AIRVENTURE HIGHLIGHT:
KIDVENTURE KidVenture
attracts thousands of participants young and old alike with its hands-on,
educational—and fun—aviation-based demonstrations and presentations.
After all, kids get to build their own gliders and rockets, fly
simulators, see aviation legends tell their stories, ride in a tethered
hot-air balloon, and so much more.
EAAers Line Up For
Free Sport Pilot Student Certificates
Since the announcement first appeared in AirVenture Today
earlier this week that EAA is providing its members with free sport
pilot student certificates, business has been brisk at the EAA
Member Village tent. (read
more)
EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2005 Photo Highlight of the
Day Four-time
U.S. National Aerobatic Champion Kirby Chambliss and
his Red Bull Edge 540 delivers a high-energy performance when
he flies for the audience at EAA AirVenture 2005.
Photo by Dave Higdon See more photos in the 2005 AirVenture
Photo Gallery
August
2005 EAA Desktop Calendar "Top of the world, ma!" White Knight with
SpaceShipOne on AeroShell Square at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2005. Get
a copy for your computer desktop today at the EAA
website.
The
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electronic newsletter. Every day throughout the fly-in, we'll bring
EAA AirVenture highlights, as they appear in the official convention
publication, EAA AirVenture Today. This year's line-up
features everything from sport pilot/light-sport aircraft to
civilian space flight, vintage, warbirds, and the people who fly
them. For those of you preparing for OSH, we can't wait to see you!
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Oshkosh
Red Bull: A
New Chapter in Air Competitions
It took a little cajoling to get Kirby Chambliss, a world and
four-time national aerobatic champion, to agree to fly in the 2003
Red Bull Air Races. (read
more)
Around the World
and More
Around the world solo nonstop just wasn’t enough. Adventurer Steve
Fossett and Sir Richard Branson announced Thursday that the Virgin
Atlantic GlobalFlyer won’t retire, but rather would begin the
ultimate feat in February—to go 4,000 miles further than any plane
or balloon has ever flown, again nonstop and without refueling. (read
more)
EAA Presents
Results from Ultralight Survey
The FAA’s new sport pilot/light sport
aircraft (SP/LSA) rule sets deadlines for ultralight pilots and
instructors to certificate as sport pilots or sport pilot
instructors, and for certain ultralight vehicles to be
re-certificated as experimental light-sport aircraft. (read
more)
Discovery Lands at
Space Station
The space shuttle Discovery crew is on board the
International Space Station, having docked early Thursday morning
U.S. time. Commander Eileen Collins and her crew join Expedition 11
Commander Sergei Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut, and Flight Engineer
John Phillips, the American crewmember. (read
more)
NASA Associate
Administrator Touts Aeronautics at AirVenture
It is time for a national policy on aeronautics. Members of Congress
have called for it, said J. Victor Lebacqz, NASA’s associate
administrator for aeronautics, as he spoke with EAA AirVenture forum
visitors Thursday. (read
more)
Moto-Art Makes
Aircraft Parts into "Functional Art"
Looking for some unusual décor? A coffee table made from a bomb
casing, perhaps? Or a desk made from a DC-9 stabilizer? Or maybe
you’re just looking for a stylish B-52 ejection seat to finish off
the den. (read
more)
Wondering What
Light Sport Can Do For You? Lots!
What does the light-sport aircraft (LSA) designation offer pilots
that they can’t get from certificated aircraft? (read
more)
NASA Aeronautical
Challenge Competition Announced
The first aeronautics competition in NASA’s
Centennial Challenges program was unveiled at AirVenture 2005
Thursday. (read
more)
PressurePro Makes
Checking Tire Pressure Easy
Demand for the PressurePro tire pressure monitoring system is
exceeding expectations. (read
more)
EAA Continues
Efforts on Sport Pilot 'Double Standard’
Representatives from EAA and the FAA met Wednesday to
address an unforeseen problem in the sport pilot (SP) rule. (read
more)
Sunday Warbirds
Presentation Added
The popular Warbirds in Review program has added a
special presentation for Sunday morning, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2005’s final day. (read
more)
Cessna Citation
Mustang Debuts at AirVenture
Jack Pelton first came to Oshkosh when he was 12,
arriving at the fly-in convention with his father in a Cessna 140.
On Tuesday Pelton arrived at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in another
Cessna: the prototype of the Citation Mustang, Cessna’s entry into
the VLJ (very light jet) market. (read
more)
Worship, Prayer
Services at AirVenture 2005
EAAers come from all walks of life, and all religious backgrounds.
We offer a variety of worship services on AirVenture convention
grounds. (read
more)
WASP Still Flying
After All These Years
During World War II, a select group of young women were given the
opportunity to become aviation pioneers and fly military aircraft
across the United States. (read
more)
Liberator’s Rare
Presence Felt at EAA AirVenture 2005
The oldest Consolidated Liberator in existence casts shade from its
high-aspect-ratio wings on the tarmac at AeroShell Square during EAA
AirVenture 2005. (read
more)
Lake Auction Fails
to Produce Sale
How much money can you get for an aircraft company in kit form?
Apparently, under $3 million. How much under remains to be seen. (read
more)
Experimental
HondaJet Makes First Public Appearance at AirVenture
The public got its first look at the much-talked-about HondaJet when
the experimental aircraft, developed by Honda, arrived at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2005 yesterday morning, making its entrance with
a series of low passes over Wittman Field. (read
more)
The Next Yodeling
Generation
For nearly 30 years Bill Ricketts ended his overnight shift with the
communication gang by starting the new day at EAA AirVenture with a
7 a.m. yodel. (read
more)
Scale NASA
Jetliner at AirVenture Will Go Where Pilots Fear to Tread
NASA researchers need to know how to recover a jet airliner from
radical upsets, when the aircraft gets into attitudes way outside
its normal operating regime. (read
more)
Memories are Made
of This
First timer? You’re in for a real treat. Your interest in aviation
and things aeronautical will be encouraged and fostered by the
aerobatic performances, the people you meet, and the items you see
in the exhibit halls, many of which you’ll want to add to your
wish list. (read
more)
Living It As It
Was
In the Warbirds area you will find a group of men and women living
life as close as possible to what those around the 9th Army Air
Force experienced on the battle front in Italy. (read
more)
Live Convention
Coverage Airs on EAA Radio AM 1210
No matter where you are on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
2005 grounds, you can stay in touch and up-to-date with what’s
happening by tuning in to EAA Radio AM 1210. (read
more)
Diamond Earns
Diesel Twin Star Certification
Diamond Aircraft Thursday
morning received the FAA certification paperwork for its new
high-tech twin, the DA42-TDI Twin Star, during a ceremony at the
company’s display located outside of Hangar C. (read
more)
U.S.
Post Office Launches New Aviation Stamps Today
Ten classic American aircraft from the 1930s, ’40s,
and ’50s take to the skies in the form of postage when the U.S.
Postal Service dedicates the American Advances in Aviation
commemorative stamp sheet today on AeroShell Square. (read
more)
Ask
Tom EAA members and attendees who
have a question regarding aviation, AirVenture or EAA, feel free to
drop them off at the office of AirVenture Today just north of the
control tower or e-mail ask_tom_airventure@hotmail.com
and Tom will attempt to answer them. (read
more)
