Oshkosh 2015

I had never been to Oshkosh before and decided this would be a perfect year to go.  I’m glad I did!  I’ve always heard of how cool Oshkosh was, but it was even better than I imagined.  It’s very cool to be around so many like minded people that are all there to learn about and appreciate all things aviation!

I spent most mornings attending the workshops for fabric covering, spray painting, gas welding and metal working.  Then in the afternoons I attended multiple forums about backcountry and bush flying, mountain flying, hand propping, aircraft maintenance, owner liability, mastering the tailwheel, air-camping and breakdowns away from home.

In-between all that I found BearHawk Aircraft, Dynon Avionics, Grove Aircraft, Hartzell Propellers, Lycoming Motors, ECI Motors and several others to learn about their products and pick their brains!

If you’re not familiar with Oshkosh, here’s a quick overview video: https://youtu.be/YroWJkULjac

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I flew into MKE and rented the funniest looking little car to drive into Oshkosh.  Camping at Oshkosh was a blast!

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One of the nights they had a night time airshow with fireworks.

 

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I stopped by Bearhawk Aircraft and found this beautiful 4-place Bearhawk.

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I found Mark Goldberg and he took me over to see his 4-place Bearhawk.  Mark was extremely helpful and answered all my questions.  After sitting in it and talking for quite a while I decided to purchase the kit.

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My kit should arrive in late September!!!

Hardware Arrived!

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All the hardware for our Bearhawk arrived today.  The girls and I took inventory and sorted everything.  Tori is our little organizer and loves little things, she loves this kind of stuff!

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We ran to Lowes to pick up some organizers.  After making labels for everything we hung them on the wall.

Our tires arrived a while back also, so the only other parts we’re waiting for are the wheels and brakes.  Then later this fall we’ll order the actual Bearhawk kit!

 

Bearhawk Tailwheel arrived!

Our first order of business was to start ordering parts.  We started with the tailwheel.  After quite a bit of research, we settled on the Bob Barrows designed Bearhawk tailwheel built by Eric Newton of Bearhawk Tailwheels LLC.  http://bhtailwheels.com.  Eric was great to do business with.  He answered all my questions and creates a flawless product.

Since I’m planning on going with the 8.50 x 6.00 main tires, I decided on the 10″ tailwheel.

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Our tailwheel arrived today and Tori was excited to help take it out of the box!