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The
official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
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Volume 8, Number 2
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July 23, 2007
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Welcome to The World’s
Greatest Aviation Celebration
If you’ve participated in the
event before, whether once or 50 times, you know that describing this
event in a few words is nearly impossible: You have to experience it
to understand it! If this is your first trip here, a special welcome
to you—you’ll soon appreciate the amazing breadth and depth of
seven days featuring the best of everything in aviation. Read
more
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Cessna S-LSA a reality
The world’s largest
general aviation airplane manufacturer, at least as measured by unit
sales, is now officially in the special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA)
business. Sunday morning at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007, Cessna unveiled
its 162 SkyCatcher, its entry into the exploding S-LSA market. Read
more
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See what’s happening at
the Ford Hangar
EAA again welcomes the Ford Motor Company as a major partner of the
annual World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration, EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh. Ford’s corporate history dates back to June 1903, almost
six months to the day before the Wright brothers made their
world-changing first powered flight at Kill Devil Hills, North
Carolina. More than a century later, Ford is still going strong and
has an incredible lineup of awesome activities and cool stuff to see
and do at the Ford Hangar throughout the coming week here at
Oshkosh. Read more
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Vertical Power to launch
new systems
Vertical Power will launch the new VP-200 and VP-200 Duo (supports
dual independent electrical buses) systems at Booth 2024 in Exhibit
Hangar B. The VP-200 retails for $6,495, and the VP-200 Duo retails
for $9,995. Both begin shipping in August 2007. For more information
visit www.VerticalPower.com.
- AirVenture.org offers new
multimedia features
Recognizing that some people aren’t able to attend the big event,
EAA has revamped its www.AirVenture.org
website by adding audio slideshows, EAA radio, daily photo galleries,
editor blogs, and the brand new BrightCove video player, offering EAA
members the opportunity to submit their own videos. Read
more
- Dolores Neunteufel to
receive first Dorothy Hilbert Award
The first Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer Award will be presented this year,
honoring a female EAA volunteer who exhibits the same passion,
dedication, and devotion for volunteerism as did the late Dorothy
Hilbert. The inaugural recipient is Dolores Neunteufel, who chairs the
EAA AirVenture Assistance Center. Read
more
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Foreign aviation officials
visit OSH
The World’s Greatest
Aviation Celebration is bound to draw pilots and aviation enthusiasts
from every corner of the globe. At the International Visitors Tent
(south of the control tower, behind IAC HQ), pushpins in a world map
identify all the places from which international visitors have traveled.
Read more
- Inaugural ‘EAA Runway’
5K
EAA has joined with the
Oshkosh YMCA to host the first ‘EAA Runway’ 5K. Saturday, July 28,
participants of all ages will walk or run the 3.1-mile route around EAA’s
North 40 on Wittman Road. Event-day registration will be at the Runway
5K tent located just north of the Red Parking Lot on Wittman Road.
Read more
- A lower-mass arrival
In stark contrast to the headlining mass arrivals of Bonanzas, Mooneys,
and Cessnas each year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, other smaller groups
of owners welcome the opportunity to fly together and arrive together,
too. Read more
- ERAU to hold youth lunch at
EAA AirVenture
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University will sponsor its first Lunch With The Stars youth barbecue on
Friday, July 27, at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007. Attendees can have
lunch with the university’s sponsored team representatives, including
Elaine Larsen (Embry-Riddle jet dragster), Jamail Larkins (Dream Launch
Tour), and Matt Chapman (Embry-Riddle Eagle aerobatic plane), along with
some of the world’s finest aerobatic performers. This event is aimed
at middle-to-high-school-aged students who may be considering a future
in aviation, as ERAU staff and the performers answer questions about
pursuing an aviation education. Read
more
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Bonanzas arrive for
anniversary celebration
Under cloudless blue skies, more than 100 Beechcraft Bonanzas arrived
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007 Saturday afternoon in the annual
Bonanzas to Oshkosh (B2Osh) group flight. This year’s mass arrival—kicking
off celebration of the venerable aircraft’s 60th anniversary—included
examples of almost all the 40 Bonanza models built, from a 1947 Model
35 Bonanza, the first year of production, to a 2007 anniversary
edition G36 Bonanza, with Hawker Beechcraft chairman and CEO Jim
Schuster aboard. Read more
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Trick Air snow skis releases new model
Trick Air snow skis has designed a ski for multiple models of Maule
aircraft that is easy to install (under 20 minutes) without having to
remove the wheel or lift the airplane. This makes the aircraft more
versatile and able to take off and land on snow or pavement. Trick Air
has developed three sizes of skis and a tail ski. The sizes are 1500,
2250, and the 3000 series. The smaller 1500 size skis are certified
for use on American Legend Cubs. For additional information, visit the
company’s exhibit (Booth 116) in the Main Aircraft Display area, or
visit www.TrickAir.com.
