- Proofs positive
Cessna Aircraft Company
Chairman, President, and CEO Jack Pelton unveiled the company’s
light-sport aircraft (LSA) proof of concept aircraft and presented a
surprise fly-by of the Cessna’s next-generation standard category
piston aircraft at a press conference in AeroShell Square at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2006 yesterday morning. Read
more
- There’s always
something happening at the Ford Hangar
EAA partner Ford Motor
Company has pulled out all the stops this year at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh. The Ford Hangar, located just off AeroShell Square, has the
company’s latest vehicles on display, along with flight simulators, a
unique driving sim from Roush Racing, and special events and appearances
taking place throughout the week. Read more
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SpaceShipOne exhibit
dedicated 9 a.m. today
It’s not the original. But it’s so close that it’s being called
SpaceShipOne S/N #2. Read more
Canon offers free
camera loans
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
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Matt Kenseth to Appear
at Ford Hangar
NASCAR driver and
Wisconsin’s very own Matt Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 DeWalt Tools
Ford for Roush Racing, will be at EAA AirVenture on Wednesday, July 26,
for an autograph session at the Ford Hangar. Kenseth, who grew up in
Cambridge, Wisconsin, will be at the hangar from 2 to 3:30 p.m. with
team owner Jack Roush.
Children have their
own activity hangar at AirVenture
Children ages 3-7 have
their own place to "hang" out at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2006.
The Children’s Activity Hangar is a shady spot for pre-schoolers
through younger primary ages to participate in age-appropriate aviation
activities. They can ride a wooden red biplane, make Play-Doh airplanes,
check out stories in many airplane books, or do some "hangar
flying" at the Jay-Jay the Pet Plane table or from the runway at
the Airplane Lego Table. Coloring, cartoons, puzzles, and daily airplane
quizzes are other activities. Read more
EAA &
FAA partner to create amateur-built DARs
About five years ago, EAA
and the FAA got together to discuss a problem: a shortage of DARs—designated
airworthiness representatives—available and willing to certificate
amateur-built aircraft. DARs work under the direction of FAA FSDOs
(Flight Standards District Offices) or MIDOs (Manufacturing Inspection
District Offices). DARs work with aircraft manufacturers (including
amateur builders) to ensure aircraft meet flight safety standards and to
facilitate the certification process. When a new aircraft is ready to
fly, it is the DAR who signs off the aircraft, certificating it for
flight in its particular category. Read more
Congressman
Graves lands at EAA AirVenture
There are U.S. congressmen, and then there’s Rep. Sam Graves (R) of
Missouri’s 6th District. Read more
Dan
Johnson receives LAMA award
Dan Johnson says he’s
just the lucky messenger. "I go to a lot of
air shows and fly a lot of airplanes, and a lot of people don’t have
that privilege," says Johnson, a leading reviewer of light-sport
airplanes and ultralights. "But I couldn’t do that without a
legion of people who are busy developing new planes." Read
more
Women
Soar helps girls’ career options take flight
In 1971, a Connecticut
judge said that athletic competitions build character for boys. But you
don’t need that character in girls. That type of thinking is
the reason behind Women Soar, a two-day program meant to get teenage
girls interested in aviation and related occupations. Read
more
TCM
celebrates 100th anniversary at AirVenture
It’s been 100 years
since Continental Motors—now Teledyne Continental Motors, or TCM—built
its first engine. That powerplant was an automobile engine built for
1905-1906-era autos. By 1916, the company had manufactured more than
150,000 engines but didn’t break into the aviation market until 1927.
That engine, a nine-cylinder radial that came to be known as the A-70,
powered new aircraft of the time. Read more
Brazil to
AirVenture, three hours at a time
Luiz Carlos Novi
considered adding extra fuel capacity to his RV-9 before heading out
with it on a trek from near Sao Paulo, Brazil, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2006. But test flights of the airframe and engine combination showed it
boasted endurance of well more than four hours, and according to his
friend and companion for the trip, Paulo Rivetti, that was more than
enough to make the trip safely. Read more
Blue
Angels make first stop at Oshkosh
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels
roared into town Sunday night with its No. 7 F/A-18 Hornet, marking its
first EAA AirVenture Oshkosh visit. Read more
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Look Who’s
Listening…
Every year, EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh draws more aviation enthusiasts than any other event in the
world. They come here to look, to learn, to share, and to celebrate the
joys and wonders of aviation. For many "aeroheads" and
"wing nuts," pilots and non-pilots, coming to Oshkosh is a
pilgrimage. For others, it is an annual reunion of the world’s largest
aviation family. Read more
At NASA
exhibit, classic spacecraft shape
is still out of this world
The focal point at the
entrance to NASA’s exhibit building at EAA AirVenture is a
floor-to-ceiling shape representing what the next generation human-rated
spacecraft to circle the moon could look like. If its symmetrical
gumdrop silhouette looks familiar, that’s no accident. Read
more
2006 AirVenture Cup draws 60 racers
This year’s ninth annual running of the AirVenture Cup air race
attracted the second largest group of racers ever. "Considering
gas prices, this was a surprise," said Bob Whitehouse, a member
of the race organizing committee. Read more
Forum to
discuss GA user fees
A forum to discuss the
issue of general aviation (GA) user fees will be held at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh on Tuesday, July 25, 11:30 a.m., in Pavilion 6. The general
aviation community is united in its opposition to the concept of user
fees—a concept put forward by U.S. airlines as a new mechanism for
funding the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system. Read
more
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New
benefits to be announced at ‘Member Benefits Blowout’
At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday EAA
Member Village hosts a Member Benefit Blowout in the North Tent. Learn
about the new benefits—the US Bank platinum visa card and a new
discount rate at Enterprise Rental Cars. Read
more
Ripon
arrival, with thunderstorms
When I was planning my
trip to AirVenture this year I studied the NOTAM assiduously. I printed
it up, highlighted pertinent sections, dog-eared important pages and
took it in the airplane with me, thirty-some-odd single-sided pages held
together with a medium sized binder clip. Read
more
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Around
the Field
Two guys
from Ogden, following the Missouri River, and flying friends to
breakfast. Each year about this
time, everything aviation blossoms in our small community here at
Wittman Field. Even so, normal lives go on, seemingly undaunted by all
that surrounds them. Read more
Air
Academy campers, grads thank James Ray for support
James Ray’s vision and
support helped to create the EAA Air Academy of today, and campers and
graduates of the academy thanked the EAA supporter for his longtime
commitment to the program. Read more
EAA
Fly-In Theater enjoys a grand opening
What an opening night for
the new EAA Fly-In Theater! On a perfect star-lit Sunday evening,
several thousand EAAers of all ages attended the first of seven movies
to be shown this week on a five-story screen located behind the Camp
Store in Camp Scholler. Ford Motor Company and Eclipse Aviation sponsor
the theater (and the free popcorn!). Read
more
Surprise
dedication
Wes Schmid has been
Forums Chairman for 50 years. Sunday, he received the surprise of a
lifetime when Paul and Tom Poberezny honored him by dedicating the
Forums headquarters in his name that afternoon. Read
more
Poberezny
to present EAA President's
Awards tonight
John "Jack"
Hastings, Stan Shannon, and Dennis and Linda Carney are very different
people, with one big similarity—a love of aviation and EAA. 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
