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Tuesday, July 24 Highlights9:30-11:30 a.m. Inaugural Eagle Flight (Special Event), Phillips 66 Plaza (K12)10-11 a.m. F-4 and Mig 21 (Forum), Hong My and Gen. Dan Cherry, Warbirds in Review (L06)10:00-11:15 a.m. Test-Fly Your Homebuilt (Forum), Paul Poberezny and Charlie Precourt, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08)EAA/AOPA Medical Forum, Doug Macnair and David Oord, Welcome Center (J12)10 a.m.-Noon Salute to Van’s (Special Event), Dick VanGrunsven, Theater in the Woods (K15)11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Able Flight (Special Event), Phillips 66 Plaza (K12)12:15-1:15 p.m. Accident Investigation (Forum), NTSB, Federal Pavilion (L10)1-2 p.m. L-4, NE-1, J-3 (Forum); Harold Cannon; Warbirds in Review (L06)1:30-2:30 p.m. Memoirs of a Triple Ace (Book Signing), C.E. Bud Anderson, Authors Corner 1 (J12)2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Tuskegee Airmen (Forum), George Boyd, Welcome Center (J12)7-7:30 p.m. Bill Barber Award, Theater in the Woods (K15)7-10 p.m. President’s Awards, Theater in the Woods (K15)8:30-10:30 p.m. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Movie), David Ellison, Fly-In Theater (E13)

Air Show! – Beginning at 3:30 p.m. (not in chronological order)Name AircraftChuck Aaron Red Bull Helicopter AeroShell Aerobatic Team Four T-6sMike Goulian ExtraRob Holland MX2Hoover Tribute; Bob Odegaard Shrike Commander, P-51Greg Koontz and the Alabama Boys Decathalon, J-3 CubLiberty Parachute Team Sky diversJohn Mohr StearmanMichael Rambo Hawker Beechcraft Texan II DemoGene Soucy Van’s RVsTeam RV Warbirds

Presentation (Type), Presenter(s), Location (Map Grid #)7:00 AM - 9:00 AM • Powered Parachutes (Performance), Ultralight Runway (K20)8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Is Light Sport For You? (Forum), Jack Vandeventer, Learn To Fly Discovery Center (J13)8:00 AM - 9:30 AM • Aerobics (Special Event), Michael Toft, Theater in the Woods (K15)8:00 AM - 2:00 PM • Museum Surplus Sale! (Special Event), Museum Surplus Store (E14)8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EAA Library Book Sale (Special Event), Library (B08) Metal Shaping Workshop (Workshop), Vintage Hangar (K15) Vintage Type Clubs (Forum), Vintage Hangar (K15)8:15 AM - 8:30 AM • Daily Weather Briefing (Forum), Jenny Curtiss, Welcome Center (J12)8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Air Traffic Saves 2011 (Forum), Steve Hansen, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) Propellers for Homebuilts (Forum), Brian Meyer, Forum Pavilion 02 GAMA (K09) iPad Takes Flight! (Forum), Charles Schneider and Jason Schermerhorn, Forum Pavilion 03 Sennheiser (K09) Air Traffic Control (Forum), Scott Dunham, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) Swift Fuel 2012 Update (Forum), Brian Stirm, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08) TCM Fuel Injection (Forum), Clifford Ives, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Instruments (J09) RV Teen Flight (Forum), Eagle’s Nest and Van’s, Forum Pavilion 07 Honda Aircraft (J09) GPS Handheld Comparison (Forum), Ryan Deck, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Buying & Selling Aircraft (Forum), Robert McKenzie, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Fabric Covering 101 (Forum), SportAir Instructor, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Care of Franklin Engines (Forum), Robert Still, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) Sheet Metal 101 (Workshop), Sheet Metal Workshop, Aircraft Spruce (J10) TIG Welding 101 (Workshop), TIG Welding Workshop, Lincoln Electric (K10) Electrical System Install (Demo), Robert McLaughlin, Volunteers, Aeroplane Factory (K10) Composite 101 (Workshop), Composite Workshop (K10) Dynamic Prop Balancing (Forum), Larry Lehmann, Workshop Classroom I (K10) Gas Welding 101 (Workshop), Gas Welding Workshop (K10) 2 & 4 Cylinder VW Convers (Forum), Scott Casler, Workshop Classroom II (K10) Cockpit Technology & Risk (Forum), Dr. Philip Tartalone, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) Introduction to Balloonin’ (Forum), Ken Walter, Ultralight Forums Tent (K18)

