OSH Till You Drop

AirVenture provides a great deal of opportunity, but many pilots miss out on the best ones

Having just survived another AirVenture at Oshkosh, it’s fairly clear that pilots are both the smartest and the dumbest people on Earth.

Let’s step aside for a moment and try to ignore the pageantry, the forums, the camaraderie and the sheer amazement that comes with watching Sean Tucker fly an airplane. Instead, consider the Stuff for Sale.

There are few other places on the planet where you could spend so much money and still not get one of everything. Headsets, charts, navaids, engine monitors, weather info, parachutes, hangars, traffic alerts, FADEC, airplanes, engines, seats. That just scratches the surface of the wares hawked at the world’s biggest airshow.

Pilots are experts a...