EAA AirVenture Today, Sunday, August 4, 2013 by EAA: Experimental Aircraft Association

The Official Daily Newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Sunday, August 4, 2013

EAA Oshkosh 2013: Success over adversity

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From Jetman to the Terrafugia roadable aircraft and a bit of everything that flies in between, EAA Oshkosh again showed why it’s the greatest event in aviation. See you all next year!

By Dave Higdon

he voices across the field have spoken, and from the grassroots level EAA Oshkosh 2013 succeeded in reinvigorating the membership and re-energizing the fly-in. Contributing to the success: uncharacteristically near-perfect weather, a nonstop agenda of activities, flying, and entertainment, a new aircraft and products, and a new attitude from a new leadership and…did we mention great weather? “What an amazing week at Oshkosh,” said a smiling Jack Pelton, EAA chairman. “The weather has been nearly perfect, the attractions outstanding, and the enthusiasm among our volunteers, attendees, and exhibitors has been contagious.”

The North 40 aircraft campground took on more of the trappings of a community with its new food stand, which drew scores through the evenings enjoying conversations, playing board games, and strangers making new friends. The wider variety and location of dining choices proved a winner across the grounds. At the far opposite end of the grounds, far beyond the south end of Runway 18/36, the aircraft seemed to stretch to nearly Fond du Lac; homebuilts and vintage and warbirds packed the spaces in between. Phillips 66 Plaza hosted Chicago and a series of other bands; country star and pilot Aaron Tippin and artist Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band delivered Cont. p3

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make this year’s AirVenture memorable,” Jack said, “such as the first public flights of Jetman and the Terrafugia Transition, to the screening of Disney’s Planes, to all the aviation innovations we’ve seen unveiled at Oshkosh.” A B-29 named FIFI, a crop-dusterturned-air-racer star named Dusty, and a Jetman named Yves, the Tora squadron, the aerobatic acts, the best show on the planet watching the arrivals and departures of airplanes by the thousands…workshop experiences, youth education, and nods to aviation’s history. Oshkosh 2013 brought it all together in one place, a place like no other. “Once again the spirit of aviation within EAA helped us overcome challenges to make this The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” Jack noted. “Special thanks go to our members as well as our volunteers

for their hundreds of thousands of hours of service to make the event a success.” Members’ concerns about the future of the air show were largely quelled amid a growing movement in Congress to reverse the FAA’s demands for payment and solid court arguments playing out in Chicago. To quote one member who declined to be identified, “This year won’t change the minds of those who thought EAA should refuse FAA’s demands for compensation (for ATC services). But it should. “Canceling Oshkosh would be a lot like shutting off your fuel to save money in-flight…sure, you save money right up to the point that you crash and burn...and you still haven’t gotten where you were going.” But the people of EAA Oshkosh showed that they’re still running strong.

Hangar flying in IMC

t may be CAVU here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, but instrument conditions prevail daily at the Hartzell Propeller IFR Proficiency Center (Exhibit 488), on the flightline just south of Phillips 66 Plaza, this year’s headquarters for the IMC Club International. Formed two years ago, the IMC Club’s goal is “to help improve proficiency among instrumentrated pilots,” Chairman Steve Sullivan told AirVenture Today. The organization now has 2,000 members in 70 chapters across the country, who gather for monthly meetings where an IFR flight scenario is presented, each containing several decision points. “It’s like organized hangar flying for instrument pilots,” Sullivan said, noting that the decisions presented have no right or wrong answers. “The scenarios are analyzed in guided group discussion, so it enables people of all experience levels to share their experience and opinions—and you know pilots are not shy about expressing their opinions.” (Information about the chapter locations is available on the group’s website, www.IMCClubs.org.)

The IMC Club has been presenting such scenarios throughout the week at the IFR Proficiency Center in daily “IFR Brain Teaser & Luncheon” gatherings, featuring guest hosts including air show ace Mike Goulian, Goyer, and EAA’s own Mac McClellan. The lively discussion the scenarios provoke was exemplified at one of the daily sessions here, involving an IFR departure from Oshkosh in which a fuel problem occurred shortly after takeoff. Should the pilot return to OSH, in IMC conditions, or proceed across Lake Michigan in VFR weather? “Literally half said, ‘It’s a no-brainer: Turn around and don’t attempt to cross the lake.’ The other half said, ‘It’s a no-brainer: Continue to VFR weather.’” But the primary target member of the IMC Club isn’t the experienced instrument-rated pilot, but “weekend fliers” who rarely use their tickets, Sullivan said. “We want to inspire these people to fly in the system more, and create safer, more efficient pilots.” According to the IMC Club, 70 percent of instrument pilots don’t fly in the system.

“Early in the coming week we’ll have the final totals on attendance, aircraft registration, and other areas that reflect the sheer size of AirVenture,” Jack noted. “More important, though, is each person’s individual experiences and memories that can happen only at Oshkosh.” The influx of aircraft will reverse and the field will empty, but the memories will continue generating conversations with those who didn’t attend— and wished they had. “You can’t help but leave Oshkosh with a good feeling about aviation and the people in it,” Jack added. “We thank everyone for being a part of this year’s event.” Planning has already started for EAA Oshkosh 2014, which opens July 28 and runs through August 3…we’ll watch for you on the field. Meanwhile, safe flights home, everyone. AVT

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their own sound stylings. The annual Gathering of Eagles raised more millions in support of EAA Young Eagles and welcomed a new chairman to EAA’s long-running program. The first Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight sent 114 Vietnam veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit their memorial and those monuments to other wars and their veterans—and returned them to a cheering welcome on the same day. And every day the flying entertainment blended alternating themes and show style, warbirds and aerobatics, a flying car and a man flying on a wing with four tiny jet engines. Get the idea? EAA Oshkosh 2013 succeeded in overcoming some of the most daunting challenges the annual event has faced in its 61 runs. “There are so many things that

By James Wynbrandt

Sullivan emphasizes that the scenarios presented at chapter meetings aren’t all about tragedies in the making. “We don’t want to be the death and disaster prevention organization,” he said. “We want to support the joy of flying and the challenge of flying in the system, and the satisfaction people get when they do it well.” After all, he concluded, “There’s something really satisfying about shooting a really good approach.” AVT

Flying’s Robert Goyer hosts an IMC Club gathering at AirVenture.

AirVenture Today The official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh • Vol. 14, No. 8 Publisher: Jack J. Pelton, EAA Chairman of the Board

Copy Editors: Meghan Hefter, Colleen Walsh

Editor in Chief: J. Mac McClellan

Photographer: Phil Weston

Editor: Ric Reynolds

Design: Chris Livieri, Phil Norton

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Photo Editor: Sonia Zimmerman Editorial Staff: Marino Boric, Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside, Randy Dufault, Gary Flick, Jack Hodgson, Frederick A. Johnsen, Barbara Schmitz, James Wynbrandt

AirVenture Today is published during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, July 29-August 4, 2013. It is distributed free on the convention grounds as well as other locations in Oshkosh and surrounding communities. Stories and photos are copyrighted 2013 by AirVenture Today and EAA. Reproduction by any means is prohibited without written consent.

