Sunday, July 31, 2011

#OSH11 - Saturday's AirVenture News Summary

Super Saturday lit up sky at AirVenture - Oshkosh Northwestern | Appleton resident Ryan Van Helden kicked back with friends as he watched the night air show followed by fireworks at the EAA AirVenture gathering. "It's great. I've never seen anything like it," Van Helde said about the night air show. ...
 

Swordfish lands at Oshkosh after monumental effort - EAA News | They were known as “Stringbags” and the origin of the nickname is uncertain. Some fans of the Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber say it refers to the mass of flying wires and leather stitching that held it all together. The Royal navy’s Swordfish dropped not only torpedoes, but bombs, rockets—even leaflets—when they flew interdiction missions over occupied France. There are only two Swordfish still flying, and Rob’s is the only one on this side of the Atlantic. It took a monumental effort to get it here to AirVenture. ...
Photo: Vintage Wings of Canada

Honor Flights are the least we can do for WWII veterans - nwitimes.com | Honor Flights is a program to recognize the service of our veterans, especially World War II veterans, with a day of celebration and remembrance for their service. Part of that is to transport those veterans to Washington DC, with the best possible ...

Aerostar Jet - AVweb | Christy flew the jet to AirVenture Oshkosh for the jet's first major public debut and says he's testing the market with eyes on certification. The engines improve performance in every way but fuel flow, and take advantage of the Aerostar's aerodynamics ...

Video: Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero WWII Fighter by AVwebFlash Current Issue | One of three flying examples left in the world, this rebuilt Mitsubishi A6M3 Model 22 Zero WWII Japanese fighter on display at the AirVenture air and trade show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. This aircraft is owned and operated by the Commemorative Air Force's (CAF) Southern California Wing, based at Camarillo.This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather.

Tuskegee Airmen exhibit drawing attention at EAA - Fox11online.com | The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron out of Minnesota has traveled the country to teach people about the Tuskegee Airmen, and one of the pieces of the exhibit actually made its debut at EAA. The story of the airmen has even caught the ...

 A first timers impressions of OSH 2011 by Darren S | ... Instead I want to share some of the different things I experienced and encountered during my first trip to OSH. These high lights and low lights are in no particular order and hopefully they will answer some questions for future Airventure goers.  To say I was excited to go would be an understatement. I read the Notam through a bunch of times and watched all the youtube videos I could on the approaches. I felt I had a pretty good handle on things but nothing beats doing it yourself. This is a good segway into my first notation. ...

Meet the cast of Flying Wild Alaska by EAA News | The cast of Discovery Channel's Flying Wild Alaska has infiltrated EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Flying Wild Alaska follows the Tweto family, of Unalakleet, Alaska, who run cargo airline Era Alaska. The show premiered in January 2011 with six million viewers, the best-rated debut ever for Discovery

AirVenture Oshkosh 2011 QuickCast 2 by The Pilot's Flight PodLog | David is at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2011, and he is bringing you some daily QuickCast from the the grounds! ...

"Fore!" UCAP #244-golf by Uncontrolled Airspace: General Aviation Podcast | Saturday Morning, July 30. From the convention grounds near the legendary brown arch. The Boeing Dreamliner, Meet the Administrator, and Noah's Ark.

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