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The Official Electronic
Newsletter of EAA
Celebrating 100 Years of
Powered Flight
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003
July 29-August 4
August 2, 2003 Volume
3, Number 37
During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2003, e-HOT LINE will be published on a daily basis with current news and
events directly from EAA AirVenture. Visit the EAA
AirVenture website for full coverage of the event. We welcome your
comments and suggestions to ehotline@eaa.org.
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The Latest News From Oshkosh
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FAA Clears EAA’s Flyer for
Flight
The Wright brothers made their first powered flight in 1903, but only
after conducting numerous tests and making necessary changes to ensure
their safety and success. (read
more)
In-Cockpit Weather Wars
One of the most exciting recent
advances in flight safety technology has to be the delivery of real-time
or near real-time weather data to the general aviation cockpit. Growing
from just a few options only a year ago, all the major avionics producers
now offer products, along with a number of independent solutions. (read
more)
Burt Rutan to Discuss SpaceShipOne
Pioneering aviation designer Burt Rutan, who has continually expanded the
envelope of personal flight over the past three decades, will be speaking
about his latest vision—private travel into space—at two forums, today
at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the large Honda Motorcycles Pavilion
No. 7 in the Honda Motorcycles Forums Plaza. (read
more)
‘Cross into the Blue’ at the Air
Force Pavilion
The U.S. Air Force, a longtime
staple of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, has a new look for aviation enthusiasts
this year. Alongside the largest ever display at EAA, the Air Force’s
newest recruiting tool offers visitors a chance to “cross into the
blue.” (read
more)
Paul Poberezny Presented with the Key to
the City Award
For his vision, his contributions, and his friendship to the community,
EAA Founder and Chairman Paul H. Poberezny received the 2003 Key to the
City award Friday morning at the 14th annual Mayor’s Breakfast in
downtown Oshkosh. (read
more)
A Special Thank You to EAA Lifetime
Members
EAA Lifetime and First Wing members had the chance to “fly” the Wright
Flyer simulator Thursday evening without having to wait in line. The
private event in the Countdown to Kitty Hawk pavilion was EAA’s thank
you to members who have made a lifelong commitment to the organization by
becoming a Lifetime or First Wing member. (read
more)
NASA Awards Students
NASA Langley Research Center, along with representatives from Pratt &
Whitney and NASA’s Glenn Research Center, will present awards to the
winners of the 2003 Revolutionary Vehicle University Student Competition
on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. in the Honda Motorcycles Forums Plaza Pavilion 1.
(read
more)
NASA Shows Secrets of Weightlessness in
Microgravity Demonstration
NASA is showing EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2003 audiences how weightlessness
affects everything from magnets to flames. The results surprise many
visitors. Microgravity - the other term for weightlessness - occurs when a
container and its contents fall at the same speed, explains exhibitor
Richard DeLombard from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. When
astronauts and their supplies float suspended in the International Space
Station, they actually are under the effect of 90 percent of the Earth’s
gravitational pull, DeLombard tells his visitors. The reason they appear
weightless is because the International Space Station is actually falling
around the Earth continuously as it orbits, just never making contact. (read
more)
Administrator Blakey: In Her Own Words
During her visit to EAA AirVenture
2003, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey met with AirVenture Today to talk
about her impressions of the event. (read
more)
Eclipse Jets Ahead
The Eclipse 500, the light jet originally priced at under $1 million
(in year 2000 dollars), has been one of the most captivating development
stories in general aviation over the past five years. AirVenture Today
talked to Eclipse Aviation President and CEO Vern Raburn yesterday to
discuss the program and the progress of the past year. The biggest
advance, Raburn said, has been the switch to a new powerplant. (read
more)
Administrator Announces New Pilot
Certificate
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey
announced during her EAA AirVenture forum Thursday, that, effective
immediately, the FAA will begin issuing a new style airman certificate
card. (read
more)
Yeager to Fly One-Millionth Young Eagle
By the end of 1992, the year the Young Eagles program started, 8,000 kids
had their names in what was called the “world’s largest logbook.”
