Everything OshKOSH

Wow, it's already that time of year - OshKOSH Airventure is here, the preeminent airshow of the year, in the U.S. at least. Sponsored by EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), this is definitely one of the major events of the year, with previews of all the latest GA stuff, airshows, warbird fly-bys and more. Flight Simulator is in attendance in a few ways.

On Sunday, the day before the show started, www.fs-mp.com, a great site sponsoring reliable multiplayer connections with ATC and weekly events, sponsored a multiplayer fly-in complete with procedures and ATC and everything, even some downloadable scenery for the fly-in to Oshkosh. The event was packed and everyone had a great time. In fact, even the ACES crew was in attendance (as just regular people, (which they are)) and Mike Singer wrote a great blog post about it in the multiplayer section of fsinsider.com.

And of course the ACES team will be in attendance at the real event (see Hal Bryan's comments) showing off a preview of their new "Acceleration" addon (I liked the old name "Adrenaline" better, oh well). They'll be showing the F/A-18, a few of the new Red Bull race tracks, and some other components, but you'll have to wait till the Reno Air Races to see a preview of the new P-51D racer and the EH-101 helicopter components.

I've never been able to attend OshKOSH myself, but I've been to it's little brother Sun'N'Fun in Lakeland, Florida, and these events are definately a must see. Even if you have to do it from afar. Check it out!