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Big RVs move to city parking lots  
7/26/2010 2:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) More than weeds are sprouting in Oshkosh after the city received about 12 inches of rain so far in July. Improvised campgrounds for the largest of the campers, the fifth-wheelers and mobile homes, are sprouting up around paved parking lots in...


Rod Hightower named EAA President  
7/26/2010 2:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) EAA today named longtime pilot and EAA member Rod Hightower, EAA 357443, as the incoming president of the association. Hightower was introduced by current chairman and president, Tom Poberezny, during his opening day remarks. A press conference...


Meet Treat Williams at Author's Corner  
7/26/2010 2:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Actor Treat Williams and illustrator Robert Neubecker both loved airplanes when they were kids. Williams played endlessly with a toy airplane his father built for him, and Neubecker, whose family moved to Oshkosh in 8th grade, drew airplanes on...


(SUMMARY) Wittman Field made it impossible for the "Cherokees 2 Osh" group to conduct their "50 on the 50th Anniversary" mass arrival Friday, the participants made the best of a bad situation by camping together at Waupaca Airport, about an hour west of...


(SUMMARY) Considering purchasing an aircraft but you've never considered an auction? This week at AirVenture, the first EAA Spirit of Aviation Aircraft Auction is scheduled for Saturday, July 31, at EAA's Jack Mark Hangar, just north of the North 40 at...


EAA Welcome Center, aka "AirVenture Help Desk"  
7/26/2010 2:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Consider it the "help desk" to the World's Greatest Aviation Celebration. The EAA Welcome Center sits at the northeast corner of EAA Member Square and provides membership services to EAAers. It also serves as a resource to all AirVenture...


(SUMMARY) Since its first year at AirVenture Oshkosh 1999, KidVenture has grown steadily from a side attraction for children to a destination for the entire family, like a convention within the convention. Located at Pioneer Field across from the...


Salute to Veterans weeklong celebration  
7/26/2010 2:58 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) An extensive list of special programs and events will be part of EAA's Salute to Veterans week-long celebration, which includes more than 300 warbirds from every era joining forces with our current military.


Runway Cams are Active  
7/25/2010 11:21 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Last year's wildly popular BlueDot cam began as an EAA Radio R and D project, borne by its close proximity to the famed BlueDot on Runway 18R at Wittman Regional Airport.


(SUMMARY) Startup manufacturer Cobalt Aircraft Industries is unveiling at AirVenture what it hopes to be the world's first certificated piston-powered canard production single, the Co50.


(SUMMARY) With concerns about carbon emissions and non-renewable fuels climbing, the diminutive Dragonfly, a one-person light rotorcraft, has gotten airborne at an auspicious moment.


Italian SkyCar is Automotive-Inspired  
7/25/2010 11:21 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Italian aircraft manufacturer OMA SUD's latest innovation, the SkyCar, will likely peak the interest of anyone who walks past its exhibit space just northeast of the main gate. But it won't be because of any ability to transition from airways to...


Fond du Lac a Bit More Crowded Than Usual  
7/25/2010 11:21 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Fond du Lac County Airport in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a normal destination for many EAA AirVenture Oshkosh-bound flyers most years, is an unintended destination for many others this year as the Oshkosh grounds dry out from recent rains.


Sonex Unveils Onex  
7/25/2010 11:21 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) Sonex Aircraft LLC introduced its newest design, the Onex, to its builders on Sunday afternoon during the company's annual open house and homecoming fly-in.


An Open Letter from Tom  
7/25/2010 11:21 PM    Like   Read   Share  
(SUMMARY) EAA members are known for their can-do spirit, and nowhere has that been exemplified more than here on the AirVenture grounds for the past several days.


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