listening to Oshkosh

[mhorowit]

I listened to a bit of ATC (Google for ATC Oshkosh) this afternoon. Made my feet wet just imagining myself approaching and landing. Gotta be a thrill, but the potential for screwup seem soooo high - Mike

[M Jones]

Re: listening to Oshkosh

I got to fly in a Bearhawk here today. (felt like I was cheating...) Wow, that thing does perform! On final coming back in, we landed mid field with a Cirrus under and behind, and a 172 just ahead. A formation of XX number of RV's and T28s flying by at all angles too. The Bearhawk pilot is a B737 captain and she said it was an experience for her. I was right seat and got to do a little air work, but mostly was a spoter, but it was a blast. This place is a busy as I've seen in 30+ years. Sorry many of you couldn't make it because of the weather issues.

And Forrest, get well, we were all asking about you at the Vintage dinner tonight.

[Forrest Barber]

Re: listening to Oshkosh

Please relay to all that I will be fine , just need to thnk before stepping, brain still works. I really missed the picnic too , how many there? I hope the forumn goes well . I am putting nose seals in a Cherokee gear today and getting into the big RIB-FEST in Alliance. The Piet gang made it in , left two ships at Wakeman .... This weather is really unusual.

[Joel Severinghaus]

Re: listening to Oshkosh

Yeah, it's always exciting landing at Oshkosh, with all the traffic and thousands of people in lawnchairs along the flightline watching your landing. When I flew in Sunday morning July 26, the controllers at Fisk told me runway 27, but I requested and got runway 36 for less crosswind and shorter taxi to Vintage Aircraft Camping. I was cleared to land on 36L behind a flight of seven Pietenpols coming in from Brodhead, but one of them ground-looped or something, and the tower shifted me over to "runway" 36R, the narrower taxiway. Three-pointed it without embarrasing myself.

As I was taxiing out to depart Oshkosh yesterday, this was my radio exchange with the pink-shirted controllers at runway 18:

ATC: "White and blue Cessna 140, are you ready to go?"

Me: "Don't call me a 140, this is a Taylorcraft!"

ATC: "OK, Taylorcraft, cleared for takeoff runway 18 right."

Me: "Taylorcraft cleared for takeoff 18 right."

Third voice: "Is that Joel?"

Me: (Confused, thinking it's one of the controllers) "Yeah, this is Joel in the Taylorcraft."

Third voice: "Hey, good to see you again -- see you next year. This is Suzy, by the way." [Suzy Kryzanowicz, "Taylormaid", apparently taxiing out herself and breaking in on 118.9.]

So I take off, shaking my head. As I'm climbing out, I hear this:

ATC: "Maroon Taylorcraft, are you ready to go?"

Familiar voice: "No, I need a run-up."

ATC: "Is that Suzy? Pull ahead and do a 180 on the taxiway to do your run-up and advise when ready for departure..."