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It's
just a few days before EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, and we
wanted to send you this special edition of Vintage
Aircraft Online to get you fired up about your trip
to the mecca of aviation here in the Midwest. There's so
much to see and do when you're here that it's tough to
see it all, so we've created this special edition to
help you organize your trip.
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H.G. Frautschy
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| EAA
and the Vintage Aircraft Association have been
actively upgrading our facilities in the vintage
aircraft showplane parking areas, and we continue to
work toward making our members' experience on Wittman
Field the best it can be. If you're here and you see
something that needs our attention, please don't
hesitate to tell any of the VAA directors or staff;
we'll do our best to get it addressed. Or if you
simply have a suggestion on how something could be
better, feel free to drop us an e-mail at VintageAircraft@eaa.org.
We're looking forward
to seeing many of you soon here in Oshkosh - don't
hesitate to say hi!
H.G.
Frautschy, Editor, Vintage Aircraft Online
Editor, Vintage Airplane magazine
Executive Director, VAA |
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| Vintage
Aircraft Online |
| Last
year, we launched the online publication Vintage
Aircraft Online, and it immediately became popular
with thousands of our members and many other folks who
are vintage aircraft enthusiasts. Like Vintage
Airplane magazine, there's always a need for
interesting material to share with the membership. If
you have something you'd like to contribute, please
drop us a line via e-mail at VintageAircraft@eaa.org. |
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| Perhaps
you have a batch of 10 to 15 photos of a fly-in, a
project or "how-to" that would be great to
share in a slideshow, or a few pictures and a write-up
about your local vintage aircraft-oriented event.
Maybe you've stumbled across a great website that's
worth sharing. If you think it would be of interest,
send it along! |
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Honoring EAA's 2010 Hall
of Fame Inductees
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Morton Lester, Vintage
Aircraft Association Hall of Fame
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EAA will welcome and honor
five new members to its various Halls of Fame on Friday,
October 29, 2010. All EAA and VAA members are invited to
attend the induction ceremony and dinner that evening in
the EAA AirVenture Museum. For tickets, please call
800-236-1025.
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The inductees in the
following area are: Ultralights, John Ballantyne;
International Aerobatic Club, Jimmy Franklin; Warbirds
of America, Harold D. "Hal" Weekley; and
Homebuilders, Dean Wilson. These inductees capture the
spirit of EAA and its community. Read
more
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Arlington Fly-In
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| Visitors
to the Arlington Fly-In in Washington got a real treat
Thursday as a Boeing 787 Dreamliner made a fly-by to
provide an exciting opening to the afternoon air show.
The airplane, still undergoing test flights, made two
low passes before the cheering crowd. Read
more
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| EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2010! |
| So
you're planning on flying to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh,
but you're not sure if you forgot something? Here are
a few reminders to help jog your memory!
First and foremost,
visit the EAA
AirVenture website.
You'll find all sorts
of information to help you pre-plan your visit. If
you're flying, be sure your first stop is to download
the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010
NOTAM.
Are you a first-timer?
Then you're in for a treat! The EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
fly-in and convention is the world's largest aviation
celebration, and to help you take it all in, we've
created a page just for you. View
it here
There are tips and
special offers for pilots from various fixed base
operators listed on the page, and for flight planning
information, you can use the EAA FlightPlanner from
AeroPlanner.
AeroPlanner will also
map any temporary flight restrictions that may be in
your route of flight, and you can access weather
information as well. View
it here |
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| Tiedowns! |
| Don't
forget your tiedowns! This is the Midwest, and a
thunderstorm or two is always a possibility, or just a
plain windy day. You'd hate to ruin that nice finish
or the nice finish of your neighbor. AirVenture
Oshkosh requires all aircraft to be tied down. You can
find handy tips on the process
here. |
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| Having
Your Airplane Judged |
| We
encourage all vintage aircraft owners to have their
aircraft judged. In the Warbirds and Vintage parking
areas, to have your aircraft judged by an area's
volunteer judges, you must be a member of the
respective division of EAA, the VAA or Warbirds of
America. Each of the divisions incur significant
expenses in judging the aircraft and creating the
awards that are presented, hence the requirement for
division membership.
In the Vintage area, to
ensure your aircraft gets judged, it must be
registered at Showplane/Camper Registration, located
south of the Vintage Red Barn Headquarters and
Hospitality Center. If you're expecting to have your
aircraft judged, please plan on giving the judges at
least one full day in advance of the close of judging
for the volunteer judges to view your aircraft. For
example, judging in the area ends at noon on Friday,
so having your aircraft on the airport and registered
no later than Wednesday evening or first thing
Thursday morning will give the judges adequate time to
review it. |
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| Vintage
Area Map |
| To
help members who fly in to understand the layout of
the convention area administered by the VAA, we've
prepared this simplified map. As you can see, camping
starts at Row 74 on the east side of the main
north/south road (Wittman Road), with the areas to the
north of that line set up to handle display-only
vintage aircraft. That's why you may see open areas as
you taxi south to your camping location.
