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| New EAA Warbirds of America QR Code Program |
| EAA has a new member benefit at Warbirds. A QR (Quick Response) code reader that will direct air show attendees to a website featuring your Warbird. This website will tell the story of your aircraft history, restoration, performance data, etc. Read more |
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| FAAST Blast - FAA Safety Briefing News Update |
| This update provides videos and access to important information covered at the FAASTeam’s Annual Safety Standown seminars. Also get details on the May/June issue of FAA Safety Briefing, which focuses on extreme weather. Read more |
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| Maintenance
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| A B-17 the Size of a Cessna |
| While there are plenty of 7/8-scale and even 3/4-scale flying fighter replicas - the latter would give an F4U Corsair lookalike a wingspan of just under 30 feet - nobody has ever attempted to shrink a |
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four-engine bomber down by two-thirds and still make it flyable. Nobody but Jack Bally, of Dixon, Illinois, that is. Read more |
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| Updates
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| Canadian Skyhawks Parachute Team to Make First AirVenture Appearance |
| The Canadian SkyHawks parachute team, the official skydiving team of the Canadian Forces, will be performing July 27-29 at Oshkosh, showcasing their skills through a variety of unique aerial maneuvers, formations, and other feats. Read more |
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| B-29 Superfortress FIFI Returns to Oshkosh |
| The Commemorative Air Force’s iconic Boeing B-29 bomber FIFI – the only remaining flying example of the aircraft in the world – will return to Oshkosh to participate at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, and flights on the aircraft are available. Read more |
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| Glacier Girl Returning to AirVenture on 20th Anniversary of Airplane’s Recovery |
| In 1992, the Oshkosh Fly-In was the first stop for a rescued Lockheed P-38 retrieved from under the ice in Greenland that would become the beautiful restoration Glacier Girl. The fearsome twin-boom fighter aircraft has become one of the world’s most well-known warbirds since its rescue, |
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and it will return to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture on the 20th anniversary of its first public appearance. Read
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| P-40 Found in Egypt Desert |
| Much like the finding of King Tut’s tomb, a vital piece of our country’s history was discovered in the Western Desert of Egypt. Find yourself taken back in time as you imagine being the pilot of this lost P-40, now frozen in time by the desert. |
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| How Man Acquired B-17 for Gas Station |
| Read this humorous account by Bob Steenbock of how Oregon came to occupy the only B-17 gas station known of to this day.
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