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The
official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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Volume 7, Number
6
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July 28, 2006
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Eclipse 500 first
certified VLJ
"What I have in my hand is probably the most significant piece of
paper in America today, a piece of paper that will truly change the
face of aviation," said FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, just
before handing the provisional Type Certificate for the Eclipse 500
VLJ, to Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation’s president and CEO. Read
more
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Type certificate keeps
Navions up to date
With military orders dwindling at the end of World War II, the North
American aircraft company decided to use its extensive
airplane-building experience to make a craft for the business and
personal travel market. The result of their decision was the Navion, a
four-place, retractable-gear, low-wing airplane that, in some ways,
bears a strong family resemblance to its larger North American
sibling, the P-51 Mustang. Read more
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NASAO Celebrates 75th
Anniversary
It’s the alphabet group you may have never heard of. So what better
place and time to learn about NASAO, the National Association of State
Aviation Officials, than here at EAA AirVenture, where the
organization is celebrating its 75th anniversary and giving away free
aeronautical charts, airport directories, coloring books and other
goodies. As it is every year, NASAO is located at its red-and-white
striped tent in the EAA Supporters Area, just south of the control
tower. Read more
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Adam Aircraft prepares to
join VLJ onslaught
Adam Aircraft’s senior managers took time Thursday at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh to update the media on the changes and challenges the company
is facing as it prepares its forthcoming A700 jet to join the herd of
very light jets (VLJs) taking to the skies in coming months. Adam,
which also manufacturers the A500 centerline piston twin, says it is
hard at work managing the transition from a product development
company to one focused mainly on production of new airplanes. The
company also discussed its "Tip-to-Tail" maintenance cost
guarantee program for both airplanes and reminded AirVenture attendees
they can see the A500 in action in the new film Miami Vice,
which opens today in theaters around the United States. Read
more
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Persistence pays: Johnson
family finds original Sikorsky S-38
When you at first don’t succeed, try, try again. For the S.C.
Johnson family, that mantra paid off. Earlier
this month, the Johnson family—brothers Fisk and Curt, sister Helen
Johnson-Leipold and their mother, Imogene - found the wreckage of the
original Carnauba Sikorsky S-38 airplane in 90-feet of water in
Manokwari Bay, New Guinea. Read more
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Award winner surprised at
presentation
After Larry and Maxine
Durst appeared Wednesday night to receive the EAA Young Eagles Horizons
award from Chairman Harrison Ford, they began to walk off the stage when
Executive Director Steve Buss stopped them. "Take center stage if
you would," he said. Read more
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E85 Flex Fuel Vehicles
available under Ford partner recognition plan
Through the EAA Partner
Recognition Program with the Ford Motor Company, EAAers not only save
money on Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury vehicles, they can also save money
on gas! Read more
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Two fastest production
singles make AirVenture debut
The two fastest retractable single-engine piston aircraft in
production are making their EAA AirVenture Oshkosh debut this year,
and both are at the Mooney Airplane Company’s Pavilion (205-207 and
212-214 in the Main Aircraft Display area). The turbo-normalized
Acclaim, powered by a 280-hp Continental TSIO 550-G, has a top cruise
speed of 237 knots, and the normally aspirated Ovation3, propelled by
a 310-hp Continental IO 550-G/AP, boasts a top speed of 197 knots.
