The writer who came up with “Snakes on a Plane,” the Hollywood movie ranked as “one of the worst movies of 2006” by several movie reviewers, was not the first to place reptiles on an aircraft intentionally.
For years a pair of rubber faux snakes have protected Ron Johnson’s PT-22 while at EAA AirVenture. The aircraft is a regular at the show and, indeed, there are some visitors who feel their Oshkosh experience is not complete without a visit to the vintage area to pay homage to the snake plane.