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A t 10 a.m. today at Booth 162-182 Icon Aircraft will present EAA with an Icon A5, the newly cer-

tified amphibious light-sport aircraft (LSA) first unveiled here at EAA Air-Venture Oshkosh 2008. Yesterday, EAA Chairman Jack J. Pel-ton flew a demo flight in the aircraft with Icon Founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins. The experience left him still aglow when he shared his impressions with AirVenture Today. “It’s just remarkable–I was blown away,” Pelton said. The former CEO of Cessna Aircraft, Pelton noted that he’s

familiar with the challenges of designing and building aircraft. “What I was really impressed with were the flight characteristics,” he said. “It’s incredibly balanced–a really good, harmonized feel on the controls. I felt like I was flying a much heavier airplane than an LSA.” He also mar-veled that the aircraft seemed impos-sible to stall. “The number one safety problem in our industry is loss of control,” he said. “They’ve taken that off the table.” The A5’s water handling also im-pressed Pelton. “I’ve flown a lot of am-

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Two ICON A5 amphibious light-sport aircraft fly over the EAA AirVenture convention grounds on a sunsplashed Sunday morning. The company will make the first A5 customer delivery to the EAA Young Eagles program at a special ceremony this morning at the ICON exhibit on Celebration Way.

phibians, and they’re all designed with the water portion being secondary,” Pelton said. “And I own boats. They clearly have gone to the boat world and gotten a hull that performs in-credibly on water, like a high-end, well-designed boat.” Pelton said the mechanism for unlocking and locking the folding wings to trailer the A5 is “incredibly simple,” and, “the fit and finish inside is remarkable.” Icon incorporated an angle of attack (AOA) indicator as a critical instru-ment, configured to help pilots estab-lish the proper attitude for water land-ings in the two-seat aircraft. “It’s right on the indicator mark. “Someone who doesn’t have any water experience will be comfortable operating on the water,” Pelton said. “It exceeded my expectations.”

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The official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh • Vol. 16, No. 2AIRVENTURE TODAY

PUBLISHER: Jack J. Pelton, EAA Chairman of the Board

DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS: Jim BushaEDITOR: Ric Reynolds MANAGING EDITOR: Dave HigdonEDITORIAL STAFF: Randy Dufault, Megan Esau, Frederick A. Johnsen, Nicole Kiefert, Barbara Schmitz, James WynbrandtCOPY EDITORS: Katie Holliday, Colleen Walsh PHOTO EDITOR: Sadie Dempsey

PHOTOGRAPHERS: Mariano Rosales, Phil WestonDESIGN: Jenny Hussin, Chris LivieriADVERTISING: Sue Anderson, Larry Phillip AirVenture Today is published during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, July 19-July 26, 2015. It is distributed free on the convention grounds as well as other locations in Oshkosh and surrounding communities. Stories and photos are Copyrighted 2015 by AirVenture Today and EAA. Reproduction by any means is prohibited without written consent.

Welcome to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015T o all EAA members and visitors:

Welcome to EAA AirVenture Osh-kosh 2015, the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration! Our 63rd annual fly-in con-vention promises to be an incredible show-case, as once again the world of flight comes to Oshkosh. We’re glad you’re a part of it. Individuals come to AirVenture for their own reasons, whether it’s the knowledge and information available within our forums and workshops; the latest innovations and tech-nology on display from more than 800 exhib-itors; a love of a certain type or era of aircraft; or the excitement of air shows and aerial dis-plays. No matter what the reason, you’ll find a welcome here at Oshkosh. The event has always been aviation’s family reunion. While you’re here, also please remember the “Oshkosh Rules” created by EAA’s late founder, Paul Poberezny: Treat everyone with kindness, be respectful around all air-craft, and pick up that stray piece of trash you might see on the grounds. Our gathering and convention is one of the most remarkable aviation events in the world. Thanks for being a part of it and be-ing part of the EAA family.

Best regards,

Jack J. Pelton Chairman of the Board Experimental Aircraft Association

General Aviation and the NTSB ‘Most Wanted List’National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener will discuss the safety of general aviation and current activities the board has been engaged in within the industry in Forum Pavilion 9 today at 11:30 a.m. The NTSB’s “2015 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements”

includes the following GA topics: prevent loss of control in flight in general aviation, and enhance public helicopter safety. These GA topics and other most wanted list items will be discussed by Weener during his presentation, and attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions.

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Pilot Bentley ready to rock OshkoshHaving Dierks Bentley perform

in EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s opening day concert tonight is

unique in a number of ways. He repre-sents the first contemporary country, non-rock legacy act to perform at the opening day concert; plus he’s the first country singer to appear on the Main Stage at Boeing Plaza, presented by Ford Motor Company with additional support from Cirrus Aircraft. Oh, and he’s also the first private pi-lot to open the show—an instrument-rated pilot to boot. What’s more, he flew into Wittman Regional Airport yesterday in his custom Cirrus SR22T Xi. And that makes Bentley extra spe-cial in the eyes of many EAA mem-bers, regardless of what type of music they prefer. “I’m so glad to be able to carry the torch for both aviation and country music at Oshkosh this year,” he said about a week before launching his Sounds of Summer tour in May. “We’ve been trying to get this tour out the door. By the time we get to EAA we’ll really be rockin’!” He became interested in planes the way many of us do; gluing models together. “I just always had model airplanes as a kid,” he said. “My dad and I would glue them together and I would hang them up in my room. He took a Discovery flight at age 13 in Phoenix—his hometown. In 1994 when he was 19, Dierks moved to Nashville to chase his coun-try music dreams. He had a friend who was also interested in flying, and they both began taking flight training at the Cornelia Fort Airpark. Within seven hours he had soloed, then after a move to Smyrna, Tennessee, he completed his training and passed his checkride in 1997. Focusing on his career and lacking a flight mission or goal, flying took a backseat for awhile, he said, until about 2010. “I was playing a gig in Hazzard, Kentucky, when this little plane flew overhead,” he explained. “Someone said, ‘Hey that’s Tim McGraw,’ and I said, ‘What?’

“‘He’s got his pilot’s license. Really?’” Bentley eventually got a hold of Mc-Graw who introduced him to someone who put him in touch with Cirrus Air-craft. That led to an opportunity one night after a performance to give flying to the next tour stop a try instead of riding on the tour bus. “So we flew to Indy,” he said. “Now, if you look at my logbook you see that 15-year gap, then boom! Once I did that first flight (to Indy) and discov-ered this whole world opening up to me, how many airports are out there in this country, and how extremely close they are to the places I play…From there forward most of my training involved going to a show. Or coming back from a show that night.” He was hooked. Bentley is now owner-operator of his own Cirrus and flies about 250 hours a year–with about 700 overall since 2012. He and his wife, Cassidy, have three kids, Evie, 6, Jordan, 4, and Knox, al-

most 2, and one of the toughest aspects of life on the road is being away from family so much. Having the ability to fly his own airplane has changed that equation. “The plane saved me on average of 60 extra nights and mornings a year, where I can make pancakes, take the kids to school - it’s a complete time machine,” he said. And that has not been lost on mem-bers of his band, who have been ea-ger to snag a ride with the boss when offered. “Everyone on that stage has told me they’re all new aviation fans,” Bentley said. Usually it’s all about kids. Whoever has the most kids to get home to gets priority. “Have another kid, and you have a better chance at a seat.” When he went to Duluth, Minne-sota, to pick up his airplane, Bentley was impressed by the company. “Just great folks working there,” he said. “Got the chance to walk the floor and meet Mary, who does the flaps, oth-

ers working on the gear, just awesome to see those folks. I’ve been there a couple of times now, and before we fly into EAA I’ll head up there again to visit and check out the G5 (Genera-tion 5) SR22. Bentley has secured a delivery po-sition for the Cirrus Vision jet. “I’m excited about it. I love a propeller, one day I’m flying by myself, one day I have three kids in back and I am playing the role of pilot and in-flight entertain-ment, hostage negotiator, beverage and food director, entertainment director. “Moving on (to a jet) will be a dif-ferent beast, but then again studying for the IFR is one of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever done, learning-wise,” Bentley said. “It was fun to realize my brain could still do math after all those years trying to write country songs. Out on the road, using Gleim text-books, really enjoying the process. I’m sure it will be the same transitioning to the jet, and I’m sure I won’t CONT. P18


Country music superstar and Cirrus pilot Dierks Bentley arrives in Oshkosh Sunday shortly after noon after piloting an SR22 from Nashville.


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EAA continues its commitment to unleaded fuel development effortEAA continues to play an active

role in the Piston Aviation Fuels Initiative (PAFI), a collaborative

government/industry effort to iden-tify, test, and ultimately authorize the use of high-octane unleaded fuels for the general aviation piston fleet. PAFI, now underway, stems from recommendations of an aviation rule-making committee on unleaded avgas transition first requested by EAA and several other aviation organizations at EAA AirVenture 2010. Initially six companies introduced 17 fuels; the best four advanced to the first phase of evaluation, due for completion by year’s end. Among the many qualities focused on in phase one of the program is evaluation of the fuel properties, materials compati-bility, impact on representative fuel system test rigs, environmental and toxicological analysis, hot and cold storage stability, and some basic detonation testing. The program is aggressive in its time-lines and very ambitious in its breadth. To accomplish what needs to be done in just a few short months, work is divid-ed among two universities, FAA’s Techni-cal Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and several internationally recognized fuels-testing laboratories. Test specifica-tions for each fuel are simultaneously be-ing developed through the standing fuels committee process of ASTM. Meanwhile, plans are being devel-oped for the second phase of testing that begins in 2016. The focus of this phase is on full-scale engine and aircraft testing—including eval-uation of the impact on propeller vibration from potential changes in the combustion cycle introduced by new fuel chemistries. Coordinating this work is the PAFI Steering Group made up of aviation and petroleum industry representative orga-nizations and the FAA. EAA is one of the principal members of the PAFI Steering Group, and EAA’s advocacy and safety department devotes significant staff time and travel to help ensure a viable unlead-ed future exists for all facets of sport and recreational aviation.

EAA’s roots in alternative fuels EAA has a long history working with fuel test programs, standards, and speci-fications dating back to the 1970s, when EAA pioneered the autogas STC pro-gram. That beginning led to EAA being an integral part of the community of pe-troleum companies and associated indus-tries that, since the 1990s, have worked to find a high-octane, unleaded replacement for 100LL avgas. Today’s PAFI process is the culmination of those years of work as the program evalu-ates four fuels from Swift, Shell, and Total. This complex and difficult effort re-quires the coordination of many parts of government, as well as the aviation and petroleum industries. A new unleaded fuel is still years away, but PAFI is the best hope for both ensuring the viability and safety of new fuels and facilitating the transition of today’s fleet to unleaded-fuels use on a wholesale and coordinated basis. The ultimate goal of PAFI is to achieve something as close to fleetwide authoriza-tion as the fuels will allow, something that could never be achieved in a timely or eco-nomical manner by the traditional STC approval process. It’s a daunting task—and something the FAA has never done before.

