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EAA AirVenture Today
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AirVenture from July 27 - August 3. It is distributed free on the
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The official daily
newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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Volume 9, Number 2
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July 28, 2008
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- EAA fuels your passion for
flight
On behalf of EAA members worldwide, welcome to the56th
annual fly-in convention of the EAA. Known far and wide as the World’s
Greatest Aviation Celebration, most people refer to EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh by the name of its hometown…Oshkosh. Read
more
- Brought to you by Ford Motor
Co. ...
Ford
Motor Company’s incredible lineup of activities and features span the
week—and the grounds—at AirVenture Oshkosh this year. Check out at
the Ford Hangar, located just off AeroShell Square. Read
more
- See new products for first
time
Each year
virtually all the businesses involved in general aviation, coming from
places all over the globe, gather here at the Word’s Greatest
Aviation Celebration to present their wares. This is the perfect stage
for manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, and others to
announce all that is new and improved in what they offer for aviation
buyers. Read more
- Watch for arrival of some
rare birds
EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2008 presents an opportunity found nowhere else in the world.
That is the opportunity to see flying examples of almost any aircraft
type and, in some cases, almost any color. Read
more
- If your aircraft breaks down ...
If your
aircraft breaks, or if something comes "unglued" while you’re
here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, you can find help at the
Emergency Aircraft Repair building, located between the Vintage
camping area and the Ultralight area, on the south end of the
AirVenture grounds. Read more
- Best Bets
Highlights for Monday, July 28 and Tuesday, July 29. Read
more
-
Persistence pays off for
mass-arrival organizers
Rod Swanson has been
coming to EAA AirVenture for some time. He, like many others, makes
the annual trip to establish and re-establish the friendships that are
such a large part of this gathering. Read
more
- Bonanzas mark unofficial
AirVenture start
It was about as
official of an unofficial start to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 as
there could be. Bonanzas to Oshkosh (B2Osh), the organization that
started group formation flights to the fly-in now mimicked by Mooneys,
Cessnas, and Comanches, arrived at AirVenture with 92 aircraft early
Saturday afternoon. The parade of Bonanzas taxiing to their tie-down
spots in the North 40 is a perennial indicator that the world’s
largest aviation gathering is about to begin. Read
more
- Mooneys take caravan to
AirVenture
They’re fast,
fuel efficient, and punctual: Forty-five Mooneys participating in the
11th annual Mooney Caravan arrived at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 at
precisely 4 p.m. Saturday, "right at the time the FAA gave
us," flight leader Bill Rabek said. Read
more
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EAA to honor milestone
30,000th homebuilt
The
homebuilt movement has reached a major milestone—30,000
amateur-built aircraft certificated in the United States! That’s a
quarter of the general aviation fleet, and what better place to
celebrate that achievement than at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Read
more
- WomenVenture promotes women
in all areas of aviation
Women aviators
from around the world will have several opportunities to encourage
other women to explore the limitless possibilities of flight at
AirVenture this year. They may even wind up being part of a world
record! Read more
- House members to hold public forum
Members of the
U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee arrive early today
for a public forum at 11:30 a.m. in Utah Valley University Pavilion 6.
It will be an opportunity for you to learn about current legislative
issues relating to general aviation, and to ask questions of the House
members. Doug Macnair, EAA’s vice president for government affairs,
will moderate the forum. Read more
- Free SPOT satellite
messenger offer for EAA members
EAA members attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 can get a free SPOT satellite messenger through an exclusive offer from SPOT Inc. available only at Oshkosh. SPOT Inc. will provide a free messenger to current
EAA members free of charge (a $169.99 value) when they subscribe to a one-year satellite service package for $149.98 at AirVenture.
Read more
- Extra Aircraft’s new
racing plane
Extra Aircraft
is showing its latest addition to the aerobatic lineup this week, the
single-seat EA-330SC. Piloted by David Martin, the new 1,270-pound,
experimental exhibition EA-330SC is powered by a 320-hp Lycoming
AEIO-580 engine with a new model MT propeller. Read
more
- XM Weather launches Aviator
Pro
XM Satellite
Radio announced Aviator Pro, XM WX Satellite Weather’s latest
real-time weather data package. The comprehensive data package
introduces brand new valuable weather data services for all pilots,
especially those in the business and commercial aviation industries.
Aviator Pro will be available for the first time at AirVenture 2008. Read
more
- HotSeat Chassis helps Young
Eagles
HotSeat Chassis
will be lending its charitable support to the Young Eagles program by
donating a Surround Sound Flight Simulation chassis to the Gathering
of Eagles dinner and auction, Thursday July 31. HotSeat Chassis will
also have a variety of Surround Sound Simulation chassis on display at
AirVenture, including its new low-cost Motion Based Platform. Read
more
- PS Engineering launches new
audio panel
PS
Engineering has added a new player to its product line, the
PMA8000B-MP3. This audio control panel incorporates all of the
capability of the enormously popular PMA8000B, but adds an internal
MP3 player that stores up to 1 gigabyte of music. Read
more
- MASA Shows Portable
Communications and Broadcast System
Imagine a
technology system capable of providing communication to any place on
the planet from any place on the planet that can fit inside two
suitcases. GATR Technologies of Huntsville, Alabama, developed a
satellite communication system to support organizations such as the
Mission Aviation Support Association (MASA), for communication
services. Read more
- Win a Bullitt in Young
Eagles raffle!
