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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

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EAA Annual Meeting The annual EAA membership meeting is at 8:30 this morning at Theater in the Woods.

Once given up for dead, the de Havilland Mosquito is back in fine form, as demonstrated by this fighter-bomber restoration that flew in to AirVenture 2015.

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By Frederick A. Johnsen

ike a ghost some thought they would never see, a flyable World War II de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber came to AirVenture 2015. The pride of the Military Aviation Museum of Virginia Beach, Virginia, this Mosquito was resurrected from a shambled hulk found in Canada. Owner Jerry Yagen told a crowd of about 600 at Tuesday morning’s Warbirds in Review session that the wooden Mosquito project he bought “was terrible looking. It was a pile of wooden mush.” De Havilland had experience with wooden aircraft structure, and opted to design the fast Mosquito to use mostly wood as a means of conserving valuable aluminum. It also enabled a British cottage industry of fine furniture makers to contribute to the war effort from their dispersed workshops.

The Royal Air Force’s initial indifference to the company-funded project changed when early Mosquitoes proved faster than the vaunted Spitfire fighter. The flyable Mosquito at AirVenture is a Canadian-built variant. The construction rationale calls for spruce plywood and balsa for the fuselage and wings. Warren Denholm of Avspecs, the New Zealand company that rebuilt this Mosquito, told the crowd the fuselage is molded in two halves like a giant model kit. A New Zealand businessman with a passion for Mosquitoes did the research and crafted the molds by reverse-engineering drawings, Denholm explained. To build a Mosquito, plywood is wrapped over the mold and clamped in place with steel straps until the glue dries. The de Havilland rationale called for in-

stalling all the guts of the Mosquito—wiring, equipment, and other components— into each half before mating the fuselage pieces. This made for easier access. The restoration of Yagen’s Canadian Mosquito used a lot of metal components from the hulk, Yagen said. “Surprisingly little metal work had to be remade.” The engine cowling is new, but much of the other metal survived even as the adjacent wooden structure returned to nature. Except for “a few bits,” Denholm said almost all of the wood on this Mosquito is new. “We ordered the plywood from the same manufacturer who made it in World War II,” he added. The restoration team needed to use the original three-ply style of the wood, since that was a factor in the strength characteristics designed into the Mosquito. “You can’t change the plywood

style without re-engineering” the project he said, since three-ply wood is twice as strong in one direction as it is in the other. To use a different number of plies could change the load characteristics. One modern incorporation is good for the Mosquito restoration—modern glues and epoxies promise great strength and longevity for the new-made airframe structures, Denholm said. Denholm approaches warbird rebuilds with a touch of the museum conservator in mind. When asked if he saw a future in making all-new Mosquitoes, he said such machines would be prohibitively expensive when compared to projects with some actual hardware, while the restorations that incorporate actual Mosquito hardware have more historical provenance, and hence, value. The Mosquito parked on the Warbirds in Review ramp is a study in contrasts. Its generally smooth form and minimalist structure speaks of speed, while its heavy bedstead landing gear with huge metal mudflaps looks like farm equipment run amok. Nonetheless, aesthetics trumps hardware in the overall appearance of this rare piece of World War II history. In the sunlight, a faint hint of the diagonal wrap of plywood can be seen. Visitors seem irresistibly drawn to lightly thump the fuselage, gaining firsthand tactile confirmation of how it sounds and feels.

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Avidyne’s “genius counter” offers ADS-B answers By James Wynbrandt

ot questions about ADS-B? Visit avionics manufacturer Avidyne during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for answers. Avidyne’s display (Booth 3130; outdoor space 477) offers an “ADS-B Genius Counter,” inspired by Apple’s Genius Bar. There, attendees can get equipage advice and receive a “Personalized ADS-B Recommendation” based on their aircraft usage and panel configuration. Few issues in general aviation today arouse more interest and confusion than ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast). Avidyne’s experts provide straight talk and solution options to meeting the FAA’s 2020 equipage mandate. “We’re doing one-on-one consulting: Bring a picture of your instrument panel, sit down, and we will talk through the options, both Avidyne and non-Avidyne,” said Dan Schwinn, Avidyne president. “We’re really trying to offer ADS-B consulting to people because this has turned out to be a tricky business.” When the consultation is complete, he explained,

“We’ll provide a printout with recommendations” on equipage solutions. Avidyne’s philosophy on ADS-B solutions, Schwinn said, is to create a family of products “that solve specific customer configuration challenges, depending on the airplane, the money (available to spend), and the functionality (desired). We’re trying to offer really simple products that solve their problems. That approach has been received favorably.” Meanwhile, manufacturers are finally getting on the ADS-B bandwagon and product options are expanding, said Schwinn, a member of both the EAA and GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association) boards. “We as an industry crossed a threshold in the first half of the year.” He also noted that the FAA’s periodic projections on ADS-B equipage levels and installation capabilities show that unless pilots and operators start upgrading soon, “there’s no way on earth 80,000 airplanes are going to get it done by 2020.” Also available at Avidyne’s booth: training seminars for the IFD540/440, hosted by Trip Taylor of Adventure Flight

Training. The seminars will focus on “showing pilots how to use the company’s new panel-mounted FMS/GPS/nav/comms IFDs in real-life, hard IFR situations,” Taylor said. Avidyne also has a new version of its IFD-series PC-based simulator software for off-site training, updates with all the features of the recently-certified Release 10.1 IFD software. The sim software is available for download from Avidyne’s website. To further enhance the utility of the new panelware, Schwinn announced the creation of a Software Developer Kit (SDK) that allows third-party developers to create applications for smartphones and portable tablet devices using the wireless data streams coming out of the IFDseries products. “Our open-architecture SDK makes the data

stream available not only for professional app developers–several of whom we are already working with–but also for students, flight schools, and even hobbyists who want to create new and innovative solutions for the pilot community,” Schwinn said. “From moving maps on iPads, to electronic flight logs, to fleet tracking, the possibilities are endless and we are excited to open this up to all comers.” PHOTO COURTESY OF AVIDYNE

Dick Keyt receives first Lee Behel AV Cup award For AirVenture Today by Beth E. Stanton

n 2000, Lee Behel first flew in the AirVenture Cup Race with his 10-year-old son Jay on board. He flew the race for 15 years in a row. But 2014 would be his last; Behel was killed in September 2014 in a crash during a qualifying heat in the 2014 Reno National Air Races. The AirVenture Cup Race organizers decided to pay tribute to their fallen comrade by creating the first Lee Behel Excellence in Air Racing Award this year, and the first recipient is Richard C. “Dick” Keyt. He received the award Sunday evening at the AV Cup annual awards banquet. Behel was a talented, multi-faceted pilot. His remarkable achievements spanned military service with the Nevada

Air National Guard flying fighters for 25 years, as founder of the Sport Class and co-founder of the Jet Class at the Reno National Air Races, piloting submarines, and setting world air speed records. AirVenture Cup Chairman Eric Whyte and staff volunteer Michael Mc Evoy decided to commemorate Behel’s exceptional contributions to the sport of air racing with the new award. “He was a person who exemplified everything good about air racing; the competitive spirit, the innovator, pushing the envelope, a risk taker, but a calculated risk taker,” McEvoy said. “We all have a little bit of that in us, but Behel had a lot of all of that in him.” In choosing Keyt as the first recipient, Whyte noted, “It was the first time that

the committee has unanimously agreed upon anything.” Behel’s son Jay described his reaction when he found out about the award, “I was

just blown away. What an incredible tribute to my dad. This is where the two of us started bonding. It was really what introduced me to aviation and brought me closer to him.”

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Young Eagles volunteers to be honored By Barbara A. Schmitz

ommitment. Dedication. Passion. What happens when you add those three traits together? You come up with individuals, like the ones being honored tonight, who make a huge difference to EAA’s flagship program, Young Eagles. Four people will receive awards for their extraordinary work during the Young Eagle Dinner. They include: Phillips 66 Leadership Award Fred Stadler doesn’t just believe in EAA and Young Eagles. He lives it year-round. About 15 years ago, Stadler and his wife, Carol, moved from Texas to Oshkosh, in part to be close to EAA’s headquarters. Most days during the summer you’ll find Stadler helping out at Pioneer Airport and giving Young Eagle flights. In fact, on July 1, Stadler flew his 6,000th Young Eagle, Elias Adrian, of Watertown, Wisconsin, in the Young Eagles GlaStar. “I like flying Young Eagles because of the variety of the kids; they make it interesting,” he says. “You can only have your own first flight once; giving Young Eagles flights is the next closest thing to reliving that experience.” When he’s flying in EAA’s GlaStar, he can only take one child up at a time. “But that’s the way I prefer it,” he says. “You want them to feel like a pilot, not a passenger.” He says he tries to stress two things to the children: that flying is fun and that learning to fly is within their ability. Stadler says he enjoys “planting seeds” about aviation and possible related careers. But he also tries to educate the children and parents to be “aviation tolerant,” so they understand the importance of their local airport and are willing to support it. When he’s not flying Young Eagles, Stadler helps maintain Young Eagles aircraft, serves as treasurer for Oshkosh’s Chapter 252, provides Pioneer Airport pilot checkouts and recurrent training, and coordinates the AirVenture NOTAM procedures, which are provided to help pilots flying into the convention. He also is co-chairman of flightline operations during AirVenture.

