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EAA AirVenture
Museum
Admission to EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh not only gives you access to all the great airplanes on
the flight line; you also have an opportunity to enjoy one of the world's
finest aviation museums for free! From July 24 - July 30, your EAA
AirVenture wristband is your ticket to the world-class EAA AirVenture
Museum. More than two million people have enjoyed the Museum since it
opened in Oshkosh in 1983, including a record 168,000 in 1999. With a
constantly changing and evolving group of exhibits and activities, the
AirVenture Museum is a great place to enjoy the history of
aviation.
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Topic: RV
Assembly
Image Of The Month
EAA's website features a different
airplane-themed calendar every month that you can download and use as
wallpaper. For July, we feature EAA's pair of Young Eagles
RV-6As. |
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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2001,
July 24-30!
July 25, 2001 Volume 1, Number
8
www.airventure.org | www.eaa.org
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AirVenture
Cup Race 2001 Results |
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The AirVenture Cup air race is “more than
a race,” said Chairman Eric Whyte in announcing the winners of the
fourth annual EAA cross-country competition. “It’s a chance to hang
out together.” |
| Vimy
Arrives! |
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After what could only be
described as a difficult journey, the replica Vickers Vimy, Silver
Queen, arrived at AirVenture a bit after 6:00 Monday
evening. |
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Rotorheads Revel in Their
Uniqueness |
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There probably are no more
devoted aviation enthusiasts than those who fly helicopters, and
maybe that feeling goes beyond mere devotion. “I like airplanes, but
they just don’t do it for me,” said Rob MacInnis, of Hanover,
Ontario, vice chairman of the Rotorcraft area at AirVenture 2001.
But flying helicopters, oh, that’s another thing. |
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Rocketing
Into History |
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The man who flew around the world without
refueling in the Voyager is now test pilot for the first manned
civil rocket aircraft. |
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NASA
Solar Airplane Soars on Sunshine |
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A solar-powered flying wing reached
76,200 feet above the central Pacific on July 14, pointing the way
toward “perpetual motion” aircraft that could one day remain aloft
for months at a time. The aircraft is the Helios Prototype, built by
AeroVironment Inc., under a project with NASA’s Dryden Flight
Research Center located on Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif. |
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82-Year-Young
Pilot Flies Bomber to AirVenture |
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Flying the Confederate Air
Force (CAF) B-17 “Texas Raiders” is a real nostalgia trip for
Wallace Peckham. By his estimation, the 82-year-old pilot may be the
oldest combat B-17 pilot still flying the four-engined Flying
Fortress. |
| Broadcasting
the AirVenture Story |
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Roscoe Morton estimates that
he’s done more than 800 interviews over the AirVenture public
address system in his years as an announcer. Chairman of the
Interview Circle and Air Show Announcers since 1974, Morton sees it
as his mission to inform, educate, and entertain AirVenture
attendees, at least when they are within earshot of the
speakers. |
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is ‘General Aviation News' |
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“‘Flyer’ … the nation’s
aviation newspaper,” is changing its name and going back to its
roots. Once known as “General Aviation News & Flyer,” and more
recently as simply “Flyer,” the well-known publication is changing
its name to “General Aviation News.” |
| Proposed
Sport Pilot Certificate |
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While the specifics of the
sport pilot certificate will not be official until a final rule is
issued, FAA has provided limited briefings about the proposal at
various aviation events this year. |
| Gordillo
Does it Again |
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He said he’d never do it
again. He swore he’d never do it again. But time must dim bad memories. So three years after Michel
Gordillo became the first person to fly from his home in Madrid,
Spain, to Oshkosh in a homebuilt Kitfox, Gordillo ventured out
again, this time leaving Madrid on June 19 to circumnavigate the
globe in his new MCR-01, a homebuilt based on the Michel
Columban-designed Ban-Bi. He arrived at Wittman Regional Airport at
10:15 a.m. Tuesday. |
| Amelia's
Record Revisited |
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Amelia Earhart’s voice
sounded over the loudspeakers Tuesday as her 105th birthday was
celebrated at the Antique and Classic Headquarters on the AirVenture
grounds. |
| The
Countdown Begins |
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It’s 875 days, 21 hours, and
13 minutes. The countdown has
begun. As Ford Motor Company and EAA
officials flipped the switch Tuesday on a clock that will tick down
to 10:35 a.m. December 17, 2003, a two-and-a-half-year celebration
began that will end with the re-enactment of the first powered
flight in Kitty Hawk, N.C. |
| In the
Unending War Against Shimmy … |
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The Lord Corporation thinks
it has a better mousetrap — a shimmy damper that never leaks, never
needs maintenance, and costs less than the factory original.
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| Pushing
Tin in Sardine-Packed Skies |
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The aviation world is on
stage at AirVenture, but one of its most mesmerizing shows plays out
behind the scenes. From dawn to dusk, air traffic controllers
choreograph a cast of thousands in an aerial ballet that runs
circles around operations at major airline hubs. |
| Lancair
Moves Forward at AirVenture |
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The Lancair Company, the
certificated aircraft arm of Lancair, announced a number of
advancements and innovations here at AirVenture. Also on display are
some examples of NASA research partnerships Lancair is involved
with. |
| Destination
Direct and Softchart Int’l Acquired |
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Navigational and Planning
Services (NP&S), the company behind AeroPlanner. com and
MarinePlanner.com, has acquired flight-planning software publisher
Destination Direct and digital map provider Softchart International.
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