/21	Panorama of Paris as it looked to Lindberg, 06/18/21	EAA super hero: Aviore, created for EAA by master comic strip creator Stan Lee, 06/18/21

	Taylor Aerocar. Yes, it flys and can be driven on the road. One of very few in existence, 06/18/21	Space Ship One: wings in "supersonic" shape. Yes, it is here at Oshkosh, not in the Smithsonian! 06/18/21	Space Ship One: wings in "feathered" subsonic shape, for re-entry, 06/18/21	Voyager exhibit: Burt Rutan's "Voyager" flew around the world, un-refueled in 9 days, 06/18/21	WWII experimental P-51 Mustang, built in 90 days. Restoration by Vintage Aircraft, Darrell Skurich, Fort Collins, CO, 06/18/21

	Paul Poberezny's personal P-51 mustang, 06/18/21	P-38 Lightening fighter, 06/18/21	T-6 Texan, 06/18/21	Link C-3 Trainer, 06/18/21	Link Trainer, 06/18/21

	J2F Duck, 06/18/21	Mezzanine, looking SE to to US Navy display.	Old Glory, 48 star flag, 1, 06/18/21	Old Glory, 48 star flag, 2, 06/18/21	WWII American Aces 1930-1945, 1, 06/18/21

	WWII American Aces 1930-1945, 2, 06/18/21	EAA "Spirit of Flight" homebuilt aircraft flew a tour "around the USA, 06/18/21	EAA "Breezy glider", 06/18/21	EAA Chapters are all over the USA, 06/18/21	My EAA 515 Chapter is located just NorthWest of Denver's EAA 117, 06/18/21

	EAA "KidVenture" is fun for "Kids" of all ages. It is still closed, recovering from COVID-19, 06/18/21	Kid playing with compressed air rockets of different weights, 06/18/21	"Homebuilder's workshop", replica of Paul Poberezny's workshop, 06/18/21	CAP cadet preflighting the Cessna 172 training aircraft, 1, 06/19/21	CAP cadet preflighting the Cessna 172 training aircraft, 2, 06/19/21

	CAP cadet preflighting the Cessna 172 training aircraft, 3, 06/19/21	Discussion and presentations during banquet, 1, 06/20/21	Discussion and presentations during banquet, 2, 06/20/21	Discussion and presentations during banquet, 3, 06/20/21	Cadet explaining cadet callsigns at the Banquet, 06/20/21

	Driving home, highway sign in Iowa to remind us to "Buckle Up"! 06/21/21	I-80 Great Platte River Road Archway Monument at Kearney, Nebraska, 1, 06/22/21	I-80 Great Platte River Road Archway Monument at Kearney, Nebraska, 2, 06/22/21	I-80 exit, westbound, exit to "Oshkosh", Nebraska, ... I am almost back to Colorado... a 20 driving trip each way KFNL/KOSH, next time I will fly, 06/22/21	Oshkosh airport manager briefing, 06/13/21

	Tom and Marcia discussing the weather, 06/13/21	Cadets assigned to Jer/ for a first flight at the academy, 06/13/21	Our Cessna 172 airplane on "Papa ramp", 06/14/21	Morning formation, flag raising, 1, 06/14/21	Morning formation, flag raising, 2, 06/14/21

	Morning formation, flag raising, 3, 06/14/21	Basler Aviation DC-3 conversion, KOSH Runway 36, 1, 06/14/21	Basler Aviation DC-3 conversion, KOSH Runway 36, 2, 06/14/21	FBO/Maintenance at New Holstein (81D), Airport, WI, 06/14/21	Wisconsin countryside. Note how green everything is! 06/16/21

	Cadets enjoying flight, 1, 06/16/21	Cadets enjoying flight, 2, 06/16/21	Cadets cleaning and tying down N98914 after a flight, 1, 06/16/21	Cadets cleaning and tying down N98914 after a flight, 2, 06/16/21	Cadet Kaye looking "cool" after landing the airplane, 1, 06/16/21

	Cadet Kaye looking "cool" after landing the airplane, 2, 06/16/21	Cadet Kaye looking "cool" after landing the airplane, 3, 06/16/21	Cadet Kaye looking "cool" after landing the airplane, 4, 06/16/21	Oshkosh! "Thumbs up for Paul", 1, Paul Poberezny's signature sign, 06/16/21	Oshkosh! "Thumbs up for Paul", 2, 06/16/21

	Cadet Kaye striking a pilot pose, 1, 06/16/21	Cadet Kaye striking a pilot pose, 2, 06/16/21	"Hangarmate" is a MIG-21, 06/17/21	"Hangarmate" is the "V-Jet II", Williams International demo jet, 06/17/21	"Hangarmate" is a Saber Jet, 1, 06/17/21

	"Hangarmate" is a Saber Jet, 2, 06/17/21	CAP airplanes in EAA/AirVenture Exhibit hangar "C", 06/17/21	CAP Flight academy instructor Jimmy Szajkovics' plaque in the EAA Museum, 1, 06/18/21	CAP Flight academy instructor Jimmy Szajkovics' plaque in the EAA Museum, 2, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 1, 06/18/21

	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 2, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 3, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 4, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 5, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 6, 06/18/21

	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 7, 06/18/21	Sortie to the EAA/AirVenture "Brown Arch", 8, 06/18/21	Cadet Kaye completing the preflight checklist: "Preflighted and safe to fly", 1, 06/19/21	Cadet Kaye completing the preflight checklist: "Preflighted and safe to fly", 2, 06/19/21	Cadet Kaye, flying "right base" to KOSH RWY 9, 06/19/21

	Church Sunday morning at Good Shepard Lutheran Church, LCMS, 06/20/21	Book to read: "The INN", author James Patterson, 06/20/21	"The Red Showerhouse" on the Oshkosh (KOSH) North 40, 06/20/21

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