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THE OFFICIAL DAILY NEWSPAPER OF EAA AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH
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Family Fun at OSH16 PHOTO BY ANDREW ZABACK
The Gravelle and Polak families are looking forward to the week.
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BY MEGAN ESAU
amily-friendly activities abound at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, including the new Passport to Aviation program at the Discover Aviation Center on the Four Corners. Families who visit the Discover Aviation Center will receive a passport with a list of locations to visit. Once they have collected stamps from all the locations, participants return to the Discover Aviation Center to receive a prize. SEE FAMILY FUN ON PAGE 3
Pelton Previews AirVenture Highlights BY JAMES WYNBRANDT
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n anticipation of Monday’s official opening of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, EAA CEO & Chairman Jack J. Pelton offered a preview of the coming week’s highlights, shortly after making a brief stop on the flightline to watch early arrivals. “They’re coming in one after the other!” Pelton announced in the AirVenture Today office, as the kickoff countdown continued. The massive Martin Mars water bomber, “one of the truly unique” aircraft here this year, will conduct waterbombing demonstrations during the daily air show, Pelton noted, while the Snowbirds Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron makes its first visit to Oshkosh since 1983. “They put on a beautiful demonstration,” Pelton recalled of that performance – “tight formations, and a lot of airplanes.” New this year, a tribute to World War I aircraft features a half dozen vintage
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and replica aircraft, which will fly in the mornings and evenings. “People can get up close when they’re starting,” Pelton said. “The engines burn castor oil— it’s a completely different sound and smell.” Boeing is celebrating its centennial year here at Oshkosh, and on the appropriately renamed Boeing Centennial Plaza, will display some of its historic aircraft, including the EAA’s own B-17 Aluminum Overcast, as well as FIFI, the B-29 bomber; and Alaska Airlines’ newest B-737, and a Cathay Pacific B-747 cargo freighter. During Wednesday’s Tribute to Pearl Harbor at Boeing Centennial Plaza, EAA will “recreate a feeling what it might have been like” on a peaceful Sunday that suddenly erupted in the explosive destruction wrought by Japan’s aerial attack. The tribute will feature aircraft that were at Pearl Harbor on that day, includ-
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ing a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, and an Interstate Cadet trainer that was in the midst of a flying lesson when the attack occurred. You can see the Interstate Cadet, nicknamed The Pearl, performing in Wednesday evening’s air show and find out more in the July issue of Sport Aviation magazine. SEE HIGHLIGHTS ON PAGE 3
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ord presents the EAA AirVenture opening day concert featuring iconic alternative pop/rock band Third Eye Blind. The concert begins at 6 p.m., Monday, July 25, adjacent to the Ford Hangar, and is free of charge to all Monday AirVenture guests. Third Eye Blind formed in San Francisco in 1993. Their melodic brand of alternative rock made them one of the biggest bands in the world in the late ’90s, achieving acclaimed success with the 1997 release of their self-titled debut album. Third Eye Blind’s top 10 singles — including songs like “Semi-Charmed Life,” “How’s It Going to Be,” and “Jumper” — quickly became some of the most ubiquitous radio hits of the decade, earning the band an iconic status that paved the way for a decadespanning career. Ford has presented the opening night concert for 10 consecutive years, with such incredible headliners as Dierks Bentley, The Steve Miller Band, Chicago, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, and more!