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EAA AirVenture Today  is published by the Experimental Aircraft Association for EAA AirVenture from July 23 - July 30. It is distributed free on the convention grounds as well as other locations in Oshkosh and surrounding communities. Stories and photos are copyrighted 2006 by EAA AirVenture Today and EAA. Reproduction by any means is prohibited without written consent.

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• You’re at the Center of the Aviation Universe
  In terms of a countdown, we’re down to one; tomorrow marks the opening of what aviation enthusiasts from around the world have been waiting for: The 54th annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. Read more
    
• U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Team to makes special EAA AirVenture fly-bys on July 28
  The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, one of the world’s greatest aviation teams, will be making special fly-bys at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006 on Friday, July 28. The 54th annual EAA fly-in convention, The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, will be held July 24-30 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Read more
    
• Meet Blue Angels Pilot, See Aircraft at AeroShell Square
  Aviation enthusiasts can learn more about the pilots and aircraft that are part of one of the world’s finest aerobatic teams, as a U.S. Navy Blue Angels pilot visit EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. Lt. Kevin "Kojak" Davis and the No. 7 Blue Angels F/A-18 "Hornet" two-place aircraft will arrive at Oshkosh today and depart on Wednesday, July 26. Read more
    
• Beach Boys ready to rock at AirVenture Monday evening
  The Beach Boys have been nearly everywhere since brothers Brian, Carl, and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine got together and invented what became known as "The California Sound" in the early 1960s. One thing they haven’t done, though, is be part of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh—The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. Read more
    
• NASA to display shuttle engine, next generation vehicle mock-up at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
  NASA knows that the way to space and back includes sprints through the atmosphere. This year’s NASA exhibit at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh features a real space shuttle rocket engine and, for the first time, a full-size, mock-up silhouette of what the next generation astronauts may take to the moon, Mars, and beyond. Check out these and other features at NASA’s exhibit building north of the control tower, just east of the Honda Forums Plaza. Read more
    
• ‘Carnauba’ S-38 returns to AirVenture
  One of the most popular replicas of a storied vintage aircraft to ever appear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh returns this year. SC Johnson Co.’s Carnauba Sikorsky S-38 is an exact replica of the Sikorsky S-38 that H.F. Johnson Jr., third-generation Johnson family leader, piloted in 1935 to Fortaleza, Brazil, to discover new supplies of carnauba palms. What the Brazilians call "The Tree of Life" was the source of the world’s hardest natural wax used by the company for its floor wax products. Read more
    
• Here’s to you, C-172!
  Part of the reason EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is known as "The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration" is because it’s a perfect place to celebrate the landmark anniversaries and events of flight. This year we salute the 50th anniversary of one of the general aviation fleet’s mainstays, the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Read more
    

• Cessna Base Camp in the North 40
  Get down to the North 40 this week to see something that has not happened at EAA AirVenture before: a specially designated area set aside for as many as 500 airplanes to honor the 50th anniversary of the Cessna 172/182 dubbed the Cessna Base Camp. Read more

• What do you want to know?
  Find out at EAA AirVenture forums & workshops
  A wise man once said, "If it has something to do with aviation, chances are you can learn more about it at Oshkosh." Read more

• Meet and greet your favorite aviation writers at Author’s Corner
  Take several tables and chairs, over two dozen accomplished aviation authors with their display of great books, mix in thousands of people, some friendly conversation and more smiles than you can count, and you have Author’s Corner at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Read more

• National GA Award recipients announced
  EAA AirVenture Oshkosh presentation planned
  The General Aviation Awards Committee announced selections for the 43rd annual National GA Awards, whose recipients will be honored by FAA Administrator Marion Blakey during a Wednesday, July 27, ceremony at AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. The recipients are: Rich Stowell, 2006 Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) of the Year; Gene Hudson, Aviation Safety Counselor (ASC) of the Year; Joe Hawkins, Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) of the Year; and Terry Markovich, Avionics Technician of the Year. Read more

• Don’t miss this week’s spectacular Warbirds air shows
  From primary and advanced trainers to lumbering, heavy Allied bombers from World War II, powerful piston fighters and jets, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh features the widest variety of ex-military airplanes in the world. They’ll all be here this week--more than 300 of ’em--featured in several special events, including expanded, fiery air show performances on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Read more

• From the road to the sky; Experience it at the Ford Hangar
  See where innovation takes flight and visit the Ford Hangar at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. The latest in Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles will be on display including the Volvo C70 and Jaguar XK. Learn about Ford’s Safety, Design and Technology innovations. Hear all about the F-250 Super Chief concept vehicle and how the world’s first tri-flex vehicle operates on gasoline, hydrogen and E85 ethanol. You will also see the 2007 Shelby GT500 Mustang and one of the new Shelby GT-H Mustangs that are now available at select Hertz locations across the country. Read more