Yet Stadler is humble about receiving the Phillips 66 award. “It feels odd to get an award for doing something that is so enjoyable,” he says. Horizon’s Award For years, members of EAA Chapter 850 discussed how they could follow up with children who had taken their Young Eagles flight, particularly those who seemed really interested in flying or aviation careers, says Ted Kirkpatrick, of Gwinn, Michigan. In 2005, they came up with an idea: offer a full immersion experience for those youth, complete with mentors. “We tried to mirror what happens at the EAA Air Academy, but on a smaller basis,” explains Kirkpatrick, chapter president. It worked. While the aviation camp is only offered when they have enough students and pilots available to help, the program recently took a new direction. In 2013, the chapter partnered with Northern Michigan University and North Star Academy, a public school chartered by NMU, to put on a program at the university’s aviation facilities and at Sawyer International Airport. Open to middle and high school students, the three-day program, taught by college aviation faculty and Chapter 850 members, included principles of flight, weather systems, navigation charts, flight plan development, and aviation careers. It ended with an airplane ride, with students acting as navigators to find a difficult-tolocate airfield. Kirkpatrick and Chapter 850 are this year’s recipients of the Horizon’s Award, which recognizes efforts that go beyond the basic Young Eagles flight. Programs like this are important to ensure there are more pilots and aviation enthusiasts for the future, Kirkpatrick says. “We’re a small chapter, but like any other chapter, the age of our pilots has gone up. We don’t have a lot of young people.” While they don’t keep statistics on the number of students who go on to pursue aviation careers, they know they are making an impact. “Even if we touch one youth, it’s worth it,” Kirkpatrick says.

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“I know we’re getting some new pilots and new blood, and that’s exciting.” Chapter Coordinator Dick Merrill has been determined to keep EAA Young Eagle events running smoothly and safely. And he’s been successful at it, too. Merrill, of Stafford, Virginia, was Chapter 1099’s Young Eagles coordinator from 2003-2014. During that time, he organized 71 chapter rallies that flew 2,308 children at three local airports.

He also developed procedures that are now standard for all Chapter 1099 Young Eagles rallies, streamlining procedures and registrations and providing standardization for the pilots, ground support volunteers and others so nothing could be misunderstood. Knowing that rallies couldn’t occur without the many volunteers, Merrill makes sure people are thanked, providing a lunch for volunteers after each rally, and a letter of appreciation annually. CONT. P20

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All-but-new 172 By Randy Dufault

hile it still is possible to buy a brand new Cessna 172, the cost of doing so is very high. And often that cost simply does not make economic sense for many flight schools and flying clubs. Enter the Ascend 172 from Yingling Aviation of Wichita, Kansas. The Ascend program will remanufacture existing 172s to essentially new condition and offer them for sale to businesses and the public. The company announced the program, in conjunction with AOPA, Monday here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. Yingling will produce the airplanes, with AOPA helping to market, finance, and insure them. “This program is designed to bring low cost flying back to where it is within reach,” said Yingling CEO Lynn Nichols. “The market is right for it, particularly when you compare the price of this to new aircraft prices.” AOPA President Mark Baker added, “At AOPA we stand by to help finance and insure these airplanes. We are excited that this airplane can be out here for another 40 or 50 years serving the public through clubs and flight schools.

“This movement, as I call it, of re- The engine is sent out for a the yellow that the model here at Airstoring airplanes is in its early stages. complete overhaul. Engine truss Venture 2015 sports is intended to be We want to be part of helping the stan- and prop are overhauled or replaced noticed and start conversations about dards get written as to what consti- as necessary. affordable flying. tutes a rebuilt or refurbished airplane, Outside of the airframe and the Base price for the Ascend 172 is not just a repainted or reupholstered engine, virtually everything thing else $159,000 and it can be seen in AOPA’s airplane.” is brand new. Although a number of booth at the corner of Knapp Street In 1946 Yingling became Cessna’s standard paint schemes are available, Road and Waukau Avenue. first sales and service dealer, and today is still the largest PHOTO BY RANDY DUFAULT parts dealer for the Wichita–based manufacturer. With facilities to maintain or overhaul everything in airplanes like the 172, except for overhauling the engine and painting the airframe, Nichols indicated Yingling is uniquely qualified. The Ascend program leverages that capability to create what is essentially a new airplane. Ascend 172s start out as a used, but serviceable, 172 N model. Once they arrive the entire airframe is stripped of its contents and meticulously inspected. Any corrosion or other potential prob- Yingling Aviation’s Ascend 172 is virtually a brand-new airplane. The remanufactured craft is intended to be an affordable option for flight schools and flying clubs. lem areas are addressed.

NASA tests ground collision avoidance tech at EAA AirVenture 2015

ASA researchers chose pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 to evaluate improved ground collision avoidance technology that could soon find its way to a smartphone app or commercial glass cockpit systems. The technology, recently integrated in the F-16 fighter jets and other military aircraft, is being adapted by engineers at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, for use in general aviation. Currently in a beta test version as a smartphone app, the improved

Ground Collision Avoidance System (iGCAS) provides audible and visual warnings and guidance to pilots as they approach ground collision conditions. Controlled flight into terrain remains a leading cause of fatalities in aviation, resulting in roughly 100 deaths each year in the United States alone. Although warning systems have virtually eliminated this problem for large commercial air carriers, the problem still remains for general aviation. Pilots taking part in this study are asked to provide some general back-

ground information about their flight experience and the type of terrain and flight conditions they typically fly in. They are then provided with instructions on how the smartphone app works and are given an opportunity to become familiar with the flight simulator. Approximately 30 pilots will fly the simulator as part of the study during AirVenture 2015. “Pilots in the study are presented with up to 14 simulation scenarios, and they must react to the warnings and instructions to avoid ground impact,”

said Mark Skoog, NASA project manager for iGCAS. The primary objective of these tests is to refine the audible and visual cues provided by the smartphone app. “With a few potential refinements based on these field simulation tests, we believe this technology is ready for licensing and adoption by industry,” Skoog added. For additional background on iGCAS, stop by the NASA Booth 33 in Aviation Gateway Park at EAA AirVenture 2015 or visit www.nasa.gov.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

Another Great Experience with Ford at AirVenture

Ford Proudly Presents Hotel California – The Original Eagles Tribute Band in Concert: Experience the Grammy Award-winning sounds that defined a generation. Close your eyes and feel certain you’re listening to the original Eagles, live, on Saturday night at 6:30 pm next to the Ford Hangar Fly-In Theater: Nightly at Camp Scholler, epic blockbuster movies and classic aviation-themed films: Sun: Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project and Living in the Age of Airplanes, Mon: Interstellar, Tue: Unbroken, Wed: Edge of Tomorrow, Thu: Planes: Fire & Rescue, Fri: Apollo 13, and Sat: Battle of Britain. Fabulous presenters and free popcorn! Free Ice Cream: Nightly deliveries; watch for the Ford Transit Connect Van

Uniquely Ford Apollo Edition Mustang: See this one-of-a-kind build, celebrating NASA’s Apollo missions and benefitting the Young Eagles program Ford Performance Lineup Vehicles: See the all-new Ford GT Concept and F-150 Raptor Concept, Mustang GT 350R, Focus RS, and ST vehicles Lincoln Continental is Back: View the stunning Lincoln Continental Concept and all of the Lincoln vehicles Ford Performance Simulator: Experience this race-inspired ride where your driving skills are pushed to the max “No Boundaries” Gyrotron: Send yourself into a three-dimensional orbit in this amazing selfpropelled experience Model T Experience: Take a break and tour the grounds in a Model T ride, only at the Ford Hangar Family Fun Throughout the Week: F-150 Lil’ Truckers Power Wheels, Raptor Rock Wall, Tough Tumblers bungee trampolines and other fun activities for the kids

Ford Autograph Headquarters: Autographs from celebrities, air show performers and living legends “Lincoln Touch” Upper Body Massage: Enjoy a complimentary therapeutic experience, exclusively in the Lincoln Pavilion Lincoln Lounge: Stay in touch with family and friends with our free email stations Free Collectibles: Limited edition hats provided daily

The Privilege of Partnership EAA members are eligible for special pricing on Ford Motor Company vehicles through Ford’s Partner Recognition Program. To learn more about this exclusive opportunity for EAA members to save on a new Ford vehicle, please visit www.eaa.org/ford.

