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Camping in our twin-engine Cessna at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh

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Adam, myself, Eddie Bobo, and Camron Hanks flew my twin-engine Cessna T310R to EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and camped on-site for the airshow.

Several years ago Adam and I visited EAA Airventure for the second time. The first time we flew our Maule M7 taildragger to the “world’s largest airshow and fly-in” held at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This time we took our twin-engine Cessna turbo 310R to the event and invited my good friend and aviation buff Eddie Bobo to join me. Adam invited his cousin Camron Hanks to hang out with him.

Like many other fly-in visitors, we camped under the wing of our airplane. Adam and Camron slept in the green tent, Eddie slept in the orange tent, and I slept in the tiny bivy tent under the airplane. That was the last time I used that tiny little tent!

We stayed several days and toured the various events, watched the airshow, and even went over to watch the float planes at a nearby lake.

Quite a few people airplane camp at EAA Airventure.

One of my favorite parts of EAA Airventure was visiting the seaplane base nearby.
A floatplane tied up at EAA Airventure in Oshkosh, WI by an old dairy barn.
There were thousands of cool airplanes at EAA Airventure, including this cool radial-engine Cessna 195.
Plenty of warbirds attend EAA Airventure each year, including this F4U Corsair. When I first started flying there was an F4U Corsair that was based at Wiley Post. It was always a cool site to see that old warbird start the engine.
P51 Mustang’s were well represented at EAA Airventure that year. Once again, we had one of those based at Wiley Post. We would all run outside when we heard that sweet-sounding Allison engine start.
This is Glamourous Glennis, originally flown by Chuck Yeager.

That was my last year attending EAA Airventure. I sure would love to go back again, but this time it will probably be via motorcycle.

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About James Pratt

I am an Oklahoma based writer, commercial photographer, editorial photographer and adventurer based in Oklahoma City. I love telling stories about people. A motorcycle is my preferred means of travel, and I have over 5,000 hours piloting small airplanes. My editorial photography has been published in hundreds of magazines and my commercial photography has been used by dozens of companies worldwide.

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