• Celebrating the ‘Hallmarks of Homebuilding’
  More than a half-century of the innovation that has emerged from private aircraft hangars, garages and basements will be highlighted at the "Hallmarks of Homebuilding" exhibit near the flightline at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. Eleven individual hallmarks celebrate the revolutionary moments in aircraft design and construction. Read more

• See aviation authorities, personalities at EAA AirVenture Museum
  Where can you see not only the two pilots of SpaceShipOne give their own personal observations of flying into suborbital space, but also the man who designed the spacecraft that got them there? Or see and hear from World War II heroes, modern day innovators, and esteemed aviation personalities on a daily basis? EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006, of course, and the venue is the EAA AirVenture Museum Speaker Showcase. Read more

• Safety first in Warbirds area on air show days
  On days the Warbirds of America perform at EAA AirVenture this week (all days except Thursday), the Warbirds area is required to close certain sections of the aircraft parking area just before, during, and after the performances. With dozens of aircraft starting up and taxiing through "public access" areas (warbirds aircraft parking), it creates a huge safety concern. Read more

• HondaJet to hold flight demonstration, technical briefing on Tuesday
  The innovative HondaJet will expand its presence at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, with a detailed technical briefing and a demonstration flight. HondaJet Project Leader Michimasa Fujino will conduct the technical briefing to share the most recent status of the HondaJet program on Tuesday, July 25, at 1 p.m. followed by the demonstration flight the same day at 2:30 p.m. Read more

• KidVenture 2006 offers riveting experience
  More activities will be available for KidVenture participants this year than ever before. Leading the way are a hands-on riveting project and actual flight instruction received from a Certificated Flight Instructor. A wide variety of other activities create numerous opportunities to learn about the basics of flight. Read more

• NAFI Provides Kids’ First Flight Instruction
  Kids can also move beyond video games and into actual flight-simulator training at KidVenture by receiving flight training from members of the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI). They will provide the actual flight instruction on an On Top Basic Aviation Training Device (ATD) simulator provided by Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA). Read more

• Get ‘One Six Right’ through EAA and help Young Eagles
  Special free screenings July 28 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
  One Six Right, a full-length documentary highlighting the wonder and fascination with flight, will be available throughout the week at EAA AirVenture. For the entire month of July, $5 of each DVD sold will be donated to the EAA Young Eagles Program. Read more

• See outdoor movies at night on a 5-story-high screen
  Remember the days of the old 44 Outdoor Theater, right outside Wittman Field? Those days live again this year and right in Camp Scholler as Ford Motor Company and Eclipse Aviation present the EAA Fly-In Theater. Classic aviation movies will be projected onto a 5-story high inflatable screen tonight through Saturday evening during EAA AirVenture. Programs begin at 8:30 and the movies start at 9:00. Read more

• Type clubs meet at AirVenture
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• Medical certification likely a hot topic at EAA AirVenture 2006
  Government comes to AirVenture
  One of the general aviation community’s most talked-about issues—pilot medical certification—will again be a prime topic during forum sessions at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The pilot community will have several opportunities to learn more about EAA’s efforts to streamline medical certification and FAA progress on those issues. Read more

• Look at What’s Happening at EAA Member Village
  At Member Village, there are endless reasons for EAAers to visit, and come back again and again throughout the week of AirVenture. You can join or renew your membership; get answers to virtually any EAA or AirVenture question; attend special members-only events; visit exhibits for all the EAA member programs, benefits and services; see unique aircraft displays; try out flight simulators; check e-mail at the Internet Cafe while enjoying a cup of coffee from the new Starbucks Cafe; follow progress of an airplane building project at the new Homebuilders Workshop; or reserve the flight of your life on the EAA B-17. And that’s just scratching the surface. Read more

• Exciting pre-AirVenture program at Theater in the Woods
  An Evening with Champions, EAA AirVenture’s unofficial kickoff program, marks its 21st year at Theater in the Woods on Sunday evening. The program, presented by AviationSpeakers.com, begins at 7:30 and features Bill Lishman, the man behind the movie, Fly Away Home; Frank D. Boring, producer of the PBS film Fei Hu, The Story of the Flying Tigers; and Astronaut Dr. Jay Apt. Danny Mortensen, president of Bill Phelps’ Airline Ground Schools, author, and Reno Gold Trophy winner, will again serve as Master of Ceremonies. Read more

• B-1 to Arrive Monday
  You’ll want to be near the flight line around 2:30 Monday afternoon as the United States Air Force B-1 bomber is scheduled to arrive at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The airplane will make some passes before landing to kick off the day’s showcase flights. Pilot Capt. Kyle Wilson, a Wisconsin native, will fly the powerful jet from Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. Read more