2013 AWARDS RESULTS

HOMEBUILT Best Aerobatic - Plaque Christopher Getz Center Valley, Pennsylvania 2001 Pitts Model 12, N520CG Kit Outstanding Workmanship - Plaques Michael Brantseg Sonoma, California 2011 RV-7, N362MB

Jacksonville, Oregon 2010 RV-10, N104AL Jerry Esquenazi Senoia, Georgia 2007 RV-8, N84JE Charles McCluggage Sugar Land, Texas 2012 RV-8, N188DW

Ryan Bendure Brighton, Colorado 2012 Harmon Rocket II, N77RM

Alex Margheritis Santa Clarita, California 2007 RV-8, N214MK Gerald Mercer Ventura, California 2013 Questair Venture, N17FY

Patrick Hildebrand Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2011 Lancair 320, C-GFAB

Paul Kovalak Comstock Park, Michigan 2013 RV-7A, N567PK

Michael Cooper Manson, Iowa 2011 RV-7, N668MC Ted Callahan Magnolia, Texas 2011 Bearhawk, N962TD

John Wilson Port Orange, Florida 1993 SX300, N42SX

Georg Himmeroeder Alamogordo, New Mexico 2012 Bearhawk, N152GH

Oren Heatwole Dayton, Virginia 2012 RV-12, N330JA

Plans Champion - Bronze Lindy Don Colchin Willis, Texas 2004 Wittman Tailwind, N169WH Mark Lightsey Riverside, California 2009 Hatz CB-1, NX1279

Jeffrey and John Hanson Kasson, Minnesota 2009 Hatz Classic, N167Q

VINTAGE Antique (through August 1945) Transport Category Runner-Up Keith Swalheim Cottage Grove, Wisconsin 1934 Stinson SR-5A, N14163 Customized Aircraft Runner Up Charles Doyle Webster, Minnesota 1942 Boeing A75N1 (PT-17), N966CD Bronze Age (1937-1941) Outstanding Closed-Cockpit Monoplane Joseph Flood Franklinville, New Jersey 1945 Aeronca 65-C, N23927 Silver Age (1928-1936) Outstanding Closed-Cockpit Monoplane Glenn Peck Maryland Heights, Missouri 1929 Mono Aircraft Monosport 2, N4799E Silver Age (1928-1936) Runner-Up Thilo Eckardt Beaumont, Texas 1930 Waco RNF, N107Y

Plans Outstanding Workmanship Plaques Dave Devere Parker, Colorado 2010 Long-EZ SP, N400EZ

John Dembs Rocklin, California 2008 Cozy Mark IV, N333VM

Transport Category Champion - Bronze Lindy James Hawkes Jupiter, Florida 1947 Beech G17S, N80315

Randall Weselmann Bainbridge, Indiana 2008 Piel Beryl, N42WX

Reserve Grand Champion Kit Built Silver Lindy Richard John Cano Galveston, Texas 2012 Velocity TXL-5 RG, N8XW

Customized Aircraft Champion - Bronze Lindy Sarah Wilson Lakeland, Florida 1929 Stearman 4E, N667K

Reserve Grand Champion Plans Built Silver Lindy Thomas Shpakow Littleton, Colorado 2006 Starduster SA-750, N28KT

World War II Era (1942 1945) Champion Bronze Lindy Roger Brown Port St. Lucie, Florida 1943 Howard DGA-15P, N29457

Paul Poberezny Founder’s Award for Best Classic Homebuilt Christopher Gardner Dallas, Texas 1963 Midget Mustang, N955Z

Bronze Age (1937 1941) Champion Bronze Lindy James Savage Gibsonia, Pennsylvania 1939 Spartan 7W, N17634

Neal Longwill Austin, Texas 2011 Lancair Evolution, N282CA

Grand Champion Kit Built - Gold Lindy Jay Sabot Cheshire, Connecticut 2011 Lancair Legacy, N26XY

Silver Age (1928 1936) Champion Bronze Lindy Chris Galloway Davis, California 1935 Beech B17E, N14458

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David Conrad Wausau, Wisconsin 2011 Tailwind W-10C, N499DC Kit Champion - Bronze Lindy Craig Gainza Fairfield, California 2013 American Legend Aircraft Co. AL3, N755MG Patrick Gonsoulin Bend, Oregon 2006 Lancair Legacy, N88SX

Golden Age (1918 1927) Champion Bronze Lindy Timothy Bickford Limington, Maine 1927 Travel Air 4000, N6005 Antique Reserve Grand Champion Silver Lindy Mike Araldi Lakeland, Florida 1938 Waco AGC 8, NC2312 Antique Grand Champion - Gold Lindy Dave and Jeanne Allen Elbert, Colorado 1934 Waco YKC, N14137 Classic (September 1945-1955) Outstanding Aeronca Champ - Small Plaque Duane Jones New Carlisle, Ohio 1946 Aeronca 7AC, N2189E Outstanding Bellanca - Small Plaque Bryan Quickmire Tiny, Ontario, Canada 1950 Bellanca 14-19 Cruisemaster, CFGLQ Outstanding Cessna 120/140 - Small Plaque Thomas West Phoenix, Arizona 1947 Cessna 140, N2574N Outstanding Cessna 170/180 - Small Plaque Vincent Lalomia Montclair, New Jersey 1954 Cessna 170B, N1936C Outstanding Cessna 190/195 - Small Plaque Michael Pratt Louisville, Kentucky 1950 Cessna 195A, N1001D Outstanding Luscombe - Small Plaque T.J. Stegman St. Peters, Missouri 1946 Luscombe 8A, NC45896 Outstanding Navion - Small Plaque Glenn Krafcik Hinckley, Ohio 1948 Ryan Navion, N4411K Outstanding Piper J-3 - Small Plaque Matthew Foster Poplar Grove, Illinois 1945 Piper J-3C-65, N42436 Outstanding Piper Other - Small Plaque

Timothy Moore Trumansburg, New York 1947 Piper PA-11, N4769M Outstanding Swift - Small Plaque James Minor Lake Dallas, Texas 1946 Globe GC-1B, N3370K Outstanding Taylorcraft - Small Plaque Mike D. Ramos Stoughton, Wisconsin 1946 Taylorcraft BC12D, N44034 Custom Class A (0-80 hp) - Small Plaque Michael Lazarowicz Port Clinton, Ohio 1946 Taylorcraft BC12D, N95817 Custom Class B (81-150 hp) - Small Plaque James Strong Williamsville, New York 1950 Luscombe 8F, N815B Custom Class C (151-235 hp) - Small Plaque James Steier Omaha, Nebraska 1946 Globe GC-1B, N80973 Custom Class D (236-plus hp) - Small Plaque William Signs Dallas, Texas 1954 Beech E18S, N7BS Best Custom Runner-Up - Large Plaque John Shuttleworth Huntington, Indiana 1949 Cessna 195, N55M Class I (0-80 hp) - Bronze Lindy Thomas Schoettmer Greensburg, Indiana 1946 Taylorcraft BC12D, N5045M Class II (81-150 hp) - Bronze Lindy Donald Lindholm Morning Sun, Iowa 1951 Cessna 170A, N1424D Class III (151-235 hp) - Bronze Lindy Karl Reik Fort Thomas, Kentucky 1948 Stinson 108-3, N6183M Class IV (236-plus hp) - Bronze Lindy Raymond Franke Walnutport, Pennsylvania 1953 Cessna 195B, N195RA Best Custom - Bronze Lindy James Younggren

