EAA Radio, which provides live and recorded coverage of The World's Greatest Aviation Celebration, got an early start for AirVenture this year. You can tune in now at www.AirVenture.org/Radio and hear the stream of recorded segments from previous conventions. (Click on the "Launch EAA Radio" link.)

EAA Radio has provided live "wire-to-wire coverage of the event since 1995, but the audience grew rapidly in 1999 when the station added a live web stream and people from around the world have been logging on ever since. Last year, more than 14,000 people tuned in via the web.

The pre-AirVenture web stream will run through July 27, providing selected interviews, recorded programming, Theater in the Woods events, and updates on this year's event. Selected clips include discussions with Burt and Dick Rutan, Harrison Ford, Scott Crossfield, Jon Sharp, Hoot Gibson, Jim Lovell, and many other well-known aviation figures.

EAA Radio's volunteer staff has grown from a handful of dedicated individuals to a group of more than 50 people who seek out the interesting and unusual, as well as the headliners at AirVenture.

For those listening on the convention grounds, EAA Radio can be heard on AM 1210. Live programming begins at 7 a.m. on Monday, July 27, and concludes at the end of the air show on Sunday afternoon, August 2. Daily programming includes live coverage of the afternoon air show and showcase; Theater in the Woods evening programs; and selected forums and field reports. EAA Radio is a division of the EAA AirVenture Communications Center, more commonly know as "The Green Gang."

Along with the live stream, you can visit the archive to create your own program rotation www.airventure.org/radio/archives.html. EAA Radio's Internet stream is hosted by Discovery World in Milwaukee.