Stealth Fighter (Book Signing), William O’Connor, Authors Corner 1 (J12) Hints:Compression Testing (Demo), Dick Koehler, Homebuilders Hgr, Aircraft Spruce (K09)8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Dorset Buttons & Jewelry (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent (K8)8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Metal Shaping Workshop (Workshop), Dave Wenglarz, Vintage Hangar (K15)8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Timeless Voices (Interview), Timeless Voices Tent, Warbirds (L06) Aircraft Restoration (Demo), Aeroplane Factory (K10)8:45 AM - 9:15 AM • Spirit of Aviation (Movie), EAA Skyscape Theater (B08)9:00 AM - 9:45 AM • Canine Demonstration (Forum), US Customs & Border Patrol, Federal Pavilion (L10)9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sport Aviation 27 (Movie),Flying Cinema (L08) Continental Engine Care (Vendor Forum), Chuck Cook, Continental Motors (J11) Plane Talk (Interview), Jerry Burke, Phillips 66 Plaza (K12)9:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Ultralight & Light Planes (Performance), Ultralight Runway (K20)9:00 AM - 4:00 PM • Wood Rib Building (Workshop), EAA Volunteer, Wood Workshop (K10)9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Aeromart (Special Event), Aeromart (H14) Classic Fords (Activity), Cruisin’ Legends (J09) Swirl Free Buffer Demo (Vendor Forum), ALL-SHINE Inc., Fly Market (H14) Great Escape (Activity), Ford Tent (K12) Fusion EcoBoost (Activity), Ford Tent (K12) Rockwall Activities (Activity), Ford Tent (K12)9:15 AM - 9:45 AM • ORBIS: Through Their Eyes (Movie), Skyscape Theater (B08)9:30 AM - 10:30 AM New Products (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 2 (I13) From Here to There (Book Signing), Louis & Nancy Fabbri, Authors Corner 1 (J12)9:30 AM - 10:45 AM • ARC (Forum), NAFI, Learn To Fly Discovery Center (J13)9:45 AM - 10:00 AM • Cliff Robertson Tribute (Movie), Skyscape Theater (B08)9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Flying to the Bahamas (Forum), Mike Zidziunas and Leonard Stuart, Federal Pavilion (L10)10:00 AM - 10:30 AM • ASIMO (Demo), Honda, Honda Tent (L12)10:00 AM - 10:45 AM • Memphis Belle (Movie), Flying Cinema (L08)10:00 AM - 11:00 AM G600/G500 (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 1 (I13) Hand Prop Your AC (Forum), Vintage Red Barn (L14) Suncatchers (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent (K8) Vintage Workshop (Workshop), Joe Norris, Vintage Hangar (K15) Mike Goulian Autographs (Autograph Session), Ford Tent (K12)10:00 AM - 11:15 AM NextGen RNP Operations (Forum), Steve Fulton, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) Canadian AC Insurance (Forum), Sandy Odebunmi, Forum Pavilion 02 GAMA (K09) Homebrew Avionic Projects (Forum), Jim Weir, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) Save Plane from Corrosion (Forum), Dennis Wolter, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Ins (J09) Recovery of Glacier Girl (Forum), Pat Epps and Dick Taylor, Forum Pavilion 07 Honda Aircraft (J09) Rotax 912 & 912is Intro (Forum), Phillip Lockwood, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Pietenpol Building (Forum), Bill Rewey, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Tailwind Builders Forum (Forum), Mike Logback, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Design Electrical Systems (Forum), Stein Bruch, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) Prop Extensions (Forum), Sam Tilleman, Workshop Classroom I (K10) CNC Cut Foam Wing Cores (Forum), Scott VanderVeen, Workshop Classroom II (K10) Avoiding Runway Incursion (Forum), Jack Vandeventer, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) Rotorcraft Briefing Sess. (Forum), Ultralight Forums Tent (K18) Vintage Aero Mag Art (Forum), Nicholas Selig, Vette Theater (B08) You Can Dream It—Do It (Forum), Dick Rutan, SpaceShip One/Voyager (B08) Plane Talk - DC-10 Orbis (Interview), Jerry Burke, Phillips 66 Plaza (K12) Save the Canso (Forum), Jack Dueck and Henry Decant, Skyscape Theater (B08) Changing Transportation (Forum), Sam Bousfield, Innovation Hangar South - Tech Stage (L09) Pitching to an OEM (Forum), Jonathon Hartman, Innovation Hanger South - Venture Stage (L09) HBIR:Buttercup (Homebuilts In Review), Earl Luce, Homebuilders Hangar Aircraft Spruce (K09)10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Jewelry & Gift Bags (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent (K8)10:15 AM - 12:15 PM TFRs and the GA Pilot (Forum), Cliff Chetwin, Federal Pavilion (L10)10:30 AM - 11:30 AM G3X (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 2 (I13) Dumb but Lucky (Book Signing), Richard Curtis, Authors Corner 1 (J12)10:45 AM - 11:15 AM • Flying the Spirit (Movie), Flying Cinema (L08)

