Saturday, July 30, 2011

#OSH11 - Friday's AirVenture News Summary

Chuck Yeager still gruff, colorful and quotable at 88  - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | At 88, the war pilot still has a brash sense of humor about his aviation career. By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel Oshkosh - At 88, Chuck Yeager still has the right stuff. And he spins tales of an extraordinary aviation career. ...

Photos: Inside a Boeing 787 Dreamliner Test Plane at EAA Airventure from NYCAviation | Thousands of EAA Airventure spectators lined up along the flightline early on Friday as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down at Oshkosh for the first time and opened the doors for public tours, another first for the aircraft.

787 impresses at Oshkosh from Things With Wings [video/photos] | Just over a year after making its international debut at the 2010 Farnborough air show in the UK, and several weeks after a swing through public air shows at Paris and in Germany, the 787 has finally made its first appearance at a major U.S. air show. Earlier today ZA001 wowed the crowds at EAA AirVenture ...

Video: The Navy Takes Over Oshkosh from AVwebFlash Current Issue | Celebrating 100 years of naval aviation, the U.S. Navy has turned KOSH into a veritable NAS, with a wide assortment of naval aircraft on display. Paul Bertorelli walked the line and spoke with servicemen about the different aircraft.This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather. ...

Burt Rutan's Boomerang - Safety Through Asymmetry - Wired News | The Burt Rutan designed Boomerang is one of those creations that draws a crowd due to its innovation, unmatched performance, and unusual appearance. When word got out earlier this summer that the asymmetric airplane was being worked on ...

WomenVenture creates 'sea of green' - AOPA Pilot | The fourth annual gathering of women pilots at AirVenture was sponsored by Women in Aviation International. Thursday's clouds were long gone and sunlight and bright blue skies provided a perfect photo opportunity. Women pilots from all around the ...

Young Eagles fundraiser totals $2.2 million - AOPA Pilot | In the end the car sold for $400000 and included a Blue Angels flight helmet signed by the current flight team. A flight with famed aviator Sean D. Tucker and lunch with Bob Hoover totaled $40000; lunch and a flight with Harrison Ford fetched $50000. ...

EAA celebrates 100 years of airmail - WAOW | Alan Westby runs the EAA Airventure museum. He says the exhibit shows the progression of the planes used and the pilots who flew them. "These guys were hearty souls, Westby says. They were literally flying across nothing and if they crashed they were ...
   
George Lucas, Gary Sinise visit AirVenture - Beaumont Enterprise | AP IMPACT: Gulf oil industry-gov't ties persist OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) รข€” The next generation of commercial airliners, filmmaker George Lucas and actor Gary Sinise are visiting this year's Experimental Aircraft Association's convention in Oshkosh. ...

Ole Yeller: A standout among Mustangs from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh | In a world of warbirds where gritty military appearance wins awards, one canary yellow P-51 Mustang wins hearts. It is the former mount of one of the most capable and beloved pilots of all time, R.A. "Bob" Hoover.  ...

"FIFI" pilot started as a Young Eagle by  EAA - The Experimental Aircraft Association | When "FIFI" last came to Oshkosh in 1995 David Oliver was 13 years old and watched from the flightline. This year when the world's only flying B-29 touched down at Wittman Field, that 13-year-old, now-grown, was on the flight deck-at the controls.

EAA AirVenture 2011 - Part 2 by Tom | Tuesday I let Georgia sleep in while I caught the 7 AM North 40 bus over to the show grounds then walked to the main bus park to catch another one out to the seaplane base. The contrast between that location and the main site is amazing. While AirVenture at Wittman is sensory overload, the seaplane base is tranquil and relaxing - at least it was early in the morning when I was there. It is a wooded area on a  ...

Top 10 Reasons Why I Loved Attending EAA AirVenture/*Oshkosh* *...* by Aviation Queen | This past week, I was smack in the center of the aviation geek universe, covering the annual Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Air Show in Oshkosh, Wis. For the uninitiated, more than 500000 people and more ...

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