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Give Flight project wings will be ready By Randy Dufault

ive sets of wings now under construction at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 will, like many convention-goers, depart Oshkosh at the end of the week for other destinations. And like many of those convention-goers, the metal wings will return—only they will be lifting completed airplanes. The wings are part of EAA’s Give Flight project that’s the follow-up to last year’s incredibly successful One Week Wonder building project. The wings are being built

by volunteers and were generously donated by Zenith Aircraft, Sonex Aircraft, and Van’s Aircraft. The finished wings will travel to five EAA chapters, which have each committed to complete the rest of the airplane and fly it back to Oshkosh in two years. A set of Van’s RV-12 wings, that are destined for Chapter 27 in Meriden, Connecticut, are unique in that only hands under the age of 18 are assembling them. “I’ve been part of the Project Teen Flight PHOTO BY RANDY DUFAULT

Sonex Aircraft’s John Monnett (right) watches and coaches the volunteers working on the wing spar of a Sonex Waiex, one of five wing sets under construction for EAA’s Give Flight program.

that has been building an airplane about every 12 months,” said Justin Inman from Portland, Oregon. Inman is sharing supervisory duties with fellow teen Aric Krause. Both have seen several Teen Flight RV-12 projects through to completion, and Inman is currently a Van’s intern. Youth teams from several Teen Flight projects are providing labor for the RV-12 wings. A group from Puyallup, Washington, was working on Tuesday morning, and a group from Portland, Oregon, was set to take over in the afternoon. Other groups from around the country are scheduled to join in throughout the week. “We’ve worked eight hours and 40 minutes so far and we pretty much have the left wing done,” Inman said. “We will probably finish with the wings by Wednesday evening. Then we’ll do the flaperons and that will take most of Thursday.” EAA Chapter 245, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is slated to receive a set of Zenith 750 Cruzer wings so chapter members have been recruited to work on assembly during AirVenture 2015. “The members of the executive committee decided to put our chapter in [for a set of wings],” said chapter member Bill Reed as he worked to enlarge rib pilot holes Tuesday morning.

“We are hoping to use it to educate other people on how to build aircraft and get the interest of younger people,” he added. “It will be neat to build it and fly it back to Oshkosh.” The chapter has several members with Zenith building experience and also has experience with forming nonprofit ownership flying clubs. Such a club will ultimately own the airplane. After spending a grueling week working on the One Week Wonder project last year, Roger Munsterman, of Huron, Ohio, is back to help all week with the wing build. His job is to make sure the build teams have the proper tools and parts to keep construction moving forward. “If they need something I make sure they have it,” Munsterman said. Other chapters preparing to receive completed wing sets include Chapter 461 in Bolingbrook, Illinois (Zenith CH 750 Cruzer); Chapter 84 in Snohomish, Washington (Zenith CH 650); and Chapter 555 in Las Cruces, New Mexico (Sonex Waiex). Everyone is encouraged to check out the progress of the wing build at the Give Flight project tent located on the southwest corner of EAA Square.

Expanded Pilot Proficiency Center succeeding

n EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center, which doubled in size since last year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, aviators can hone their skills. “I’ll tell you what, they love it,” said Brian Bishop, who runs the center. Presented by EAA, Jeppesen, Hartzell Propeller, and Redbird flight simulators, the center offers “Tech Talks” as well as IFR and VFR simulators for pilots to build their flying proficiency. Certified flight instructors are also available to field any questions. Bishop said he wants people to realize that there are multiple ways pilots can heighten their skills and that simulators are a viable route toward improvement. “It’s a fairly low cost option and it gives them the opportunity to be able to prac-

tice some of their stick and rudder skills, some of their IFR skills, how to become more proficient at it,” he said. With the expansion of the center’s physical space came the introduction of new features. “We added a whole VFR section, we added a lot more technical forums and technical talks, so it’s been very, very well received,” Bishop said. “We’ve had a huge turnout so far.” Bishop said the Tech Talks have been very successful, with one, Weather for Dummies, being “incredibly well-attended.” He encouraged EAA AirVenture attendees to stop by and check out the proficiency center: “Come over to the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center and come fly one of our simulators and improve your proficiency. Become a better pilot!”

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Brian Larkin practices flying on one of Redbird’s IFR simulators.

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Glider pilot: ‘Take a deep breath and enjoy’ By Barbara A. Schmitz

To read more about Luca Bertossio, go to page 56 of the Oshkosh CommemorativeSouvenir Program.

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ake a deep breath and enjoy.” That’s what Advanced World Aerobatic Champion Luca Bertossio hopes you’ll do during his air show performances this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. 2015 marks the first time the Udine, Italy, native has been to AirVenture. And it’s not lost on the 25-year-old that he is the youngest aerobatic glider pilot ever to fly here. So far, he’s been impressed. “I like this place,” he says. “The view of Oshkosh and the lake is great. People are so kind, and the organizers are really skilled. They are the best of the best.” Sponsored by Citizen Watch Co. and Red Bull, Bertossio is scheduled to fly

at Oshkosh tonight, Saturday day and night, and Sunday. Sterlingbird.com is sponsoring his trip to AirVenture, while Williams Soaring Center provided the glider for use at Oshkosh. Bertossio started flying at 11 and earned his pilot certificate at 16. He didn’t start flying gliders, however, until five years ago. “It’s taken blood, sweat, and tears” to get to this level, he says. “It is like playing an instrument. You start with it, and you are not so good. But you practice and slowly you get better. And as soon as you get better, you like it more.” Bertossio is towed to 5,500 feet before he releases the cable from the plane and starts his routine, which includes a variety of figures such as snap rolls, loops, lomcevaks, and more. While he says he enjoys all maneuvers, his favorites are the helicopter, a

controlled crazy snap that he invented in 2012, and the tailslide, a maneuver where his glider flies backward. He acknowledges that the Oshkosh audience is a unique one since it is mainly made up of other pilots. And that is a little frightening. “This is my first air show in the United States, and starting with Oshkosh is some- Luca Bertossio flies above the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds. thing that is unbelievable and At 25, he is the youngest aerobatic glider pilot ever to fly here. scary,” Bertossio says. “But I don’t want to think about it. that remains in their hearts and minds. When I’m in an air show, I don’t think of It’s unique to see a glider flying one figall the people who are watching me until ure after another like a natural conseI’m back on the ground.” quence. But behind it is such big work Bertossio hopes people will feel his and effort. I don’t want them to think of three- or four-minute performance, and the work, but rather just to enjoy the fiexperience the joy and harmony. “I hope nal results.”

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Mock-up bomber is a young pilot portal By Frederick A. Johnsen

hat started as one family’s treehouse project in Colorado has evolved into a burgeoning B-25 bomber mock-up that will take youthful enthusiasts on simulated flights. The B-25 project can be seen at KidVenture on Pioneer Airport this week. This is only its second outing. The Young Aviators Mile High Chapter 43, associated with the EAA chapter of the same number in Denver, took over the finishing of the scaled bomber effigy. Using plans for a real B-25, but making some internal structural members out of wood, the result is a realistic replication of this famous World War II bomber. Its natural metal skin gleams in the light. Replica rivet heads lay out a convincing grid on the surface. A mock-up Bendix top turret swings in azimuth; real seats taken from a B-25 grace the flight deck. But as much fun as it may sound to clamber around inside this re-created warplane, there’s more in the works. Eric Serani of the Young Aviators Chapter says, “This is just the very beginning vision.” On a table beside the bogus bomber, two laptops connect to detailed rep-

lica engine instruments that respond to throttle inputs from the cockpit. An inspired fusion of 3-D printing and software genius by one of the group’s adult mentors created the lifelike instruments. A seven-minute encapsulation of a real B-25 bombing mission from World War II is the basis for adventures youthful aviators can have in this time machine. Crew positions will be assigned by a lottery. Serani explains this is because “everyone’s going to want to be the pilot or the gunner.” The B-25 cockpit rides on a trailer and stows lower than its operating position to enable transit down the highway. A visitor to the cockpit at KidVenture on Pioneer Airport is likely to find adults and youths scrambling as they continue to install equipment and tweak the bomber experience. Serani is pleased to see the group’s younger members taking such an active role. “The kids are going to be the ones teaching other kids,” he explains. The vision for the future includes the use of video monitors placed in front of the windscreen to enhance the mission experience.

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spen Avionics unleashed a number of new products, improved products and partnership programs at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, including enhancements to a program aimed at helping aircraft owners meet the pending mandate for ADS-B “out” compliance by the year 2020.

