On the Ramp Right Now!

Beats trying to use the restroom in the plane!  

Oshkosh..................... I can only dream.  EAA.........................  

SuperDave

I went up there twice in the mid 90's, when I did WW2 living history. I'd love to take my boys up there one of these days.

WingingIt74 wrote:I went up there twice in the mid 90's, when I did WW2 living history.  I'd love to take my boys up there one of these days.

For many years, Oshkosh was an un-compromisable summer destination.  We flew in from the south using NORDO (no radio rules), and you REALLY felt like jumping out and kissing the ground once you shut down your engine out in the camping area!

So, while staggering around my little concrete "porch" early Saturday morning, trying valiantly to reload my too-high-to-reach hummingbird feeder, I hear the unmistakable rumble of a couple of round engines...or possibly a VERY well coordinated gang of Harley's.

Confirmation of a flying dot in the super-thick haze east of the Skunk Works sent me running to get my binoculars, but the dot disappeared in the liquid air before I could glass him up.

Got on the phone to let my buddy D.J. know he had a rumbler heading in his direction, with a request that he call me once the Mystery Plane was parked on the ramp.

The return call resulted in some high-speed chucking of my camera pack into the Assault Van...and we were off!

Here's what we got:  

Historical Info:  http://www.beechcraftheritagemuseum.org/collection/N4477.html

That is beautiful!!!!!!!

Somebody sure loves their -18. That thing is beautiful!

Looks brand new!

Someone bought the big jar of Mothers Aluminum polish! Nice

Fell in love with the Beech 18 at SMO, when I
lived in Santa Monica.
A former Air Force personel transport. The owner
(someone said it was Barrett Hilton) used a hand
held radio at the time. This was in the early 80's.
Nothing sounds like a twin radial.
Thanks for the pictures Kim.

Bob

Gorgeous piece of machinery. Lucky dog you!

Thanks again Kim. I surfed N4477 and gasped at this.
Click to enlarge.


Bob

Mein Gott --- what a beautiful airplane!!!

Thanks Guys !

It's great to be associated with people who also love this stuff. It offsets the feeling of "Relicness" to have fellow admirers of these classics !!!!!

Vintage Kim

You're definitely not alone. I saw a Beech 18 a few weeks ago when I was in Sardinia. At the Olbia airport, there is one hanging from the ceiling in the departure hall. I didn't take a picture, but here's a small video of how it got there:




Lieven

Oh Yeah !!!

Well, you can't have a dynamic time on the job EVERYDAY !  Still, little Donatello here tried his best to liven things up...just before being relocated out back to the swamp !

Cute little guy. He can be your mascot.

Pictures of the Beech remind me of the "Sky King' seres on the RADIO (yes radio) except "Sky King", the Arizona rancher, flew a Cessna Twin IIRC.

Imagine listening to the radio and letting your imagination flow.  

SD
The Ancient One

Turtles love flightlines. I am always pulling them off taxiways. Roaming FOD!

My daughter brought a Tiger Salamander into the house this morning. Must be one of those days.

Ron

We have the same terms here ! "Mobile FOD" was the last call we heard concerning these guys! and the tower acknowledges: "Roger on the Mobile FOD...crew on the way..".

We DO have some monsters who don't get messed with: those dinosaur-looking snapping turtles that decide to go cross-country whenever we have a lot of rain. THEY are left to the maintenance crews to wrestle.

FOD?

Foreign Object Debris / Foreign Object Damage