AirVenture Oshkosh 2009 Update

We've been having so much fun here at AirVenture that blogging has gotten a little by the wayside.

The attendance seems to be pretty spectacular so far. Both the airplane camping and the Tent/RV camping seems to be extremely full. A couple of times this week arriving planes have been turned away because there were no more spaces in the North 40 campground.

Up until this morning the weather has been terrific. Sunny, a little cool for the season, but very comfortable. No noticeable humidity.

There are a lot of extra special planes here this year. The huge AirBus A380 is obviously getting a lot of attention. Burt Rutan's White Knight 2 is popular. The "air-crane" helicopter "Elvis" is very cool, and does fly-bys with water drops in front of the crowd each day.

2009 seems to be a watershed year for the existence of attendee created media coming out of the convention grounds. There's all sorts of streaming video, twittering, blogging, flickr pic posting going on. There appears to be more people than ever before who are enjoying the show remotely. People who are arriving later in the week, or not at all. If you're so inclined, follow me on Twitter at @jackhodgson or search for the Twitter "hashtag" #OSH09.

Check out the audio feed and webcams being run by EAA Radio

Blogging isn't the only thing that's has suffered from all the business. I haven't had much chance to get around and see things. I'm hoping to spend some time later today walking the exhibit halls.

If you have any questions about what's going on here, post them as comments, or email them to me at jack@uncontrolledairspace.com.