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Aspen & L-3 partner on ADS-B solution L-3 and Aspen are partnering to package an integrated system of Aspen’s primary and multi-function displays and L-3’s Lynx NGT9000 MultiLink Surveillance System. Demonstrations of the integrated display system are available in the Aspen Avionics booth and in the L-3 booth (Hangar C, Booth 3109). This partnership extends to joint sales and service support for customers. “Aspen and L-3 share a common philosophy; we firmly believe that open systems create more opportunities for collaboration,” said President and CEO John Uczekaj. “Aspen is exactly the type of forwardlooking company we enjoy partnering with,” added Larry Riddle, L-3 Aviation Products vice president of marketing and sales for business, regional and general aviation. L-3’s Lynx NGT-9000 Mode S extended squitter transponder with integrated touchscreen display and an internal GPS/WAAS ports ADS-B traffic and weather data to the Aspen’s Evolution displays through an RS232 interface. The package gives pilots multiple options to arrange data on the larger Aspen displays−allowing them to view more information where and when they need it. Sales of packaged bundles of Aspen’s displays and the NGT-9000 begin at the end of August, with packages and pricing at: • EFD1000 Pro Plus (includes synthetic vision and AOA) NGT-9000: $20,795— $1,695 savings; • Aspen Evolution 1500 system; includes Pro Plus primary flight display (includes synthetic vision and AOA), MFD 500 multi-function display NGT-9000: $24,655—$3,875 savings.

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While Merrill is now the chapter’s Young Eagles consultant, he and his wife, Gail, continue to volunteer at rallies. For kids who clearly have an interest in aviation, the Merrills try to seat them in the co-pilot’s seat so they can handle the controls. When possible, they also make sure those children get to fly with a certified flight instructor, so each child gets flight time signed off toward his or her rating. Merrill has flown 532 Young Eagles himself. “Sharing aviation with a young person is fun,” he explains. “When I was young, I was the kid who stood at the airport fence and looked at airplanes take off. The kids are excited and that excitement rubs off me.” While making a conscious effort to get girls and minorities interested in aviation, Merrill says the program’s success goes beyond creating additional new pilots. “Our goal is really to make a generation of people who are aviation and airport friendly,” he says. “They understand the need to treat airports as a community asset, as the jewel of each community, and not something to be a point of contention.” Ground Support Volunteer Jeanne Ferguson says seeing other dedicated people made her believe in EAA’s Young Eagles program. But for 16 years, Ferguson, of Sugar Hill, Georgia, has done more than just believe. She has proven her dedication by leading Chapter 690’s Young Eagle’s ground operations. Ferguson says she was overwhelmed when she first learned she was this year’s Ground Support Volunteer award recipient. “Typical of other chapters, nothing happens because of one person’s efforts,” she says. “But I am honored to represent the chapter.” Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, Chapter 690 flies about 500 youths annually, she says. Her job during Young Eagle rallies is to facilitate and manage all the work done on the ground – registering kids, making sure they each receive a safety briefing, escorting the youth to the planes and their assigned pilot, creating certificates, and so on. Young Eagles allows children to be exposed to aviation who otherwise would not know about its career options, she says. But it’s the children’s enthusi-

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asm and desire to learn that keeps her and others volunteering. “We probably have 20 to 25 regular volunteers each month, and that is what makes it work,” she says. “We have a lot of people in our chapter who are not pilots, but who just love aviation.” That also describes Ferguson and her husband, a retired Air Force flight engineer. In addition, Ferguson helps with the EAA B-17 and Ford Tri-Motor visits, and is chapter treasurer and membership chairwoman. EAA Chapter 690 has also been proactive in getting youth and others interested in aviation by offering a weekly camp, access to an “amazing” simulator, and more, she says. “When you participate in a positive environment and try to educate people and kids, it is just infectious,” Ferguson says. “It’s what makes you enjoy life.”

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Pilots fly from Argentina to Oshkosh By Nicole Kiefert

wo pilots from Argentina have been camped out under the wing of their yellow Cessna 140, LV-NFP. The Argentinean flag hangs from the front of the left wing to adorn their campsite in Vintage at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. Pilots Nicolas Cambiagno and the plane’s owner Samuel Volpin took turns flying during the flight from Argentina, which took one month and 10 days with a total of 90 flight hours. The friends arrived on Friday and will be camping for the duration of the week. “We stopped everywhere,” Nicolas said. “We departed from Argentina, crossed to Chile, headed north to Peru, Columbia, Costa Rica, Mexico. Twelve countries we crossed.” A small map on the left side of the plane shows a red line that maps the route the two took from Argentina all the way to Wisconsin. Nicolas said besides the long hours and an excessive amount of paper-

work at airports, there were absolutely no problems during the flight. “We were more stressed in the airports than flying because of the paperwork,” Nicolas said. “No turbulence, no clouds.” The two made about 40 stops and crossed through 12 countries in order to make the trip to Oshkosh, an exciting trip for all pilots and aviation enthusiasts. Nicolas said his father was a pilot, which led to him being in touch with airplanes since he was a young boy. Samuel was a farmer and was intrigued with the world of aviation after he saw a crop duster fly over the farm he lived on at the age of 16. Since then he has obtained his pilot’s certificate, but refuses to fly commercial liners. He only “flies for fun.” While Nicolas also has his pilot’s certificate, he does not yet own a plane of his own. They love the camaraderie and being able to see and make friends. They

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throughout the grounds, including vintage and warbirds. “This flight is the dream of every pilot in South America, to fly to Oshkosh,” Nicolas said.

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EAA leads effort to lift ‘living history flight experiences’ moratorium for warbirds

he FAA this week lifted a longtime moratorium on new “living history flight experiences” in historic aircraft, particularly warbirds, thanks to more than four years of leadership on the issue by EAA. Lifting of the FAA moratorium means that new applications and approvals can be finalized that allow flight experiences in such airplanes as World War II warbirds. Several operators had been continuing their flights on long-held exemptions, but lifting of the moratorium allows additional flight experiences and operators to be added for aviation enthusiasts. EAA had been urging the FAA to remove the moratorium in place since 2011. It was initially meant as an 18-month pause to consider standardized training programs, but instead had remained as a barrier to additional flight operations.

EAA continually addressed the topic in sessions with the FAA in Washington, as well as during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and the annual EAA-FAA Winter Recreational Aviation Summit. “Lifting of the FAA moratorium after four long years is an important first step,” said Sean Elliott, EAA’s vice president of advocacy and safety. “We remain concerned on some of the language and terminology used in the document, however, and how it might be interpreted in the field to limit certain aircraft. We will remain watchful to ensure freedom and consistency for these operations that are extremely popular.” Elliott added that EAA is ready to assist the FAA through continued leadership on this issue. That could include forming a community-agency partnership to provide feedback policy implementation and inter-

pretation, as well as working to establish safety requirements and documentation of various training programs. “We will continue to monitor implementation and compliance issues, because the day-to-day FAA decisions in the field

are a key to determining how successful this will be,” he said. EAA will continue to follow-up with the FAA on this and other key aviation issues during meetings in Oshkosh this week.

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Workshop Classroom 3, Turbocharging Systems, Timothy Gauntt Aeroplane Workshop, Acro Sport I and II, Chris Kinnaman Vicki Cruse Pavilion, Buying a used Pitts, Gary DeBaun Hilton Theater, John Magee & High Flight, Ray Haas Skyscape Theater, Robin Olds Fighter Pilot, Christina Olds FAA Aviation Safety Center, Not the Flight Service Once Known, Joe Daniele Homebuilders Hangar, Thorp T-18 - Homebuilt In Review, Lee Walton Ultralight Forums Tent, Rotorcraft Flight Briefing, Geoff Downey 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Warbird Alley, Warbirds in Review-P-51 Ole Yeller, Bob Hoover, John Bagley EAA Canada, Personal Aircraft & Aerodromes, Patrick Gilligan 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Aeroplane Workshop, Scratch and Plans Built Airplanes, Plans Scratch 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Aviation Gateway Park, Multicopter Warehouse UAV Demo 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 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Federal Pavilion, GA Accident Case Studies, NTSB 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Boeing Plaza, WomenVenture Group Photo 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 Fun Fly Zone, Valdez STOL Demo Sky Shoppe, Floatplane Odyssey, William Coleman EAA Wearhouse, Squawk 7700, Peter Buffington EAA Pilot Proficiency Center, IMC Club Open Chapter Meeting, Radek Wyrzykowski 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Wood Workshop, Wood Construction 101, George Donaldson 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Ultralight Workshop Tent, Stewart Systems Covering 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Ford Hangar, Ford Autograph Wednesday Session 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Vintage Red Barn, Vintage Type Clubs 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Aviation Gateway Park, Horizon Hobby, LLC UAV Demo 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Garmin Vantage ADS B Solutions, Garmin 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Replica Fighters HQ, Titan T-51 Company Update, Replica Fighters Replica Fighters Tent, Composites Lay-ups Demo, Russell Emanis Forum Stage 01, Latex Painting Updates, Malcolm Morrison Forum Stage 02, GAMA, Stearmans, Terry Ladage Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, Production Interiors, Dennis Wolter Forum Stage 04, Aeronca, Bill Pancake Forum Stage 05, HAI, Avoiding Pre-Buy Pitfalls, Mike Busch Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, ATC Next Gen, Dale Wright Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, Apollo 13, Gene Kranz Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, ForeFlight 201 - Advanced, Thomas Daugherty Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Living In Deep Space, NASA Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Landing Loving the Pitts, Budd Davisson Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, The Douglas DC-3, Ron Alexander Composite Workshop, Vacuum Bagging, Scott VanderVeen Workshop Classroom 1, EI Commander - Ignition Mgmt, William Repucci Workshop Classroom 3, Engine Balancing, Archie Frangoudis Aeroplane Workshop, Forming Aluminum Ribs, Jim Martin Vicki Cruse Pavilion, Spins and Emergency Recoveries, Bill Finagin Hilton Theater, Military Espionage - Cold War, Werner Juretzko Skyscape Theater, B-17 Stories, Harvin Abrahamson FAA Aviation Safety Center, Taking Your Tablet Flying, James Whittles Homebuilders Hangar, Build and Fly Safely, Jeff Edwards Homebuilders Hangar, Technical And Flight Test Advice, EAA Technical Counselors and Flight Advisors Ultralight Forums Tent, Rotax 2 Stroke Upkeep, Bret Lawton 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Theater In The Woods, WomenVenture Power Lunch 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Federal Pavilion, 3 Steps to Avoid Being Intercepted, Kevin Roethe 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, Action Camera and Portable Products, Garmin 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sky Shoppe, Flying with the Flak Pak, Kenny Kemp