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2013 AWARDS RESULTS

Hallock, Minnesota 1951 Piper PA-18, N1066A Reserve Grand Champion - Silver Lindy Kenneth Morris Poplar Grove, Illinois 1950 Cessna 140A, N9467A Grand Champion - Gold Lindy Greg and Cindy Heckman Polo, Illinois 1946 Funk B85C, N77727 Contemporary (1956-1970) Beech Single Engine - Outstanding in Type Alex Watson Brighton, Colorado 1961 Beech 35 B33, N285BW Cessna 150 - Outstanding in Type Billy Forester Versailles, Missouri 1964 Cessna 150E, N6232T Cessna 170/172/175/177 - Outstanding in Type Tom Lynch Fort Collins, Colorado 1967 Cessna 177 Mooney - Outstanding in Type Brian Locascio Orland Park, Illinois 1966 Mooney M20F, N9550M Piper PA-24 Comanche - Outstanding in Type Michael Salmen Parker, Kansas 1964 Piper PA-24 250, N8346P Piper PA-28 Cherokee - Outstanding in Type Matt Hofeldt Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 1968 Piper PA-28-180, N6496J Limited Production - Outstanding in Type Gary White Spokane Valley, Washington 1969 Aero Commander 100, N4153X Preservation Award - Outstanding in Type Michael Tovani Windsor, California 1957 Champion 7FC, N7557B Class I Single Engine (0-160 hp) - Bronze Lindy Chris Demopoulos Dyer, Indiana 1966 Cessna 172H, N3832R

Class II Single Engine (161-230 hp) Bronze Lindy Dale Phillips Westfield, North Carolina 1969 Piper PA-28-180, N6428J Class III Single Engine (231-plus hp) Bronze Lindy Stephen Jones Cypress, Texas 1959 Beech K35, N5EH Custom Multiengine - Bronze Lindy Rasmus Nielsen Seattle, Washington 1959 Beech G18S, N565US Outstanding Customized - Bronze Lindy David Smith Milaca, Minnesota 1960 Cessna 175A, N7040E Reserve Grand Champion - Silver Lindy Kent Stones Lebanon, Kansas 1967 Beech E33, N7150N Grand Champion - Gold Lindy Lee Hussey Martinsville, Virginia 1964 Piper PA-24-400, N8455P

WARBIRD Preservation Award CAF B-29/B-24 Squadron Addison, Texas Consolidated B-24A Liberator, N24927 Preservation Award Donald Miller Edmond, Oklahoma Consolidated-Vultee BT-13A Valiant, NX818DM Preservation Award Pat Devine, Jim Johnson, Bob Vasquez, & Charlie Grott Weldon Spring, Missouri Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N1143V Preservation Award Steve Buchelt/Jim Read Crown Point, Indiana de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk, N26JH Preservation Award Mike & Andy Porter East Liverpool, Ohio Boeing Stearman PT-17 Kaydet, N59293 Preservation Award Liberty Aviation Museum Port Clinton, Ohio

North American B-25 Mitchell, N345BG

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Judges’ Choice: PT-26 CAF Wisconsin Wing Pewaukee, Wisconsin Fairchild PT-26B Cornell, N9474H Judges’ Choice: PT-19 Dave Howard, Larry James, Mike Kilgore & Richard Smith Austin, Texas Fairchild PT-19 Cornell, N48671 Judges’ Choice: Liaison Texas Flying Legends Museum Houston, Texas Stinson OY-1/L-5 Sentinel, N1548M Judges’ Choice: Bomber Stockton Field Aviation Museum Stockton, California Lockheed PV-2D Harpoon, N6657D Best L-16 Curt DeBaun Terre Haute, Indiana Aeronca L-16A Grasshopper, N6702C Silver Wrench John Ross West Terre Haute, Indiana

Returning Best of Class Raymond Hofman Midland, Texas North American SNJ-5C Texan, N518WW Dirty Bird Mark Overholtzer Salem, Oregon Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, N34BV Reserve Grand Champion: World War II Conrad Huffstutler Uvalde, Texas General Motors/Grumman FM-2 Wildcat, N774FM Gold Wrench Conrad Huffstutler/Wild Warbirds Uvalde, Texas Reserve Grand Champion: Post World War II Texas Flying Legends Museum Houston, Texas Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mark IV, NX3405 Gold Wrench AirCorps Aviation Bemidji, Minnesota

Best Jet Manfred Rusche Hanover, Germany Aero Vodochody L-39ZO Albatros, N187D Silver Wrench Classic Aviation Company Hanover, Germany

Grand Champion: World War II Ron & Diane Fagen Granite Falls, Minnesota Curtiss P-40K Warhawk, N402WH Gold Wrench Fagen Fighters Restoration Granite Falls, Minnesota

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ULTRALIGHT & LSA Ultralight - Honorable Mention Plaque Tim Lohrey Brookville, Indiana Jenson VJ-24 LSA - Honorable Mention Plaque Tom Scully New Lisbon, Wisconsin Quad City Challenger, N38OTS LSA - Reserve Grand Champion - Silver Lindy Harold Goellner Poplar Grove, Illinois Quad City Challenger, N138NA LSA - Grand Champion - Gold Lindy Mike Riley Eau Claire, Wisconsin Quad City Challenger, N140TR

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Vendors happy about more than the weather Story and photo by Randy Dufault

he moderate weather gracing Oshkosh this past week certainly made the convention experience pleasant for everyone attending. But vendors AirVenture Today spoke with are pleased about much more than the temps—well below last year’s 90-degree readings—and rain-free skies. “This is quite possibly the best AirVenture ever for us,” said John Johnson, global event manager for Cirrus Aircraft. Johnson indicated that crowds in the Cirrus exhibit have been remarkable, people were excited, and most importantly, sales have been tremendous. Sales of Cirrus logo merchandise were so brisk that additional inventory was flown in from the company’s Duluth, Minnesota, headquarters. “Once we open, the traffic is just nonstop all day,” said Bret Koebbe from Sporty’s Pilot Shop. Demand at Sporty’s has been very high for ADS-B receivers, any products related to iPads for aviation, and for inflight video recording options. One unexpectedly hot seller has been Sporty’s Learn to Fly video series.

While there is no way to tell for sure, Koebbe speculates that interest in acquiring a pilot certificate is on the rise. Final receipts have yet to be tabulated, but John Markley from Aircraft Spruce & Specialty believes 2013 could be a record year for the aircraft component supplier. Like Sporty’s, anything ADS-B- or iPad-related has been a hot seller, along with LED lighting. “I haven’t had this much fun since the ’80s,” John Monnett of Sonex said. Monnett is particularly pleased with the new air show format that allowed demonstration of the company’s SubSonex personal jet to excited AirVenture crowds. He also said traffic in the Sonex booth was very good with a number of serious buyers in attendance. Sales were brisk, though he did add (with a smile), “They could be better.” Joe Blank of Van’s Aircraft said demand for demonstration flights in all of the company’s different RV models was very high. Sales, particularly for the RV-14 introduced at AirVenture last year, are strong. That’s just a sampling of vendors,

Crowds browse through the North Aircraft Display area early Saturday morning.

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most, if not all, of the vendors expect 2014 to be even better. See you at EAA Oshkosh 2014! AVT

EAA’s Jack Pelton (right) congratulates Terrafugia’s Carl Dietrich on their success at Oshkosh this year, as well as a thank you for the display flights of the Transition roadable aircraft Monday and Wednesday.