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11:00 AM - 11:30 AM • Vintage In Review (Forum), Ray Johnson, Vintage Red Barn (L14)11:00 AM - 12:00 PM New Continental Eng. Tech (Vendor Forum), Ron Humphrey, Continental Motors (J11) “My Enemy, My Friend” (Autograph Session), Gen. Dan Cherry and Todd Hodges, Warbird Store (L06) ADS-B: GDL 39 (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 1 (I13) Plane Talk (Interview), Jerry Burke and Lt. Col. Ron “Stuff” Miller, Phillips 66 Plaza (K12) Rob Holland Autographs (Autograph Session), Ford Tent (K12)11:00 AM - 12:15 PM • Simulator Training (Forum), Roger Sharp, Learn To Fly Discovery Center (J13)11:00 AM - 12:30 PM • Stewart System Demo (Demo), Stewart System, UL Tech Tent (K18)11:15 AM - 1:00 PM • Sky King Volume 1 (Movie), Flying Cinema, (L08)11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Garmin Pilot on iPad (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 2 (I13) Cooper Books (Book Signing), Charlie and Ann Cooper, Authors Corner 1 (J12)11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Engine Tuning (Forum), Klaus Savier, Forum Pavilion 01 Pacific Coast Avionics (K09) Production AC Interiors (Forum), Dennis Wolter, Forum Pavilion 02 GAMA (K09) Into Thin Air: Hypoxia (Forum), Dr. Robert Achtel, Forum Pavilion 03 Sennheiser (K09) Fuel Tank Construction (Forum), Kent White, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) Keep Beechcraft Flying (Forum), ABS Technical Advisors, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08) Combining Audio & Radio (Forum), Mark Scheuer, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Instruments (J09) Story of Glacier Girl (Forum), Bob Cardin, Forum Pavilion 07, Honda Aircraft (J09) Flying the Caribbean (Forum), Jim Parker, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Unleaded Avgas Transition (Forum), EAA Government Programs, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Welding Basics (Forum), Budd Davisson, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Propellers Explained (Forum), Jack Norris, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) RV Aircraft - Fiberglass (Forum), Sam James, Composite Workshop (K10) Sheet Metal for KB (Forum), Marc Bourget, Workshop Classroom II (K10) Mountain Flying Tips (Forum), Bill Standerfer, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) Intro to Gyroplanes (Forum), Vance Breese, Ultralight Forums Tent (K18) Formation Flying/AS Pilot (Forum), Team RV, Welcome Center (J12) Wings for Wildlife (Forum), Sebastian Teunissen, Vette Theater (B08) Cold War Museum (Forum), Christopher Sturdevant, Hilton Theater (B08) Collision Avoidance (Forum), Mark Skoog, Skyscape Theater (B08) Makani Power: Wind Turbine (Forum), Corwin Hardham, Innovation Hanger South - Tech Stage (L09) 10 Mistakes in Bus. Plan (Forum), Bill Joos, Innovation Hanger South - Venture Stage (L09) The Perfect Project (Forum), Scott “Sky” Smith, Homebuilders Hangar Aircraft Spruce (K09)11:30 AM - 1:00 PM • Brown Arch Concert (Special Event), Brown Arch (M10)12:00 PM - 1:00 PM GTN 750/650 (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 1 (I13) Plane Talk (Interview), Jerry Burke, Phillips 66 Plaza (K12)12:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Rotorcraft (Performance), Ultralight Runway (K20)12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AERA Portables (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 2 (I13) If Airplanes Could Talk (Book Signing), Lauran Paine Jr., Authors Corner 1 (J12)12:30 PM - 1:45 PM Checkride: Prepare & Pass (Forum), Larry Bothe, Learn To Fly Discovery Center (J13)1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Hand Prop Your AC (Forum), Vintage Red Barn (L14) ADS-B: GDL 39 (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 1 (I13) Plane Talk (Interview), Jerry Burke, Phillips 66 Plaza (K12) Gene Soucy/Teresa Stokes (Autograph Session), Ford Tent (K12)1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Sonex Sport Pilot Designs (Forum), Jeremy Monnett, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) 51% Rule Update (Forum), Joe Gauthier, Forum Pavilion 03 Sennheiser (K09) Carbon Cub EX Kit (Forum), Mitch Travis, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) Residential Airparks (Forum), Ben Sclair, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08) G100UL Unleaded Avgas (Forum), George Braly, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Instruments (J09) Arctic, Antarctic Dilemma (Forum), Dick Rutan, Forum Pavilion 07 Honda Aircraft (J09) Computers That Fly Planes (Forum), Marc Ausman, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Invulnerability (Forum), Capt. Joe Scoles, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Fabric Covering 101 (Forum), SportAir Instructor, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Motion Sickness (Forum), Dr. Brent Blue, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) Sheet Metal 101 (Workshop), Sheet Metal Workshop Aircraft Spruce (J10) TIG Welding 101 (Workshop), TIG Welding Workshop Lincoln Electric (K10) Composite Talks (Forum), Sam James, Aeroplane Factory (K10) Composite 101 (Workshop), Composite Workshop (K10) Cooling a VW (Forum), Richard Clagg, Workshop Classroom I (K10) Gas Welding 101 (Workshop), Gas Welding Workshop (K10) Using NOMEX Cores (Forum), Scott VanderVeen, Workshop Classroom II (K10) Aluminum Forming (Demo), Kent White, Workshop Tent (K10) Back to Basic Maintenance (Forum), Richard Peri, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) Legal Eagle (Forum), Leonard Milholland, Ultralight Forums Tent (K18) Leadership in the Air (Forum), Michael Rambo, Welcome Center (J12) Flying a U-2 (Forum), Jon Huggins, Vette Theater (B08) Tuskegee Airmen (Forum), Col. Charles McGee, Skyscape Theater (B08) Ground Handling System (Forum), Chris Haynes, Innovation Hanger South - Tech Stage (L09) Innovation Funding: SBIR (Forum), Joe Misanin, Innovation Hanger South - Venture Stage (L09) HBIR: RV-1 (Homebuilts In Review), Homebuilders Hangar Aircraft Spruce (K09)1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Jewelry & Decorating (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent (K8) Chapters: Raising the Bar (Forum), Trevor Janz, Theater in the Woods (K15)1:00 PM - 2:45 PM • Sky King Volume 5 (Movie), Flying Cinema (L08)

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM NWS Enhanced Services (Forum), National Weather Service, Marcia Cronce Federal Pavilion (L10)1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Wanted Alive (Forum), Andy Miller, Seaplane Base (O-S) ADS-B Academy: GDL 88 (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 2 (I13)1:45 PM - 3:15 PM • “Wee” & Wright Brothers (Forum), Ryan Qualls, Federal Pavilion (L10)2:00 PM - 2:30 PM • ASIMO (Demo), Honda, Honda Tent (L12)2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Weather in the Cockpit (Vendor Forum), Garmin, Garmin Hangar Tent 1 (I13) Vintage Workshop (Workshop), Joe Norris, Vintage Hangar (K15) Matt Younkin/Kyle Franklin (Autograph Session), Ford Tent (K12)2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Showcase Flights (Exhibition), Flightline (M13) Wings and a Ring (Book Signing), Rene Palmer-Armstrong, Authors Corner 1 (J12)2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Flight Design CTs (Forum), Tim Busch, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) Maintaining Grumman AC (Forum), Gregg Erikson, Forum Pavilion 02 GAMA (K09) Aircraft Design Software (Forum), Didier Breyne, Forum Pavilion 03 Sennheiser (K09) Video Cameras in Cockpit (Forum), John Zimmerman, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) Adv. Comp. Inspection Tech (Forum), Mike Hoke, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08) Lancair Owners & Builders (Forum), Jeff Edwards, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Instruments (J09) Rescue of the War Birds (Forum), Taras Lyssenko, Forum Pavilion 07 Honda Aircraft (J09) New