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EAA AirVenture Today
is
published by the Experimental Aircraft Association for EAA
AirVenture from July 27 - August 3. It is distributed free on the
convention grounds as well as other locations in Oshkosh and
surrounding communities. Stories and photos are copyrighted 2008 by EAA
AirVenture Today and EAA. Reproduction by any means is prohibited without
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The official daily
newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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Volume 9, Number 8
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August 3, 2008
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- AirVenture: A shot in the
arm for aviation
Final numbers won't be in for a
few days, but nearly all indications point to a resounding success for
EAA AirVenture 2008. That's the message EAA President Tom Poberezny
gave the assembled media at his annual AirVenture wrap-up session
early Sunday afternoon. Read more
- And the winners are...
AeroShell Square was a buzz
with anticipation as the cement mixer with sweepstakes entries rolled
into place for the EAA Share the Spirit Sweepstakes drawing. Read
more
- Ohhh sooo quiet!
An electric-powered airplane flew over the
main air show runway at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh today, and it wowed the
crowd with its quietness. Recognizing its uniqueness, onlookers applauded
as the airplane made its first pass. Read
more
- AirVenture exceeds
expectations
EAA President
Tom Poberezny said he was asked one question daily in the months prior
to the start of AirVenture Oshkosh 2008: Will anyone come to the
fly-in convention with high fuel prices and a struggling economy? Read
more
- EAA Founders' Wing
Introduced
EAA director Fred Telling discussed the EAA
Founders' Wing Saturday with a group of EAA chapter representatives
during the Chapter Leaders Breakfast, held in the EAA AirVenture Museum.
Telling, chairman of the Founders' Wing fund-raising committee, was
joined on stage by EAA Founder Paul Poberezny and Charles Harris,
another member of the committee, as they described the importance of
preserving EAA's rich heritage. "The EAA Founders' Wing is the
perfect opportunity to thank Paul and Audrey Poberezny for everything
they've accomplished," Harris said. Read
more
- EAA chapters present annual
awards
The 2008 EAA
Chapter Awards recognize chapter members for their personal commitment
and contributions to EAA, chapters, and their fellow members. Read
more
- 2008 EAA Aircraft Awards
- Fallen comrades remembered at
Memorial Wall ceremony
EAA’s annual
Memorial Wall ceremony honors, celebrates, and offers remembrance on
behalf of dearly departed EAA members and aviation enthusiasts. This
poignant service features a recital of the year’s newly inscribed
names by EAA’s President Tom Poberezny and includes the playing of
taps and a missing-man formation flight overhead. Read
more
- Electric propulsion is
coming
Two
experimental electric powered aircraft are on display this week: the
"Electraflyer-C" (AeroShell Square) and the Sonex electric
airplane (EAA Welcome Center), and interest in the airplanes has been
extremely high, according to their builders. Read
more
- Writer discovers you can
come home
Up until the
early 1990s, I made a living of sorts as an aviation writer, and I
came to Oshkosh religiously (just plain "Oshkosh" in those
days, "AirVenture" was yet to come). That’s the right
adjective, too; I know "the homebuilders’ mecca" is a
cliché, but the faithful made the pilgrimage every year. Read
more
- New job brings EAA
copywriter full circle
I’ve been
attending AirVenture (or EAA as we called it) since 1982. With just
two years under my belt, I didn’t understand a whole lot, but that
would soon change. AirVenture was a staple family vacation each year.
Once I was taking on summer jobs, I had to make sure to clear the week
of the show right away. But aviation was present all year in our home.
My dad, a pilot since 1983, built an Avid Flyer Mark IV in his
workshop, and I would join him from time to time to help out.