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EAA Wearhouse, Flying The Feathered Edge, Kim Furst 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Hilton Garden Inn, Hands-on Scenario-based Training, Garmin 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM Fun Fly Zone, Rotorcraft 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Aviation Gateway Forums Stage, Job Fair 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Garmin Avionics Upgrades, Garmin 12:45 PM - 1:15 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Phil’s Hobby Shop/Hobbico, Inc Demo Federal Pavilion, Canine Demonstration, U.S. Customs & Border Patrol 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, Garmin Vantage ADS-B Solutions, Garmin 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Sky Shoppe, The Day I Grew Wings, Sarah Rebecca McLendon EAA Wearhouse, The Dust Bowl and Solo To Fly, Robert E. Norris EAA Pilot Proficiency Center, Advanced iPad Use in the Cockpit, Charles Schneider Goodyear Booth, Goodyear Airship Pilot Autograph 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Replica Fighters Tent, Composites Lay-ups Demo, Russell Emanis Warbird Alley, Warbirds in Review - F-22 Raptor, John Cummings, Ray Fowler Replica Fighters HQ, My Experience With Sleep Apnea, Tony Pileggi Forum Stage 01, Single Pilot IFR, Jeff Edwards Forum Stage 02, GAMA, Stick and Rudder, Tom Casey, William Coleman Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, Will YOU Be A Statistic, Michael Adams Forum Stage 04, Sleep Apnea, Dr. Brent Blue Forum Stage 05, HAI, WingX Pro 7, Hilton Goldstein Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, Evolving National Weather Service, Kathryn Sullivan Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, SkiGull, Burt Rutan Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Air-Camping Essentials, Ramona Cox Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Fabric Covering 101, Poly-Fiber Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Flying to and in Alaska, Anthony Turinsky 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, Breaking the Cost Barrier, Murry Rozansky Gas Welding Workshop, Gas Welding 101 Workshop Classroom 3, Plans Build Your Aircraft, Richard Seman Vicki Cruse Pavilion, Pitts Maintenance Tips, Johnny White Hilton Theater, Operation Overflight - Cold War, Gary Powers Jr. SpaceShipOne / Voyager, If You Can Dream it You Can Do It, Dick Rutan FAA Aviation Safety Center, Avoiding Unwanted Adventure, John and Martha King Homebuilders Hangar, Youth Aviation Programs, Jerry Graf Ultralight Forums Tent, Legal Eagle Ultralight, Leonard Milholland 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EAA Canada, Importing U.S. E-AB Into Canada, Jack Dueck Skyscape Theater, Above and Beyond, Nancy Spielberg 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Federal Pavilion, Navigating Special Use Airspace, David Paulsgrove 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Connectivity with Garmin Connext, Garmin 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Seaplane Base, Night Flying Hazards 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Theater In The Woods, Vernice FlyGirl Armour 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, CopterShop UAV Demo 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 2, Advanced Garmin Pilot with the iPad, Garmin Federal Pavilion, Aviation Weather Hazards, Tim Halbach 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Garmin Hangar Tent 1, G3X Touch for Experimental Aircraft, Garmin 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sky Shoppe, The 100 Greatest Women in Aviation, Liz Moscrop EAA Wearhouse, Looking Back on Walking Away, Chuck Hagerty HAI HELI-CENTER, The Helicopter Add-On, Max Kahlhamer, Wes Van Dell

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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Aviation Gateway Park, Interactive Aerial UAV Demo 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Federal Pavilion, Securing America’s Airspace, U.S. Customs & Border Patrol 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Forum Stage 01, Backcountry Aircraft Kits, Mitch Travis Forum Stage 02, GAMA, Legal Drone Flying, Alan Farkas, Rich Hanson Forum Stage 04, EPS Diesel For Aviation, Michael Fuchs Forum Stage 05, HAI, Safety Technology That Matters, Scott Smith Forum Stage 06, JP Instruments, WAAS Thru the Eyes of a Pilot, JoAnn Ford Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, Making Of Flying The Feathered Edge, Kim Furst Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, Top 10 tip for iPad Pilots, Bret Koebbe Forum Stage 09, Honda Generators, Stinson 108 Aircraft, Larry Wheelock Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Touring Motor Gliders, Paul Randall Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, Building Your Dream Strip, Gary Stevens Workshop Classroom 1, Weight and Balance Reality Check, Joe Norris Workshop Classroom 2, 3M Erosion-Impact Tape, Steve Falteisek Gas Welding Workshop, Aluminum Gas Welding 101, Joe Maj Workshop Classroom 3, Tube Bending & Prop Tape, Dick Koehler Hilton Theater, America’s Secret MIG Squadron, Gaillard Peck FAA Aviation Safety Center, Safety Starts on the Ground, Andy Miller Homebuilders Hangar, eXtensible Flight System, Mark Spencer Ultralight Forums Tent, The Mosquito Kit Helicopter, Paul Grieshaber 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM Flightline, Wednesday Air Show 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Skyscape Theater, WWII In The Pacific - 20 Questions, Kenny Kemp 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Aviation Gateway Park, UAV Free Flight Federal Pavilion, Canine Demonstration, U.S. Customs & Border Patrol 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sky Shoppe, Two Fathers One War, Marcia L. Pollock Wysocky 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Zero to Breakthrough, Vernice Armour 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Federal Pavilion, Great Lakes Aviation Weather, Rich Mamrosh 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM FAA Aviation Safety Center, Chicago Vertiport & Tiltrotors, Michael Conklin 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Sky Shoppe, Tuskegee Airmen Verdict in Vegas, Tammy L. Smith 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Forum Stage 01, Keep Flying Affordable, Scott “Sky” Smith Forum Stage 02, GAMA, UAS & Drones In Construction, Dale Hylton Forum Stage 03, Sennheiser Aviation, 10 Things About The NACA, Bill Barry Forum Stage 04, Aeronca Aviators Club, Robert Szego Forum Stage 05, HAI, Accident Case Studies 3, Lorenda Ward Forum Mainstage 07, Honda Aircraft, Loss Of Control: The JFK Jr. Crash, Phil Dixon Forum Stage 08, ForeFlight, 10 iPad FAA Violations, Gary Reeves Forum Stage 10, Poly-Fiber, Your Scholarship Awaits, Constance Stevens Forum Stage 11, BRP/Rotax, GA Disaster Airlift At Your Airport, Paul Marshall Workshop Classroom 1, Why Electronic Ignition, Brad Dement Homebuilders Hangar, Reno Racers! Simulating Speed, Michael Dunning Ultralight Forums Tent, Shooting & Editing Flying Videos, Les Homan 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Aviation Gateway Park, sUAS Challenge 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Skyscape Theater, Beyond The Powder, Kara Martinelli 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EAA Wearhouse, Touching the Face of God, Ray Haas 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM Forum Mainstage 07 Honda Aircraft, Eagles Skydive Post Jump With Video, Jim McCormick, Lise Nansen 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Theater In The Woods, EAA Concert Band 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Nature Center, VAA Annual Picnic 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Warbird Briefing Building, Warbirds Annual Membership Meeting 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Fun Fly Zone, Ultralight and Light Planes 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Boeing Plaza, Wednesday Night Concert Theater In The Woods, Apollo 13 Mission 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Fun Fly Zone, Powered Parachutes 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Flightline, Wednesday Night Air Show 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM Ford Fly-In Theater, Edge of Tomorrow

