Get Rid Of Warbirds At Oshkosh

I'd vote to get rid of the Warbirds too. This year [this morning in
fact] a small window opened in the extreme weather experienced this
year as we were trying to depart. As we lined up on the taxi way,
someone decided it would be a great time for some t6s to preform some
sort of 'airshow'. We waited and waited with engines running thinking
we would be going soon. Twenty minutes later, some of us were let out
of the penalty box.

After 20 minutes of idle, then applying take off power among aircraft
with very different speeds [I was in my Lancair] this is NO time for a
hic up!

There is a place for this warbird thing but the timing today was way
out of line. I've already written EAA Hwq stating my displeasure.

Earl Schroeder

The T-6 were performing a missing man formation for the Memorial wall
service that EAA does to remember the pilots that have gone west....


Ps. just got back and boy am I burnt and tired.

Dave Zera
Co-Chair
Safety/ Flight line
AirVenture
"flyer" wrote in message
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I'd vote to get rid of the Warbirds too. This year [this morning in
fact] a small window opened in the extreme weather experienced this
year as we were trying to depart. As we lined up on the taxi way,
someone decided it would be a great time for some t6s to preform some
sort of 'airshow'. We waited and waited with engines running thinking
we would be going soon. Twenty minutes later, some of us were let out
of the penalty box.

After 20 minutes of idle, then applying take off power among aircraft
with very different speeds [I was in my Lancair] this is NO time for a
hic up!

There is a place for this warbird thing but the timing today was way
out of line. I've already written EAA Hwq stating my displeasure.

Earl Schroeder

"David J. Zera" wrote in message news:btednWtfk51o4FPZnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d@wideopenwest .com...
The T-6 were performing a missing man formation for the Memorial wall service that EAA does to remember the pilots
that have gone west....


Ps. just got back and boy am I burnt and tired.

Dave Zera
Co-Chair
Safety/ Flight line
AirVenture

David, You guys will probably catch a lot of flack over the Avenger - RV accident. I for one appreciate the job you
do every year. Please do not be too hard on yourselves.

Joe Schneider



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"JJS" jschneider@remove socks cebridge.net wrote

David, You guys will probably catch a lot of flack over the Avenger - RV
accident. I for one appreciate the job you
do every year. Please do not be too hard on yourselves.

I could be wrong, but I think that his guy's responsibility pretty much ends
when the pilot gets on his way on the taxiway. At an intersection, if there
is a problem, it could be his problem.

I agree, about them doing a great job. I do think there needs to be
something done in response to this, and not just telling everyone to be more
careful. What about escorts for each and every taildragger the whole time
they are moving, all the way from chocks out to turn on to the active for
takeoff?

It would take some more bikes, but I'll bet you could find plenty of
volunteers to ride bikes around.
--
Jim in NC

Ps. just got back and boy am I burnt and tired.

Dave Zera
Co-Chair
Safety/ Flight line
AirVenture

David, You guys will probably catch a lot of flack over the Avenger - RV
accident. I for one appreciate the job you do every year. Please do not
be too hard on yourselves.

Joe Schneider

Thanks! Sunday was very rough, allot of crying from the other Chairs, The
whole day was a mess from a FuelTruck cutting off a tug taxing a B17 in the
west ramp to that horrific taxiway accident. I had to throw out of the
convention 2 photo journalists that were trying go around the safety line to
take pictures (Boy that REALLY burns me!) of the accident.

The accident will be in my nightmares for many years...... .... It was
a rough year for EAA.

Dave Zera
Co-Chair
Safety/Flight Line
AirVenture

The accident will be in my nightmares for many years...... .... It was
a rough year for EAA.

Thanks for all you do, Dave -- us long-term OSH attendees really do
appreciate your efforts.

Can you clue us in as to what happened in this bizarre accident? Did
the Avenger pilot simply not see the RV, and trundle right over
(through?) it?

That seems hard to believe, but I suppose in all the "tune the
radios/find the chart/what's that altitude?" craziness, it could
happen. Damned shame.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"