"Epoxy" and "aileron" were household terms. I look
back now and realize how unique that actually was. Read
more
- The bare truth: Don’t fly naked
"There I
was in a pop attack in the F-16 on a low altitude military training
route (MTR) in South Carolina. As I rolled in on the target, I
encountered a light aircraft directly in my flight path and within a
few seconds of collision. I immediately knocked off the attack and
aggressively maneuvered the jet to prevent a collision. We were both
legal," tells U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ned Linch, an F-16 and RV-4
pilot and safety officer for the 12th Air Force in Tucson, Arizona. Read
more
- We came, we met, we
accomplished
There are
really four conventions at every EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. There’s the
fly-in, with all the excitement of air shows, aircraft on display,
commercial exhibits, awards, concerts, movies, camping, Port-O-Lets—the
list goes on and on. Read more
- Widescreen Blu-ray private
pilot ground school debuts
Visitors
to Aviation Supplies and Academics’ booth (#2075) are sure to do a
double-take when they see the latest in video ground school
technology as the new Private Pilot Virtual Test Prep will be on
display at AirVenture 2008. This first ever widescreen high
definition Blu-ray ground school is ASA’s newest offering in the
Virtual Test Prep DVD ground school series. The courses provide a
comprehensive aviation ground school to prepare pilots for the
Federal Aviation Administration Knowledge Exam and help them become
safe, competent, and confident pilots. Read
more
- Opening the pod door
"Open the
pod door." That was the unspoken demand as podcasters and podcast
listeners met for the third annual Pod-a-Palooza forum at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 Friday evening. And by the end of the event,
broadcast live on EAA Radio, it was obvious the future of aviation
podcasting is wide open. Read more
- ‘Small’ seat cushion
makes huge difference for F-22 pilots
There’s a
seemingly small feature of the United States Air Force’s F-22A
fighter jet that’s making a difference in F-22 pilots’ ability to
pull high G’s and to fly long sorties — the Oregon Aero® APECS®
I Ejection Seat Cushion. Read more
- FADEC for the plane… FADOC
for the brain
Mountain High’s newest breakthrough technology is the MH
EDS-02D1 and EDS-O2D2 FADOC™ “Pulse Demand” digital computer
Oxygen Delivery System. The MH portable systems will fit Cessna,
Cirrus, Piper, Mooney, Beechcraft and most others. Read
more
- Perfect Landing Airpark: A haven on
Bull Shoals Lake
Featuring 1,000
miles of scenic shoreline, Bull Shoals Lake in Missouri is prime
location for Perfect Landing Airpark, a brand new gated aviation
community that will feature planned home sites, a myriad of commercial
and retail shops and one-of-a-kind amenities. Read
more
- And now there are two blue
Stardusters
It is not all
that unusual to see two identically painted airplanes of the same type
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Chapter members often work on projects at
the same time, and similar paint jobs sometimes are part of the mix. Read
more
- Pilot makes helicopter do
things it shouldn’t
As a boy, Chuck Aaron had a recurring dream. "I would wake up,
get on my magic carpet, fly out the window, and take off," he
said. "Then just before my mom would come in to wake me up, I’d
fly back in and jump into bed." Read
more
- Electric Innovator presented
with Raspet Award
EAA
honored Randall Fishman, EAA 794189, of Cliffside Park, New Jersey,
with the 2008 Dr. August Raspet Memorial Award for his
accomplishment in developing and flying an electric-powered
aircraft. Adam Smith, EAA vice president of membership, presented
the award to Fishman at the end of the electric power forum on
Thursday afternoon, to a standing ovation from the sizable crowd
that gathered to participate in the discussion. Read
more
- Airmen’s friendship is
more than black and white
When
little Herb Heilbrun posed for his third grade class picture in
Cincinnati, Ohio, he didn’t really know the black child beside
him. Years later, when Herb piloted a 15th Air Force B-17 over
targets in Europe, he didn’t really know the fighter pilots
escorting him who kept his bomber safe from German fighters. Read
more
- eSky OZ Graphical PFD –
21st century nav for the cockpit
When you look at the
instruments used to fly in instrument conditions, they have not
changed significantly in the last 80 years or so. We still use an
artificial horizon to keep the aircraft level, a directional gyro
(DG) or horizontal situation indicator (HSI) to determine which
direction we are heading, and the usual airspeed, altitude,
and vertical speed indications to help the pilot figure out whether
they are going up or down in the sky. Read more
- PADA annual design trophy
awarded to John Roncz
Every year PADA, the
Personal Aircraft Design Academy, awards its perpetual trophy to a
personal aircraft designer innovator who advanced the state of the art
in aircraft performance and efficiency. This year’s trophy was
awarded to John Roncz whose custom designed airfoils and wings flew
the two round-the-world record airplanes – the Voyager and the
GlobalFlyer. Read more
- Around the Field
There are all
sorts of interesting routes to take to Oshkosh. Jack Allison, who is
from Sacramento, California, flew by airliner to Chicago, where he met
up with a friend and they came the rest of the way in a rented 172. Read
more
- Ask Tom
Tom
Richards answered your questions in AirVenture Today throughout the
week. Read more
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