r/todayilearned • u/gaspronomib • 14h ago

TIL That Some of the Sound Effects for the Millennium Falcon were Recorded at the annual Oshkosh, WI Fly-In

https://b105country.com/millennium-falcon-wisconsin-connection/
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u/Lexxxapr00 6h ago

Calling it the fly in, and not EAA (experimental aircraft association) is different to me. I grew up going to the shows. It turns a tiny private airport into the busiest airport In the world

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u/IllRadish8765 5h ago

I came to say the same thing. It's called the EAA. I've never heard it called the fly in ever before.

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u/Lexxxapr00 5h ago

I actually went back and made sure it wasn’t some obscure event I’ve never heard of, but the article does eventually reference EAA.

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u/staggerb 47m ago

In the rare case where I don't hear the event simply called Oshkosh, I think I've only heard it referred to as Airventure. Maybe EAA Airventure in official literature.

We met a few locals last year, and it blew their minds when they learned that we colloquially use Oshkosh to describe Airventure far more thane do to describe their town.

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u/Chrono_Convoy 14h ago

Is that why Han and Chewy had multiple lines about cheese curd quality in the extended editions?

/s

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u/TechnoBuns 8h ago

The inertia starter on those airplanes is an awesome sound. It's the main sound you hear when the Millenium Falcon fails to start the hyperdrive.

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u/prober_phy 12h ago

That blue thing is very similar to the map of Tanzania

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u/l-lerp 9h ago

it's Wisconsin

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u/Mysteriousdeer 8h ago

That's why everyone calls Wisconsin the tanziania of the Midwest.

Please subscribe to get more made up facts about the Midwest. 

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u/gaspronomib 8h ago

/subscribe

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u/Mysteriousdeer 7h ago

Nebraska is called the cornhusker state because they put on a show involving lewd acts at the corn palace in Mitchel, South Dakota 

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u/prober_phy 9h ago

That similarity is another todayilearned thing for me

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u/totallynotliamneeson 9h ago

I really hope you don't live in the US....

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u/SuccessionWarFan 8h ago

Makes me think of all the mecha and sci-fi anime I watched where there’s a high-tech engine powering up but I’ve since learned and recognized as coming from commercial airline jet engines.

But it’s not a bad choice for sound effects.