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

PS Engineering celebrates 30 years at Oshkosh By James Wynbrandt

ircraft audio systems pioneer PS Engineering (PSE) has introduced an audio panel for experimental amateur-built aircraft that incorporates Bluetooth connectivity, caller ID (the phone number appears on the face of the audio panel) and IntelliAudio technology. But the big news, company founder and CEO Mark Scheuer said here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, is the company’s 30th anniversary, a milestone he measures from the company’s first display here at the fly-in in 1986. “This is the first place we demonstrated our product, so I’m indebted to the EAA,” says the Oshkosh native. That one product, a portable aircraft intercom, morphed into a family of offerings. Today PSE also builds audio panels for avionics companies including BendixKing, Honeywell, and Avidyne. Scheuer can tick off a host of firsts PSE has achieved: The Aerocom, the company’s first

product, featuring the first individually gated microphones; Flightmate in 1988, the first aviation com device to use DSP (digital signal processing), providing communication playback to check ATC instructions; flying into space in 2005 as the audio panel selected for SpaceShipOne; the world’s first audio panel with Bluetooth connectivity in 2008. But as he recounts the highlights, it’s clear his involvement with EAA means as much as any of these technological feats: being an active member of EAA Chapter 17 in Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1986; his first time as a presenter at the forums in 1991—“Look at the old tent,” he laughs, pointing to a photo on a timeline board of pictures at PSE’s display (Booth 1019-1020); flying left seat in the B-17 Aluminum Overcast over PSE’s plant in Lenoir City, after donating an audio panel for the warbird. Scheuer became interested in electronics at age 9 when a cousin made a magnet from electrified wire. His passion for avia-

tion began at 16, when his father took him to Lake Elmo, Minnesota, for a flight in his uncle’s Bonanza. “I was hooked,” he said. He got a degree in electrical engineering from UW’s Manitowoc campus and went to work for Hewlett-Packard and in 1983 bought a Grumman AA-1A. He looked for an intercom to use in the plane but couldn’t find anything that suited his needs. So he built his own. He founded PSE to market the intercom, the Aerocom, in 1985. The following year Aviation Consumer rated it Golden in the Spaghetti Factor category for the few wires sprouting from the unit, and PSE exhibited it at Oshkosh, sharing a booth in the Fly Market. Thirty years later, “We’re celebrating this event by moving into an even larger booth,”

Scheuer says, showing off the booth’s erector set-like frame—which he made himself. He’s also been nominated for this year’s EAA High Achievement award, with the ceremony taking place this Saturday. So what’s next? “I often wonder where the heck is the next great idea coming from, and then a customer will come to our booth and ask, ‘Why aren’t you doing this.’”

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Freedom of Flight award: Sully and Skiles By Barbara A. Schmitz

hesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Jeff Skiles are best known as the pilots who saved all 155 people onboard an Airbus A320 when they successfully “landed” the plane on the Hudson River after it struck a flock of Canada geese shortly after takeoff. But it’s what those two have done since that January 2009 flight that makes them stand out. As advocates for aviation and aviation safety standards, Sullenberger and Skiles will receive EAA’s Freedom of Flight Award at the annual meeting today. The Freedom of Flight Award is the organization’s highest honor, given annually since 1986 to individuals whose contributions to aviation closely mirror the integrity, entrepreneurship, and innovativeness of EAA members. A general aviation pilot and former fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force from 1973-80, Sullenberger retired in 2010 after 30 years as a commercial pilot. However, he is also an aviation safety expert and accident investigator, serves as a CBS News aviation and safety expert, and is the founder and CEO of Safety Reliability Methods Inc., a company dedicated to management, safety, performance, and reliability consulting. Skiles is now a full-time pilot for American Airlines, but he spent 2012-14 working as vice president of communities and member programs at EAA. He has also served as vice president of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations, where he represented 28,000 airline pilots and worked with Congress on laws that made air travel safer. In addition, he has testified before congressional committees on issues of aviation safety, and commented on airline regulations to major news outlets. Both men say they are honored to receive EAA’s top award. “To be on the same list of people such as Paul Poberezny, Neil Armstrong, and Scott Crossfield, who are all icons of this industry, is amazing,” Skiles said.

Sullenberger says they felt obligated to be active on many fronts after they discovered that the news story of their famous flight was not going to fade away as most news stories do. “We felt we owed it to all pilots to use this event for good, to improve safety and to improve the status and appreciation not only for the piloting profession, but also to all the ways aviation is important in our lives,” Sullenberger says. “I feel an intense obligation because we have been given a bully pulpit that few ever have. The traveling public doesn’t have an advocate; Jeff and I have tried to be that advocate.” In fact, after the Colgan Air Flight 3407 crash on Feb. 12, 2009, that killed 50, the two worked with the Flight 3407 families to strengthen airline safety rules and regulations. The families were able to persuade Congress to pass the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010, which boosted minimum flight experience requirements for airline pilots from 250 hours to 1,500 hours and more. “But we must constantly try to re-fight battles that have already been won, to keep some in aviation from rolling back the standards because they think the high safety standards are somehow too inconvenient, too burdensome and too costly,” Sullenberger says. “It’s an ongoing struggle.” Sullenberger and Skiles also served as co-chairmen of EAA’s Young Eagles program from September 2009 to July 2014. “We owe the program to Tom Poberezny who dreamed of it and brought it to fruition, but also to the EAA chapter members who fly Young Eagles,” said Skiles, adding that the program’s success can’t be attributed to either of them. “It’s successful because chapter members have really embraced the program.” Sullenberger added, “We’re just standing on the shoulders of the entire organization and everyone else who has helped.”

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Proudly Presented by Ford Motor Company Sunday, July 19 – Saturday, July 25

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-storyhigh projection screen. What a great way to extend your exciting day at AirVenture!

Sunday, July 19th Flying the Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project and Living in the Age of Airplanes

The show crowd watches the Airbus A350. PHOTO BY PHIL WESTON

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 25th Battle of Britain

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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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

With two feet to spare: Landing the B-52 at Oshkosh By Frederick A. Johnsen

hen your aircraft has outrigger landing gear spanning 148 feet and the runway is 150 feet wide, arriving at Oshkosh is a big deal. In so many ways. After eight months of coordination, the U.S. Air Force, EAA, and Wittman field put to rest the aged notion that a giant B-52 Stratofortress bomber could never land here. B-52 pilots’ club spend much of their flight time using three airfields with 300-footwide runways. When Maj. Jeremy Holt was tapped to bring the B-52 to Oshkosh, hunted through flight-sim programs to find a runway 150 feet wide and similar to KOSH. He practiced simulated approaches and landings. The runway perspective is quite different for a concrete ribbon only 150 feet wide for pilots accustomed to twice that. Maj. Holt wanted to etch the narrow runway’s perspective into his brain before Oshkosh. That final 125 mph to touchdown is not the time for initial practice. The B-52’s wings droop when lift is lost. The outrigger wheels allow one or the other wing to drop until the wheel touches. For Oshkosh, Maj. Holt explained, “We had to take all of the fuel out of the wings.” Thus lightened, the outriggers might stay above the surface. Maj. Holt and his crew figured the B-52 would roll out to 6,000 feet on the Oshkosh runway before stopping, thanks to its giant yellow braking parachute. Had the chute failed, that run could have been longer as the B-52’s brakes would take over the important task of stopping 93 tons of bomber.

In that stretch runway lights paralleling the edge of the concrete were taken down to preclude contact with the outrigger wheels. Miscellaneous other lights and signs were removed to facilitate towing the half-century-old machine to its display spot. All that preparation had another consequence—one that Maj. Holt predicted. In its lightened state, the B-52 hopped back into the air after touchdown on Runway 36 as the landing gear rebounded, to the good-natured amusement of his fellow crewmen. The B-52H on Boeing Plaza is older than its crew members. B-52 maintainer Tech Sgt. James Beal is one of three Air Force specialists on hand to tend the B-52H. “It’s a pretty lowmaintenance aircraft,” he said. Maintainers monitor the tires and gear struts to keep them at proper inflation, as well as fluids. Fellow maintainer Master Sgt. Lance Graham says he and the others conduct FOD (foreign object damage) checks to ensure no foreign debris gets ingested by the bomber. A crew of fliers, maintainers, and security forces orchestrates the effort to share the B-52 with the AirVenture crowd. Maj. Holt says, “You can tell it’s more aviationoriented here” than at other air shows. The questions he fields here tend to be more specific than questions from elsewhere. So fire away with your aviation-specific questions; crew members are on hand to talk with you.

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Rotax turbocharges its product line with 915 iS By James Wynbrandt

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ustria’s Rotax Aircraft Engines introduced a new flagship in its line of powerplants here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh: the 915 iS, a turbocharged, 135-hp four-cylinder, four-stroke, liquid/air-cooled engine. Certification of the engine is expected in the second half of 2017, said Dean Vogel, Rotax Aircraft Engine Technical Advisor for Lockwood Aviation, one of three U.S. distributors for Rotax. The 915 iS has the same 1352 cc displacement of its 100-hp engines, and incorporates the engine control unit developed for the 912 iS. It will develop full power up to 15,000 feet and has a service ceiling of 23,000 feet. Candidate airframes for the powerplant include “anything today that would use an O-235,” Vogel said, among them the RV-9. It weighs 185 pounds, which Rotax claims provides the best power to weight ratio in class, and the company is targeting a 2,000-hour TBO (Time Between Overhaul). The 915 iS also incorporates redundant electronic fuel injection, intercooler, automatically adjusted forced dry sump lubrication system, and propeller speed reduction gearbox. No price for the powerplant has been set.

