I have 20 minutes to post something before this building closes, so tonite I’ll focus on some photos. Here’s a shot I like of the capitol in Pierre:
8511 Pierre SD
Ellendale, ND next to the runup area:
8538 Ellendale ND
Minneapolis from 2 miles up:
8554 Minneapolis
A slice of Wisconsin life, approaching Fond du Lac:
8571 Wisconsin Farm
An idea:
1304 Tail Brace
I brought an old heavy duty (but lightweight) camcorder tripod on a hunch, and it worked. Sort of. I set it up under the tail tiedown, pushed up on the tail to load it, pulled down on the tail to set it into the soft grass, and repeated that until it would hold perhaps 10# of down pressure. My theory is that it would help keep the tail from dropping if the winds persisted. Since we had to park on a fairly steep slope beside the runway, I was afraid a strong gust would rock the plane back and increase the wings’ angle of attack to possibly pull out our tiedown stakes. It could also help prevent the elevator digging into the ground, since the gust lock was of course in place.
OK, they’re flashing the lights so that’s it for today…
Oshkosh sure was fun today, and it hasn’t even officially opened!
John & Anne Wiley 
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