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The official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh  

  
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008

• AirVenture: A shot in the arm for aviation

• And the winners are...

• Ohhh sooo quiet!

• AirVenture exceeds expectations

• EAA Founders' Wing introduced

• EAA chapters present annual awards

• 2008 EAA Aircraft Awards

• Fallen comrades remembered at Memorial Wall ceremony

• Electric propulsion is coming

• Writer discovers you can come home

• New job brings EAA copywriter full circle

• The bare truth: Don’t fly naked

• We came, we met, we accomplished

• Widescreen Blu-ray private pilot ground school debuts

• Opening the pod door

• ‘Small’ seat cushion makes huge difference for F-22 pilots

• FADEC for the plane… FADOC for the brain

• Perfect Landing Airpark: A haven on Bull Shoals Lake

• And now there are two blue Stardusters

• Pilot makes helicopter do things it shouldn’t

• Electric Innovator presented with Raspet Award

• Airmen’s friendship is more than black and white

• eSky OZ Graphical PFD – 21st century nav for the cockpit

• PADA annual design trophy awarded to John Roncz

• Around the Field

• Ask Tom

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008

• Win Me!

• Female pilots gather, set world record

• Big Aviation checks out AirVenture

• The world comes to Oshkosh

• Newsletter editor/instructor to receive Bax Seat Trophy

• WAI offers new scholarships

• ‘Transformer’ Osprey brings the Marines

• Best Bets

• Gathering of Eagles raises record funds for EAA's youth-oriented and inspirational programs

• Electric flight development motoring on

• Klapmeier brothers get keys to 'aviation's city'

• Are retractable floats in your future?

• Dignitaries mark towering change at Oshkosh

• Featured Affordable Flying Center aircraft: Aeronca Chief

• UFlyMike offers mic conversion for Bose QC2 headsets

• Wipaire unveils new products

• Terrafugia ready for road, flight testing

• Airport Cars Club offers memberships

• Exhibitors report brisk sales

• Granting wishes for 15 years

• Dominican Republic rolls out red carpet to GA

• LSA gets good marks for safety

• A&P students visit Oshkosh

• Around the Field

• Teledyne Continental announces O-200 engine, improvement initiatives

• Technology on display at Ford Hangar

• Take the Ford F-150 Adventure

• Happy campers venture forward: Plastic or porcelain?

• AirVenture: a place and a spirit like no other

• 406 MHz can save your life!

• Grob expands light aircraft support

• This P-51 says ‘touch me!’

• Ask Tom
  

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008

• Acting FAA chief: Let's all put focus on safety

• Air Cam No. 1 donated to  AirVenture Museum

• King Schools fly the virtual skies

• High-traffic area: Learn to Fly Discovery Center

• Best Bets

• Volunteers bring flying to life

• A dream of flying the mail realized

• Fewer obstacles face female aviators today

• Say ‘cheese,’ and break world record

• Spitfire continues to captivate crowds

• Standards sought for unleaded aviation fuel

• EAA proposes ‘vintage DERs’

• Mooney, Rolls-Royce announce joint project

• Star wars: Evolution of U.S. military insignia

• EAA opens doors for grassroots groups

• Hawker Beechcraft at AirVenture

• Featured Affordable Flying Center aircraft: TEAM Air Bike

• KidVenture gives youth a valuable aviation experience

• ‘Where Are You?’ is an EAA Radio hit

• Flight Design to announce all-new model LSA

• Stunt pilot tells tales

• Young Eagles tell of EADS Socata internships

• Piper touts brand revival

• The Quest for a new bushplane

• Around the Field

• Glacier Girl P-38 triumph recounted

• Free SPOT satellite messenger offer

• Stanford Financial Group joins Lindbergh Foundation’s Aviation Green Investment Program

• Thousands watch as Dunham delivers

• Ask Tom

THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008

• Your 2008 National General Aviation Award Winners

• Record run for Nemesis NXT

• 30,000th homebuilt a family affair

• Two lives lost in fatal crash

• Cirrus puts spotlight on personal jets

• Young Eagle, former director fly into Oshkosh in JetBlue E190

• First Wing inducts new members at annual dinner

• Checking the Pulse of the LSA Industry

• Homebuilder honored tonight

• Best Bets

• AirVenture site renovation: A vision for the future

• Little meetings sometimes big

• Committee to address amateur-built safety

• Featured Affordable Flying Center aircraft: Sonerai II

• Frasca Cirrus FTD on display at Oshkosh

• ERAU leads FAA group on new lighting system

• Volunteer drawing winners announced

• Seaplane Base buoys spirit of aviation

• Pilots: ShareYourFlight.com

• LogTen Pro available for iPhones

• Women Soar: Amazing women, amazing time

• Goodyear blimp returns to Oshkosh

• Exhibit Hangar…E?

