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My first time at Osh, and it was unbelievable. From the immense formation flyovers to the multitude of weather conditions in a single week...hey, I'm from California!

I was fortunate to have a job when I arrived in Osh working with www.Aero-News.net. Those guys had me running all over the place learning things about aircraft I didn't even know were there. Other fun events included the Wright Flyer stamp unveiling, interviewing Chuck Yeager as part of the Young Eagle Program, GyroCopters from Fon du Lac, meeting EAA's founder Paul Pobrezney...ok well, he tried to run me over in his modified VW Bug...what could I say? And of course, I can't forget about the interview with Neil Armstrong...he did a great job evading the media at Dayton, but even he knew that eventually I'd find him!

If there was one thing I could change during my stay at Oshkosh, it would have been to spend more time with Jim Wright. I walked passed his aircraft photographing the children admiring their reflections many times. On three different occasions, I was supposed to interview Jim but our paths never crossed at Osh. Though I had met him a couple times as a passerby, I never thought I would regret not having the ability to actually sit down and talk with him. While editing some of the images, they suddenly took on a new meaning. He and the H-1 will sorely be missed.

On the lighter side, the Stars of Tomorrow took to the skies each day for the first time in front of a major air show audience...not counting the smaller audience and intended 'practice' show at Selfridge ANG base the week prior. Shandy, Goody, Nick, David, Wytch and Zach took their turns in the sky and performed flawlessly. It was bittersweet to end the week and see all these guys go their seperate ways. I'm sure we'll be seeing them again in the near future!

All and all the show was fantastic! Over 11,000 aircraft showed up scattered throughout Winnebago County. From The Lagoon to Fon du Lac Airport, there wasn't a single moment when one could look up and not see an aircraft flying. Seeing Airbus' A300-600 Beluga, Russia's BE-103 Beriev Seaplane, 3 Ford Tri-Motors airborne at the same time, Adam Aircraft's A-600 corporate concept jet and NASA's TR-1 taxiing within feet of me made the trip so worth while!

Hope you enjoy the pics half as much as I enjoyed the experience. http://www.tvrphotography.com/Aviation.htm

So many people to thank! Buzz, what more can I say you're awesome and a great friend to boot! EAA PR guy, Dick Knapinsky...I owe you! ANN's Jim Campbell for having faith enough in my photography to add me to his staff despite having never met! Karl Koeppen for keeping me on the in with the S.O.T. gang...look forward to seeing you at Nellis next weekend. Fellow photogs, Richard V.M. and Eric Hildebrandt for lending an ear to talk off! Hey Rich, where's my pole holding pic? (now you know why I stay behind the camera!) Speaking of pole holding, thanks Willie for allowing me the priveledge of taking your position on the runway for Eddie...of course if Eddie asks why the pole was crooked...I claim no responsibility! If I'm forgetting anyone...you know who you are, many thanks!!!



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Thank you so much for sharing your many wonderful photos of some amazing and rare aircraft Tyson! Oshkosh is a show I have yet to see, and while I knew that day would come, your photos just convinced me that the day will be next year.  It really is the Mecca of aviation. . . I suppose to be done right I must fly myself in and camp. . .maybe I will just take commercial half way to save some money as flying from here would be "Flight totals: fuel: 120 gallons, time: 11:23, distance 1523.2 nm"   $2078 round trip in the Cutlass! Ok, I will just take commercial the whole way. :-)The loss of Jim Wright and the H-1 was a tragedy, I was quietly monitoring his progress and his plans for the class speed records, though I never met him, from what I have heard he had a keen interest in promoting aviation and was an all around great guy, my heart really sank when I heard. It also takes a special kind of person to invest so much time and money to fly a one of a kind airplane that is based on an already tricky aircraft. My hat is off to him.It is also is great to see "Stars of Tomorrow" program doing its thing . . . how amazing to think that a pilots second show could be at Oshkosh!! lol Maybe if I keep wiping down the raven . . . well . . . nevermind!  ;-) Your job really affords you amazing opportunities and experiences, which I envy, if you ever need some help archiving or burning or updating Davis 0O5 is just a short flight away. ;-)  By the way, what do you use for archiving? I have 24 Gigs of Digipix that I have been burning to DVD, but I am worried about which ones are the most "archival" as far as the surface fidelity goes, and after spending all that time to do it I don't want to have to redo it.I have been thinking of just selling my Nikon F100 and going full digital, but decided to wait and keep that body around as a backup, there are some interesting developments recently on the SLR front, with these less costly and highly capable models coming out. I am a Nikon guy, but I have to give credit where it’s due to the 10D and now even to the Digital Rebel for producing some images that the D100 doesn’t seem to muster. I have heard though that it has no in camera sharpening while canon does, do you generally do additional sharpening?S!TX-EcoDragonBlack 1TX Squadron XO

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I have to say, my preconceptions of Oshkosh couldn't have been further from what it actually is.  I had originally thought Osh was a place for private pilots and owners of small aircraft to congregate.  While that's not at all incorrect, I had no idea of all the other stuff that happens there.  It truly is the mecca for aviation buffs and aircraft owners alike.When I first arrived at Osh to see the endless rows of aircraft and the accompanying camping tents, I was a bit jealous...I mean, how fun can that be!   Then it rained, and rained some more.  All the while, I snuggled in my hotel room enjoying the passing thunderstorms.  No longer was envy a feeling!  So, costs withstanding definitely camp at your own risk!Canon has done some pretty remarkable things with digital over the past couple of years.  I have two EOS-1v film bodies I haven't picked up since April.  Granted, moving from the rock-solid 1v to the fragile 10D has had it's problems...I keep breaking it from over use.  While on my trip (Dayton, Selfridge, Osh and Abbotsford, BC), I shot well over 9000 images with a single 10D body.  The camera's shutter broke in Selfridge, MI and Canon came to the rescue.  They Saturday Fedex'd a loaner and got to work repairing mine...kudos to Canon.Nikon, for some strange reason, has always been priced much higher than Canon for comparable equipment.  Though I'm not too familiar with Nikon's line-up anymore, there has to be something on the horizon for them to be more competitive with soon.As far as archiving, I do a couple of things.  First, I take all of the uncorrected, compressed images from the camera and put them on CD.  Next, I take the images and begin post-production; cleaning, sharpening, sizing and converting to .tif.  I then back those up on three separate CD's.  One CD is used as the workhorse (the most referred to and traveled with CD ), another is a back up kept at the office and the third goes to a safe at my parents house…in case mine should burn down or other catastrophic event.  But nonetheless, the cd’s are all standard office depot  (or whatever) cd’s, nothing fancy.  The part that scares me about larger archiving sources, such as DVD, is that if a disc is lost or becomes unreadable, that’s a lot of lost images.  A lower capacity cd, albeit is still a big loss, it’s not as big as the DVD would be.Hope that answers some of your questions.  I don’t normally bug posts with casual updates, but I thought this show was pretty significant.  I’ll let you know when Abbotsford, Salinas, Edwards and Nellis are up.  Those should have some interesting shots.Tysonhttp://www.tvrphotography.com

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Nice Pics M8!!!!S~TX-FlightRisk Black 3