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Airshow pilot Michael Goulian signs a poster at the Lycoming tent for Ethan and Elias from Houston, TX.

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The U.S. Air Force’s honor guard performs precision drill maneuvers daily at AirVenture 2015.

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cott, Tyler, and Chase Huff flew their twin-engine Beechcraft Baron in together from Fredericksburg, Virginia. Scott is the father of the 12-yearold twins. EAA AirVenture 2015 will be the sixth AirVenture Scott has brought the boys to and he has attended 13. Scott said his interest in aviation started out when he was very young. “I have a brother who is eight years older than I am and he got his pilot’s license in his teenage years and I followed behind him, so he was my early influence,” he said. Chase and Tyler are following in their father’s footsteps. They are currently part of the Young Eagles program out of EAA Chapter 1099 and both plan to get their pilot’s certificates someday as well. “We’ve already talked about it and we’re already looking at a couple airplanes here that would be a good trainer for them,” Scott said. “We’re maybe going to get a Cessna 170 as a potential trainer for them.”

The boys have already enjoyed seeing the B-52 and look forward to the air performances and the night shows. Besides those, Scott is also interested in seeing the Sasquatch Biplane, the mass arrival of the Warbirds, Sean Tucker, and the performance by Luca Bertossio. “I have not seen his performance but I read his article in Sport Aviation,” Scott said. “I’ve seen a couple videos online but I think that’s probably one of the coolest forms of air show performances—the gliders—so I’m interested in that.” The boys are all also excited for the 70th anniversary celebration of the Pitts. Scott said, “I’ve got a picture when I was seven or eight standing in front of a Pitts S1T and my dad remembers I looked at him and said ‘That’s an airplane sized just for me’ and I told him that I was going to own one someday.” Scott has not yet owned a Pitts. But it is on his bucket list. “Maybe once they get to college,” he said.

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Washington comes to Mr. Smith: EAA advocacy efforts

AA AirVenture Oshkosh is recognized throughout the aviation world as the place to see anything and anyone involved in shaping the future of the industry. No one recognizes that more than FAA leadership, which is why so many of the agency’s top-level executives travel from Washington and around the country to meet with EAA and other industry representatives on a broad array of issues and topics. They meet with EAA throughout the week on advocacy and safety topics along with groups as diverse as warbirds, ultralights, type clubs, EAA’s legal and medical advisory councils, major manufacturers, and individual entrepreneurs. AirVenture is also EAA’s largest advocacy effort as it hosts and meets with these and other top level government officials in an effort to preserve and promote the accessibility and affordability of aviation to our members and the broader GA community. EAA advocacy staff is augmented by a group of nearly 20 volunteer government relations hosts who help manage the influx of visitors and ensure that they are shown the full breadth of what EAA AirVenture and the entire GA

community has to offer—all while preaching a message of safety, responsibility, and the importance of the freedom of personal flight to our nation and the economy. This year EAA will be hosting both the FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Deputy Administrator Mike Whitaker, along with many of their senior leaders from aircraft certification, flight standards, the chief counsel, the federal air surgeon, the assistant administrator for NextGen, and several of the certification offices including the engine and propeller and small airplane directorates. This is in addition to the air traffic controllers who help make this event possible. Staff from the aeromedical and airman and aircraft registry are in the FAA Safety Center to help pilots and aircraft owners with issues and problems, and the FAA’s safety teams provide dozens of lectures and forums. While these folks are very busy in meetings with EAA and industry throughout the week, EAA members and AirVenture attendees have a prime opportunity to hear from and meet with this group of dedicated FAA executives at the annual Meet the Administrator Forum on Thursday at 11:30

a.m. in the Honda Pavilion forum building. Huerta and EAA Chairman Jack Pelton will discuss current issues impacting sport and recreational aviation and take some questions from the audience. EAA’s annual celebration of aviation could not happen without the cooperative and collaborative relationship EAA strives for with the FAA and AirVenture is the place for us all to get business and advocacy done.

Volunteer drawing winners Each day, drawings are held to award $25 gift certificates to five EAA volunteers. Certificates can be redeemed for EAA merchandise, valid for one year. Winners can pick up their gift certificates at Convention Headquarters. July 19 Winners: John Edwards–Rotorcraft Terry Achten–Parking Claudia Paterson–First aid Thomas Knoll–Operation Thirst Terry Henry–Tie downs

EAA/Redbird spot landing contest winners Tuesday winners in the EAA Pathways Pavilion/Redbird Flight Simulations spot landing contest are: First place, Eric Beets, Burlington, Wisconsin, score: 8,296, winner of two weekly wristbands for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016; second place, Andrew Ritchel, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, 8,183, winner of two tickets to ride on the Ford Tri-Motor; third place, Shane Deweese, Hutchinson, Kansas, 8,033, winner of two tickets to ride on a Bell 47 helicopter. The Pathways Pavilion is located on EAA Square at the corner of Knapp Street Road and Celebration Way.

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o, Patty Wagstaff ’s airplane hasn’t been through some aviation version of Extreme Makeover. When the aerobatic superstar flies into show center for her performance here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh today and Saturday, instead of the black and yellow Extra 300S fans know, she’ll be flying a red and silver Extra 330LX, the latest design from Germany’s Walter Extra. Among the design enhancements: refined ailerons, a larger rudder, and a bigger engine: a 350-hp Lycoming IO-580, instead of the IO-540 in 300-series Extras. “This airplane is a beast, a freight train,” Patty says. “There’s so much power, so much performance.” But the biggest difference is that this is a two-place aircraft, a configuration long considered incompatible with professional level aerobatics—until the 330LX. “This is the only two-seater you can do a hard-core solo routine in,” Patty says. And when not performing extreme aerobatics, the airplane “cruises at 185 knots, and it’s comfortable,” she notes. “It’s a spectacular airplane.”

Patty only recently began flying the 330LX and is adapting her trademark full throttle, extreme routine as she gets to know the corners of its performance envelope. “I’ve had a good week of practice, [but] I don’t have all the tumbles figured out,” she says, “that one little sweet spot, the perfect speed where the plane wants to tumble end over end.” Yet the switch to the 330LX isn’t about more power as much as a representation of new directions for Patty, as she expands her aviation activities beyond flying air shows. Last year she opened a flight-training facility, Patty Wagstaff Aerobatic School, colocated with Southeast Aero, U.S. distributor of Extra Aircraft, at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (SGJ) in St. Augustine, Florida. The school provides upset training and aerobatic training in an Extra 300L and Super Decathlon. SGJ has a strong link to the aerobatic world dating to the 1980s, when the Aero Sport FBO started its “Flying Circus” to draw more business to the airport. Southeast

Aero, which owns the 330LX Patty is flying, is a descendant of that FBO. Founder and President Kramer Upchurch, who started his career at Aero Sport, says having Patty fly the airplane is “another facet of the relationship we’re developing PHOTO BY PHIL WESTON between her flight training and air Patty Wagstaff arrived at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 in her new show business, and Extra 330LX ready to wow the audience with her artful aerobatics and her trademark closing, the Patty Wagspass. our dealership.” The 330LX, N431LX, is on display at the company’s and we think the Extras’ characteristics, and exhibit area (Booth 364-365). About half a reliability and safety, are particularly welldozen 330LXs are currently flying in the U.S. suited to this kind of instruction.” Says Upchurch, “We’re beginning to see our Meanwhile, Patty excused herself to airplanes used by people wanting to develop prepare for her shows, announcing. “I’m unusual attitude recovery training programs, going out to practice.”

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The Class of 2015: Able Flight students earn their wings at AirVenture By Dave Higdon

ble Flight’s newest six pilots Indiana, flying two specially adapted Sky received their wings during a Arrow 600 LSA and an adapted Flight ceremony Tuesday on Boeing Design CTLS. Green, born without Plaza at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, hands or feet, earned his air transport with Aviation Hall of Fame inductee pilot certificate (ATP). Kisielewski earned Patty Wagstaff, Able Flight grad Jessica his private pilot certificate, in training at Cox, and AOPA President Mark Baker other sites. presenting the wings. The six also received scholarships Able Flight’s Class of 2015 includes from AOPA, Bombardier, ForeFlight, Jet one pilot born without hands or feet, Aviation, Shell Aviation, and Tempest. two quadriplegics, one paraplegic, Other sponsors include Aircraft Spruce one who is deaf, and another who is a and Specialty, Sennheiser Aviation, and wounded veteran. Zenith Aircraft. The 2015 Able Flight grads include: Scot Abrams of New York; PHOTO BY PHIL WESTON Stephen Carrier of Louisiana; Randy Green of Idaho; Sgt. Adam Kisielewski of Maryland; John Robinson of North Carolina; and Raymart Tinio of California. Abrams, Carrier, Robinson, and Tinio trained at Able Flight’s joint training program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Able Flight presentation

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

Sharpen Your Skills at the Pilot Proficiency Center Learn, enhance, and assess your level of proficiency at the EAA Proficiency Center. Features include Redbird IFR and Stick & Rudder simulations, full schedule of tech talks, IMC Club meetings, and the opportunity to network with other pilots. All levels of experience are welcome to come and sharpen their skills! Located at Booth 423

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WOMENVENTURE Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Will you be here?