A coordinated effort Marshaling the resources necessary to test and develop the data required to support such a massive certification un-dertaking is no small feat; EAA remains committed to doing everything in its power to help make this a reality. Removing lead from aviation gasoline is not simply a matter of environmental expedience or regulatory threat. This year the last country to use lead in its automo-tive fuels is slated to transition to unlead-ed gasoline, leaving aviation as the last consumer of tetra-ethyl lead. The loss of that one remaining coun-try’s use of lead in mogas effectively elimi-nates two-thirds of the remaining world-wide lead marketplace for fuels, leaving GA as the sole consumer of a product produced by a single worldwide suppli-er—a supplier whose marketplace has been all but eliminated.

This is a tenuous place for our com-munity to base its future. The die is cast; there will be an un-leaded future for general aviation. It is PAFI’s job and the effort of EAA to ensure that unleaded future arrives in an orderly manner that meets the needs of as much of the existing fleet as technologically and economically possible. But make no mistake; this is very com-plex, difficult work. Lead is by far the best anti-detona-tion substance for fuels known. Remov-ing just a gram or so of lead from the fuel requires that other octane enhancers be added in massive quantities, sometimes making up between half to three-quar-ters of the fuel itself. This changes everything about the chemistry of avgas as we have known it, and it is a daunting task to ascertain the impact of those changes in a way that rep-resents effects on the entire GA fleet.

Safety first Ultimately our greatest concern is for your safety, followed closely by the eco-nomics and availability of the new fuels and protecting your investment in your aircraft. These matters are always at the top of our minds as we work our way through this technologically complex and challenging effort.

In the meantime, EAA and the PAFI Steering Group are working with the ex-isting supplier of tetra-ethyl lead to en-sure that leaded aviation gasoline will continue to be available throughout the time frame required to transition to un-leaded fuels in the future. Right now this time frame is indefinite as we are only still in the early stages of evaluating the best of the candidate fuels in the PAFI process. As testing progresses, the properties and capabilities of the fuels will become more apparent—and so too will things like the applicability and impact on the existing fleet, and thus our ability to make a smooth and timely transition. Regardless, any transition to unleaded fuel is still years away. The data necessary to support fleetwide authorization will not be developed until 2018 at the earliest, and that is only the beginning of a com-plex transition process. Pilots and aircraft owners who are interested in this subject are encouraged to attend a forum on the PAFI process scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, at 11:30 a.m. in Forum Pavilion 10. Representatives of EAA, the FAA, and the General Aviation Manufacturers As-sociation will discuss the PAFI process and update pilots on the progress to date and the road ahead toward an unleaded future for GA.

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Garmin product news

Garmin International is again launching a host of new prod-ucts at EAA AirVenture Osh-

kosh for aircraft ranging from busi-ness-turbine to experimental and light-sport. For ADS-B compliance for experimen-tal amateur-built (E-AB) and light-sport aircraft (LSA) Garmin is introducing the GPS 20A, an ADS-B “out” compliant WAAS GPS position source. Designed for aircraft already equipped with a Mode S extended squitter (ES) transponder, the 20A “is ideal for thousands of VFR pilots who own ex-perimental and LSA aircraft that need to meet ADS-B ‘out’ requirements,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin’s VP of aviation sales and marketing. Additionally, a secondary in-terface enables the 20A to serve as a WAAS GPS data source for third-party systems. The GPS 20A may be particularly popu-lar for Garmin and G3X Touch customers who have incorporated the GTX 23 ES Mode S transponder or a GTX 330 ES transponder in their E-AB/LSA. The unit can be installed by connecting a single RS-232 interface. The GPS 20A, available in Q3 this year, can then provide WAAS GPS data to installed G3X and G3X Touch displays. Expected price for the GPS 20A is $845; with the GA 35 WAAS antenna and install kit the price is $1,225. Garmin is also introducing the GMC 307 autopilot control panel, a version of its GMC 305 upgraded with several

features most requested by customers. The GMC 307 has heading and altitude select knobs, thereby combining all au-topilot controls into one efficient control panel, and also provides complete auto-pilot mode control. Standard functions with the autopilot control panel include airspeed hold, yaw damper, independent flight director, and an advanced level (LVL) mode button to return the aircraft to straight and level flight. Contributing to an easy upgrade path, the GMC 307 connector and wiring is identical so GMC 305 customers can eas-ily move up to the GMC 307. Because the autopilot servos interface directly with the ADAHRS (air data/attitude/heading ref-erence system), the GMC 307 allows for standalone operation of the autopilot as part of the G3X and G3X Touch system. Antici-pated price of the GMC 307 is $1,099 with availability in Q3. For high-performance aircraft that ex-ceed 300 knots indicated airspeed, Garmin’s new GSU 25B high-performance ADAHRS provides highly accurate air data, attitude, heading, and angle of attack information for display on G3X and G3X Touch systems. For added redundancy, G3X customers may optionally install up to three ADAHRS units. Each supports airspeeds up to 465 knots indicated. Expected price for the GSU 25B, scheduled for Q3 availability, is $1,499. Garmin also introduced a series of all-digital Bluetooth-enabled audio panels: the

GMA 350c, GMA 35c, and GMA 350Hc for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. The in-tegral Bluetooth technology provides wire-less access to music, phone, Garmin Pilot alerts, and more. Customers can wirelessly connect a smartphone or tablet to the GMA 350c to make phone calls or stream audio entertain-ment. The product line features Garmin’s proprietary Telligence Voice Command technology and 3-D audio processing, as well as enhanced auto squelch capability. These features decrease heads-down time and increase overall situational awareness in the cockpit. Additionally, the GMA 350c series can be paired with the Garmin Pilot app to transmit terrain, obstacle, or traffic alerts while inflight. In additional product upgrade news, Garmin expanded its Connext ecosystem, broadening compatibility to include the Garmin aera 796/795 aviation portable GPS, ForeFlight Mobile, and Jeppesen Mo-bile FliteDeck. Customers with compat-ible Garmin avionics can wirelessly receive ADS-B weather and traffic, as well as dis-play precise GPS position data and back-up attitude information within those devices. The expansion will allow “thousands of ex-isting aera 796/795, ForeFlight Mobile and Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck customers to display ADS-B traffic and weather on their portable devices,” said Wolf. Garmin is also making it easier to keep accurate flying records with the addition

of electronic logbook capabilities to the Garmin Pilot application for iPad/iPhone, and seamless integration with flyGarmin. While flying with Garmin Pilot, the log-book feature automatically logs date, total duration of each flight, takeoffs, landings, and route, sorted and saved for easy ref-erence across Garmin Pilot devices and within flyGarmin. Additional data fields can be manually entered to specify aircraft type and identi-fier, Hobbs and tachometer times, as well as pilot-in-command, solo, cross-country, ac-tual, and simulated instrument flight time. Built-in redundancy also allows pilots to make manual logbook entries via the fly-Garmin website or Garmin Pilot app, where both entries are automatically synced and stored to display the same information. The logbook feature automatically starts record-ing on takeoff role by detecting changes in airspeed and altitude. In yet another product upgrade, new software for the GTN 650/750 touch-screen navigator series products also enables pilots to tune the GTN comm/nav radio(s) from the G3X Touch display, for example to con-trol radio volume and swap active/standby comm frequencies of the GTN, from the G3X Touch display. Said Wolf of Garmin’s long list of devel-opments, “We continue to be aggressive in this market by developing innovative prod-ucts that our customers are asking for and are excited about.”

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Doug Neff of Pontiac, Michigan, checks on the day’s activities under the wing of his Cessna 172.



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Cessnas arrive en masse at AirVenture for 10th anniversary flight

T hunderstorms delayed the Cess-na mass arrival to EAA AirVen-ture Oshkosh on Saturday, but it

didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the visitors once they touched down. A record 74 Cessnas traveled from Juneau, Wisconsin, to Oshkosh for the C2O flight. Organizers Craig Chipley, Gil Velez, and Rodney Swanson said the 2015 trip was the 10th anniversary for the group, which began out of a desire for people to park together on the AirVenture grounds. “At Oshkosh, if you want to park together, you have to come together,” Velez said. “It’s like a family reunion, but every year your family grows.” Velez said the number of planes and people participating in the formation flight continues to grow steadily. In 2014, 54 Cessnas took part in the flight. This year, the group held 14 to 18 train-ing clinics throughout the country, giving people a chance to train and practice for the formation flight. People participating represented 30 states and two Canadian provinces, he said. Swanson, of Dothan, Alabama, said the mass arrival allows people to come togeth-er as a group, as well as polish their flying skills. “I’ve gained friends because of this,”

he said. “I’ve been to 40 or 50 air shows, and after a while, they lose their newness. But when you share it with friends or with children, it’s refreshing.” Ted Beumer, of Pensacola, Florida, agreed. While he said he enjoys the EAA air show, he said he loves the camaraderie of the people involved in C2O. He admit-ted he first joined the group because he was a little uneasy about flying in to Osh-kosh on his own. “The first time I saw the NOTAM it was as big as a book. I liked the idea of me just following someone in…” But as he quickly made friends at the formation clinics, it’s been the friends that keep him coming back each year. There is plenty of time for camarade-rie with group meals planned most nights, and daily breakfasts made by the members themselves, Velez said. John Culp, of Denton, Texas, is a first-year pilot and decided to give his father a ticket to AirVenture as a Christmas pres-ent. “He’s been a pilot most of his life; I fig-ured it would be great to have some father/son time.” While his father, Charles, flew in to Os-hkosh this year, John said he already told his dad that they will be back next year. “And I want to be the one who lands the plane at Oshkosh next time.”

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A record 74 Cessnas arrived at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Saturday, marking the 10th anniversary of the C2O formation flight.



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look back. But I do love the SR22. What a great plane.” The other types of planes he’s been in include a Pitts (Bentley was excited to learn about the 70th anniversary of the Pitts celebration at EAA Air-Venture this year) a Cessna Mustang, a Beech Baron G58, and a floatplane, which he really enjoyed. “It was a 1946 Piper seaplane we flew, yankin’ and bankin’ down a back water-way in Canada. Awesome,” he said. “You will see footage of that at the concert.” This will actually be Bentley’s sec-ond visit to the annual Oshkosh con-vention. Two years ago he snuck in and snuck out to perform at Cirrus’ annual media event held the Sunday before opening day. That’s also where the seeds were planted that brought him here for this year’s show opening concert. “I told them I’d love to come spend some more time here, but it’s summer-time, and we’re on the road,” Bentley explained. “I told them the only way to get me back here is if you book me. And they worked really hard at it and here we are, coming back for a gig on Monday, that’s perfect. I’ll also get a chance to hang out a little bit.” We asked what it will be like to be on stage at Oshkosh looking out over

the Boeing Plaza and seeing so many magnificent airplanes like the B-52, B-29, F-35, F-22, and the list goes on. “I’ll probably be looking back at the drummer, who is also a pilot and even more of a plane nut that I am,” he said. As for tonight’s concert, Bentley’s raring to go. “It’s up-tempo, a lot of energy, cou-ple of moments where we talk about some serious stuff, but otherwise, we like to party, man. Get on stage and hit it pretty hard, let people for-get about whatever problems that (they) might have for a while. I hope to contribute to that great vibe, celebra-tion of good times, and aviation and the community. “Personally, I love being a pilot, love being a part of the aviation family, and am really looking forward to meeting new folks,” Bentley said. “It’s a great connection, meeting another pilot, since you probably have 75 percent of things in common, no one really cares what you do in your other life, all they want to do is talk about planes. “It’s kind of a nice thing for me to be around people who don’t really care too much about the music stuff, just want to talk about airplanes, so I enjoy that.”