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Caribou provides a transport-load of Vietnam memories By Frederick A. Johnsen PHOTO BY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN

ith a twin-engine C-7 Caribou from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum looming behind them, Caribou pilot Ron Alexander and fighter pilot Gen. John Borling shared remembrances of their time in Vietnam with AirVenture 2013 visitors during the morning Warbirds in Review session Saturday. Alexander trained with the U.S. Army on the Caribou, in time to assume the mission as an Air Force pilot in 1967, when C-7s became Air Force assets. He logged time with the 459th Troop Carrier Squadron (later Tactical Airlift Squadron) flying out of Da Nang, South Vietnam. Typically, the rugged C-7s airdropped or landed with supplies at special forces outposts in remote locations where Navy Seabees hacked airstrips 1,500-2,000 feet long; one strip was only 800 feet long, Alexander remembered. “The airplane is quite capable of going in and out of 800 feet,” he said. The supply airdrops were made at about 400 feet, and this exposed the Caribous to ground fire, Alexander recalled. The only return fire came from Alexander’s flight mechanic, riding in the back of the C-7 with an M-16 rifle. Though Alexander and his Caribou crew went for periods of time with no enemy fire, there were some locations like besieged Khe Sanh that were hot. “You generally knew when you went to Khe Sanh something was going to happen,” he said. “We were issued a flak vest. We were supposed to wear them but we all sat on them,” Alexander told his AirVenture audience. Alexander’s time in Vietnam included a harrowing series of flights to resupply a South Vietnamese army unit under attack and out of materiel on January 12, 1967. Ground fire penetrated the aluminum hide of his Caribou. One round lodged in the cockpit against an impediment; without that, Alexander might have been killed. But his good fortune was not matched by the fate of his flight mechanic who died as a result of ground fire received in the back of the Caribou. Those perilous sorties earned Alexander the Air Medal.

Gen. John Borling, in flightsuit, and Ron Alexander talked about their Air Force experiences in Vietnam for the Saturday morning Warbirds in Review session. Alexander flew a C-7 Caribou like the example behind the two men.

Alexander was joined in the Warbirds in Review session by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling, a largerthan-life renaissance man who talked of his six and a half years as a POW in North Vietnam, revealed his penchant for writing poetry, and engaged the audience with wry humor. When his F-4 was shot down, Borling’s ejection and landing dumped him on a steep slope, injuring his back. Initially unable to walk, Borling found himself surrounded by North Vietnamese soldiers. “I crawled into a log, a log I wouldn’t have crawled into” in less lethal times, Borling said, because of the indeterminate wildlife he might find sharing space inside. He became aware North Vietnamese trucks were passing nearby, and the scrappy fighter pilot Borling decided to use his service revolver to commandeer one of the trucks to take him to the

sea. The truck he appropriated turned out to be carrying armed troops in the back, and it quickly behooved Borland to hand over his revolver and become a POW. “I was really angry about getting caught,” he recalled. Borland was taken to a prison the Americans called Heartbreak Hotel. “They’d take you in and hurt you…” he said with a memory-laden pause, “they’d hurt you.” Gen. Borland said the POWs did their best to keep each other’s spirits up, devising a tapping code when they were isolated and prohibited from talking to one another. “We wanted you to be proud of us,” he said. When the POWs were repatriated, they did their best to look sharp and professional as they walked to the waiting C-141 Starlifter that took them to the safety of Clark Air Base in the Philippines.

At Clark that first day, Borland left his hospital room, still in a robe, and went to the base exchange to procure a tape recorder to begin capturing all the stories and poems he had mentally stored during his imprisonment. His time in captivity was evident when the exchange manager handed him a small box-like device and called it a tape recorder. It was unlike the large reelto-reel machines Borland expected, and at first he was unsure of his first glimpse of a cassette recorder. Both Gen. Borland and Ron Alexander showed pride in their service in Southeast Asia, mixed with frustration over how the war was conducted. Whether or not the war was conducted properly, as Alexander put it, “We were there to take care of each other.” The audience soundly registered their appreciation for the service of both fliers. AVT

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ABOVE: Hot-doggin’ it. Wienermobile fan and frankfurter aficionado Jack Pelton, also known as the EAA chairman, and his wife, Rose, got a surprise visit from Oscar Meyer’s promotional vehicle on EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds today.

UPPER RIGHT: Colorful flags from dozens of countries waved proudly during the International Visitors Parade on Friday afternoon.

RIGHT: These two Florida State University students, Anthony Maggiore (left) and Tasman Carnes (right), proudly sport their Jetman wings while visiting AirVenture for the first time.

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Sunday, August 4 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Craft Activity (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Daily Weather Briefing (Forum), EAA Welcome Center 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Non-Denominational Church Services, Fergus Chapel Friendly Flight Paths (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Women Soar Awards (Awards), Founder’s Wing 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Fabric Covering 101 (Workshop), Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber Sheet Metal 101 (Workshop), Sheet Met-Aircraft Spruce TIG Welding 101 (Workshop), TIG Weld Lincoln Elec Electrical System Install (Demo), Robert McLaughlin, Aeroplane Factory Composite 101 (Workshop), Composite Workshop Gas Welding 101 (Workshop), Gas Welding Workshop SportAir Course-Benefits (Forum), Ron Wagner, EAA Welcome Center Spirit of Aviation (Movie), Skyscape Theater 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Wood Construction 101 (Workshop), Wood Workshop 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Aircraft Restoration (Demo), Aeroplane Factory 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Timeless Voices (Interview), Timeless Voices Theater 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Fuel Awareness (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Annual VAA Member Meeting (Meeting), Vintage Hangar 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM If You Can Dream It... (Forum), Dick Rutan, SpaceShipOne / Voyager 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EAA Oshkosh-Best of 80s (Movie), Flying Cinema Stealth Fighter (Author’s Corner), William O’Connor, EAA Wearhouse 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Protestant Service (Special Event), Theater in the Woods 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Flight Gear (Showcase), Warbirds in Review 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Midair Collision Avoidanc (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Singer Theresa Eaman (Special Event), Warbirds in Review 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM Avoid Being Intercepted (Forum), Kevin Roethe, Federal Pavilion 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Yak-52 & CJ-6A (Forum), Warbirds in Review 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Fast Track to Pilot Cert. (Forum), Doug Stewart, College Park, Espionage During Cold War (Forum), Werner Juretzko, Hilton Theater The Restorers-10th Anniv. (Forum), Adam White, Skyscape Theater 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Catholic Mass (Special Event), Theater in the Woods 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Avoiding Spatial Disori. (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM NTSB GA Safety Alert (Forum), NTSB, Federal Pavilion 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Tips on Mountain Flying (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Memorial Wall Ceremony (Special Event), Memorial Wall EAA Ultimate Flights # 7 (Movie), Flying Cinema Part 23/25 Flight Decks, Rockwell Collins Exhibit 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wood Construction 101 (Workshop), Wood Workshop 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Life Is a School/Lindy (Author’s Corner), Kermit Weeks, EAA Wearhouse 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Powerplants Past / Future (Forum), Dick Rutan, Pavilion 7 Honda Aircraft 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Non-Towered Airports (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Milestones in Aviation (Movie), Flying Cinema 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Years Without Hope (Author’s Corner), Werner Juretzko, EAA Wearhouse 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Aviation Weather Center (Forum), Ed Holicky, Federal Pavilion Closing Day Comments (Speaker), Jack Pelton, EAA Press Tent 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Eval. In-Flight Weather (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Accident Investigation (Forum), NTSB, Federal Pavilion Part 23/25 Flight Decks, Rockwell Collins Exhibit 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Single Pilot IFR (Movie), FAA Aviation Safety Ctr 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Sunday Air Show, Air Show 3:00 pm-3:30 PM Young Eagles Mustang Drawing, Phillips 66 Plaza

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Disney’s Planes draws record crowd to Fly-In Theater

were getting things right. “It was a unique opportunity to create a very special experience this year at Oshkosh,” said Dick Knapinski, EAA senior communications advisor. “The response to the film was outstanding.” And Disney hopes the rest of the country has the same enthusiastic reaction to Planes as the aviation community. The movie opens in theaters nationwide next week. The Fly-In Theater, sponsored by Ford Motor Company, has become a popular evening destination for Camp Scholler residents with a different movie playing on the five-story screen each night. AVT