All women aviators and enthusiasts are invited to participate in WomenVenture Wednesday, July 22. The group photo is at 11 a.m. on Boeing Plaza immediately followed by the Power Lunch at Theater in the Woods and guest speaker Vernice “FlyGirl” Armour at 1:30 p.m. Pick up your T-shirt* and register for lunch at the EAA Welcome Center. *T-shirt quantity limited; available while supplies last.

EAA and the IMC Club have signed a letter of intent regarding EAA’s possible acquisition of the IMC program. This letter, signed this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, is only a preliminary step toward further discussion of a closer relationship with no legal commitments yet made. “Our discussions with the IMC Club began as all of us looked for a way to give long-term stability for the IMC concept, which enhances safety for aviators with instrument ratings and others involved in flight,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs. “EAA has always been about the sharing of knowledge and information among its members, and the IMC Club concept is another way to bring that to EAA members and other aviators by possibly leveraging the EAA chapter network.” An EAA-owned IMC program might include such components as providing EAA chapters with the ability to incorporate IMC programming; monthly

scenarios within IMC programming that would facilitate discussion and learning; and shared resources within EAA membership and chapters to increase the reach and impact of IMC programming. “Ultimately, we all share the same goal: making better and safer pilots throughout the flying community,” Larsen said. As this letter of intent is only a preliminary document with no legal commitments, further information will be released when and if any formal agreement or transaction is completed.

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LEAVE A LASTING TRIBUTE On EAA’s AirVenture Grounds

Compass Hill Become part of the timeless tribute to The Spirit of Aviation and those who support it by purchasing a brick at the summit or entry plaza of this monument. Visit EAA.org/CompassHill to learn more.

Memorial Wall Celebrate and honor the lives of those who have loved and supported aviation and now “gone west.” Visit EAA.org/Memorial to learn more.

Santos-Dumont’s 23 bis flies again By Nicole Kiefert

Autumn Blaze Maple Trees Beautify the AirVenture grounds while providing much needed shade by planting one of these colorful trees in your name. Visit EAA.org/Beautification to learn more.

Brown Arch Purchase your brick to “leave your mark” at the Gateway to Aviation. Visit EAA.org/Arch to learn more.

Lee Fischer calls his ultralight “the plane that never was.” The 23 bis is a tribute to Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian aeronautical designer and builder in the early 1900s. The aircraft was built solely for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. “On December 21, I started design work and building it, and by June 21 it was finished,” Lee said. “It was built specifically for AirVenture 2015, and when 2015 is over two weeks from now, this plane will be taken apart and hanging from the ceiling somewhere, and I’ll start on next year’s project.” Lee came up with the design and built this custom plane from scratch without the use of any kits or plans. He is asking everyone who stops by his ultralight down in the Fun Fly Zone to sign the wings in blue Sharpie to help everyone “fly with the spirit of adventure aviation.” He hopes to get at least 5,000 signatures before the week is over. His favorite part of flying ultralights, he said, is the freedom.

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“There’s nothing like it,” he said. “I fly out of my backyard. There’s no control tower; there’s nobody telling me I can or can’t. I can go whenever I want.” Lee has brochures on a table near his ultralight, telling people more about the aircraft and its design. He said by people coming by, reading the brochures, and signing the wings, he hopes to spread the word that flying ultralights is a fun and affordable way to be involved in aviation. “I’m trying to get people involved and show them that you can still do this,” he said. “Ultralighting is still a viable sport. You don’t need to go spend $25,000 to buy something. You can still go find them cheap and do it reasonably and fly them out of your backyard.”

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Free! Rusty Pilots Seminar Sponsored by AOPA Aviation Finance with Kelby Ferwerda and Chris Moser

Life may have gotten in the way, but the dream of flight can be yours again. Join us and get started on the journey back into the left seat. RSVP at www.RustyPilots.org. (includes light refreshments)

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ADS-B: Strategies for Equipping with Mike Collins / Panel

This panel of avionics manufacturers will explore ways to meet the FAA’s 2020 mandate for ADS-B Out to include upgrading existing cockpit avionics.

1:00 – 1:45 pm

Maximum Fun, Minimum Cost: Starting and Growing a Flying Club with Kelby Ferwerda

Join AOPA Flying Club Manager Kelby Ferwerda for a discussion about flying affordably in one of the most fun ways possible!

2:00 – 2:45 pm

Air Safety Institute: Thunderstorms and ATC with Bruce Landsberg

It’s THE summertime menace. Join AOPA Senior Safety Advisor Bruce Landsberg and an air traffic controller as they explain the ways to navigate stormy skies.

3:00 – 3:45 pm

Avidyne: Improving Technologically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) Cockpits with Tom Harper

The FAA and ASF studies of Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAAs) provided significant findings and safety recommendations. Learn how Avidyne has leveraged these findings in the development of next generation avionics.

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Decision Making in Crisis with CDR Kirk Lippold

Based on real-life experience as commander of the USS Cole, learn how to get the most from your flight preparation and abilities as a pilot.

11:00 – 11:45 am

Aviation Safety: A Legal and Practical Perspective with Kathy Yodice/Panel

Join us for a discussion on the Aviation Safety Reporting Service (the “NASA Report”) that pilots can participate in to effect change and increase safety.

11:00 – 11:45 am

Patty Wagstaff Autograph Signing

Get an autograph and take a photo with the most well-known female pilot in the world! Located outside the AOPA main tent.

12:00 – 12:45 pm

Splash! Enter the World of Seaplane Flying with Woody Minar

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Air Safety Institute: Real World Weather with Andy Miller

Weather is the single biggest variable in flying. We’ll take a no-nonsense look at how you can get better, more complete weather information—and make better, more informed decisions.

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Cirrus: Whole Airframe Ballistic Parachutes— Myths, Facts, and Strategies for Use with Travis Klumb

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AEA Pilot’s Guide to Avionics loaded with ADS-B

he 13th annual edition of the Aircraft Electronics Association Pilot’s Guide to Avionics debuts this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015. Attendees are invited to stop by Exhibit 2035/2036 in Hangar B to pick up a free copy of the 2015-16 edition, which is loaded with

educational articles, timely information like ADS-B options, and data about avionics technologies. The new guide also discusses new angle-of-attack options, cordless cockpits, and more. Listed are nearly 1,300 AEA member companies in 43 countries, including

government-certified repair stations around the world specializing in maintenance, repair, and installation of avionics and electronic systems in general aviation aircraft. The guide also includes product manufacturers and distributors as well

as technical schools and universities, engineers, and consultants for the industry. The Pilot’s Guide to Avionics is also available online through www. aeapilotsguide.net/request.asp while supplies last.

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History on the wing: The Boeing Store custom hangar By Dave Higdon

year from now one of the world’s iconic planemakers hits the century mark, and airplane fans and collectors already have access to a store stocked with memorabilia of 100 years of aircraft manufacturing: The Boeing Store. The Boeing Store team, following leads from around the country, already collected–and sold out of–a varied collection of aircraft parts gleaned from various aircraft from the iconic planemaker’s history. Boeing Stores offered up 50 windows plied from a retired 747-100, each bordered by a couple inches of buffed fuselage signed by legendary design engineer Joe Sutter. Priced above market value at $695 the company expected the vintage window supply to last three to six months. They were snapped up in three days. But there’s more to come. The Boeing Store team searched desert airfields, aircraft demolition and recycling companies, private collections and even eBay for historical treasures. Beyond those windows they’ve found wing flaps, rudder pedals,

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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instrument panels, yokes, seats, and more. They even have fighter ejection seats, B-17 prop blades and more affordable centennial commemorative items for purchase, such as coins, coffee mugs, USB drives, tumblers and T-shirts, which cost $26 or less. The store is on the grounds of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, ready to check out.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015

Lycoming 2 + Knowledge POWER Airventure’s most popular event returns for another year. Join our FREE training sessions to learn the ins and outs of Lycoming engines and hone your service skills. Registration starts 30 minutes before the event and is located in Booth #277-282. To add to your experience, stop by the training tent at 12:30pm to watch Lycoming's featured movie, “Experience Lycoming: History Making Engines”, you won't want to miss it!

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