2021-07-26-Oshkosh-EAA-AirVenture: Oshkosh AirVenture returned in 2021, bigger and better than ever! History will prove that 2020 was COVID-STUPID-CANCELLED! Gary Schultz graciously offered me a ride from Colorado to Oshkosh in his Cherokee-180, N6642J, and a place to stay... a house with a pool out in the country, near FISKE (Fisk) intersection on the VFR approach to Oshkosh. We had a truck for local transportation to and from Oshkosh and since Gary and I both volunteer at AirVenture, we had parking passes. Our local Northern Colorado EAA Chapter 515 organized a group campsite and that was fully subscribed within hours of Scott Flugum offering to organize it again. Since we had transportation, we enjoyed breakfasts off-site at Perkins and dinners at Pizza Ranch (Gary's favorite Pizza Ranch in Loveland closed, so that was a target). We also enjoyed "Wendt's on the Lake", for a Wisconsin fish fry... Walleye! Outbound from Colorado we stopped at Wayne Airport (KLGC), Nebraska for fuel and lunch. It has new concrete runway and taxiways. We also stopped at Portage Airport (C47), Wisconsin, a few miles short of Green Lake, Ripon and Fisk on the approach to Oshkosh. On the return flight the air was smoky and hazy, so we turned SW and landed at Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (KVTI), which had a HUGE agricultural spray operation going with tow HUGE turbine AirTractor spray planes. We also stopped at Yankton (KYKN) and Sidney (KSNY) before arriving home at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL), Colorado. 08/02/21.

	Gary and his Cherokee-180 N6642J at Wayne (KLCG), NB for fuel and lunch, 07/30/21	Portage Airport (C47), WI FBO, classic WWII hangar, 07/23/21	Gary and his Cherokee-180 N6642J at Portage (C47), WI for fuel, 07/23/21	"The Brown Arch" at Oshkosh AirVenture 2021, 07/23/21	The house where we stayed out in the country, 1, 07/23/21

	The house where we stayed out in the country, 2, 07/23/21	One can see Oshkosh Airport from the top of the overpass, Eastbound, 07/23/21	Interesting mailbox held up by Navy ship anchor, chain welded into an "S", 07/23/21	Gary decoding the meaning of the vanity license plate, 07/23/21	Toys for the grandkids of the home owner, 07/23/21

	Front of the house, 07/23/21	Looking from the front porch at the "Flag garden", 07/23/21	This is "My Happy Place", note pillow and RAF shirt and hat, 07/23/21	Oshkosh AirVenture venue map with location tags, 07/24/21	"Carts" volunteer board, golf cart drivers and dispatch morning shift and names, 07/24/21

	"Carts" volunteer board, golf cart drivers and dispatch afternoon/evening shift and names, 07/24/21	"Carts" training on the North 40 (N40), Bonanzas-2-Oshkosh tent in the foreground and the "North 40 Red Showerhouse", 07/24/21	MIG 21 that we shared hangar space with in June at CAP Cadet Power academy, 07/24/21	NOCO EAA 515 group campsite, note flags, looking NE, 07/24/21	Electric bikes at the EAA 515 group campsite, 07/24/21

	Cessnas-2-Oshkosh (C2O) tent on the N40, 1, 07/24/21	Cessnas-2-Oshkosh (C2O) tent on the N40, 2, 07/24/21	I was AMAZED... Motel 6 was offering "$59.99/person" rooms on Sunday 07/25/21	Perkins... only in Oshkosh, airplanes in the baked goods display, 07/25/21	N40 looking SE at the E end of Oshkosh Airport, you can see the Red Showerhouse, 07/25/21

	N40 looking ESE, 07/25/21	"Chapter Pavilion", where chapters volunteer to make and sell breakfast at Camp Scholler, 07/25/21	Gary's Cherokee0-180 N6642J in Vintage Aircraft Parking (VAP), row "75 west-west", 1, 07/25/21	Gary's Cherokee0-180 N6642J in Vintage Aircraft Parking (VAP), row "75 west-west", 2, 07/25/21	Tram parking, 07/25/21

	"Theater in the Woods" (TITW), 07/25/21	Christian Church Service Sunday morning at TITW, 07/25/21	American Bonanza Society display, just N of TITW, 07/25/21	Cessna 140A display at Vintage Headquarters, 07/25/21	Shiny Cessna 140A, 07/25/21

	Humm... must be a girl's airplane. Look at those heels. Look at those heels!! 07/25/21	Boarder Patrol boat... note FOUR 350hp engines! 07/25/21	One of the volunteer drivers shared the story of why he volunteers, 07/25/21	N40 looking E Monday evening, 1, 07/26/21	N40 looking E Monday evening, 2, 07/26/21

	Emergency Aircraft Repair volunteer information, 07/26/21	FOO! My Bose A20 headset normally gets repaired at Oshkosh and Sun-N-Fun... not this year, 07/26/21	The Goodyear Blimp arrived at Pioneer Field, 07/26/21	Eastbound on the Oshkosh south perimeter road, 1, 07/27/21	Eastbound on the Oshkosh south perimeter road, 2, 07/27/21

	Oshkosh Tower from the volunteer parking lot, 07/27/21	Goodyear Blimp at Pioneer Field, looking NW, 07/27/21	Compass Hill story, 07/27/21	Bronze statues on top of Compass Hill, 1 07/27/21	Bronze statues on top of Compass Hill, 2 07/27/21

	EAA Lodge looking NW from the top of Compass Hill, 07/27/21	Pioneer Airport and KidVenture, north side, looking NW, 07/27/21	EAA Museum, Eagle Hangar and commemorative wall, looking SW, 07/27/21	Rocks with stories... some time research "Compass Hill" at Oshkosh, 07/27/21	Kid size go carts, note model airplane engines, 07/27/21

	EAA Citation CJ4 simulator, 07/27/21	Williams Jet display... was also in Hangar C with our CAP 172s in June, 07/27/21	Aerotrek 220 Light Sport airplane, 07/27/21	Aerotrek 240 Light Sport airplane, 07/27/21	Camp Scholler campsite: "A Pilot and a Normal Person live here", 07/27/21

	Joe and Jer/ instructed at CAP Cadet Power Academy at Oshkosh in June, so we enjoyed lunch together, 07/27/21	Signs available at the EAA Wearhouse, 07/27/21	"My other Garage is a Hangar", 07/27/21	"A Man's Home is his Castle, but a Hangar is his Sanctuary", 07/27/21	Powered Parachutes flying at the Ultralight airstrip, 07/28/21

	South 40 (S40), "Almost in Fond du Lac"! 07/28/21	N6642J, found a crack in the window during preflight, 1, 07/28/21	N6642J, found a crack in the window during preflight, 2, 07/28/21	Emergency Aircraft Repair stop-drilled the crack and taped it up, 07/28/21	"Tyrol Basin Ski and Snowboard Area"? near Madison, WI, 07/28/21

	Welcome home: USAF Thunderbirds at KFNL, 1, 07/28/21	Welcome home: USAF Thunderbirds at KFNL, 2, 07/28/21	Welcome home: USAF Thunderbirds at KFNL, 3, 07/28/21

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