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Vintage enhances visitor experience with major improvementsThe Vintage Aircraft Association

(VAA) has made a major expan-sion of its Red Barn headquar-

ters and Vintage Plaza complex for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. The project includes expansion of the Vintage Interview Circle, a larger display area and new seating areas. Vintage showplane registration will also move south to a more central location as part of the expansion. “This project was a true partnership between the Vintage Aircraft Association and EAA,” said Geoff Robison, VAA presi-dent. “The goal is to create a more inviting and functional environment to enjoy the magnificent airplanes and people involved with vintage aircraft. We’ll have the look of a barnstorming airfield with more space to showcase the antique, classic and contem-porary aircraft that come to Oshkosh from around the world.”

The project was made possible through a gift from longtime VAA member Myrt Strong Rose of South Barrington, Illinois, who committed support to create a new plaza in the Vintage area in honor of her late husband. Bill and Myrt brought as many as 14 vintage aircraft to Oshkosh each year flown by a group affectionately called “Rose’s Raiders.” Bill also believed in flying the air-craft for the audiences, especially during the daily afternoon air shows at Oshkosh. “Bill was a longtime member and sup-porter of EAA and VAA, so I wanted to do something that honored our love of vintage aircraft,” said Myrt, a pilot, wingwalker, par-achutist, and parachute exhibitor at Osh-kosh who continues to fly her beloved 1941 Piper J-3 Cub Winston. “I also wanted to recognize the work the Vintage-area volunteers do each year to bring these wonderful airplanes togeth-

er at Oshkosh,” she said. The expansion project, developed by VAA in association with Steve Taylor, EAA’s director of facilities, will also reduce vehicle congestion in the Vintage Red Barn

area, which will enhance pedestrian safety and convenience, Robison added. The formal dedication of the expanded area will take place on opening day July 20, at 10:30 a.m.

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Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight III to honor Vietnam vets at AirVentureO ld Glory Honor Flight, in partner-

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Honor Flight during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 for Vietnam veterans in Northeastern Wisconsin. Up to 100 vet-erans will depart Wittman Regional Air-

port aboard an American Airlines 737 early Friday morning, July 24, and fly to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials honoring their service and recognizing their many sacrifices. After a reception greeting at Reagan National Airport, the veterans will em-

bark on a day-long tour of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the Smithsonian American History Museum, and Arling-ton National Cemetery. Upon returning to Oshkosh, the veter-ans will be treated to a hero’s welcome on Boeing Plaza by EAA AirVenture attendees, followed by a concert performance by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans and EAA Warbirds of America. “Old Glory Honor Flight is very proud of its strong working relationship with EAA and is humbled by the opportunity to once again partner with American Airlines at AirVenture to show our unwavering gratitude to these true American heroes.” said Drew MacDonald, president of Old Glory Honor Flight. Originally designed as a one-time event in 2013, Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight for Vietnam vets has continued thanks to the

generosity of American Airlines and the en-couragement of EAA, MacDonald added. “It is our honor and privilege to honor these veterans through this special flight,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and members programs, who coordinates EAA AirVenture Osh-kosh features and attractions. “The free-dom of flight we enjoy is dependent on the sacrifices of veterans such as these. We are happy to work with Old Glory Honor Flight and American Airlines to make this event happen and give these vets a homecoming and ‘thank you’ that they won’t forget.” Old Glory Honor Flight also continues its commitment to transport Wisconsin’s World War II and Korean War veterans to Washington throughout the entire year. Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight III will kick off EAA AirVenture’s Salute to Veterans Day activities.

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gural visit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. Wingfoot One is Goodyear’s first of a new generation of semi-rigid airships. First flown in spring 2014, the airship was manufactured by Germany’s ZLT Zeppelin Luftschiff-technik and assembled by a team of Zeppelin and Good-year engineers. It represents the first major structural change of a Goodyear airship in nearly 70 years. “The excitement we have for Goodyear’s return to Oshkosh is not only the unmatched sight of one of its iconic airships over our event, but as aviation people, we have a true curiosity regarding its background and construction,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs, who coordinates AirVenture features and attractions. Wingfoot One features advanced on-board avion-ics and flight control systems enhancing its ability to fly faster–or hover in place. The spacious gondola provides passengers with an in-flight experience enhanced by sweeping, panoramic windows.

Scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, July 21, Wingfoot One will be on display and fly through Sunday, July 26. AirVenture 2015 attendees will have the opportunity to see it perform and meet the pilots at events ranging from autograph sessions to forum presentations. Goodyear first brought a blimp here in 1971 when the airship America began its four-decade tradition of Good-year airships at Oshkosh. Goodyear also continues its participation as an AirVenture exhibitor this year as part of the Goulian Aerosports booth (No. 488). Ad-ditionally, this year features a special Goodyear store where AirVenture attendees can pur-chase Goodyear airship merchandise at Booth No. 2131. “As EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is the world’s most unique gathering of flight, it’s only fitting that Goodyear’s newest airship will partici-pate,” said Pierre Jambon, vice president, Off-Highway Tires. “Goodyear Aviation has been an aviation tire industry leader for more than 100 years, and a proud AirVenture participant

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B2OSH celebrates 26th flight in 25 years

It was an anniversary worth celebrat-ing, as 120 Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons assembled in Rockford, Illi-

nois, to fly to Oshkosh Saturday for their 26th B2OSH flight in 25 years. Keith Rutherford of Shreveport, Louisi-ana, led the pilots on the flight in his Baron, the first time the B2OSH group has been led by a twin-engine plane versus the sin-gle-engine Bonanza. As the first airplanes taxied into their parking spot in the North 40, other planes were still 42 miles away. Rutherford said a wind change caused the group to land in two-ship elements rather than the planned three-ship forma-tion. In addition, poor weather in Madison made the group deviate 10 miles to the east, delaying their arrival by about one hour. Bonanzas to Oshkosh began in 1990 when Wayne Collins and a few friends de-cided the only way to ensure camping to-gether was to arrive together in formation. Collins, now 90, is the only pilot who has made the flight each year since its inception.

And has it ever grown. Nine aircraft made that first flight, said Collins, of Mineola, Texas, adding that he had no idea that the formation flight would still occur decades later. People from all over the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, as well as from South Africa and South America, have taken part in the flight throughout the years, he added. The most planes to participate in the formation flight oc-curred in 1995 when 132 Beechcraft planes took to the air together to arrive in Oshkosh. From the beginning, the group flight was always a family affair, and Collins is quick to note that some of those chil-dren have gone on to attend the Air Force Academy or will soon become a captain in the Air Force. Collins led Bonanzas to Oshkosh un-til 2001 when Elliott Schiffman took over and established a nationwide network of regional training sessions. All pilots must

now pass the training to participate in the Rockford to Oshkosh flight. Larry Gaines has organized the group flights since 2007 and said this year par-ticipants came from all four corners of the United States, as well as Germany and Canada. “This is like a family reunion for us,” he said, noting that one girl invited her “Oshkosh family” to her bat mitzvah last December. “Fifty-seven people who they wouldn’t have known without this event came, and that’s pretty amazing.” Rutherford said it’s the camaraderie of the group that keeps people coming back each year. In fact, 70-80 percent of the pilots come back each subsequent year, he said. “We’re a group that is 100 percent se-rious about flying, but once here, is 100 percent about having fun,” added David Copeland, of Wichita, who helped with the ground crew this year. “It’s all about reminiscing about the flight and talking about the flight next year.”


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Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, Mooney Owners Forum, Larry Brennan

Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, 7 Sins of Airplane Design, Barnaby Wainfan

Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Picking A Homebuilt Design, Budd Davisson

Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Buying Aircraft Insurance, Bob Mackey

Workshop Classroom 1, Composite Damage and NDI, Mike Hoke

Workshop Classroom 2, Choosing Wheels and Brakes, Gilbert Beringer

Workshop Classroom 3, Hangar Construction, Lars Jensen

AeroPlane Workshop, Forming Aluminum Ribs, Jim Martin

Hilton Theater, Teachers, STEM & Aviation, Barbara Walters-Phillips

Skyscape Theater, Cubs 2 OSH Story, Ryan Dembroski

FAA Aviation Safety Center, Flying The Colorado Rockies Safely, Bill Standerfer

Homebuilders Hangar, Sonex Fleet - Homebuilt in Review, John Monnett

Ultralight Forums Tent, Rotorcraft Flight Briefing, Geoff Downey

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM AeroPlane Workshop, Scratch and Plans Built Airplanes, Plans Scratch

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Aviation Gateway Park, Phil’s Hobby Shop/Hobbico, Inc Demo

Federal Pavilion, Radar and Satellite Interpretation, Ben Herzog

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, G3X Touch for Experimental Aircraft, Garmin

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EAA Wearhouse, Meet Kermit Weeks, Kermit Weeks

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Vintage Red Barn, Vintage Interview Circle

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, Plan File Fly with Garmin Pilot, Garmin

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sky Shoppe, Two Fathers One War, Marcia L. Pollock Wysocky

EAA Wearhouse, Touching the Face of God, Ray Haas

EAA Pilot Proficiency Center, IMC Club Open Chapter Meeting, Radek Wyrzykowski

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Federal Pavilion, GA Accident Case Studies, NTSB

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EAA Canada, Flying Into The USA, Ian Brown

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wood Workshop, Wood Construction 101, George Donaldson

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Vintage Red Barn, Vintage Type Clubs

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Aviation Gateway Park, CopterShop UAV Demo

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Garmin Vantage ADS B Solutions, Garmin

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Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, Volunteerism at EAA, Katie Meyer

Forum Stage 04, Beechcraft Training, Michael Kaufman

Forum Stage 05, HAI, The Rotorcraft Add-On, Max Kahlhamer, Wes Van Dell

Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, Electrical Systems, Timothy Gauntt

Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, Power Up, Dick Rutan

Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, ForeFlight 201 - Advanced, Thomas Daugherty

Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Fundamentals of Flight, Tom Casey, William Coleman

Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, NTSB-Loss Of Control, Earl Weener Ph.D.

Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Flying Alaska, Anthony Turinsky

Composite Workshop, 3D Printed Molds and Parts, Scott VanderVeen

Workshop Classroom 1, The Pietenpol Experience, John Hofmann

Workshop Classroom 2, Building Your Dream Strip, Gary Stevens

Workshop Classroom 3, Globe-Temco Swift Aircraft, Bo Mabry

Vette Theater, Lady Be Good Lost B24 Bomber, Dick Campbell

Hilton Theater, Research A Military Unit, Seth Washburne

Skyscape Theater, Operation Overflight - Cold War, Gary Powers Jr.

