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EAA MEMBER DISCOUNTS AT AIRVENTURE
Bring Your EAA Membership Card and $ave!
Membership has its privileges - but you’ve gotta have the card! Your
EAA membership card is your ticket to receiving instant savings of 10-30
percent on most merchandise items at official EAA Merchandise locations
during AirVenture. And there are special savings for EAA members on
selected food items throughout the grounds. Your membership card helps
save you money while at Oshkosh! (Savings valid on grounds during
AirVenture 2008 only - Sunday, July 27-Sunday, August 3.)
AIRVENTURE:
A PLACE AND SPIRIT LIKE NO OTHER
A lot of FAA employees have spent time at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this
week—from nearly every branch and every level of the agency. They come
to talk, to listen, to learn, and to work collaboratively, not just with
EAA but also with a host of organizations, companies, and
individuals—the grassroots of aviation. Relationships get built here
that continue year-round, to support the interests of general aviation
and, especially, sport aviation.
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Win Me!
The new Flight Design MC,
introduced this week at EAA AirVenture, is the 2009 Sweepstakes plane,
thanks to the generosity of Flight Design GmbH and Flight Design USA and
their support of EAA's youth initiatives. Flight Design USA President
Tom Peghiny handed the keys to the plane to EAA President Tom Poberezny
in a ceremony on Friday evening, August 1. Read
more
Big Aviation checks out AirVenture
They looked like
anyone else wandering the showplane lines and vendor displays at
AirVenture this year: shorts, T-shirts, camcorders, sunburn. But they
weren’t "just visitors"—they were a team of engineers from
General Electric and Airbus Industries, on what they themselves
described as a "treasure hunt for innovation." Read
more
The world comes to Oshkosh
Friday’s International
Visitor’s Parade drew hundreds of
participants that clearly demonstrated AirVenture’s global presence
this year. And the numbers show significant increases in attendance: Total
number of visitors this year was 1,657 vs. 1,333 in 2007. The
number of nations represented: 64 vs. 56 last year. Top
nations in terms of attendance were Canada
(373); Australia (247); Brazil (133); South Africa (130); and Germany
(129). See
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Newsletter editor/instructor to
receive Bax Seat Trophy
Steve Krog, EAA 173799, of
Hartford, Wisconsin, will receive the 2008 Bax Seat Trophy tonight at 7
p.m. during a special ceremony at the Theater in the Woods. The award,
established during EAA Oshkosh ’97 by FLYING magazine in honor of the
magazine’s columnist Gordon Baxter, was first presented in 1998, and
it’s given to the EAA member who perpetuates Baxter’s tradition of
communicating the excitement and romance of grassroots aviation. Read
more
WAI offers new scholarships
Women in Aviation
International (WAI) is offering new scholarships this year, bringing the
total to 53 separate scholarships worth more than $310,000 to be awarded
at its February 2009 annual conference. Read
more
‘Transformer’ Osprey brings the
Marines
A touch of a
button folds its huge rotors and twists the wing 90 degrees on the
Marine MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at AirVenture 2008. The Marines
delight in showing that Transformers-like quality to visitors. Then, on
close inspection, visitors thump the fuselage and are surprised that it
does not resonate like aluminum—it is composite structure. The Marines
smile. Read
more
Are retractable floats in your future?
Product
innovation and development is one of the hallmarks of AirVenture, and
one of the vendors attending this year has an impressive innovation in
development. Tigerfish Aviation is working on the development of
retracting amphibious float technology for aircraft. Read
more
Featured Affordable Flying Center
aircraft: Aeronca Chief
The Aeronca Chief is a two-seat, fixed-gear airplane intended as a step
up from the 7AC Champion. Designed for flight training and personal use,
the Chief entered production in the United States in 1945 and has
continued to be a favorite among recreational pilots. Read
more
UFlyMike offers mic conversion for
Bose QC2 headsets
One of the
challenges in headsets is having the right one that fits multiple
missions. UFlyMike has developed a new mic and cord module that allows
that to occur. The mic module is designed to plug into the audio input
of the Bose QC2 noise canceling headsets, effectively turning the $300
QC2 into a low-cost aviation headset. Read
more
Wipaire unveils new products
This year at the
AirVenture, Wipaire is presenting new products and enhancements to
current float models and aircraft modifications. Read
more
Terrafugia ready for road, flight
testing
Terrafugia’s
"roadable" aircraft is on static display at EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh 2008, but if all tests go as planned, it will be back in Oshkosh
next year to demonstrate its driving and flying capabilities. Read
more
Granting wishes for 15 years
Prayers are being
answered for a handful of children who have life-threatening medical
conditions. For the fifteenth year in a row at AirVenture, EAA and the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin are granting the wishes of children
with life-threatening medical conditions and will provide a fun-filled
day for these very special children and their families. Read
more
LSA gets good marks for safety
Light-sport
aircraft (LSA) are outperforming amateur-builts and all of general
aviation in terms of safety, according to the FAA’s recent analysis of
LSA accidents and fatalities. "This is the first time we really
have a body of data that we can look at," said Pete Devaris,
manager and senior analyst in the FAA’s Office of Accident
Investigation. With a little more than two years worth of data and only
29 fatal accidents, the numbers are too small to be statistically
significant, Devaris concluded, adding, "It’s early in the game,
and we’re watching the numbers carefully, but we don’t see anything
here to get excited about." Read
more
A&P students visit Oshkosh
Students and
instructors from the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) made EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh a destination once again this year. A premiere school
of aviation maintenance, aviation electronics, and electronic systems
training, PIA instructors say the trip to Oshkosh is a valuable one,
providing students with the opportunity to talk to potential employers
and the instructors a chance to establish business contacts. Read
more
Around the Field
The 150 from California, the 180 from Massachusetts, and the
Not-a-Tri-Pacer from Oregon. Jack Mason is one of four Oshkosh friends
who fly in each year and park together in the Vintage area near the
Hangar Cafe. Read
more
Teledyne Continental announces O-200
engine, improvement initiatives
Teledyne
Continental Motors (TCM) made several noteworthy announcements at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh. First and foremost, Rhett Ross, who was recently
named president of TCM, was on hand to announce that the company has
completed the certification of their new O-200 engine for the
light-sport market, with FAA certification expected in the near future. Read
more
Technology on display at Ford Hangar
Ford Motor
Company continues to raise the bar in advanced vehicle technology. Stop
by the Ford Hangar and check out new tech features SYNC, SIRIUS Travel
Link, and Ford Works Solutions. Read
more
Happy campers venture forward: Plastic
or porcelain?
Improved restroom
facilities for AirVenture are at the top of the list for the first round
of planned improvements on the grounds and in Camp Scholler. These
facilities are slated to be built by the time the gates open for
AirVenture 2009. Read
more
This P-51 says ‘touch me!’
Bill Yoak got the
notion he could contribute something rare to air shows by letting people
touch and sit in his P-51D Mustang fighter, nicknamed Quicksilver.
With so many showplane owners understandably trying to keep their rare
aircraft unscathed, Bill decided he would do just the opposite, to let
visitors appreciate his Mustang in a tactile, close-up way. Read
more
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AirVenture
Highlights: Saturday, August 2, 2008 
