The Experimental Aircraft Association has an air museum in Oshkosh WI that consists of homebuilt and kitbuilt planes, aerobatic aircraft, and some historical replicas. Here are some photos from a visit. Inside the museum Replica 1896 Chanute Glider Replica 1912 Bates monoplane Replica Nieuport 11 Replica Fokker DR1 Triplane Aerobatic planes “Baby Ace”. When the … More EAA Oshkosh Air Museum

Seeing static planes in a museum is all well and good, but the great thing about the Oshkosh EAA Air Show is that everything here FLIES, and there are constant flightline demonstrations all afternoon. Some photos. For one week a year, Oshkosh airport is the busiest in the world B-17 Flying Fortress A-4 Skyhawk Aerobatic … More EAA Oshkosh Air Show, in the Air

Photos from the 2016 Oshkosh Experimental Aircraft Association Air Show. There were thousands of airplanes there. (I was like a kid in a candy store.) Here is a selection of some aircraft that were parked for display. Welcome to EAA C-47 transport, flew on D-Day F-15 P-3 Orion F-86 Sabre Sonex kit plane–build your own … More EAA Oshkosh Air Show, on the Field

The annual Experimental Aircraft Association Air Show in Oshkosh WI is one of the largest fly-ins in the world, with thousands of planes arriving for seven days of shows and flight demonstrations. As I was riding the local bus from Neenah to Oshkosh early one morning, I mentioned to the driver that I was heading … More The Bus Driver/Aircraft Restorer

Menominee Park is a strip of lakeside green in downtown Oshkosh. It contains the Menominee Park Zoo, a small collection of mostly native species. There used to be a small admission charge to get in, but some nice benefactor donated enough money that the zoo is free to everyone for all of 2016. Thanks, Nice … More Menominee Park and Zoo

The Oshkosh WI Public Museum has a collection of artifacts illustrating local history. Here are some photos from a visit. The museum is located inside the house of lumber magnate Edgar Sawyer A photo of the original Sun Room and Veranda And as it appears today A collection of imported porcelain from Asia and Europe … More Oshkosh Public Museum

The Paine Prairie Woodland Park is a small arboretum near downtown Oshkosh WI. Here are some photos from a visit. The park Wild grapes A wonderful old Burr Oak Raspberries Rudbeckia Black-Eyed Susans, I think Japanese Beetles Solomon’s Seal, I think Queen Ann’s Lace, wild carrot Cormorant perched on a nearby pole

The Wild Ones Center is a privately-owned nature preserve just outside Neenah WI. Here are some photos from an afternoon walk. The Preserve Caterpillar on a flower Some kind of cool-looking thistle A field of wildflowers Black swallowtail butterfly Red berries A gall on a plant stem A Hawk goes flapping by Damselfly

The Outagamie County History Museum focuses mostly on Appleton WI’s most famous claimed son, Harry Houdini, with a mention of another famed native, Joe McCarthy. Here are some photos from a visit to the museum. The Museum A display on the history of the bicycle, with an 1869 Velocipede below and a 2015 Fattywompus above … More Outagamie County History Museum

The Weis Earth Science Museum is located on the University of Wisconsin campus in Menasha WI, near Oshkosh. It is a rather small museum, but has some cool stuff. Here are some photos from a visit. The museum Inside the museum Fossilized worm burrows Fossil Sea Star Fossilized trackway from an ancient arthropod Fossilized fern … More Weis Earth Science Museum