FAA Aviation Safety Center, Law Enforcement Use Of UAS, Alan Frazier

Homebuilders Hangar, Technical And Flight Test Advice, EAA Technical Counselors

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Homebuilders Hangar, FMS650 for Experimentals, Ash Vij

Ultralight Forums Tent, What Is Powered Paragliding, Mike Robinson

11:30 AM - 2:30 PM Fun Fly Zone, Rotorcraft

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, Action Camera and Portable Products, Garmin Greg Clabots of Flightline Operations directs Bart Miller in parking his Cessna 182RG in the North 40.


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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EAA Wearhouse, Looking Back on Walking Away, Chuck Hagerty

Federal Pavilion, Managing Wildlife Strikes

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Garmin Avionics Upgrades, Garmin

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Cool Heli UAV Demo

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, AirVenture 2015 Program, Sean Tucker

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, Garmin Vantage ADS B Solutions, Garmin

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Vintage Red Barn, Hand Prop Your Aircraft

Sky Shoppe, Flying with the Flak Pak, Kenny Kemp

EAA Pilot Proficiency Center, Stick and Rudder in a Glass Cockpit, Tony Johnston

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Aviation Gateway Forums Stage, Basics Of Using Twitter, Dan Pimentel

Forum Stage 01, VFR Debrief - CloudAhoy, Chuck Shavit

Forum Stage 02, GAMA, Lancair, Jeff Edwards

Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, B-17 The Final Mission, Chris Henry

Forum Stage 04, How To Build the RV12, Wally Anderson

Forum Stage 05, HAI, FAA Medical, Dr. Gregory Pinnell

Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, iPad Takes Flight, Charles Schneider

Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, QF32 Air Disaster Averted!, Capt. Richard de Crespigny

Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, Is Your Engine Healthy, Mike Busch

Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Flying and Owning the SubSonex Jet, John Monnett

Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Fabric Covering 101, Poly-Fiber

Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Terrian Flying, Capt John Hook

Sheet Metal Workshop, Aircraft Spruce, Sheet Metal 101

TIG Welding Workshop, Lincoln Electric, TIG Welding 101, Lincoln Electric

Workshop Classroom 1, Composite 101

Workshop Classroom 2, Flightsim Instrumentation, Ralph Cornelis

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Workshop Classroom 3, Teaching AV Weather, Russell Thorstenberg

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Hilton Theater, Cold War Museum, Christopher Sturdevant

Skyscape Theater, Flying the F-117 Stealth, Lt Col William O’Connor

FAA Aviation Safety Center, Whats New in FAA Legal Enforcement, Michael F. McKinley

Homebuilders Hangar, Additional Pilot Program E-AB, Mark Giron

Ultralight Forums Tent, Light Sport Maintenance, Carol & Brian Carpenter

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Warbird Alley, Warbirds in Review - FG1D Corsair, Jim Cavanaugh, Doug Jeanes

EAA Canada, Whats Involved Building Aircraft, Jack Dueck

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Connectivity with Garmin Connext, Garmin

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Seaplane Base, Not the Flight Service Once Known, Joe Daniele

HAI HELI-CENTER, Learn About Whirly Girls, Joni Schultz

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Meet Kermit Weeks, Kermit Weeks

Wood Workshop, Wood Construction 101, George Donaldson

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Shenzehn Jiuxing Tianli Demo

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Advanced Garmin Pilot with the iPad, Garmin

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, G3X Touch for Experimental Aircraft, Garmin

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Vintage Red Barn, Vintage Workshop

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Federal Pavilion, 3 Steps to Avoid Being Intercepted, Kevin Roethe

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Interactive Aerial UAV Demo

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Cloudy With a Chance of Dreams, Karen Phillips

FAA Aviation Safety Center, Aviation Physiology, Rogers Shaw

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Aviation Gateway Forums Stage, Night Flying, Gary Reeves

Forum Stage 01, Soviet AirForce at War - Airplanes, Sid Siddiqi

Forum Stage 02, GAMA, Sonerai Builders Forum, Fred Keip

Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, Europa Aircraft, Jim Butcher

Forum Stage 04, Test Flying Your E-AB Aircraft, Ted Sanders

Forum Stage 05, HAI, Its A Bad Landing When, Chuck Hagerty

Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, Tech Tips for Your Lycoming Engine, Dennis Coulbourn

Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, How To Get Started In Quad Copters, Randy Braun

Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, Should You Rent or Buy, Scott “Sky” Smith

Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Factors Affecting Propeller Design, Craig Catto

Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Continental Engine Maintenance, Ted Travis, John Hofmann

Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Flying With ADS-B Weather, Arlo Gambell

Workshop Classroom 1, Engine Blueprinting, Archie Frangoudis

Workshop Classroom 2, Lithium Batteries 101, Todd Winter

Gas Welding Workshop, Aluminum Gas Welding 101, Joe Maj

Workshop Classroom 3, Spark Plug Tech Clinic, Steve Staudt

Skyscape Theater, High Flight -To to Edge of Infinity, Sleeping Dog Productions

Homebuilders Hangar, Auto Engine Conversions For EAB, Patrick Panzera

Ultralight Forums Tent, Rotorway Exec Helicopter Owners, Darren Braymiller

2:30 PM - 6:00 PM Flightline, Monday Air Show

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Aviation Gateway Park, UAV Free Flight

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Sky Shoppe, Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds, Christina Olds

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Federal Pavilion, Securing Americas Airspace, US Customs & Border Patrol

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Aviatrix: First Women Pilot, Mary Bush Shipko

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM FAA Aviation Safety Center, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Bill Crozier

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Forum Stage 01, British RAF at War, Sid Siddiqi

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Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, Accident Case Studies 1, Lorenda Ward Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, Why Exhaust Valves Burn, Adrian Eichhorn Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Flying To Canada, Howard Wolvington Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Nexus Climate Control, Bill Sandmann Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Oratex - How To Apply, Lars Gleitsmann Workshop Classroom 1, Samson Switchblade Prototype Update, Sam Bousfield Workshop Classroom 3, How To Cool Your Cockpit, Jason Shackelford Skyscape Theater, Skydancers, Frederic Lean Ultralight Forums Tent, Building and Flying the SkyRanger, Dale Seitzer 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Federal Pavilion, Flying the Islands of the Bahamas, Elizabeth Vance 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Aviation Gateway Park, sUAS Challenge 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Tuskegee Airmen Verdict in Vegas, Tammy L. Smith 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Collegiate Tailgate 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Boeing Plaza, Monday Night Concert 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Fun Fly Zone, Ultralight and Light Planes 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Fun Fly Zone, Powered Parachutes 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Flightline, Balloon Night Glow 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Ford Fly-In Theater, Interstellar 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM Theater In The Woods, Air Show Preview

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AIRVENTURE 2015 FLYING CINEMALocated North of Homebuilders HQ in the Aeroplane Factory Building (Times approximate)

MONDAY, JULY 209:00 AM - 10:55 AM EAA’s Salute to Apollo – Watch historic footage from the 1994 Oshkosh fly-in as an overflow audience at Theater in the Woods welcomed 15 former Apollo astronauts for one of the most memorable programs in the convention’s history.11:00AM - 11:45 AM World War I Aviation - The Red Baron and The Immortal Ace - Black and white film visits with the “aces” of World War I, including Bishop, Rickenbacher, and Newberg. Also, The Immortal Ace: the story of Captain Eddie Rickenbacher.12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Built for Speed – Watch an exciting retrospective of the annual National Air Races of the 1930s. 12:30 PM - 1:10 PM The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress - The original B-17 Memphis Belle documentary, tells the story of a 10-man B-17 crew as they prepare for, fly and return from the 25th combat mission.1:15 PM - 1:45 PM Fascination with Flight - From the quiet beauty of hot air ballooning to the excite-ment of aerobatics, this video is a fast-paced overview of the many distinct facets of sport aviation.1:50 PM - 3:35 PM Sky King - “The Circus Clown Mystery”, “Dead Man’s Will”, “Cindy, Come Home”, “Rodeo Decathlon”

TUESDAY, JULY 219:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sport Flying – Pete Conrad, Patty Wagstaff, the Tuskegee Airmen story, and Tom Poberezny.10:05 AM - 11:05 AM Sport Aviation #23 - Shows 901 & 902 - Air racing newsreels, racing pro-grams, and rare footage of local meets, and an overview of the 1998 Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In.11:10 AM - 11:30 AM Oshkosh Remembers: The Heroes of WWII Vol. 1 – From the 1992 conven-tion, Doolittle Raid, “Aces” of the 357th Fighter Group, Glider Pilots, and the Tuskegee Airmen.

11:35 AM - 12:05 PM Oshkosh Remembers: The Heroes of WWII Vol. 2, from EAA Oshkosh 1993, fea-turing Woman Air Force Service Pilots (WASPs), Aces of the 56th Fighter Group, and Gen. Robin Olds

12:10 PM - 1:55 PM Sky King - “Abracadabra”, “Triple Exposure”, “The Haunted castle”, “Danger at the Sawmill”. Follow the adventures of Schuyler “Sky” King and his niece, Penny, in his Bam-boo Bomber in this famous television program that helped promote aviation. 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sport Aviation #30 Shows 915 & 916 - BRS-equipped Cirrus, Cirrus 5R 29, an AT-11, the U-2, and a Monocoupe, early airliners Ford Tri-Motor, Boeing, Pitcairn, DC-3, Connie. 3:05 PM - 3:35 PM Aerocar: Giving the Automobile its Wings - Molt Taylor’s invention in rare test flight footage, interviews, scale models drawings, photographs and press reports

WEDNESDAY, JULY 229:00 AM - 9:45 AM Pearl Harbor to Tokyo – A look back at Pearl Harbor and the Doolittle Raiders’ famous 1942 raid on Tokyo.9:50 AM - 10:20 AM The Eagles-”It’s been a Great Run” – recounts the 25-year history of the Eagles Aerobatic Team with Charlie Hillard, Gene Soucey, and Tom Poberezny. Includes the team’s final performance at Oshkosh 1995.10:25 AM - 11:15 AM B-17 Pre-Flight – Follow along as we get ready to take the EAA’s B-17 up into the sky.11:20 AM - 12:20 PM EAA AirVenture 2003 – the official video of the 2003 convention, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight in Kitty Hawk.12:25 PM - 1:25 PM Mach 2 to Oshkosh - WGN Radio’s Bob Collins is your host for this once-in-a-lifetime ride from London to EAA Oshkosh 1985 on a British Airways’ Concorde.1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Experience the Spirit of Flight – An exclusive tour of the EAA Air Adventure Museum.2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Sky King - “Sleight of Hand”, “The Runaway”, “Stop That Train”, “The Wild Man”. Follow the adventures of Schuyler “Sky” King and his niece, Penny, in his Bamboo Bomber in this famous television program that helped promote aviation.