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Binnie: SS2 is ‘suitable, reliable, maintainable’ for commercial flight ops

By Barbara A. Schmitz

aving been to suborbital space as a test pilot for SpaceShipOne, Brian Binnie says Virgin Galactic doesn’t need a marketing department to sell its flights to space. The exciting ride sells itself. “You get to ride a rocket, experience the uplifting freedom of weightlessness, and see this magnificent view—the black void of space and the electric blue ribbon of light that is the atmosphere. “Re-entry is another special sequence of events that happens right on the heels of everything else,” he says. “Just when you think you’re getting used to one aspect of flight, it changes dramatically. It keeps you off-balance the whole way and when you settle back down to the runway after an hour and an half, you are a changed person.” Binnie isn’t just a test pilot. He has bragging rights to being the nation’s 435th astronaut, taking his flight to suborbital space on SpaceShipOne in 2004 and winning Scaled Composites the $10 million Ansari X Prize. But he spends his time these days on the re-engineered SpaceShipTwo, which will carry six passengers and allow them to experience an out-ofthe-seat, zero-gravity experience with views of the planet from the black sky of space. “SpaceShipTwo is going through its powered test flight trials, and hopefully, by the end of the year, we will have worked through those flights,” Binnie said. The spaceship has flown 26 times as a glider, Binnie said, and it reached Mach 1.2 in April during its first rocket-powered flight. “It’s taken longer than we advertised to get to this point, but we’re not about to sprint to the end line and do something silly,” he said. “We want people to come to Virgin’s headquarters in New Mexico with confidence and a sense of adventure.” Binnie said they tried to take everything that was good about

SpaceShipOne and carry it forward, while at the same time taking out the things that were odd. “We think we have a vehicle that is really suitable, reliable, and maintainable for the commercial flight environment, for those who are not engineers or test pilots and who just want to see the world from that perspective.” Giving people a new perspective

Binnie says a flight to space changes you. “If you have religious orientations, it reinforces that. If you are more holistic and view the world as a delicate entity that needs to be carefully looked it, it reinforces that. It gives you an appreciation of what a small team can do with relatively little amount of money. “But it is exciting in that it opens up opportunities for younger kids and shows them that aerospace is still alive and well and that it can offer challenges and career paths that can be rewarding,” Binnie says. Binnie stressed that this entire project has been a team effort. “A lot of people put a lot of effort and brain power into this,” he said. According to the Virgin Galactic website, the company has accepted more than $70 million in deposits from nearly 600 people, which is approximately 10 percent more than the total number of people who have ever gone to space. The cost for a ride to suborbital space is $250,000. AVT

Brian Binnie piloted SpaceShipOne into suborbital space and helped earn Scaled Composites the Ansari X Prize in 2004. He now spends about about 85 percent of his time on the SpaceShipTwo project. He is also part of the Ball Explorers Club and can be found in their booth, No. 3121A, in Hangar C.

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Connie Bowlin flies Gary Sinise, from the Lt. Dan Band, who gives a friendly salute during his appreciation flight in a P-51 Mustang at AirVenture 2013.

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This newly restored Wildcat, owned by Conrad Huffstutler, makes a welcome appearance at AirVenture 2013.

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The PBY, owned by Jim Slattery, executes its famous “splashdown.”

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Jim Hagedorn flies his camouflage Citation Jet along side Old Crow, his P-51 Mustang.

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Visitors to help build plane in seven days at AirVenture 2014 By Barbara A. Schmitz

t was done in eight days in 1976, but EAA members will have a chance to break that record in 2014. Chris Heintz, along with a few experienced metal workers, built one of his two-place Zeniths in eight days during the 1976 EAA fly-in and convention. But in 2014, the goal is to have EAA visitors build and finish a Zenith CH 750 in seven days, said Charlie Becker, EAA director of communities and homebuilt community manager. “You’ve heard of kissing booths?” he asked. “We plan to have a riveting booth where people can pull one rivet on the project. And with about 7,000 rivets in the airplane, that’s about 7,000 different people who can be a part of this.” The idea for the project came out of a conversation about how to promote homebuilding, Becker said. “We have some really cool stuff that shows up at AirVenture, but we don’t know about it generally until the last minute, so we can’t make a big deal about it. But with building a plane we can have something out front that will really promote homebuilding.” Becker said the homebuilding project would likely be placed on Celebration Way to attract as much attention

Chris Livieri is one of about 40 EAA employees who are building a Zenith CH 750 E-LSA, which can be seen in the Homebuilders Hangar, supported by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty. EAA has announced that conventiongoers will be able to build the same plane in seven days during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. PHOTO BY PHIL WESTON

as possible, while also showing just how much easier kits are to build today. People will also be able to watch the project transform from parts to a plane, while talking to “homebuilding ambassadors” who can speak about the building process and answer questions. “The goal is to show people that with the kits today anyone who has the desire and who knows which end of the screwdriver to use can learn the skills they need to build an aircraft,” Becker said.

Sebastien Heintz, president of Zenith Aircraft Co., agreed. “This is an all-metal construction,” he said. “There is no gluing, mixing compounds, or having to use special equipment. We want to show people just how easy it is.” In fact, most people have the tools they would need to build an airplane already at home, he said. There is no need to go out and buy expensive specialized tools. “These are really homebuilt planes in that they can be built in your home

workshop or garage,” he said. Heintz said it normally takes about 500 hours to finish the CH 750 kit. However, Heintz said he is confident it can be done within a week, and he’s excited to be part of the project. “The key is really getting as many people involved as possible,” he said. “For people who have never built an airplane, this will show them how easy it can be. And if we can do it in seven days at AirVenture, they can do it in six months or a year at home.” AVT

Honoring our fallen loved ones at the EAA Memorial Wall

his morning at 11 o’clock, visitors are invited to the EAA Memorial Wall induction ceremony at the Fergus Chapel, located near Pioneer Airport. This annual gathering honors, celebrates, and offers remembrance on behalf of dearly departed EAA members and aviation enthusiasts. The moving service features a reading of the newly installed names, followed by the playing of taps with a missing man formation overhead. Come to the Memorial Wall this morning and help honor our fallen loved ones. AVT

Memorial Wall 2013 Inductees John Abrahams Erik Anderson Andrew “Archie” Archibald Darrell Awe James Lee Barna Timothy Bass Frank Beagle Edward Beatty David Behne Ted Bennett John Blosser Sidney Bradd Cecil Brown Frederick Criswell Harley Dahler Ruth Darr Marion Davidson Jean Dueck LeRoy A. Gates

Marilynn Greenleaf Thomas Guttmann Russell W. Hackler Bobby Hausman Queena Adair Henderson Martin Hollmann Jeff Johnson Hugh Jones Alan Kremer Tester Lea Ballard Leins Mark Lokken Hugh E. McKenna Brian Philip North Herbert Ritzman Kenneth Rowe Bernard Schaknowski Sr. Col. Hugh Schmitt Jeff Sharman

Eleanor Sharpe Luke Sheets John Shippey Robert Skuldt Glenn A. Smith Dr. Patrick M. Stafford David Thomas Gary Stephen Thompson Frank Trofimchuck John Vander Wielen Charlie Vogelsong Jerry Walbrun Warren S. Weiant John Wing Fritz Wolf Rollie Woodruff Dave Yeoman Guillermo R. Zambrano Claude & Maxine Ziner