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Getting down to
government business at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Amid all the airplanes
and air shows, exhibits and forums, excitement and celebrations at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2007, there is another convention. It’s one that
most visitors never see. But it’s an important part of AirVenture and
a fundamental part of what EAA is and does for its members, indeed for
all of general aviation. Throughout the week in offices, conference
rooms, and other quiet corners of the EAA AirVenture grounds, key people
will be getting together to talk, to listen, to engage in "a
collaborative discourse," working on solutions to the challenges
facing general aviation today and in the future. Read
more
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ACR introduces GPS
personal locator
ACR Electronics Inc. has introduced the MicroFix, a one-button
activated, emergency signaling device for aviators and outdoors
enthusiasts available at EAA AirVenture. The FCC-approved MicroFix is
35 percent smaller and 25 percent lighter than its predecessor, the
ACR AeroFix. Read more
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User-fee debate returns
to Oshkosh
The issue weighing heaviest on the minds of most EAAers and the rest
of general aviation can be summed up in two words: user fees. While
EAAers know their annual convention represents one week out of the
year-round proactive advocacy their association accomplishes, user fee
discussions will be held throughout this week, and "because the
EAA community is made up of aviation’s most passionate and active
participants, it possesses the credibility, respect, and influence to
bring Washington to Oshkosh," added EAA President and AirVenture
Chairman Tom Poberezny. Read more
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Goodyear blimp returns
"Follow me to Oshkosh." The Goodyear blimp said it
succinctly Sunday as it flashed the message below to aviation
enthusiasts preparing for today’s opening of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2007. Read more
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First AirVenture
visitor-submitted video contest announced
One of the really cool
things about EAA’s new online video player is the ability for members
to upload and share their own videos. We’re going to give that
capability a thorough workout during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007, as we
announce the first EAA AirVenture Video Competition. Participate and you
could win a new Canon HV20 high definition camcorder! Read
more
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Goulian makes the
transition from air shows to racing
When some people get bored or
restless, they’ll try a new hobby or a change in schedule. Then
there’s Michael Goulian. Read more
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EAA unveils new student
membership
A new student EAA
membership category aims to engage young people and help ensure that
aviation’s future is a strong one. Read
more
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Dacy family honored
tonight with Barber Award
The Dacy Family Airshow Team (Dave, Phil, Julia, and Susan Dacy and
Tony Kazian) will receive the 2007 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship
tonight at the Theater in the Woods. Presented annually by World
Airshow News and friends and family of the late Bill Barber, the award
annually recognizes an air show entertainer who has demonstrated
superb showmanship ability. Read
more
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Mooneys mark a decade of
Caravans
The Mooney Caravan
Saturday afternoon marked its 10th anniversary when 38 of the
single-engine aircraft noted for their speed and efficiency made a group
arrival at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007. Read
more
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Pilot Briefings
Chevron returns to fuel
aircraft
Chevron Global Aviation’s crew, along with the AllStars, returns to
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year. The AllStars, a group of top line
service personnel from the company’s network of more than 750 FBOs
across the country and the Caribbean, will help ensure the safest
event possible, including operation of their state-of-the-art,
wireless fuel trucks. Read more
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EAA acknowledges new
sponsors
Every year EAA hosts the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration with
the help of thousands of volunteers and generous corporate sponsors.
The following is a list of new sponsors for 2007 that have helped make
AirVenture Oshkosh possible. Read more
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NASA EAA AirVenture
Museum exhibit celebrates the art of flying with technology
Sawtooth rotor blades
that muffle a helicopter’s distinctive "whop! whop!" sound
and elegant wind tunnel models that are a fusion of sculpture and
engineering set the tone for an exhibit of NASA aerodynamic shapes in
the EAA Museum during AirVenture 2007. Read
more
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Aviation’s artistic
side at the EAA AirVenture Museum
The artistic side of
aviation is the theme of several new exhibits at the EAA AirVenture
Museum. Your AirVenture gate pass includes admission to the
air-conditioned EAA Museum and to Pioneer Airport. Free shuttle buses
run all day between the museum and the AirVenture grounds. Read
more
- Around the Field
A Cardinal driver ... a formation
flier ... and joint custody of the Apache ...
Bob Thompson lives in
Aurora, Ontario, and Andy Weiss lives in Vancouver, British
Columbia. Together they own a Piper Apache. Go figure. Read
more
- DA50 Super Star to launch
Diamond Aircraft today will publicly unveil its innovative DA50 Super
Star to the North American market at the company’s exhibit area
outside Hangar C. The company’s newest offering is a five-seat
airplane, powered by a single Teledyne Continental Motors TSIOF-550
350-hp turbocharged FADEC-equipped engine. Read
more
- Ask Tom
Tom
Richards will answer your questions in EAA AirVenture
Today throughout the week. Please drop your questions
regarding aviation, AirVenture, or EAA off at the EAA
AirVenture Today office just north
of the control tower, or via e-mail to asktom_airventure@hotmail.com
and he will do his darndest to answer them. Please also be sure
to include your name and where you are from. Read
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