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THURSDAY, JULY 239:00 AM - 9:50 AM Ultimate Flights 12 - P-51 Mustang, air show performers Teresa Stokes, Jim Franklin, and Wayne Handley, plus barefoot skiing behind floats.9:55 AM - 10:45 AM Ultimate Flights 1 - John Nicholson, Tom Poberezny, Patty Wagstaff, Sean Tucker, John and Martha King, “Father Goose” Bill Lishman; and the final interview of aviation legend Steve Wittman.10:50 AM - 11:50 AM Sport Flying - Aviation photography tips, sailplanes and hang gliders, Apol-los 14 and 15, and more from Oshkosh 1997.11:55 AM - 12:55 PM Sport Aviation 33 – Safely fly your ultralight, a gathering of Mustangs, a dogfight with a famous auto racer, and a profile of the Flying Flea.1:00 PM - 1:30 PM The Story of the Helicopter - A complete history of the helicopter, from Da Vinci’s drawings and concepts to autogiros and helicopters.1:35 PM - 3:20 PM Sky King - “Sky Robbers”, “A Dog named Barney”, “Bullet Bait”, “Money Has Wings”. Follow the adventures of Schuyler “Sky” King and his niece, Penny, in his Bamboo Bomber in this famous television program that helped promote aviation.

FRIDAY, JULY 249:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sport Aviation 28 Shows 911 & 912 - The largest Stearman gathering in the country, Percival Provost, AWAC, NBAA#5, Hal Weekly and his B-17, and Scott Crossfield, the first to reach Mach 2.10:05 AM -11:05 AM Sport Flying 8 Shows 715 & 716 - Pete Conrad flying balloons and powered parachutes, Patty Wagstaff, aviation photography tips, and the story of Apollo 13.11:10 AM - 12:10 PM Best of the ’80’s - The best of EAA Oshkosh 1984-1989, including Voyager, Concorde, SR-71 Blackbird, the “Frecce Tricolori” jet team, military jets, homebuilts, antiques, and many rare aircraft. 12:15 PM - 12:40 PM Stealth Revealed: A Visit to EAA Oshkosh & Beyond - One of the first major public showings of the US Air Force F117A “Stealth” fighter at EAA Oshkosh 1990.

12:45 PM - 2:30 PM Sky King Disc 16 - “Frog Man”, “Runaway Truck”, “Dead Giveaway”, “Ring of Fire”. Follow the adventures of Schuyler “Sky” King and his niece, Penny, in his Bamboo Bomber in this famous television program that helped promote aviation.2:35 PM - 3:25 PM World War I Aviation - The Red Baron and The Immortal Ace - Black and white film visits with the “aces” of World War I, including Bishop, Rickenbacher, and Newberg. Also, The Immortal Ace: the story of Captain Eddie Rickenbacher.

SATURDAY, JULY 259:00 AM - 10:45 AM Sky King Disc 1 - “Carrier Pigeon”, “Stage Coach Robbers”, “Deadly Cargo”, “Jim Bell’s Triumph”. Follow the adventures of Schuyler “Sky” King and his niece, Penny, in his Bamboo Bomber in this famous television program that helped promote aviation.10:50 AM - 11:50 AM Sport Aviation 32 Shows 919 & 920 - The story of the homebuilt aircraft, the godfather of the helicopter.11:55 AM - 1:50 PM EAA’s Salute to Apollo – Watch historic footage from the 1994 Oshkosh fly-in as an overflow audience at Theater in the Woods welcomed 15 former Apollo astronauts for one of the most memorable programs in the convention’s history.1:55 PM - 2:55 PM Sport Aviation 34 Shows 923 & 924 - YF-22 Predator, General “Fig” Newton interview, plus the Widgeon, and Formation Flying (Stearman and Warriors)3:00 PM - 3:25 PM “Historic Comedy” with Art Carney – the comedian Art Carney takes a fun and sometimes-hilarious look back at the 1920 era of aviation.

SUNDAY, JULY 269:00 AM - 9:55 AM Building of the Voyager (part 1) - Story of the design, building and testing of the Voyager. Interviews with Burt Rutan, Dick Rutan, Jenna Yeager, and Bruce Evens.10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Building of the Voyager (part 2)10:50 AM - 11:50 AM Sport Aviation 35 Shows 925 & 926 – Aerobatics, Burt Rutan: Revolutionary Wings

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Many people would move mountains to make their yearly pilgrimage to Osh-

kosh for the World’s Greatest Avia-tion Celebration. That was the case of John Roney and Lee Wenninger, who together encountered and overcame a series of unfortunate events on their journey. John and Lee were scheduled to fly in with the group B2OSH (Bonanzas to Oshkosh) but John was unable to fly his own plane, N7835V, due to needing engine work. Both John and Lee hail from Char-lotte, North Carolina, and because Lee was unfit to fly his own Bonanza, N36M, to Oshkosh, it was decided that John would take over and pilot the plane for him. Despite only meeting the Wednes-day before EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, their two stray puzzle pieces fit together and the newfound team made it to Rockford, Illinois, where the Bo-nanzas from around the country were gathering to fly en masse to Oshkosh. Friday afternoon, though, the day before the Bonanzas were to make their journey out of Rockford, John and Lee discovered that the plane’s boost pump was broken.

After calling 15 different part suppli-ers, John and Lee finally located the part they needed in Wichita, Kansas. They were able to have it rushed to a UPS to be flown to a sorting facility in Rockford by Saturday morning. “We found a mole in there; a guy who was going to, when the plane landed (Sat-urday) morning, dig our package out, run it out specifically to the parking lot and give it to us,” John said. “Lee was sitting in the getaway car and he raced the 22 miles and 40 minutes up to Freeport where the nice little airport manager is also a mechanic.” John said the manager set them up in his hangar and had the part replaced in 38 minutes. John and Lee were then able to make it to Oshkosh and set up camp with the other Bonanzas. “It took 10 or 15 different people doing different things, but everyone did it,” John said. John earned his pilot’s certificate in 1979, and Lee has had his certificate since the late ‘80s. Their story is consistent with the aviation community’s theme of being built on the company of great people. “It’s just teamwork,” John said. “If my plane didn’t break, Lee couldn’t have done it himself. Everything hap-pens for a reason.”

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T hat big, brown contraption in the Vintage area isn’t a misplaced piece of farm machinery. It’s Wright “B”

Flyer No. 001—a�ectionately nicknamed the Brown Bird—a one-of-a-kind, �ying symbol of America’s aviation heritage. Ten feet high, 38 feet wide and 32 feet long, the “B” is a collection of beefy planes and vanes held together with steel tubes, struts and cables. Its strange undercarriage includes two motorcycle tires and two airplane tail wheels—with both tail wheels in front. Yes, it �ies—barely. �e 3,400-pound machine struggles into the air at 41 miles per hour, propelled by a pair of chain-driven pusher propellers. It trundles along at 55 mph and settles back to earth at 45. It’s the opposite of supersonic; at a �yover, you can hear and see it long before it arrives. Built to modern airworthiness standards with modern components and materials, the Brown Bird was designed to resemble—from a typical �yby distance—America’s �rst factory-built airplane, the Wright Model B. It o�ers riders the wind-in-your-hair experience of early pioneer �ight. �e Brown Bird is making its �rst visit

to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh this year. It’s scheduled to be on static display in the Vintage area and to �y in the air show on �ursday and Sunday. Speci�c times were not set at press time. Wright “B” Flyer Inc., the all-volunteer nonpro�t based at Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport in Ohio, brought the airplane to help promote its project to build a replacement for the aging Brown Bird. With support from the EAA and the National Aviation Heritage Alliance in Dayton, Wright “B” Flyer will build its new plane in the original Wright Company factory. It’s inviting EAA chapters and individuals to help build it.

“Wilbur and Orville Wright were America’s first airplane homebuilders,” said William J. “Jay” Jabour, Wright “B” Flyer president. “I can’t think of a better way to honor their legacy than to build a modern version of their first production airplane in their own factory with the help of EAA homebuilders around the world.”

Meet the pilots, talk to the ground crew and find out how you or your chapter can get involved. Visit wright-b-flyer.org to learn more.

Wright “B” Flyer profileFor AirVenture Today by Timothy R. Gaffney

Wright B Flyer 001 General characteristics

Crew: Pilot and co-pilot or observerPowerplant: One turbo-charged Lycoming HIO-360 F1AD, 225 max horsepowerPropellers: Two chain-driven Sensenich two-blade pusher propellers, 97 in. dia., wood, counter-rotatingWingspan: 38 �. 6 in.Height: 10 �. 8 in.Length: 31 �. 11 in.

Weight: 3,400 lb.Wing area: 480 sq. �.Wing loading: 7 lb./sq. �.Wing airfoil: NACA4412

PerformanceTakeo� speed: 41 mphCruise speed: 60 mphLanding speed: 45 mphEndurance: 2 hrs

This replica of the Wright Model B aeroplane, the Wright brothers’ first production airplane, is the subject of a fundraising effort to build a newer, more modern replica of the airplane that helped launch aircraft production in the U.S.

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E AA’s KidVenture, presented by Cov-ington Aircra�, will continue to be a one-stop exploration spot at EAA

AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, providing young people with fun, hands-on aviation learning experiences. Located at Pioneer Airport across from the EAA AirVenture Museum, KidVenture o�ers a variety of ac-tivities, from the Young Eagles �ight edu-cation area to electric RC and control line �ying, for parents and children of all ages to experience together.

“We try to give kids a �avor of what aviation is all about, from the mechanic side, from the construction side,” said Dan Majka, who has served as chair-man since KidVenture’s founding in 1999. “Our hope is that maybe we can inspire some of these children to be-come A&Ps or aviation artists or avia-tion historians.”

New to KidVenture this year is the nose section of a B-25 bomber built by youths in Colorado with the help of a local EAA chapter. Volunteers from Colorado will teach children about the

di�erent positions, such as pilot, copi-lot, and bombardier. �en, Majka said, children will have the chance to sit in the nose section of the bomber and “�y” a simulated mission. �ose who com-plete the mission will receive a set of silver wings.

Tying in with EAA AirVenture 2015’s space theme, KidVenture will showcase an actual-size replica of the Mercury 7 space capsule navigated by John Glenn. �e replica will be supple-mented with a video of the spaceship’s �ight into space, and kids can sit in it.

Also featured will be a replica of the famous �ying DeLorean from the Back to the Future movie series.

“We o�er kids the opportunity to do things they wouldn’t be able to do in their hometown or local area,” Majka said.

�e Future A&P mechanics booths are especially exciting because those who complete activities at every booth will re-ceive two hours of o�cial FAA credit to-ward an A&P certi�cate, as well as a tool-kit and Future A&P pin.

�ere’s much more in store at Kid-Venture, which is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and

Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Grab a shuttle at the Bus Park and you’re well on your way!

KidVenture to feature chapter-built mock B-25 cockpit

Brady McCay, forward cockpit, and Jake East go through a mock battle in the B-25 simula-tor at KidVenture. The interactive display was created by Pat Miller and Scott Serani.


