Chapter 234 Delivers Welcome Wagon #3 To EAA

EAA “Welcome Wagon #3,” built by Chapter 234 members this past year, was presented to EAA President and AirVenture Chairman Tom Poberezny this week. the Wagons provide ground transportation to newly arriving homebuilt pilots.
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Aviation Explorers Operate From New Home Base

Aviation Explorer Scouts perform important services at AirVenture Oshkosh, like welcoming pilots and their passengers to the convention, helping them park and assisting with their immediate needs. Now the Explorers are in need after their Home Base mobile home on the grounds was destroyed by a windstorm in June.
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"Happy Birthday, Amelia" Party Planned On Opening Day

On July 24, opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001, mail order house Historic Aviation will throw party to celebrate the birthday of Amelia Earhart, who was born on July 24, 1897. Also hear about plans to recreate one of Earhart's famous flights in  the only flying example of Earhart's 1927 AVRO Avian.
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All-New, Eighth Edition of EAA’s AeroCrafter Now Available

EAA's AeroCrafter is the definitive homebuilder's catalog, providing everything you need to select, build, equip, fly, and maintain your own aircraft. The eighth edition in hot off the press and available now! Informative articles by industry experts help guide you through the selection and building process, plus the accompanying CD-ROM has includes interactive search and comparative graphing capability, cost calculators, videos, photo gallery, FAA Regulations, and much more. Order AeroCrafter at www.aerocrafter.org.

Pair Of B-1 Fly-Bys Announced At AirVenture

A U.S. Air Force B-1B “Lancer” bomber from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, will perform two fly-bys during AirVenture. The fly-bys will begin the afternoon showcase flights on July 25 and 27 at approximately 12:45.
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CASPA Returns To Compete Before AirVenture Crowd

AirVenture will be the one and only stop for the Championship Air Show Pilots Association (CASPA) challenge this year, featuring five of the world's most skilled pilots competing to determine who is the "best" in the 2001 EAA AirVenture Challenge.
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Schuck Reports On ICAO Meeting In Switzerland

Members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) discussed a variety of issues, including aircraft certification, global leasing, maintenance aspect, licensing of all airmen including training facilities, and general operations issues at its June meeting held in Geneva. EAA's Charlie Schuck was there and provides a recap of what went on.
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On The Flight Line ---

General Aviation Coalition Asks For Administrator's Support On Meigs Field
The 17-member General Aviation Council, which includes EAA, sent a letter to FAA Administrator Jane Garvey asking for her support on their unanimous position that Chicago's Meigs Field should remain open.
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FAA Issues AC On Garmin GNS 430
“A potential inaccuracy exists in the horizontal and vertical course deviation outputs from the GNS 430, which are used to drive the CDI (Course Deviation Indicator),” The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Concern Sheet on the Garmin GNS 430.
“If the inaccuracy manifests in a particular GNS installation, the CDI may depict inaccurate deviation information from the GNS 430,” the AC reads. GNS 430 serial numbers 96301296 through and including 96303200, plus the additional 81 serial numbers are affected. (Refer to list on GARMIN Safety Bulletin # 9905) The FAA is considering possible AD action and requests public input to Roger Souter, Wichita Aircraft Certification Office, 316-946-4134, roger.souter@faa.gov.

Control Vision’s “Cones of Safety” Given Patent Pending Status
A key part of Control Vision’s Anywhere Map GPS has been granted Patent Pending status by the U.S. Patent Office. The Pittsburgh, Kansas, avionics developer’s unique approach to providing a high margin of safety to pilots of all aircraft, called “Cones of Safety,” integrates GPS information and precise position with known aircraft characteristics to draw “safety circles” on a moving map with an airport at the center of each circle. An aircraft in distress and inside a Cone of Safety circle can safely glide to the airport inside those circles on the map. For more information, call 620 231-6647 or visit www.controlvision.com.

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