Sunday, August 1, 2010

Planes and, well, planes!

We are currently enjoying the not as hot but definitely more humid weather of Wisconsin, where a lot of my husband’s family resides. We flew in late Thursday night, and wasted no time in starting the weekend’s events. The EAA AirVenture was on the agenda for Friday, so along with Steve, Becky and my nephews we all headed out to get our fix of flying machines.

 

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This is not a machine, but it did fly.

 

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Lots of people out for the show.

 

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KidVenture, where kids can be pilots.

 

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Ready to fly.

 

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Tons of fun…

 

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…for everyone!

 

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Some were interested in the planes, some had other interests.

 

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Even I got a helicopter ride. A pretend one, anyway.

 

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Michael was helping his cousin catch the bus. So sweet!

 

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The blimp made an appearance.

 

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Ooooooh! Wish I could remember what they were looking at.

 

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You can see Veronica’s head poking up in the crowd.

 

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Pointing out the next cool plane. And the shirt…that was a work thing. You’ll have to ask Paul about that.

 

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I always thought these were weird looking.

 

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A man built this for his grandkids. Just as a wagon, not a flying machine. At least I don’t think it flies.

 

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When we saw it, the dog was the only occupant. I don’t think he was a pilot.

 

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As the bombers were flying over they had all sorts of pyrotechnics going off on the ground to simulate bombs. I missed the money shot on this one, but this B-17 still looked pretty cool.

 

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This veteran played for the fly-over by the bombers.

 

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Missing man formation.

 

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Thank you for your service!

 

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Loops and rolls!

 

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Yes…there is someone standing on the wing of that plane.

 

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That. Is. Crazy.

 

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They even had a sword fight, while flying!

 

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Veronica flew a bit as well.

 

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Vrooooom!

 

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I don’t know if they were pretending to be planes or animals.

 

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Inside the giant cargo plane.

 

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Outside the plane. It was huge.

 

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Couldn’t walk by without a picture of this one.

 

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Tired, but still smiling. Earlier in the afternoon she had actually asked for a nap. I was sorry that I couldn’t comply.

 

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On display.

 

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There were so many cool planes, it was impossible to get pictures of them all.

 

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I can’t believe how close together they flew.

 

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They had some cool formations.

 

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There is no way to give the proper perspective on this. But it was huge.

 

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There was lots of camping on the outskirts of the show. My first thought was “Quidditch World Cup”!

 

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The traffic was terrible going North after the show. I was happy to be going south.

It was a fun afternoon. I wish we had had more time to look at the aircraft, there were just so many things to see! It sounded like the vintage military planes were awesome.

Stay tuned for more Wisconsin fun from the weekend and beyond!

2 comments:

  1. That "huge" plan looks like it could be a C-5 or something, isn't it?

    My father-in-law flew planes like that when he was active duty Air Force. You're right...there's no way to give a good perspective on them in the air, but they are absolutely enormous!

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  2. What a cool place! Jacinta is so big!

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