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T he annual WomenVenture gath-ering, designed to encourage and inspire women in aviation and

those who want to � y, will welcome hundreds of female aviators with sev-eral special activities on Wednesday, July 22. Co-sponsored by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Sensor Sys-tems, � e Ninety-Nines, and Women in

Aviation International (WAI), Women-Venture is a wonderful experience for women who are pilots, want to become pilots, or work in the aviation or aero-space industries. “WomenVenture is a tremendous experience for women, particularly as it comes during the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration at Oshkosh,” said WAI’s Kelly Nelson. “It builds camara-

derie and allows us to use our collective voice to inspire and motivate women of all ages to get engaged in aviation, either for fun and/or as part of their career aspirations. WomenVenture helps open doors to participation, mentorship, knowledge, and support.” � e July 22 schedule includes: • 8 a.m. – Women in Aviation national breakfast with keynote speaker Jessica Cox, who was born without arms but was motivated to earn a sport pilot certi� cate in an Ercoupe that she could � y with her feet. Pre-registration is required. • 11 a.m. – Annual WomenVenture group photo on EAA AirVenture’s showcase Boeing Plaza.

• 11:30 a.m. – “WomenVenture Power Lunch” at � eater in the Woods at 11:30. Pre-registration for the lunch is required. Speakers include Na- tional Oceanic and Atmospher ic Administration (NOAA) adminis- trator Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, one of the � rst six women selected to join the NASA astronaut corps in 1978 and the � rst American woman to walk in space; and Cindy Hasselbring, the leader/coordinator of STEM education initiatives for the State of Maryland. She is also a pilot and for 10 years has pursued a dream of traveling in space through NASA’s astronaut candidate program.

• 1:30 p.m. – Presentation with

Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour at the � eater in the Woods. • 3 p.m. – “FlyGirl” book signing held at EAA Wearhouse -Authors Corner. • Approximately 3:45 p.m. – Accom- plished women skydivers will at- tempt a world record group jump. • Approximately 4 p.m. – Patty Wagsta� , Julie Clark, Melissa Pemberton, and wingwalker Teresa Stokes will be featured during the a� er noon air show. “WomenVenture is growing,” said Janine Diana, EAA vice president of people and culture. “It started as a photo, then we added a lunch, and now it’s an entire day of activities de-voted towards women in aviation. It’s an event for women to build camara-derie and to use our collective voice to inspire and motivate women of all ages to get engaged in aviation.” As in past years, a limited edition WomenVenture T-shirt will be available to all women who participate (while supplies last). � ose T-shirts can be picked up at the EAA Welcome Center on the EAA AirVen-ture grounds beginning on Monday, July 20. Women are encouraged to wear the T-shirt for the group photo on July 22 to show the collective strength of women involved in the � ight community. In addition, women are invited to the Welcome Center to sign the Wom-enVenture logbook any day during EAA AirVenture 2015.

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A eroInnovate is hosting their seventh annual Pitch & Mingle event at this year’s EAA AirVen-

ture Oshkosh. The participants in this year’s inaugural accelerator class cross the spectrum of aviation innovation as each company brings a new design or modification with potential to revolu-tionize the aviation industry. AeroInnovate is a program devel-oped by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Business Success Center. Each participating company gets five minutes to pitch their idea, followed by a 10 minute Q&A session with prospec-tive investors. AeroInnovate’s selection of participating companies include: Advanced Vector Analytics, Endur-alock, Grypshon Industries, ICARUS Devices, and Interactive Aerial. These organizations come from all different parts of the globe, with various educa-tional backgrounds, yet all share a com-mon trait; a passion for aviation. Latvia-based Advanced Vector Ana-lytics (AVA) is developing a predictive structural health monitoring system that could save up to 80 percent of maintenance. This system employs 4-D sensors developed through patented measurement and analytics technology and placed in the aircraft. Founded in 2013 by Harold and Di-ana Hess, Enduralock offers patented,

fastening solutions that are highly vi-bration resistant yet are reversible and reusable. This technology is able to re-duce time, labor, and maintenance cost through their reuse and reversibility. Grypshon developed a proprietary non-slip tool tray. Not only does this tray provide security to the tools, but also reduces foreign object damage (FOD), maintenance mishaps, overall mainte-nance time, and surface scratches. � e advanced training devices cre-ated by naval o� cer Nick Sinopli, of ICARUS Devices, seeks to rede� ne in-strument training. Using PDLC � lm, ICARUS allows instructor pilots to sim-ulate their loss of visual cues when � ying into a cloud, while also having a wider safety margin over traditional devices. AeroInnovate’s final participant is Interactive Aerial. Four college stu-dents founded this company in Tra-verse City, Michigan, to manufacture Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) ca-pable of safely f lying in enclosed spac-es and near objects without fear of col-lision through their integral sense and avoid technology. The Pitch & Mingle event will be hosted at the Wittman Regional Air-port Terminal on Tuesday, July 21, from 7 to 10 p.m. Registration deadline is 12 p.m. on Tuesday July 21 at www.aeroin-novate.org.

AeroInnovate holding seventh Pitch & Mingle for innovatorsBy Dave Higden

N ational Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener will discuss the safety of general aviation and current activities the board has been engaged in within the industry in Forum Pavilion 9 today at 11:30 a.m.

� e NTSB’s “2015 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements” includes the following GA topics: prevent loss of control in � ight in general aviation, and enhance public helicopter safety. � ese GA topics and other most wanted list items will be discussed by Weener during his presentation, and attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions.

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Blackhawk’s new mods add more muscle to Caravans, both in terms of pure power and in electrical system muscle.

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F or 15 years Blackhawk Modi�cations powerplant upgrades have brought new power and capabilities to Cessna

Aircra�’s workhorse turboprop, the vener-able Caravan.

Blackhawk, based in Waco, Texas, con-tinues its history of introducing new mods at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with two new upgrades that provide more muscle for the brawny propjet single.

First up is a new engine upgrade, the XP140 new engine upgrade for 208A and 208B Caravans–the standard short-body model and the stretched Grand Caravan.

This package–aimed primarily at non-G1000-equipped Caravans–bumps avail-able horsepower to 867, a 44 percent in-crease over a stock Caravan. Designed to replace the original 600- and 675-hp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A powerplants, the package includes a number of other up-grades that enhance the Caravan’s perfor-mance.

Installation of the exceptionally cost-e�ective system is fast and allows opera-tors to retain many components from their original PT6A-114/-114A powered aircra�, according to Jim Allmon, Blackhawk Mod-i�cations president and CEO.

�e performance enhancements from the engine swap include a 41 percent im-provement in climb rate to a maximum of 1,275 feet per minute; a 20 percent reduc-tion in takeo� distance; a cruise-speed gain of 10 to 12 knots true to 191 knots; a cruise range of up to 904 nautical miles.

�e cowling, engine mount, and ex-haust system may all be retained with the Blackhawk 140 installation, assuming they

are in good condition. �is helps contain upgrade costs and limits installation time to just one week.

In addition to the PT6A-140 power-plant, Blackhawk’s XP-140 upgrade in-cludes as standard a new 325-amp starter/generator manufactured by AMETEK, plus a new Hartzell 106-inch, three-blade propeller and spinner, new Howell digital/analog engine instruments, larger capac-ity oil cooler and ducting, all wiring har-nesses, installation instructions and FAA-approved �ight manual supplements. It is a complete engine kit for a seamless installa-tion that greatly enhances the capability of the aircra�.

Blackhawk also announced the avail-ability of this new, more-powerful starter/generator for its XP-42A upgrade package. �e upgrade from the standard 200-amp unit further improving an already power-ful airplane. “Many Caravans are working airplanes, and this upgrade will instantly increase mission capability, safety, speed, and pro�ts,” Allmon said. “For those Cara-van operators who want like-new aircra� performance and capability at far less cost, our 140 plug and play new engine upgrade is perfect.”

Additional certi�cations for �oat-equipped Caravans and aircra� outside the U.S. are also planned. Blackhawk’s engine-upgrade experts are on hand to answer questions and take orders at the company’s exhibit stand, No. 307, throughout AirVen-ture. �e company exhibit also includes an upgraded Caravan and an example of an-other one of the Blackhawk Modi�cations line for the Beech King Air C90.

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I t’s one thing to restore a warbird to pris-tine wartime condition; it’s another to leave it alone because it never lost the

wartime gear. Tim Savage and his son, Job, brought their Douglas A-26 Invader bomb-er to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 with a healthy dose of vintage gear still installed. Future restoration e� orts will complete the picture, but the rugged authenticity of the bomber is already apparent. Tim learned of the availability of the A-26 as part of the estate of the late warbird collector David Tallichet. Its postwar history includes a stint with the Nicaraguan air force starting in the 1960s, when another warbird collector traded it to that country for old � ghters. Tim says the Nicaraguans kept the A-26’s bomb bay intact, with vintage racks, shackles, and other gear untouched. � is is a rare � nd, since so many postwar “civilian-ized” A-26 Invaders received drastic bomb bay modi� ca-tions to suit them to their new roles as � re bombers and executive transports. � e originality of this Invader becomes apparent when Tim opens the bomb bay doors to reveal original wind ba� es that extend into the slipstream to enhance the ac-tion of the bombs as they fall. A look inside the bay shows replica bombs hanging from the shackles. � is isn’t your father’s executive A-26. Tim is patient in his plans for the A-26. A� er the 2015 air show season, it will be delivered to John Lane’s award-winning warbird restoration shop in Idaho where dual controls will be installed in the cockpit and replica .50-caliber machine guns will once again sprout from the nose. In future o� -seasons, operational General Electric power gun turrets will be re-introduced to this airframe. Tim previously owned a B-25J when Job was much smaller. A� er selling the B-25, Tim perceived a sense of lost opportunity for Job. Tim found the A-26 and bought it as a family project. He kept it a secret from Job until the day it arrived. Job mans a table o� ering custom T-shirts and souvenirs for sale at plane-side. His entrepreneurial spirit is a family trait; Tim is growing his successful com-puter consulting business along with mentoring and sup-porting young entrepreneurs from his location in Hun-tington, Indiana. Tim also brings a sense of balance to his latest warbird project. He says he may only make three or so air shows each season. � is has dual e� ects—it keeps the bomber from becoming an obsession that intrudes on family time, while the leisurely schedule ensures the plane and its sys-tems will not wear out any time soon. Nonetheless, just to ensure parts are available, Tim says he hunts for Invader parts. “I’ve been buying everything I can � nd.”

Tim’s Invader is full of surprises. While many A-26s received spar modi� cations that involved reinforcing the carry-through structure in the fuselage, Tim’s Silver Drag-on has barely visible external straps running along the undersurfaces of the wing. Research indicates the U.S. Air Force did this modi� cation at Panama for some Central American air forces; Silver Dragon may be the only � ying Invader with this adaptation. Tim satis� es FAA require-ments to inspect the wing structure with an alternative method of compliance (AMOC) that includes dye check-ing to ensure cracks are not propagating. Talking with Tim, one gets a sense of his patient pas-sion for this sometimes-overlooked World War II bomber. While many were converted for civilian use in the decades following the war, Tim says he can only count about a doz-en � ying examples today, with others slumbering in static displays or storage. When he � rst inspected this bomber, which he has nicknamed Silver Dragon, he was impressed with its largely unmodi� ed nature. � e airframe called out for preservation and restoration. “I feel an obligation to do that,” he says, because this Invader is one of the few that wasn’t severely modi� ed as a surplus opportunity. “I like to take old things and make them new,” he says. Nor is he impatient to get type-certi� cated as a pilot in his new bomber. A� er the dual controls are installed, he will begin the process of learning the A-26’s handling traits with a quali� ed pilot in the other seat. “I don’t feel the ego pressure to quickly � y a plane that I own,” Tim says. “It may take me a couple years to feel comfortable in the airplane.” � e colorful dragon face on the nose of Tim Savage’s A-26 is scarcely a week old. But the bomber itself bridges seven decades. It’s worth a look in the Warbirds area at AirVenture 2015.