• Lockheed Super Constellation ‘Star of America’ returns to Oshkosh
  What some believe to be the most beautiful airplane ever built returns to EAA AirVenture this year for the first time since 2004. The Airline History Museum’s "Star of America" Lockheed Super Constellation will be parked throughout the week on AeroShell Square. Interior tours of the airplane will be available during the week, hosted by its crew from the Airline History Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Proceeds from that tour help finance the continued maintenance and operation of the aircraft. Read more

• Warbirds in Review enters fourth year
  EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s increasingly popular Warbirds in Review enters its fourth year in 2006, providing daily, in-depth presentations featuring some of the world’s most significant military aircraft and the people who flew them. (Or in some cases, pilots who continue to fly them.) Read more

• Warbirds Area to Feature New ‘WWII Training Command’ Display
  The incredible airplanes that EAA Warbirds of America members bring to EAA AirVenture each year create one of the most popular areas of the convention. For 2006, warbird lovers can look forward to another great display area, "The World War II Training Command," highlighting aircraft that helped prepare American aviation cadets from 1941-1945 (and beyond). Plans are to display primary, basic, and advanced training aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Army Air Forces. Read more

• Experience Air Crew Briefings at World War II Training Command Area
  The Air Crew Briefing was a critical part of every flight during World War II, just as it is today. Prior to any mission, be it training, search and rescue, or going into battle, the air crew would get a briefing to cover facts about the mission, weather, launch, recovery, and any other pertinent details. At EAA AirVenture’s new World War II Training Command display, you can take part in a simulated air crew briefing based on the EAA Warbirds of America air show on the days that they fly. Read more

• Kids restore Aeronca, plan trip to AirVenture
  Over the past five years, about 20 Young Eagles at Flabob Airport in Southern California worked to completely restore a worn and weathered Aeronca Super Chief. Their goal: to bring it to EAA AirVenture. That dream becomes reality as the group flies the aircraft to Wittman Regional Airport to take part in the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration. Read more

• Turtle on the runway
  It had to be about 35 years ago when my dad took me out to our local airport for the first time. The airport was located in a suburb just to the west of Syracuse, New York. Read more

• Around the Field
  A quiet Friday afternoon reliving flying adventures, remembering Voyager, and watching runway niner landings
  It’s still pretty quiet, Friday afternoon, in the first half-dozen rows of the North 40 airplane camping area. The first few rows are filled in, and the choice spots on the next few rows, closest to Runway 9/27, are taken. Read more

• See rare Lockheed Electra Junior at AeroShell Square
  A rare Lockheed 12A Electra Junior, one of what is believed to be less than 10 flying throughout the world, will be on display for the first time ever this year at AeroShell Square. The sleek, twin-engine aircraft, N-18137, serial number 1229, rolled off the assembly line at Lockheed’s Burbank, California, plant in 1937 and was delivered to Continental Airlines. Three years later it was sold to Transcontinental and Western Air (later Trans World Airlines, or TWA). Paul E. Richter, Jr., one of TWA’s three founding fathers and executive vice president, did the initial test flight before purchase and then flew it to TWA headquarters in Kansas City. Read more

• See Canadian’s aviation pride on display
  Canadian EAAers will have a lot to be proud of at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006. The dream of seeing the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s magnificent Lancaster bomber aircraft in flight over EAA AirVenture Oshkosh was born in the hearts and minds of EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta, Canada. The chapter members underwrote the cost of this historic visit, which begins Wednesday when the airplane arrives at Wittman Regional Airport. Read more

• USAF ‘Total Force Pavilion’ Returns to EAA AirVenture
  The popular United States Air Force Total Force Pavilion will make its third consecutive appearance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2006. Airmen from the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and Air Force active duty will staff the exhibit throughout the seven-day event, July 24-30. Visitors can see various aircraft and real-world equipment on display, plus meet and greet the three Air Force air show pilots slated to appear. Read more

• Canon offers free camera loans
  Dawn Patrol returns Thursday-Saturday
  Canon USA will again have digital cameras available to lend to EAA AirVenture visitors Tuesday, July 25, through Sunday, July 30. Those wishing to borrow a camera (Canon Digital Rebel XTs) will need a driver’s license and credit card (but there is no charge). When you’re done shooting, Canon will provide you with a CD at no charge with all the photos you took that day. Cameras are available on a first come, first served basis. 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

• HAM (Amateur) Radio

  The Fox Cities Amateur Radio Club, Inc. (club call sign: W9ZL) will host a "Special Event Station" on the grounds of AirVenture at the historic Pioneer Airport Vette Hanger. The volunteer communications operators will provide grounds information on 146.520 (simplex) and the wide area 146.760- pl 100hz repeater. Read more