Both models were introduced earlier this year, and this is the first
time they’ve been displayed together. The response, according to the
company, has been enthusiastic. Read
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Socata stresses TBM-850
performance, demand
EADS/Socata Chairman and CEO Stephane Mayer Thursday updated the media
here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on his France-based company’s general
aviation programs. Focused primarily on the TBM-850 single-engine
turboprop, Mayer told attendees that sales of his company’s flagship
private aircraft were ahead of projections and that, as a result,
Socata would be increasing its production rate in 2007. In fact, with
32 new orders worth $91 million in-hand for 2007 deliveries, Socata is
enjoying a backlog of more than 50 aircraft. Read
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FAA: "Preserve and
strengthen 51% Rule"
"There is tremendous
admiration within the FAA for the homebuilt movement," FAA
Administrator Marion Blakey told members of EAA’s Homebuilt Aircraft
Council (HAC) on Wednesday afternoon at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh—admiration
"for what you and your members do, for what is truly an
educational pursuit." Read more
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Work groups report on
aging aircraft
Seven industry-led work groups reported progress on studying and
solving issues related to aging general aviation (GA) aircraft
Thursday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, at a meeting attended by
representatives of aircraft type clubs, the FAA, and EAA. The work
groups were launched at an FAA Aging Aircraft Summit Meeting in Kansas
City earlier this year. FAA sponsored that meeting to bring the
general aviation community together with the FAA to solve the problems
facing the aging GA fleet. Read more
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Aviation premiere
audience likes Flyboys
About 1,000 people saw
the world aviation premiere of the movie Flyboys at the Eagle
Hangar Wednesday night, and if initial reaction to the film is any
indication, the producers could have a success on their hands. Read
more
AirVenture 2005 planes
move up to Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
What’s left for an
airplane after it’s been the star attraction at EAA AirVenture? For
some it’s being enshrined in the permanent collection of the
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Group hopes to
retrieve Halifax, honor U.S. vets who served in RCAF
Sixty-four years ago Thursday, American Tom Withers was shot down over
Germany and killed while serving as an air gunner with the Royal
Canadian Air Force. Read more
NASA brings education
materials to AirVenture
Fly a round glider, launch a lung-powered paper rocket from a straw,
or color the familiar NASA blue logo with crayons. Those are just
three of the activity choices NASA educators brought to EAA AirVenture
2006. Read more
Timeless summer
I’m driving into the show, just passing the entrance to the EAA
AirVenture Museum with a B-25 Mitchell bomber sitting on the grass to
the left and an F-86 Sabre on a pole to the right, watching the people
walk across from the parking fields, backpacks and water bottles and
small children in tow. It can’t possibly have been a whole year
since I was last here; it feels as if no time has passed at all. Read
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Around the Field
The Navion from Noah’s
Ark, the ‘former navy pilot,’ and the eBay Taylorcraft. Read
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Win a new Ford truck while preparing aviation’s next generation
Enter this year’s EAA Young Eagles raffle and you could win a brand
new Ford F-150 Lariat Edition 4x4 crew cab truck. No more than 10,000
tickets will be sold for this one-of-a-kind truck, valued at nearly
$45,000. Proceeds will benefit EAA’s Young Eagles program, the
largest youth aviation education program ever created. Read
more
Test your skills at
Roush Dyno Display at Ford Hangar
The Ford Roush Mustang Dragstrip will allow EAA AirVenture visitors to
experience Roush Stage 3 Mustangs for themselves right inside the Ford
Hangar. The Dyno Display, the first of its kind in the world at an
indoor event, uses a dynamometer to simulate a quarter mile race on a
drag strip while participants actually drive a full-sized vehicle. Read
more
Longtime volunteer
marks 90th birthday
Marguerite Lawrence of Wichita has been coming to Oshkosh as an
Admissions Gate volunteer for 30 years. She has also volunteered at
Sun ’n Fun for the past 28 years. Read
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Pilot Briefings
Wisconsin ANG
accredited
Brig. Gen. Stanley Jaworski, director of the Northeast Counterdrug
Training Center, presented Brig. Gen. Kerry Denson, commander of the
Wisconsin Army National Guard, with a certificate of accreditation from
the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Read
more
Ask Tom
EAA members
and attendees who have questions regarding aviation, AirVenture or EAA,
feel free to drop them off at the AirVenture
Today office just north of
the control tower, or e-mail asktom_airventure@hotmail.com
and Tom will attempt to answer them. Please be sure to include your name
and where you are from. Read more
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