Invader brings vintage authenticity to AirVenture 2015By Frederick A. Johnsen

PHOTO BY FREDERICDK A. JOHNSEN

The dragon head on the A-26 is a nod to the 386th Bomb Group of World War II.

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Bush-41’s Navy trainer

AirCorps Aviation’s newly restored Stearman on the ramp and ready for takeoff.

Have you flown a Young Eagle?Since 1992, EAA members have shared their passion for flight with nearly 2 million young people through EAA’s Young Eagles program. To learn how to become a Young Eagles volunteer, visit EAA.org/YoungEagles or stop by the EAA Pathways Pavilion located on the northwest corner of EAA Square at the intersection of Knapp Street Road and Celebration Way.

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I n addition to the restored combat veteran P-51 Mustang Sierra Sue II, AirCorps Aviation of Bemidji, Min-

nesota, will bring a newly restored Boeing-Stearman N2S-1 once f lown by George H.W. Bush when he was a Navy cadet pilot. January 28, 1943, was a typical Min-nesota mid-winter day when Bush, the youngest aviation cadet in the Navy at age 18, walked out to the yellow biplane trainer on the ramp at Wold-Chamber-lain Naval Air Station in Minneapolis. The mercury hovered at 16 degrees as the young cadet and future 41st presi-dent of the United States climbed into the rear cockpit for his ninth solo f light of the month. He was up for 1.3 hours according to his log. That’s roughly an hour and 20 minutes in an open cockpit biplane in the frigid Minnesota winter, but that was an everyday occurrence in primary f light training at Wold-Chamberlain.

The Stearman, BuAer 3347, was accepted by the Navy on January 26, 1941. On April 26, 1945, BuAer 3347 was purchased by J.O. Dockery from the Defense Plant Corporation for use as a duster and registered as N50061. Modified with a hopper and a Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine, she served many years as a f lying farm implement. The plane’s FAA registration was can-celled in 1965. Purchased in 1972 by Robert Hood of Carthage, Missouri, it was rereg-istered with the FAA. In 2011, Bary Sima of Salome, Arizona, bought the Stearman and ultimately Wings of the North Museum at Flying Cloud Field, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, acquired the plane and turned her over to AirCorps Aviation for restoration. The aircraft is now once again in factory condition, with only a hand crank starter and other authentic fin-ishes - right down to the water transfer

decals used in 1941. Just another must-see aircraft in Oshkosh with an excit-

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Sunday, July 19th

Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project

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Monday, July 20th

Interstellar

Tuesday, July 21st

Unbroken

Wednesday, July 22nd

Edge of Tomorrow

Thursday, July 23rd

Planes: Fire & Rescue

Friday, July 24th

Apollo 13

Saturday, July 25thBattle of Britain

The fabulous Fly-In Theater offers an evening of film viewing like never before. Relax from the comfort of your lawn chair or blanket, while enjoying epic blockbuster movies and classic aviation films, illuminating from a five-story-high projection screen.

What a great way to extend your exciting day at AirVenture!

Sunday, July 19 – Saturday, July 25

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Free shows begin at 8:30 p.m. daily, except Saturday which begins at 9:30 p.m. Located at the north end of Doolittle Drive behind the Camp Store. Don’t miss out on the free popcorn!Movies and dates subject to change due to scheduling conflicts.

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E nglishman Colin Hales is back at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, but this year he arrived in time to actually enjoy the

gathering.When he set out from Oxford, U.K., in

his homebuilt KR-2 for last year’s �y-in, the �rst destination in his planned around-the-world �ight, he didn’t arrive until the last day of the event. And once on the ground, he couldn’t even get out of his airplane, so overcome with emotion a�er the mechani-cal and weather issues that had delayed his arrival until just before the airspace closed for the day’s air show. A year later he still has to stop when recounting the tale, his eyes watering.

“If you build your own aircra� in Eu-rope, it’s a dream to �y to Oshkosh,” he said. Hales had a video camera onboard to docu-ment his arrival. “I prepared a speech, but I couldn’t talk. I had tears of joy, really. It took me 42 days to get here, and I didn’t think I was going to make it.” But Hales could only savor the moment brie�y.

“�ey said, ‘We really need you to get out of your plane so we can start the air show.’”

�e 45-year-old Brit, a commercial pi-lot and aeronautical engineer by training and global wanderer by nature, started building his KR-2 (G-BYLP) in 1996 and completed the project in 2000. Here at the show it’s occupying a position of honor, in front of Homebuilt Headquarters.

“�is aircra� was ideal, because it’s plans-built, so there are no expensive com-ponents, and it also allows the opportunity for innovation, and to modify [the design] to improve performance,” Hales said of his two-place, Jabiru 2.2-powered low wing.

�e aircra� cruises at 120 mph, and the 20-gallon fuel tank provides about four

hours of endurance plus reserves, just enough for hopping across the North Atlantic with stops in Ice-land and Greenland. �e trip to Oshkosh took a little more than 40 hours total �ight time.

“I’ve been so busy that that momentous day has been placed in a box in the back of my head,” he said, “and the �ight in today opened the box and it all came �ooding back.”

In the intervening year, Hales has been to Dayton, the Reno National Air Races, Roswell, New Mexico (“It’s a weather bal-loon,” he says of the “UFO” that has made the town famous), Sun ’n Fun, the Bahamas, Kitty Hawk, and up the East Coast to Maine, “just absorbing as much culture and avia-tion heritage as I can.”

But one place Hales hadn’t planned to be was back here in Oshkosh.

“I should be in Alaska,” he said, alluding to the loose schedule he’s following to take advantage of seasonal weather in his VFR aircra�. “But knowing Oshkosh is on, and since I did miss most of it…I’ll catch up somehow.”

To �nance his journey, Hales “saved for the last eight years,” sleeps in a tent or walks city streets all night, “watching the city wake up,” which he �nds fascinating and illumi-nating. He’s also been helped by people he’s met along the way.

“When people see the plane is home-built, they want to be part of the jour-ney, so I’m o�en looked over so well, sometimes I can forget where my wallet is, because I haven’t paid for anything

in a few days,” he said. “It doesn’t have to cost the world to see the world.”

Yet Hales sees nothing heroic, or maybe even positive about his journey.

“It’s a very sel�sh thing I’m doing,” he said. “It a�ects the people back home. It’s been eight years of continual obsession with this journey. If for any reason I don’t make it around the world, these last eight to 10 years will not have been worthwhile,” he said. “�is journey may be the worst decision of my life. I may regret doing this forever. And with that [thought] overhanging, it’s not al-ways fun.”

According to schedule, Hales will be in �ailand this October and �y commercially back to the U.K. for the winter, before con-tinuing his circumnavigation next spring, concluding at what he calls the U.K.’s ver-sion of Oshkosh, the LAA Sywell Rally, in September 2016.

For now, though, “I just want to slow down and look with wide eyes and absorb what I missed last year. When I was arriv-ing, everyone was leaving, and that was sad,” Hales said, before brightening.

“They’re not leaving this time–I’m here with them.”

Hales’ farewell: A globe trotter heads home

James Wynbrandt

�e Additional Pilot Program is an ex-citing new initiative developed by EAA in collaboration with the FAA to give builders of amateur-built aircra� more options for safely conducting initial �ight testing.

�e program allows builders of cer-tain kit-built planes the option of �ying

with an experienced test pilot during ear-ly Phase 1 �ights. Later in the �ight-test process the skill and experience require-ments for the additional pilot are lowered to enable most rated and current pilots to assist the builder in the cockpit.

�is a�ernoon at 1:00, FAA’s Mark Giron will explain the details of the Ad-

ditional Pilot Program during a forum in the Homebuilders Hangar.

EAA is pleased about the progress it has made so far to improve f lexibil-ity in amateur-built f light testing and looks forward to working with the FAA on further reforms in the near future.

Colin Hales returned to EAA AirVenture 2015 en route to his home in England, the finish line for his around-the-world flight in his sturdy KR-2, his handy bicycle at the ready for ground transportation.

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Forum to discuss Additional Pilot Program’s first year


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J ames Oliphant summed up the allure best.“It’s like going to a family reunion,

but you just haven’t met all of the family yet,” he said.

Oliphant was eager to meet his new “family” a�er leading a group of 39 Mooneys to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Sunday as part of the 18th annual Mooney Caravan from Madison, Wisconsin.

Oliphant, of Wichita, Kansas, is one of only two to have made all 18 mass �ights to Oshkosh. He said the 2015 caravan, which included 1960 to 2015 Mooney models, is a great opportunity to meet people from all walks of life. “We hang out with each other and have a great time,” he said.

�e group has activities to encourage that sense of camaraderie, including fo-rums and group dinners.

He estimated that 65 to 75 percent of the pilots each year come back to be part of the Mooney Caravan the following year.

Mooney owners are a close-knit group. “We’re kind of like a cult,” Oliphant said. “We have intense loyalty to our planes be-cause they get us places safely. It’s really about the quality of the plane and the pilots associated with it.”

David Piehler, of Wausau, Wisconsin, is the other one to make all 18 mass �y-ins. He said the group started in 1998 when friends met over the Internet came up with the idea of camping together at Oshkosh. But the only way to camp together was if you �ew in together.

�ey talked to Larry Gaines of the Bonanza group to get ideas how to do that, and as they say, the rest is history. �at �rst year wasn’t very organized, but each year they learned and gradually ex-panded, Piehler said. �en, in 2011, they added training clinics as they went from �ying in “gaggles” to formation.

�e clinics not only teach pilots to �y in formation, but also allow people to put faces

with names. �at face-to-face contact also helps people to develop con�dence in the people �ying with you, Piehler said.

“�is is not Blue Angels stu�,” he said. “We are not trying to impress. It is just an issue of pro�ciency and con�dence.”

It’s also a great experience, he said, and a

great way to come to Oshkosh. “It’s way dif-ferent than the �ying we normally do, and a lot of fun.”

To educate others, earlier this year they also formed a 501(c)(3) corporation that aims to foster safe formation �ying and the Oshkosh experience.

Mooney Caravan ‘like…a family reunion’

Thirty-nine Mooneys arrived en masse at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Sunday, as they taxi to their parking spot in the North 40.