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| Once you arrive, you'll
need to register your aircraft and/or campsite.
There's one main aircraft registration building,
located just south of the VAA Red Barn (see map). The
EAA convention campgrounds are private campgrounds and
aren't open to non-EAA members. Each campsite must be
registered by a current EAA member. |
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| Breakfast
and a Briefing |
| The
VAA Tall Pines Café will be in operation again this
year, with an expanded schedule prior to the
convention, and fly-in-style pancake and egg
breakfasts during EAA AirVenture. Starting on Friday
morning, July 23, and continuing through Sunday, July
25, the VAA Tall Pines Café will be open for
breakfast (6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.) and dinner (4:30
p.m. to 7:30 p.m.). Starting Monday, July 26, only
breakfast will be served at the Tall Pines Café (6:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m.). Tall Pines is run entirely by
volunteers, with the proceeds helping defray the costs
of running the Vintage area during AirVenture.
Just to the north, an
FAA Flight Service Station (FSS) trailer will be
located near the café. At the trailer you'll be able
to check the weather for your flight and obtain a full
briefing from FSS specialists without having to trek
up to the FAA building near the control tower. We'll
see you there each morning for "breakfast and a
briefing." |
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| WI-Fi
On the Grounds |
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know that many of you have expectations regarding
access to wireless connections to the Internet. In
years past the coverage of Wi-Fi on the convention
site has been spotty. In an effort to ensure that a
quality signal is usable by the widest possible group,
we've pursued a different philosophy concerning
wireless access. We have created Wi-Fi hotspots and
stations in various locations on the convention site.
Their location and services are detailed
here. |
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| New
This Year, VAA's Portable Electronics Charging Station |
| Do
your rechargeable personal electronics such as your
cell phone or computer go dead before AirVenture is
over? VAA has the solution to your problem!
Immediately west of the
VAA Red Barn, we'll be providing the ability to
revitalize those indispensable cell phones, computers,
iPods, etc. Turn off your item and bring it and its
120-VAC charger to our charging station. Leave it with
the attendant - we'll give you a claim check. Bring
back the claim check in a few hours and receive your
equipment all charged up and ready to go. VAA and its
volunteers are providing this service to EAA members
for whatever donation you feel is appropriate. |
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| Are
You a Friend of the VAA Red Barn? |
| If
so, be sure to check in at the information desk at the
VAA Red Barn. There, we'll issue you a special name
badge. We can also point out the location for the Ford
Tri-Motor rides. If you have any questions, feel free
to ask for Theresa Books, the VAA administrative
assistant. If you need to reach her in advance of your
arrival, call EAA headquarters at 920-426-6110 and ask
for her.
Our thanks to each of
you who have contributed to the VAA Friends of the Red
Barn 2010 campaign. We'll have the list of
contributors in the September edition of Vintage
Airplane! |
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| VAA
Picnic |
| Tickets
for the annual VAA picnic to be held Wednesday, July
28, at the Nature Center will be available for sale at
the VAA Red Barn. Tickets must be purchased in advance
so we know how much food to order. The delicious meal
will be served from 5 p.m. until approximately 7 p.m.
Trams will begin leaving the VAA Red Barn around 5
p.m. and will make return trips after the picnic. Type
clubs may hold their annual banquets during the
picnic. Call Jeannie Hill at 815-245-4464, and she'll
reserve seating so your type club can sit together. |
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| 2010
Participant Plaque |
| Another
immediate benefit of VAA membership is your free VAA
AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 Participant Plaque, which you
can pick up in the rear of the Red Barn. EAA and VAA
memberships are available at both aircraft
registration and the membership booth located under
the VAA Welcome Arch, northeast of the Red Barn at the
corner of Wittman Road and Vern Avenue as well as
inside the Red Barn. |
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| Grass
Runways and Fuel |
| Also
on our VAA website, we publish a list of airport
identifiers and related information created by VAA
member Kris Kortokrax.
Kris flies a variety of
old biplanes that are more pleasant to fly when
they're flown from grass strips, and he and his
buddies from Shelbyville, Illinois, do their best to
keep the old biplanes happy (and keep tire wear to a
minimum) by flying cross-country from grass strip to
grass strip. Finding fuel facilities can be a
challenge these days, and Kris has distilled this
airport information to be useful for like-minded
grass-runway-preferring pilots. This data was current
as of the beginning of the year, and we'd suggest
calling ahead to confirm fuel availability and hours
of operation. If you have any changes or additions,
drop us an e-mail at VintageAircraft@eaa.org
and we'll forward it to Kris.