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Flight test safety an EAA priority By Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside

Helping fun take flight. Aviation plays a big role in what we do. That’s why we’re pleased to play a role in celebrating it here along with families like yours at the EAA AirVenture. Visit our FedEx ShipSite® at booth #472 and ship your souvenirs home right from the air show.

uilding an experimental airplane can be one of a pilot’s most notable achievements. But at first flight, that builder becomes a test pilot. Sadly, the safety record demonstrates too many builders suffer accidents early in a new experimental aircraft’s history. The EAA wants to change that and is working with the FAA on solutions. Last year at Oshkosh the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shared the findings of a study examining 10 years of experimental amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft accidents. Among the many findings and recommendations is a sobering statistic: Approximately 10 percent of E-AB accidents in 2011 occurred on the aircraft’s first flight. Phase 1 flight testing—the initial phase during which a new E-AB must clear operational testing—also sees a large proportion of accidents. After last year’s NTSB study EAA identified several ways to help improve the safety of initial flights and Phase 1 testing. For example, the association has reached out to E-AB type clubs, working with them to increase awareness of ways to more safely conduct such flights. Many aspects of building an E-AB and conducting preflight systems testing can benefit from type-specific knowledge and experience; type organizations are the place to go for the details. What kinds of details? Well, ensuring adequate fuel flow or that a new E-AB’s electrical system is properly evaluated. How about developing a detailed pilot’s operating handbook, documenting the operation of those and other systems while detailing how the aircraft should be flown? One of the most important ways to enhance the safety of initial and Phase 1 test flights, however, can involve a second, type-experienced pilot. Regulations don’t, of course,

allow a second person aboard aircraft designed for single-pilot operation during flight testing. EAA is working with the FAA to explain the beneficial ways in which a second, type-experienced pilot can help a builder during initial flights and Phase 1 flight testing. Importantly, many of the changes to the ways in which E-ABs are tested can be implemented without new regulations or FAA guidance. That’s how everyone wants it, from the FAA to EAA and down to individual builders.

EAA identified several ways to help improve the safety of initial flights. One of the keys to achieving these goals and responding to the issues uncovered in the NTSB study is for type clubs and builders to develop their own procedures and methodologies designed to bring greater organization, experience, and documentation to the initial flight testing of an E-AB. EAA’s goal is for the E-AB community to work voluntarily on these and related issues, without new FAA regulations, and to enjoy the benefits of improved safety. Based on conversations with EAA staff, that’s also the FAA’s objective. But it’s also clear that if the community can’t develop ways to improve E-AB safety, the FAA may. And no one wants that. AVT

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New company makes airplane renting easy By James Wynbrandt

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OpenAirplane is open for business— and already growing. Launched in June, OpenAirplane simplifies aircraft rentals for pilots away from their home base through a standardized checkout that enables members to rent from affiliated facilities without further checks. “The idea that our pilot certificates turn off when we leave our home base is a bit ridiculous,” said Rod Rakic, co-founder of OpenAirplane. “We knew if we offered pilots better access and a better experience, reducing the friction in this broken marketplace could increase the amount of flying significantly.” Rakic and his partners began developing the OpenAirplane concept two years ago. They first approached aviation insurance companies gaining their support for a standardized flight checkout that would be recognized by all participating facilities. Once the standardized checkout is completed at an OpenAirplane affiliated facility (qualifying as a biennial flight review), members can access the website on a mobile device or computer; find participating facilities; see multiple photos of available rental aircraft, an equipment list, price, reviews of the aircraft, and the operator; book the flight; and also get information about local procedures. There is no charge to individuals or companies to join. The platform takes a percentage of the cost of any flight arranged through the service. Since its official launch, more than 3,000 pilots have signed on, Rakic said, while two dozen more locations are committed to joining, and an additional 90 have contacted Open Airplane about participation. OpenAirplane unveiled its prototype platform at Sun ’n Fun in 2012, and an online sign-up page drew 5,800 pilots, Rakic told AirVenture Today.

Here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the company announced the addition of eight U.S. cities to its network of facilities: Naples and Tallahassee, Florida; Addison, Texas; Scottsdale, Arizona; Van Nuys, California; Minneapolis; Plymouth, Massachusetts; and Palmer, Alaska, all now recognize the standardized pilot checkout Open Airplane developed. The new locations join OpenAirplane affiliates in Chicago; Detroit; Kissimmee, Florida; Long Island, New York; and Long Beach and San Jose, California. In addition to the other locations, OpenAirplane announced a partnership with Sennheiser to provide a headset at no charge for members’ use during their flight. (Sennheiser is hosting OpenAirplane at its booth, No. 288.) OpenAirplane also received the Airplanista of the Year Award here at the Oshbash social media event. “Pilots told us they would fly 10 more hours a year” if they could rent aircraft away from their home base without a hassle, Rakic said of a survey OpenAirplane conducted. “Getting the 70-hour [a year] pilot to 80 [hours] just by getting into OpenAirplane, that’s what we’re hoping will happen. It will mean a significant, measurable impact on the flying community and on the aviation ecosystem.”

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A grassroots gathering of fans taxied into Pioneer Airport Friday evening to watch their hero crop duster-turned-air racer during a special sneak preview of Disney’s Planes. And the reviews are in, with the audience unanimously endorsing Dusty’s heroics with two wingtips up.

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Shawn Carter and Bob Gartzke help Sam Johnson learn the remote controls before a flight at KidVenture.

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Brian Carpenter believes that the cost of air- energy-intensive flight phase—takeoff. planes is a key barrier to the future of aviation. “We intend it to be capable of aero tow He aims to change that. as well as vehicle tow to altitude,” Carpenter So Carpenter partnered with Quicksil- said. “Then you would turn on the sustainer ver Aeronautics to develop the Quicksilver motors to get a longer flight.” EMG—for electric motor glider. Initial power configurations should “It will be a true Part 103 electric motor- result in 25-minute flights. Given the airglider,” Carpenter said. “We will have plans- plane’s useful load capability, flights as long built and kit-built versions. as three hours are technically possible. But “Besides being an ultralight, it can be Carpenter said the cost of such a configurabuilt as an (experimental) amateur-built air- tion makes it an unrealistic option. craft. Eventually we plan to have E-LSA and Prototype construction is underway. S-LSA certifications as well. We will have Initial testing will be as a glider, with the four categories it will be certified in.” twin-engine electric version up next. To keep costs under control the airplane “The engines are in a composite pod that is modular. goes click-click and it is installed on the air For very few dollars it can be initially plane,” Carpenter said. “There are no electriconfigured as a Part 103 glider. Power sys- cal connections. The motor, controller, and tems can be added and, since plans are to batteries are all right next to each other.” keep the craft compliant with the 51 per- Folding propellers will complete the cent experimental amateur-built rules, the module, with wireless model airplane transairplane can be registered once the owner ceiver technology controlling the poweracquires a pilot certificate. Once registered, plants. Telemetry of parameters such as a second seat can be added. rpm, battery temperature, motor tempera Power systems are intended to be mod- ture, current draw, and battery capacity will ular as well. wirelessly transmit to the cockpit as well. “It has a multitude of motor configura- Carpenter believes the concepts being tions on up through a trimotor version,” developed for the Quicksilver EMG, the Carpenter said. “We are utilizing model Part 103 rules, and the overall simplicity of airplane technology for all of the motors on electric motors will revolutionize aviation. the initial version. The motors, controllers, “This will be another renaissance,” he propellers, telemetry, and control systems— said. “Remember what the turbine engine all of that is off-the-shelf existing stuff from did to [big radial engines] with all the movthe [radio-controlled model] industry. ing parts? We went to a turbine with a single “You need to have a really large market spinning shaft. It changed the world. in order to justify the research and develop- “This will happen with ultralight aviation.” ment costs associated with any product… Information about the project is we are just leveraging what those really available from Carpenter at his Rainsmart people have done and adapting it to bow Aviation Services booth in Exour aircraft.” hibit Hangar A, and on the Internet at Carpenter also expects electric flight www.ElectricMotorglider.com. technology to develop very rapidly, making the power system obsolete. The design’s modular systems will make it possible to very quickly adapt as new and better options enter the mainstream market. Another key concept for the airplane is the use of external power systems Tangent Aircraft’s Quicksilver EMG can start as a glider and to accomplish the most grow into any number of other configurations.