Eleven years later, there’s no doubt it is the largest. The Young Eagles
program has taken up 945,950 youth as of Wednesday, and is well on its way
of reaching its goal of 1 million by December 17, 2003, the 100th
anniversary of the first powered flight. (read
more)
Win $500 Naming the New Pitts
Steen Aero Lab announced the latest addition to the long line of aerobatic
aircraft from master designer Curtis Pitts, the Pitts Model 14, a two-seat
aerobatic biplane designed around the 400-hp Vedeneyev M14PF nine-cylinder
radial. (read
more)
The Learning Experience at EAA
AirVenture
There’s no better place on earth for the aviation enthusiast than
Oshkosh during EAA AirVenture. Where else can you listen to famous
speakers, see well-known airplanes, and watch a spectacular air
show—every day? If that whets your appetite for learning, you can attend
forums on training pilots to land the space shuttle, the prospects for
private manned space flight, and aircraft design. (read
more)
4,000 Hours in his VariEze
“I never anticipated it would fly that much,” said Klaus Savier, of
his VariEze, which he has flown for an extraordinary 4,000 hours.
“It’s so convenient to be able to hop in and go.” (read
more)
Carter Copter Mu-1 Barrier Attempt Set
Carter Aviation Technologies has announced that it will attempt to break
the Mu-1 barrier with its Carter Copter on November 22, 2003. The attempt
will be held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, in conjunction
with an event sponsored by the Organization for Sport Aviation Competition
(OSAC). (read
more)
Born to Crash
After putting half a million bucks and 40,000 man-hours into its homebuilt
project, EAA Chapter 424 is going to make an around-the-world flight that
will culminate with a crash landing on a closed strip in East Wenatchee,
Washington. Crazy? (read
more)
EAA Makes Dreams Possible
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is a celebration of the possible over the
practical, perseverance over obstacles, and dreams over reality. It’s a
week out of the year when everyone with a passion for anything and
everything that flies can take time to dream. (read
more)
Cirrus Soars at First Flight Celebration
As the aviation industry gears up for the First Flight Centennial
Celebration, December 12-17, 2003, Cirrus Design announced at EAA
AirVenture that it and the National Park Service Outer Banks Group have
joined forces to enhance the celebration. The First Flight Centennial will
be adding a Technology of Flight exhibit created by Cirrus Design. The
exhibit is a mobile museum that features visual, tactile, and textual
information regarding advancements in aviation. (read
more)
Bob Hoover Holds Crowd’s Attention at
Warbirds in Review
From spontaneous applause upon his
arrival to appreciative remarks from the audience, Bob Hoover had an
impromptu fan club of about 350 EAA AirVenture visitors crowding around
Rudy Frasca’s Spitfire XVIII Friday as Hoover and Frasca discussed
Spitfires and flying. (read
more)
Jack Olcott New Chairman of BE A PILOT
Jack Olcott, immediate past
president of the National Business Aviation Association, is the new
chairman of BE A PILOT (BAP); it was announced yesterday at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2003. Taking over the reins from Phil Boyer, president of AOPA,
Olcott said, “Engaging the public, as BE A PILOT does, builds public
acceptance of aviation…. It is truly an honor.” (read
more)
Ultralight Spirit of ‘03 Nears
Completion
Those ultralight folks down at the
far south end of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds expect that they will
complete construction of a special plane, the Spirit of ‘03, by the time
this year’s convention ends. (read
more)
Pilot Aims for Historic Polar
Circumnavigation
Polly Vacher called her husband on May 28 and said she was on top of the
world. She was speaking literally. Vacher is on her second trip around the
world, but this time she is aiming to become the first person to make a
solo polar circumnavigation of the globe. (read
more)
Around the Field
Waco fans and a gang from Slobovia
Outernational. (read
more)
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