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Hightower Looks Forward to a Great Week from News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower gave a hearty, 'Welcome to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012,' to the media Monday afternoon in his annual opening day media briefing...

60th Anniversary Edition of EAA AirVenture from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News  |  OSHKOSH WI- "All early indications are this will be a well attended AirVenture", said Rod Hightower, EAA President/CEO, at a Monday media briefing. With mass fly ins of Pipers, Bonanza's, Cubs, RVs and early arrivals of Ultralights, aircraft parking and camping is beginning to fill early....

Glacier Girl to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Recovery from EAA AirVenture | The Lockheed P-38 Glacier Girl, the fearsome twin-boom fighter that has become one of the world's most well-known warbirds since its rescue from the Greenland ice cap in 1992, is in Oshkosh this week marking the 20th...

2012 EAA President's Award Winners Honored ... - EAA AirVenture | On Tuesday, Edsel B. Ford II, Charlie Harris, and Dick VanGrunsven will be acknowledged for their aviation contributions that represent the "essence" of EAA with a 2012 President's Award. Join EAA President/CEO Rod ...
GoPro's Cubs 2 OSH from eaavideo.org - most recent | GoPro has a team experiencing Oshkosh for the first time. Here is Cubs 2 OSH — GoPro style!

Mass arrivals kick off EAA's annual AirVenture - Green Bay Press Gazette | Bonanzas to Oshkosh was the first group to begin arriving at AirVenture in large groups and the idea was born as a solution to a group of pilots who wanted to camp together on the flight line, but weren't necessarily going to be arriving in Oshkosh at ...

ORBIS INTERNATIONAL Lands DC-10 at 2012 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
from Alabama Aviator - Aviation News | Flying Eye Hospital Returns to EAA AirVenture and ORBIS to Announce Details of MD-10 2013 Launch!- Aviation enthusiasts are abuzz with the upcoming EAA AirVenture Convention - the world's largest airshow - taking place July 23-29, 2012 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Today, ORBIS International's Flying Eye Hospital (FEH), a literal hospital with wings, returned to AirVenture for the third time and on an unprecedented scale....

RV-1 #1 donated to EAA from General Aviation News by Ben Sclair | OSHKOSH — Richard "Van" VanGrunsven's first RV-1 was donated to the EAA at a ceremony on Phillips 66 Plaza on Monday at AirVenture. "The RV-1 had a tremendous impact on the industry," said Rod Hightower, EAA President. "It and subsequent models became the most successful kit aircraft in the country."...

Skylane powered by Jet A takes off from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | OSHKOSH — Cessna debuted its Skylane Turbo 182 NXT on opening day of AirVenture, powered by an SMA engine that runs on Jet A...

You don't need to know airplanes to enjoy sights at AirVenture - The Oshkosh Northwestern | Here are five reasons why area residents should plan to make it out there this year – even if the only kind of airplane you're familiar with comes on a folded piece of notebook paper. (And remember – check www.airventure.org for updates to the official ...

Oshkosh from 1,483NM away – You never forget your first [Airventure] from Airplanista Aviation Blog by Dan Pimentel | You can always tell the ‘Oshkosh’ noobs as they walk in the gates of their very first EAA Airventure show. Arms loaded with gear, wearing the prerequisite shorts, favorite t-shirt, hat, sunglasses and fanny pack (with water bottle or Camelback), they take about five steps into the show, stop, look around, and are instantly blown away. That’s because spread out before them is a wonderland of...

Embry-Riddle air show plans take off on bigger scale - Daytona Beach News-Journal | Individual aerobatic performances by Michael Goulian, Matt Chapman, Rob Holland, John Klatt, Corkey Fornof and Jason Newburg. For more information or to be a sponsor call 386-256-0451or go to www.wingsandwaves.com. SPECIAL REPORT: Wings and...

2012 Lewis-McChord Air Expo Review from photorecon.net by Brandon Farris | July 22nd and 23rd saw the bi-annual Air Expo take place at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Tacoma WA. Weather throughout the weekend was changeable with bright sunshine on Saturday and low cloud and showers on Sunday. As always, the Pacific Northwest’s largest airshow attracted a wide variety acts. Military highlights in the...

North American A-5 Vigilante slips the surly bonds from Planeshots | North American A-5 Vigilante slips the surly bonds

Turkish Stars: 20th anniversary video by apron6

Chico: Pilot readying for Reno air races - The Willits News from The Willits News | CHICO — Racing 50 feet above the ground, at 270 mph, in a cramped cockpit, next to seven other airplanes, is not the safest thing in the world.

Breaking the Sound Barrier | The Greatest Moments in Flight - Space.com |  This is part of a SPACE.com series of articles on the Greatest Moments in Flight, the breakthrough events that paved the way for human spaceflight and its next steps: asteroid mining and bases on the moon and Mars. | A booming thunder roared across the clear skies of the Mojave Desert on Oct. 14, 1947, as U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager nudged an experimental rocket-powered plane faster than the speed of sound. Though only a handful of people realized it at the time, an aviation record had been set....

Indiana couple’s ‘persistent mission’ to get kids flying from General Aviation News by Janice Wood | OSHKOSH, Wis. – Don’t tell David and Laramie Resler that America’s young people aren’t interested in general aviation. The Indiana couple – winners of the 2012 Phillips 66 Aviation Leadership Award – is on a persistent mission to get kids and their parents interested in flying. The Reslers have personally introduced 700 kids to the wonders of flying in their white Piper Cherokee 180, while leading their EAA chapter efforts to send nearly 3,400 Young Eagles into the skies...

Flying robot continues flying even after crash from Wright Squawks by Roger Chua | EPFL’s AirBurr micro air vehicle has been in development for a number of years and has developed from a roll cage protected design, into a autonomous self righting flying robot.The latest creation by AirBurr has been designed to be able to recover itself after a collision with a wall surface will object...

Former Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly to space, has passed away from The Original Rocket Dungeon by Dick | On June 18, 1983, Sally Kristen Ride, PhD flew to space and the history books aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger. She inspired us all...."Sally Ride died peacefully on July 23rd, 2012 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, joy, and love. Her integrity was absolute; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach to life was fearless....

Sally Ride Recalls Her Space Flights to Orbit from Spaceports | The first American woman astronaut remembers her shuttle flights, and reflects on significant changes...

Ride, Sally Ride Upon Our Mystery Ship! from Spaceports | "Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitment, and love. Her integrity was absolute; her spirit was immeasurable; her approach to life was fearless," read a statement on the website of Sally Ride Science, a company she started to help teach students -- particularly young women and girls -- about science, math and technology...