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Enhancing GA’s vision By Joseph E. (Jeb) Burnside

In aviation, advanced technology can trickle up and trickle down. An example of technology first being used in smaller airplanes and then going mainstream might include use of composite materials for building airframes, or perhaps GPS. Examples of technology migrating in the other direction could

include pressurization, or even airborne weather radar. And then there are technologies appearing in both the upper and lower ends at roughly the same time. Enhanced vision systems (EVS)—or the use of infrared cameras and/or radar to image what’s in front of an aircraft—is such an example. An EVS is useful at night and in low visibility, like on taxiways or on final approach in low instrument conditions. The technology first went mainstream on Gulfstreams and now is available on a growing number of general aviation aircraft, including offerings

from Cirrus and Cessna. An EVS differs from synthetic vision in that it’s presenting real-time imagery of the environment ahead of the aircraft instead of generating symbology from an onboard database. When crews are appropriately trained to use EVS, the FAA can approve the aircraft for approaches at minimums lower than a standard Category I instrument landing system allows. That’s genuinely useful for many operators. Even if the aircraft and crew aren’t allowed to use less than Category I minimums, being able to see what’s ahead on a dark and stormy night enhances situational awareness and, thereby, safety. For the typical general aviation operator, a system developed by Astronics, the Max-Viz 600, is pretty much the only game in town. Astronics holds supplemental type certificates (STCs) for virtually all non-pressurized Cessna singles (including all-metal versions of the Cessna 140!), the Cirrus SR20 and -22, Beech

Bonanzas and Barons, and a handful of Pipers. Jets, turboprops, and helicopters also can mount the system under an STC. At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, the system is an available option on new Cessnas and Cirruses equipped with Garmin’s G1000 glass panel. According to Astronics, output from the Max-Viz 600 can be displayed on a wide variety of avionics, including the Garmin G500 and G600, as well as the G1000, Avidyne’s R9 systems, the Bendix/King KMD-850, and more. Whether added at the factory or in the field, a fairing enclosing the infrared camera is mounted under a wing, with its output routed to the cockpit via cabling. When in use, the resulting imagery is arranged on compatible displays. An EVS isn’t for everybody. But aircraft with them are more and more prevalent at AirVenture. Someday, the technology may be as ubiquitous as GPS, helping enhance runway and airport safety for operators of all aircraft.

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The Queen of Canada attends AirVenture By James Wynbrandt

Canada’s only flying Beechcraft Queen Air has been attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, occupying a regal parking spot beside the flightline on Row 66 in the Vintage aircraft display area. Owned by Mark Halden of St. Catharines, Ontario, the Matterhorn white and navy blue piston twin was built in 1968 and originally operated as a commuter aircraft by Perimeter Aircraft in Winnipeg, Canada. Now C-FBOY serves as a very personal airliner, flying under the “Hal-Air” moniker painted on its empennage. Powered by two 340-hp Lycoming IGSO-480-A136 engines, C-FBOY has a 2,800-pound useful load, a range of more than 1,250 miles, and cruises at 200 knots—all while burning half the fuel of a King Air, according to Halden. “It is like owning a [King Air] C-90 with 10 percent of the insurance, maintenance, and upkeep [costs],” he notes. Queen Airs built for the commuter market weren’t outfitted with the same

luxe interiors of executive-configured Queen Airs. As promotional material from Beechcraft of the time said, “Gone are the handcrafted, fold-away tables, refreshment bars and the personally selected appointments that make the executive Queen Air the ultimate in private or corporate transportation.” But Halden has worked to give his Queen the executive—if not royal—treatment. For comfort and entertainment he added a refreshment center, super soundproofing, and Sony CD system. The tan leather interior features jade green leather seat inserts, wool Berber carpets, dual mahogany map-inlaid writing tables, independent light/air groups for each seat, power ports, and a lav. Airframe modifications include a factory installed extended wing mod with a gross-weight increase to 8,200 pounds, extra wide cargo door, nose baggage compartment, and long-range fuel tanks. A Garmin 530/430 installation, Sandel

EFIS, and Stormscope by BFGoodrich are among the panel upgrades. To handle Canadian winters, the aircraft has full de-ice protection with hot

props. Halden says he’s put more than $500,000 into the aircraft. As Halden sums up, “It is built like a tank and incredible to fly.”

C-FBOY is Canada’s only flying Beechcraft Queen Air.

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More than 800 runners hit the runway for 5K By Gary Flick

A new route and a fresh start met the 800plus runners who gathered at 7 a.m. Saturday near the Ultralights area to participate in EAA’s sixth annual Runway 5K, with proceeds going to the Oshkosh United Way. “I thought it was a great event,” said Megan Schuessler, a marketing associate in charge of promoting the race for EAA. “We had more participants than we anticipated, the weather was great, and everyone had fun!” Organizers anticipated about 600 runners based on last year’s attendance, but with a surplus of last-second registrations, 813 people toed the line for the race. In past years, the event happened right in the middle of the AirVenture grounds, forcing runners to dodge people, vehicles, and other objects. This year the run was held around the Ultralights runway with far less distraction. “I think the new course will definitely be a permanent home for the event,”

Schuessler said. “It’s nice that the runners can have some shade and the route is more clearly marked.” The big winners in the event were Oshkosh’s own D.T. McDonald for the men

and Minneapolis native Anna French for the women. The two crossed the finish line in 17:14 and 18:59, respectively. The most important results, of course, are the funds raised for the United Way,

and though they are still being calculated, it is safe to say, based on attendance, those results should nicely exceed last year’s $12,000 mark and with hopes for even bigger next year.

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As the veterans return from their trip to Washington, D.C., they are greeted with the excited cheers of onlookers straining to catch a glimpse of the honored heroes.

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The Falcon Insurance Agency’s Bob Mackey is a former director of EAA’s chapters, and for the past decade or so he has helped many EAAers obtain solid, affordable insurance coverage for their aircraft through the EAA Personal Insurance Plan. Bob got a phone call not all that long ago from a member who had just insured his newly completed homebuilt aircraft. The member was upset, since his traditional life insurance excluded aviation activities. EAA contacted his life insurance agent and learned that he could get his life insurance policy modified to include aviation. But flying a homebuilt aircraft would still be excluded. Further, annual cost for the life insurance policy would increase more than 200 percent. Other EAA members, having discovered the same problem—a gap in their personal and family’s financial security when it came to their life insurance and aviation-related activities—approached EAA requesting help to find a way to cover the gap. The answer came in the form of an insurance product developed by EAA,

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Women in Aviation International (WAI) added nine new scholarships to the dozens of other scholarships, to be awarded during its 2014 conference scheduled for March 6-8 in Orlando, Florida. “Scholarships are a cornerstone of WAI’s efforts to provide opportunities for individuals at all stages of their lives and careers to advance within the aviation community,” said WAI President Dr. Peggy Chabrian. Along with academic scholarships, WAI offers scholarships for type rating flight training, specific certificates and

ratings, and scholarships to help defray the cost of learning to fly for fun, maintenance training, and other pursuits. Total value of these nine new scholarships is $16,850. To date there are 78 scholarships available valued at $358,000 to be announced and presented in Orlando. To qualify for any WAI scholarship, the person must be an active WAI member as of November 1, 2013. All scholarship applications must be postmarked by November 18, 2013. Complete details on all scholarships as well as applications and advice are available at www.WAI.org.