Our thanks to Kris for sharing
his list. Let us know if you find it useful! |
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| Some
other quick links:
There are so many
things to do and see during the EAA convention and
fly-in, it's impossible to list everything in this one
online newsletter. We encourage you to take some time
and visit the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh website to learn
even more about the World's Greatest Aviation
Celebration. |
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| Great
Web Links |
| One
of the greatest websites created to document aviation
was compiled by K.O. Eckland into the www.Aerofiles.com
website. Working in cooperation with a number of
aviation historians and folks who just loved ferreting
out the smallest details of aviation minutia, it
became an ever-growing compilation of aviation
documentation. Men and women like Peter M. Bowers,
Lennart Johnsson, Frank Tallman, Drina Welch Abel,
Vincent J. Berinati, Leo Opdyke, and Frank Rezich,
among others, all contributed material to make the
site invaluable to enthusiasts and researchers alike.
We were saddened to learn of Mr. Eckland's passing,
which came to our attention after the website went
"off the air" a few months ago. We're very
pleased to see it has been reposted and is active
again, and hope that it will continue to be maintained
and updated each day by its contributors.
A very nice remembrance
of K.O. Eckland appears
here.
Williams Aircraft
Collection
On his website, Russell Williams states,
"There are many sites on the Internet with
information and photographs of warbirds, but sadly few
sites with real information on civil aviation planes
and particularly antiques. This site is my attempt to
rectify that situation. I like to work on 'em as much
as I like to fly 'em, so there's also lots of
maintenance information and manuals on the site."
Here, here, we say. Russell's selection of aircraft
that he owns is fascinating, including a rare St.
Louis Cardinal and a very pretty Cessna Airmaster.
Take a look at his
site here.
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efforts to compile an oral history of aviation's
pioneers and those who have helped make aviation
such a fascinating part of our nation's history
has culminated in EAA's Timeless
Voices project. |
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Jack
Kearbey
The first time Jack Kearbey saw an airplane,
he thought it was a Japanese bomber taking aim
at him on his family's farm in southern
Missouri. In 1941, he was 10 years old and had
just heard about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He
developed a fascination with airplanes and
became a prolific modeler; making stick and
tissue free-flight models and then gas-powered
control-line model planes. In 1950, Jack joined
the Air Force and was sent to England for four
years serving with the 4th Aviation Field Depot
Squadron handling nuclear weapons. While
stationed in England, he learned to fly at the
University of Cambridge Gliding Club. After
coming home in 1954, Jack used the G.I. Bill to
go to school at the Spartan School of
Aeronautics, where he learned autopilot and
instrument repair. Soon after, he joined the Air
National Guard and served for 34 more years as
an autopilot, instrument repairman, and a flight
engineer until retiring in 1986. He went to work
for American Airlines in maintenance until
retiring again in 1996 to focus his energy on
his homebuilt projects. Over the years, Jack has
built a Salvay-Stark Skyhopper, a Piel Emeraude,
and an immaculate Hisso-powered 1916 Royal
Aircraft Factory S.E.5a replica that can be seen
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010. He's currently
completing a Sopwith Pup replica. Watch
the video.
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| The
Seine Knot is one of the more complex knots
used in covering aircraft.
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| Carah
Durell, who was introduced to aviation by EAA
Chapter 1 during a Young Eagle ride, works for
Poly-Fiber and she'll demonstrate the proper
procedure for tying the knot. You can review all
of the Tube & Fabric Hints, including the
starter knot she mentions at the beginning of
the video, by clicking on the tab at the top of
the video viewer. Watch
the video
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 We're
in the process of having the entire 30-plus years of Vintage
Airplane magazine scanned for eventual use as an
online archive. We recently received one of the first
sample scans, so we're offering it to each of you. We're
pleased to share one of the earliest versions of The
Vintage Airplane as it was called then; still
published entirely in black and white, here's the March
1973 issue of "TVA."
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EAA
Calendar of Events
There are so many wonderful events taking place
in aviation that it's just not possible to
contain them all on a few sheets of paper. To
help members find the events in their area, EAA
has created what quickly became the best online
calendar of events. You can search by radius
from your home base or by state, and you can
narrow your search down to just what you're
looking for by category such as vintage
aircraft, warbirds, etc. For details on hundreds
of upcoming aviation happenings including EAA
chapter fly-ins, Young Eagles rallies, and other
local aviation events, visit the EAA Calendar of
Events located at www.EAA.org/calendar.
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Question
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Q. How often do you camp with your airplane?
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