• Sign up for Saturday's EAA Runway 5K

• Limited time $2,500 rebate on Texas Sport amateur-built airplane kits

• Smith setting records at 16

• Meet NAFI’s new leader

• Four generations of Aussies make trip to Oshkosh

• Future aviators made at Maker Faire

• Sleek little Ryan is a world traveler

• Federal Pavilion tests recycling program

• Around the Field

• Success builds as Build A Plane outlines future plans

• EAA member honored with Spirit of Flight Award

• Ask Tom
  

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008

• White Knight Two Oshkosh bound

• Jetpack jump starts at AirVenture

• Rocket Racing League opens Tuesday air show with first public flight

• National General Aviation awards presented tonight

• Best Bets

• Enforce existing 51% rule, say amateur-aircraft builders

• Affordable Flying Center featured aircraft: Pietenpol Air Camper

• Future astronauts query NASA chief

• Around the Field

• XM /Sirius satellite radio merger should not affect inflight weather services

• EAA Young Eagles award winners

• EAA expands Aircraft Insurance Plan

• 2008 Young Eagles raffle features 2009 Ford Mustang

• Get your PIN for Ford Partner Recognition program at AirVenture

• Remos introduces new GX model

• Happy Jack’s is a happy restoration

• Supporting EAA’s Legacy

• Women Soar inspires teens

• Former EAA VP teaches others

• Lancair announces new piston

• EAA Advocating for You

• AeroShell team goes on with three

• NASA engineer long time EAAer

• Learn to Fly Center

• EAA community mourns loss of WASP

• Volunteer spirit ... Alive and well at AirVenture 2008

• Free SPOT satellite messenger offer for EAA members

• Sign up for Saturday's EAA Runway 5K

• Ask Tom

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2008

• New design for EAA Sweepstakes

• 51% rule proposal eyed

• If it flies like a fighter, fly it like a fighter

• Eclipse founder, CEO Steps Down

• AirVenture Cup race takes a new direction this year

• Pelton to receive EAA’s highest honor

• Garmin announces products, improvements

• House aviation panel here to listen

• White Knight Two Eve rolled out in Mojave

• 20th EAA quilt gathering this week

• Sharp hopes to break speed record

• Inside the 40-foot circle of warbirds

• Warbirds program developer to receive President’s Award

• Featured Affordable Flying Center aircraft: Husky Chaser II

• T-6 Texans set to mark 70th

• A new business approach to LSA

• Dave Klages honored for work on EAA site plan

• Jeppesen reinvents VFR charts and corporate identity

• Hatz biplane relives days of yesteryear

• Legislative issues and amateur-built rules on stage at AirVenture

• Milford Shirley to receive President’s Award

• Free SPOT satellite messenger offer for EAA members

• Poberezny shares more than warbirds with EAA crowd

• NOAA’s hurricane simulator a real blast

• Dash for a cure: Garratt, Foy going for world record

• Sign up for Saturday's EAA Runway 5K

• Pilots living a full and Able Life

• Around the Field

• First production SkyCatcher makes Oshkosh debut

• MASA shows portable communications and broadcast system

• First U.S. Cheetah XLS aircraft receives amateur built airworthiness certificate

• Flying by laser light – “Beam me up, Scotty”

• Ballistic Recovery Systems announces new LSA installations

• Ask Tom

MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008

• EAA fuels your passion for flight

• Brought to you by Ford Motor Co. ...

• See new products for first time

• Watch for arrival of some rare birds

• Best Bets

• Persistence pays off for mass-arrival organizers

• Bonanzas mark unofficial AirVenture start

• Mooneys take caravan to AirVenture

• EAA to honor milestone 30,000th homebuilt

• WomenVenture promotes women in all areas of aviation

• House members to hold public forum

• Free SPOT satellite messenger offer for EAA members

• Extra Aircraft’s new racing plane

• XM Weather Launches Aviator Pro

• HotSeat Chassis helps Young Eagles

• PS Engineering launches new audio panel

• MASA Shows Portable Communications and Broadcast System

• Win a Bullitt in Young Eagles raffle!

• Bendix/King AV8OR, Apex Edge Series announced

• Growing up AirVenture

• NASA marks first half-century

• Partnership gathers at Federal Pavilion

• Congressional leaders visit AirVenture to inform federal policy

• Nanchang import capitalizes on a Chinese warbird

• AirVenture ‘Water Birds’ Splash-In to Oshkosh

• Founders’ Wing to showcase EAA history

• The biggest little approach control in the world

• Compass Hill celebration scheduled for Wednesday morning

• AEA’s 2008 Pilot’s Guide to Avionics to debut at EAA AirVenture

• EAA Founder kicks off Warbirds in Review

• Around the Field

• Jet sentinels greet Warbird visitors

• Sign up for Saturday's EAA Runway 5K

• See unveiling of new Flight Design LSA

• Ask Tom
  

SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2008

• Welcome to Oshkosh

• Plenty to do at AirVenture after dark

• Discover frugal flight at Affordable Flying Center

• Where do these names come from?

• Are you ready for some Foreigner?

• Comedian Jeff Dunham to perform Wednesday

• Other things to do in Oshkosh

• Free Wi-Fi expanded in campgrounds

• Member Village now Welcome Center

• Another ‘outstanding lineup’ for Warbirds in Review

• Free SPOT satellite messenger offer

• Farewell to ‘The (Original) World’s Busiest Control Tower’

• A tale of patience: Making of The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

• Type clubs meeting this week in Oshkosh

• Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band

• EAA Radio celebrates 12 years

• Ann Criswell to receive Award

• Hatz 40 for the 40th

• An ‘electric’ atmosphere at AirVenture

• Attention shoppers! Exhibitors bring wares to AirVenture

• Around the Field

• Second EAA Runway 5K set for Saturday

• Ask Tom

• NASA highlights past and future

• KidVenture marks 10th anniversary