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Around the Field Returning to our fly-ins back home By Jack Hodgson

Don Miller is prepping his RV-8 for the trip home from EAA Oshkosh 2013. He’s feeling a little itchy because he’s been waiting a couple of days for his plane to be refueled. And now he needs to get home...but still no gas. He spent five years building this beautiful blue-and-silver Van’s RV, finishing up 11 years ago. Completion of the plane triggered his first visit to the Oshkosh fly-in, and he’s returned ever since. His reasons for coming back each year echo those of so many of us. “I come to just look around. There’s always something new. It’s a wonderful place, everybody loves airplanes. There are 10,000 airplanes down here, and you won’t find one fingerprint. “People here adore airplanes.” Don belongs to EAA Chapter 13. They have about 148 members, 15-20 of which made it to the fly-in this year.

Back home Don flies the RV to many destinations around the Detroit area. “For instance, we’re gonna go from the Detroit area to Battle Creek to the museum.” Don’s home airport is Ray Community Airport (57D) in Michigan. I’ve been to Ray, and it is a terrific example of the great grassroots airports that so many EAAers will return to after the fly-in. Ray is located in the green farmland to the north of Detroit. It’s privately owned and has fuel and a comfortable and charming pilots lounge. You can get primary training there, aerobatic training, and everything in between. The hangars, large and small, contain go-fast planes, go-slow planes, and even a few go-upside-down planes. Jets and ultralights. Biplanes and gliders. Ray Community is an example of a terrific grassroots airport, but it’s not unique. There are hundreds of great grassroots fields all across this country. All of us who have

come to this year’s fly-in will leave Oshkosh today and return to ours. We’ll take with us the love of flying and airplanes that we all share. We’ll hangar fly and build. We’ll aviate, innovate, and continue to learn. And we’ll work to spread the word about what we do, and what we have here. We’ll welcome more people to aviation. And we’ll make our airports better and bet-

ter examples of the spirit that we bring here each summer to a field in Wisconsin. Don’s packing up the RV-8 as we finish talking, and just then the fuel truck rolls up. A big grin spreads across his face; it’s time to head home. Enjoy Around the Field all year long at www.AroundTheField.net.

Don Miller of Ray Community Airport, Michigan, and his beautiful RV-8.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 2013

Chipmunk is the ‘poor man’s Spitfire’ By Frederick A. Johnsen

Pilot Richard Wilsher calls the postwar de Havilland Chipmunk trainer “the poor man’s Spitfire.” Beyond its tailwheel stance and British Commonwealth Canadian pedigree, the Chipmunk is said to be very responsive, like the Spitfire, according to pilots fortunate to have flown them both. But there the similarities must end, as the diminutive Chipmunk motors along behind a Gipsy (sometimes spelled Gypsy) Major engine at about 90 knots. It typically burns 7-1/2 to 8 gallons of gasoline an hour in cruise, Wilsher explains,

while consuming as much as 2 quarts of oil, giving rise to the alternative powerplant name “Dripsy Major.” He says a Chipmunk can be bought for around $55,000 to $85,000, with the price differential dependent on items that are time-limited. For example, wing spars have a service life of 30,000 hours, a number they can accrue at four times the clock speed for every hour spent in aerobatic flight, where stresses are greater. Engine and airframe parts are available, but increasingly hard to find, with prices notching up accordingly,

Wilsher explains. A stock Chipmunk (yes, there have been modified sport versions for many years) has a metal fuselage, with wings that are fabric covered aft of the spar. The tailwheel is fully castering and not locking; new pilots are sometimes advised to get some taildragger currency in a Champ or similar lightplane before tackling the Chipmunk. Several Chipmunks participated in AirVenture 2013. Their unique appearance always generates interest. Could one be yours next year?

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Non-denominational Service: Fergus Chapel (between KidVenture & the museum), 8:30-9 a.m. Protestant service: Theater in the Woods, 9:15 a.m. Catholic mass: Theater in the Woods, 10:15 a.m. More information on area churches is available from the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau website, www.OshkoshCVB.org.

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Best ever Oshkosh? Arguably, yes It may be too bold to call this the best AirVenture Oshkosh ever, but can you remember a better one? I can’t. The weather has been as close to perfect as anybody could ask for, and that is a crucial but uncontrollable element of any Oshkosh. After the flood of three years ago, and roasting heat the following couple of years, this week’s temperatures in the 70s, low humidity, and absence of rain has been perfect. I also think we are finally seeing an upturn in the overall economy. After five years of recession, economic indicators are pointing up, the stock market is setting records, interest rates are low, and inflation is tiny. That ray of economic light is also shining on aviation. Of course, fuel prices are crushingly high, and the employment rate is worse than anyone wants to endure, but overall the economic situation is better. Confidence is the crucial ingredient of economic performance and I and so many others here have seen a growth in confidence on display at Oshkosh this year. We won’t have final numbers on total attendance, number of airplanes flying in, and other data until early next week, but preliminary counts show everything on track with the last couple of years. The really terrific news is that every exhibitor that I have talked to or heard about is reporting expanded activity and sales. That is an absolutely clear indication that the people who come to Oshkosh are active in aviation, not just interested bystanders. Companies that actually sell and deliver pilot supplies and other components here on the grounds are a great barometer of the health of Oshkosh, and all are report-

ing strong sales. The large outlets such as Aircraft Spruce and Sporty’s are seeing record sales for the week. And smaller, more specialized exhibitors are also telling us they have had a great week, typically calling it the best ever. Airplane and kit makers here at the show are taking orders at a rate not seen since the 2008 recession started, and in some cases at an all-time record pace. And there has been even greater growth in the number of interested and qualified prospects that are stopping by the many exhibits. These leads will become sales in the coming months. Many exhibitors have devised tracking methods to identify and record the number of qualified prospects who stop by their display. Jeppesen is one of the companies that has collected con-

sistent data tracking prospects over a number of years and reports that more interested and ready to buy people came by in the first couple of days than for the entire week in previous years. The good weather put all of us in a good mood, and so did the new food services everywhere on the grounds. Oshkosh visitors have been asking for more variety and higher quality food for many years and, after a complete overhaul, we delivered. It was a risk to make so many changes in one year, but the hard work of the EAA team paid off. In 38 years of continuous Oshkosh attendance I have never heard fewer complaints, or more compliments, about the food. More flushing toilets, more tram service, more camping spots with

power and water, and greater variety in the air show acts are also reasons to declare this the best Oshkosh. We all miss the active military aircraft presence, but you can’t beat Jetman making his first public appearance in America. We don’t help ourselves by sugar coating our problems. The issue of FAA charging for controller services looms large. And we still must halt the decline in the pilot population. But we don’t help ourselves by dwelling only on the bad, either. These are the good old days and we are making the best of them. We need to celebrate our success, take joy in a great week of aviation, and know for sure that Oshkosh is aviation’s greatest celebration. The best Oshkosh ever? Yes. Until next year.

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