Remember that awesome chase
scene in the movie Bullitt starring Steve McQueen? The one where he
drives a '68 Ford Mustang GT through the streets of San Francisco and
outlying highways in pursuit of the bad guys? It's commonly called one
of the greatest chase scenes in motion picture history. Read
more
- Bendix/King AV8OR, Apex Edge
Series announced
Bendex/King by
Honeywell, a well-known manufacturer of aircraft navigation and safety
systems, has announced three new portable avionics for general
aviation pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008. Dubbed the AV8OR
Series, these new devices include a variety of powerful, portable GPS
navigation solutions. The series includes the AV8OR Handheld
multi-function display and two synthetic-vision-equipped portable
cockpit information systems—the AV8OR Horizon 3D and AV8OR Vision
3D. Read more
- Growing up AirVenture
Having
attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh every year for as long as he’s
lived, Joe Honeck, 17, said it’s more than a tradition; it’s
"just natural." Read
more
- NASA marks first
half-century
NASA
turns 50 this year. And
like a lot of people who reach middle age, the U.S. aerospace agency
is not only looking forward to the future, but also taking a look
back at its legacy. Read more
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Partnership gathers at
Federal Pavilion
For the 18th
consecutive year, U.S., Bahamian, and Canadian government agencies
will form the International Federal Partnership (IFP) at EAA
AirVenture’s Federal Pavilion, located along the flightline north of
the old control tower. Read more
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Congressional leaders visit
AirVenture to inform federal policy
Congressional leaders
will be on site at AirVenture to discuss key policy issues with
members today during a forum at 11:30 a.m. in the Utah Valley
University Pavilion 6. Read more
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Nanchang import capitalizes on a Chinese warbird
The Nanchang CJ-6
started life a half-century ago as a simple, rugged trainer for
Chinese air force pilots. Lighter than a T-6 Texan and in the same
general category as the beloved American T-34 trainer, the CJ-6 fills
a practical niche in the stable of warbirds. Read
more
- AirVenture ‘Water Birds’
Splash-In to Oshkosh
Nestled deep in the trees on a picturesque
cove along the Lake Winnebago shore is a hidden treasure of AirVenture—the EAA Seaplane Base. For one week, these 27 acres of woods and fields are the center of activity for those with an interest
in water-based aviation. It’s a place AirVenture visitors should try to get to during their stay.
Read more
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Founders’ Wing to showcase
EAA history
Other
people are called packrats when they refuse to throw anything out.
But EAA founder Paul Poberezny is being hailed a historian. Read
more
- The biggest little approach
control in the world
If you fly VFR
into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, your first point of contact with Air
Traffic Control (ATC) is a small group of controllers perched on a
grassy hillside a few air miles southwest of Wittman Field. At Fisk
Control, approach controllers ensure proper spacing of aircraft and
direct each aircraft to a specific active runway. Read
more
-
Compass Hill celebration
scheduled for Wednesday morning
Visit the new
brick installation celebration Wednesday morning at Compass Hill. Read
more
- AEA’s 2008 Pilot’s Guide
to Avionics to debut at EAA AirVenture
The Aircraft
Electronics Association’s 2008/2009 edition of the Pilot’s Guide
to Avionics debuts at EAA AirVenture 2008. The Pilot’s Guide is
available at no charge to pilots, avionics technicians, AEA members,
and attendees of EAA AirVenture. Read more
- EAA Founder kicks off
Warbirds in Review
What better way
to open this year’s Warbirds in Review program series than with EAA
Founder and Chairman Paul Poberezny. Paul will be featured with EAA’s
P-51 Paul I, an airplane he flew in air shows for many
years. Read more
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Around the Field
Adam
from Gaithersburg, Maryland, John from Rhode Island, a reluctant red
dragon, and a 9-year-old’s third visit to AirVenture. What
caught my attention was the red dragon on the tail. Read
more
- Jet sentinels greet Warbird visitors
A quiet lineup
of Cold War jets at the west end of the Warbird area at AirVenture
2008 speaks volumes about their era. The straight-wing Republic F-84C
Thunderjet represents a breed of fighter that briefly held a U.S.
speed record—611 mph—in 1946. Cruising at 436 mph, well above the
speeds of World War II piston-engine fighters, the F-84 would
nonetheless be eclipsed by the advent of sweptwing jets to
follow. Read more
- Sign up for Saturday's EAA
Runway 5K
EAA,
the Oshkosh YMCA, and Run Away Shoes are hosting the second annual EAA
Runway 5K fun run/walk on Saturday, August 2, near the world famous
North 40. Participants of all ages will walk or run the 3.1-mile route
around Wittman Road, with proceeds to benefit the Oshkosh YMCA and EAA
joint youth programs. Read more
- See unveiling of new Flight
Design LSA
Don’t miss
the unveiling of EAA’s new sweepstakes airplane on AeroShell Square.
The aircraft, the all-new Flight Design MC, will arrive today and pull
into AeroShell Square at 12:30 p.m. for an unveiling and news
conference. This Flight Design aircraft will be named as the 2008/2009
Sweepstakes aircraft. Afterwards, the Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) will
go to the Flight Design exhibit (Main Aircraft Display Area 5, 6, 12,
13). Read more
- Ask Tom
Tom
Richards will answer your questions in AirVenture Today throughout the
week. Please drop your questions (with your
name and where you are from) off at the AirVenture Today office located
near the old FAA control tower and the First Aid Station or via e-mail
to asktom_airventure@hotmail.com
and he will do his darndest to answer them. Read
more
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