Thanks, Zane. A couple of tips: we flew in early arriving Saturday 26 July, and it was much easier to photograph aircraft unobstructed by the later crowds. My first Saturday and Sunday photos are generally uncluttered-not so the rest of the week. Be sure to get to the seaplane base-shady and cool in early morning and lots of action. I was fortunate to meet pilot/photographer Timothy Aanerud and friend Scott at 2pm Friday in shade of the old FAA tower which will be demolished after this year's show. We had a good time watching the daily afternoon air show. I was there 9 days, then flew to Dayton, Ohio to visit the Wright-Patterson USAF National Aerospace Museum. We also toured the Eclipse Jet mockup and flight test hangar at Albuquerque, NM on way back to CMA in the Bonanza. A great 3,500 mile trip with in-flight photo ops also. Took about 2,000 photos with new Canon.
Last year EAA AirVenture 2007 had over 560,000 paid admissions and over 10,000 aircraft. Rates this year were reportedly running ahead of last year. Plan ahead for this huge world draw. You will hear many of the world's languages at OSH, and see truly rare, historic, unusual or one-of-a-kind aircraft. A COZY Mark IV flew solo all the way from Israel, for example.
Several local SoCal aircraft also flew to OSH-Nanchang CJ-6As N147M, N9278F and N556TR as well as Turbine Legend N724RX and Aeronca 7AC N3039E were seen.