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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 attendee Chip Buerger can be found camping out in the World War II re-enactment campsite with the Warbirds Living History Group. “I call this the canvas Hilton,” Chip said of the tent propped up behind him. “� is is our home for the week here in Tent City.” Chip has been involved in re-enacting for 12 years, but his � rst year getting in-volved in EAA AirVenture’s Warbirds en-campment was 2009, and he’s been coming ever since. His group helps educate the public and gives them a visual taste of what WWII camps may have been like with equipment, gear, and di� erent artifacts. Most importantly, Chip said, is that WWII re-enacting is a salute to veterans, which was partly what in� uenced him to get involved. “I’ve always been fascinated by history–20th century history, World War II history– since I was a kid,” he said. “I was interested in warbirds and building models, and I have an

uncle who lives up in Canada who was part of a Lancaster. So everything I do in (War-birds Liv-ing History Group), I do in honor of him.” While Chip said he is most excited to see a Mosquito up close and personal for the � rst time, he is also looking forward to see-ing the Lancaster during AirVenture 2015. “I haven’t seen that thing since 2006, so it’ll be good to see that one and take some pictures inside where my uncle would have sat at his station in the plane,” Chip said. Chip said he encourages other at-tendees to attend the Battle of Britain movie showing at the Fly-In Theater tomorrow and to stop by the warbirds re-enactment camp Thursday night for a musical performance.

Early Sunday morning, Ron and Jesse Dace sat at the south end of Runway 18/36 watch-ing airplanes come in to land for EAA Air-Venture Oshkosh 2015. The father and son pair from central Illinois make their way up to Oshkosh every year to camp out for the week. Ron said he owns a Cessna 172, which originally was not intended for him.

“My other son decided he wanted to be-come a pilot, and so I got a practice setup for him, and he found out that the girls were more interesting than the airplanes,” Ron said. “I had to make use of what I bought, so I learned to be a pilot.” Ron and Jesse said they are most ex-cited to take a look at the Raptors and see the Airbus A350 on display.

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E AA is offering a Collegiate Vol-unteer Program during EAA AirVenture 2015. The program

has brought in 127 volunteers from seven different colleges throughout the United States, including Univer-sity of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fox Valley Technical College, Purdue, Ohio State, University of Central Missouri, North Dakota, and Dubuque University. � e only requirement for eligibility in the program is that the volunteers are col-lege students with an interest in aviation. Michelle Farr, HR business part-ner, said the program targets college- age students to get young people inter-ested in aviation. “I think our main goal behind this is to really get that next generation ex-cited here and give them the experi-ence of a lifetime,” Michelle said. The program is offering students who volunteer 30 hours or more over the week benefits, such as a six-month EAA membership, a weekly wrist-

band, free camping, and a meal and beverage for every day they work. Michelle said she hopes to use the partnerships with these colleges to ex-pand the program to hopefully offer students college credit. She said she is “seeing which col-leges would be willing to partner with us and what we can do for them to get college credit or if they have a civic volunteer program at their school and how can we help match? So right now it’s kind of exploring, but we would love to be able to do that.” Michelle said the experience is great for the students, and she is cer-tain once they see EAA AirVenture they will return. “We would love to be able to grow this program, so we’re pretty con� dent if we can get them here and give them that experience that they’ll keep coming back year a� er year,” she said. “We’ve gotten them really exciting opportunities that maybe everyday guests might not be able to experience.”

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Monday, July 20, offers students the College Tailgate from 5 to 6:45 p.m. at Aviation Gateway Park before the Dierks Bentley concert. Tuesday, July 21, gives students the opportunity to get a tour of the Airbus A350. The tour is from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Boeing Plaza. Wednesday, July 22, EAA is hosting a job fair for students to connect with aviation companies. Interested students should bring rèsumès to Aviation Gateway Park from 12 to 3 p.m. Wednesday also offers a Redbird simulator from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 23, students can head to the Warbirds area for a drawing for a ride in a Ford Tri-Motor. Students can put in their name at 8 a.m. There will be 18 winners.

EAA to unveil major safety initiative to reduce loss of control accidents

Tomorrow at the Meet the NTSB Chair-man forum at 11:30 a.m. in Forum Pa-vilion 8, EAA will announce a new member-driven initiative to help signif-icantly reduce loss of control accidents and tap the creativity that is the core of our great community. Similar to the XPRIZE concept that’s inspired all manner of aerospace innovation, EAA will sponsor a major competition for its members to f lex the leading-edge innovation that re-

sides within the homebuilt movement and experimental aircraft. EAA and its members have histori-cally led the way for safety enhanc-ments that ultimately find their way into standard category aircraft. A follow-up press conference will take place a� er the forum at 1:30 p.m. in the Homebuilders Hangar. Look for exciting details and the celebri-ty judges that will be reviewing the entrants, later this week in AirVenture Today.

STEP 1Build fi ve sets of wings at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015

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Elevate Your ExperienceBook your fl ight experience today!

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B elite Aircra� is launching Sky-Dock, its newest entry into the ultralight market at EAA AirVen-

ture Oshkosh. SkyDock features lighter weight, lower cost, and a simpler design.

“We’ve listened to customer concerns about price, build time and ease of con-struction,” said James Wiebe, president and CEO of Belite Enterprises. “�e SkyDock o�ers Part 103 legal ultralight �ying at an

a�ordable price without sacri�cing perfor-mance or the technology that is a part of the Belite reputation.”

The strutless low-wing design’s wings build quickly and easily detach for

storage or transport. �ere are no li� struts and no jury struts for easier assembly and less drag while �ying.

Various engine options are avail-able. Wood and aluminum parts are precision CNC-cut and no welding is required. Fiberglass and carbon fiber are used for reinforcement.

Since 2009, Belite Aircra� has brought ultralight aircra� to market that have of-fered innovation in design and technology. Currently Belite o�ers two additional mod-els: �e ProCub Lite with CNC foam and aluminum construction, and the UltraCub with CNC aluminum. Both models are available as factory built and kits.

Wiebe was awarded the prestigious Dr. August Raspet Memorial Award in 2011.

Belite Enterprises has started a Kick-starter campaign to help fund �nal Sky-Dock development. �e kit is priced at $3,995 through Kickstarter, a big savings o� the regular price. �e Kickstarter proj-ect will be open approximately July 22 for four weeks.

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2015 AOPA ACTIVITY TENT SCHEDULEEAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Take in all these seminars and more at the AOPA campus (booth 463), located across from the Brown Arch!

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12:00 – 12:45 pm NORAD: TFRs and Intercept Procedures Learn practical steps to avoid Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs). Join NORAD fighter pilots in an informative session that will keep you out of trouble, and o� the evening news.

1:00 – 1:45 pm Air Safety Institute: Mind Over Matterwith George Perry

Being a safe pilot requires more than good stick and rudder skills. Learn simple techniques from a leading expert on how to increase pilot performance and reduce pilot error.

2:00 – 2:45 pm Jeppesen: RNAV Revealedwith Nathan Kurth and Slim Morgan

Area Navigation (RNAV) has changed how thousands of pilots fly. Get refreshed on some critical RNAV tips and tricks to help you get more from today’s technology.

TUESDAY, JULY 21

10:00 – 10:45 am Lockheed: Not the Flight Service You Once Knew with Joe Daniele

Learn how Lockheed Martin Flight Service is delivering easy-to-understand weather and flight information through the web, flight planning apps, and satellite position monitoring and communications devices.

11:00 – 11:45 am ADS-B: What Do I Need for 2020? with Mike Collins / Panel

Join us for a panel discussion with avionics manufacturers which will explore the ins and outs of complying with FAA’s January 1, 2020 mandate for ADS-B Out.

12:00 – 12:45 pm Air Safety Institute: Loss of Controlwith Bruce Landsberg

Join AOPA Senior Safety Advisor Bruce Landsberg in an interactive discussion regarding loss of control. It’s a leading cause of fatal accidents, and strikes when least expected.

1:00 – 1:45 pm Free! Ice Cream Socialwith Mark Baker

Cool o� with refreshing ice cream while AOPA President Mark Baker talks about the latest e�orts in Washington, D.C. and other key AOPA initiatives.

2:00 – 2:45 pm The Kings on Unwanted Adventurewith John / Martha King

Combining humor and real-world experience, the Kings will present the universal lessons they’ve learned from years of traveling by airplane throughout the U.S.

3:00 – 3:45 pm Garmin: Action Cameras—Capturing Awesome Video and Tips for Editingwith Joey Ferreyra

Learn how to capture and share awesome in-flight action video. Using practical examples, this presentation will discuss ways to mount the camera, tips for planning awesome footage and ways to share your story with the world using Garmin’s line of VIRB action cameras.

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Doug Neff spent Saturday sit-ting under the wing of his Cessna 182, N2692R, with

Ruth DeLong watching airplanes come in. He has been coming to EAA Air-Venture since he was about 9 years old, but 2015 is his � rst year � ying himself in. “I just got my license about three years ago, and I just bought an airplane last October,” Doug said. “� is is my � rst time ever � ying here.” The severe weather Saturday morning made the journey more difficult than planned. “We le� late and then had to come around it all the way near Chi-cago,” Doug said. “I � ew IFR, but I canceled so I would not have to go around Chicago. So we � ew the Ri-pon and Fisk (arrival) the � rst time, and it wasn’t too bad.”

Doug said he plans to spend the entire week at EAA AirVen-ture camping under the wing of his aircraft, weather permitting. He would like to see the B-52, the Mosquito, the Apollo astronauts, and get some shopping in. “I need some headphones for my grandson,” he said. “He’s 2-1/2, and they’re just too big for him. � ey cov-er his cheeks, so I need to get some smaller headsets for him.” Flying in and camping under the wing has given Doug new experienc-es all around. “I’ve never done this before, just sit out and watch the airplanes land,” Doug said. “I’ve always been here to see the planes and the exhibits; I’ve never just watched the planes land.” Doug said with all the things to see and do he’s just “looking for-ward to having a good time.”

W isconsin Aviation Week kicks o� today, EAA AirVenture Os-hkosh opening day, and contin-

ues through the 26th, and the overlap with AirVenture is no coincidence. � ere is no better time to pay homage to the state’s aviation industry than this week during the World’s Greatest Avia-tion Celebration. Each year, the Wisconsin Depart-ment of Transportation (WisDOT) and the Transportation Development As-sociation of Wisconsin (TDA) team up to promote, educate, and celebrate the state’s aviation industry. Wisconsin’s airport system plays a key role in the state’s transportation network. It meets business, passenger, freight, and recreational air transportation needs all around the state while enhancing the eco-nomic vitality of Wisconsin’s communities. Here are the numbers relating to Wis-consin’s aviation industry: • Th e industry supports 90,900 jobs, which generate nearly $7 billion in annual economic activity and $3.5 billion in personal income.

• Th e state’s aviation system includes more than 722 landing facilities, 127 of which are public-use airports. • In 2014, Wisconsin’s aviation industry accommodated 4.9 million passengers and more than 119 million pounds of cargo. • Th ere are more than 5,000 registered aircra� throughout Wisconsin. In 2014, more than $114 million in federal and state funds supported doz-ens of airport improvement projects around Wisconsin. Wisconsin’s aviation industry links the state’s residents and workers to larger national and global markets. Businesses recognize the state’s avia-tion network is crucial in order to re-main competitive in today’s global economy. And of course, Wisconsin’s avia-tion industry and infrastructure helps 500,000 aviation enthusiasts from more than 60 countries gather each year at AirVenture. WisDOT and TDA wish everyone a great week at AirVenture!

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