Dynon Tech for Pilots (Forum), Robert Hamilton, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Aviation Fuels Update (Forum), Mike Kraft, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Flying Ranch to Ranch (Forum), Karl Storjohann, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Useless Maintenance (Forum), Mike Busch, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) Clearfix Window Systems (Forum), Steve Falteisek, Workshop Classroom I (K10) VW Fuel Systems (Forum), Steve Bennett, Workshop Classroom II (K10) Engine Failure (Forum), Lynnwood “Woody” Minar, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) ROTAX 2-Stroke Upkeep (Forum), Brian Meyerhofer, Ultralight Forums Tent (K18) Giving Something Back (Forum), Lindy Kirkland, Vette Theater (B08) Red Tail Reborn (Movie), Adam White, Skyscape Theater (B08) Hints: Eng. Control Cable (Demo), Dick Koehler, Homebuilders Hangar Aircraft Spruce (K09)2:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Button Necklace & Pins (Art & Crafts), Craft Tent (K8)3:00 PM - 3:45 PM • Legacy of Wings Pitcairn (Movie), Flying Cinema (L08)3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Aluminum Gas Welding (Workshop), Joe Maj and Kent White, Gas Welding Workshop (K10)3:15 PM - 3:45 PM • Aviation Weather Center (Forum), Federal Pavilion (L10)3:30 PM - 4:30 PM • Thinking Pilot’s Manual (Book Signing), Rick Durden, Authors Corner 1 (J12)3:30 PM - 6:00 PM • Tuesday Air Show (M13)3:45 PM - 4:30 PM • Canine Demonstration (Forum), US Customs & Border Patrol, Federal Pavilion (L10)4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Zenith LW CH 650 Cruiser (Forum), Sebastien Heintz, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) The New Age of Aviation (Forum), Gen. Ron Stafford, Forum Pavilion 02 GAMA (K09) US WWII Fighter Aircraft (Forum), Tom Brinkman, Forum Pavilion 03 Sennheiser (K09) Venture Capital (Forum), Maurice Gunderson, Forum Pavilion 04 (K09) ATD forum for Industry (Forum), Marcel Bernard, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08) MakerPlane (Forum), John Nicol, Forum Pavilion 06 JP Instruments (J09) Alt. Aviation Fuels (Forum), Dr. Elaine Croft McKenzie, Forum Pavilion 08 NATCA (J09) Flight Training (Forum), Don Knight, Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09) Affordable Quick Build (Forum), Jeron Smith, Forum Pavilion 10 Poly-Fiber (K09) Bendix/King’s New Product (Forum), Jeff Simon, Forum Pavilion 11 BRP/Rotax (K09) On a Wing and a Prayer (Forum), Owen Wilson, Workshop Classroom I (K10) Use of Unmanned Aircraft (Forum), Alan Frazier, FAA Aviation Safety Center (J11) Red Tail Reborn (Book Signing), Adam White, Authors Corner 2 Museum (B08)4:30 PM - 5:30 PM • Secrets from the Tower (Book Signing), Bob Richards, Authors Corner 1 (J12)5:30 PM - 6:45 PM ROTAX 912iS Engine Man. (Forum), Michael Stock and James Meer, Forum Pavilion 01 Pac Coast Av (K09) WWII Fighters (Forum), Sid Siddiqi, Forum Pavilion 05 HAI (J08)5:30 PM - 8:00 PM • First Wing Dinner (Special Event), Eagle Hangar (B08)6:30 PM - 7:30 PM • Ultralight & Light Planes (Performance), Ultralight Runway (K20)7:00 PM - 10:00 PM • Hillary Reynolds Band (Performance), Forum Pavilion 09 Honda Generator (K09)7:30 PM - 8:00 PM Powered Parachutes (Performance), Ultralight Runway (K20) President’s Awards (Awards), Theater in the Woods (K15)8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Piper Cub Program (Forum), Ron Alexander, Theater in the Woods (K15)9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Winnebagoland Barbershop (Performance), Theater in the Woods (K15)

9 A.M. Phillips 66 Plaza: Meet Adm. Sizemore and Capt. McWherter – Blue Angel One9:30-11 A.M. Phillips 66 Plaza – Inaugural Eagle Flight11:15 A.M. Theater in the Woods – Present President’s Award to Dick VanGrunsvenNOON Brown Arch – Present brick to Jimmy Leeward family5:45 P.M. Eagle Hangar – First Wing and Lifetime Member dinner7:30 P.M. Theater in the Woods – President’s Award, Spirit of Flight Award, & Dorothy Hilbert Award presentations

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BY RANDY DUFAULT

Many great airplanes can benefit from a bit of extra power. Cessna’s Caravan, the undisputed leading utility airplane platform today, just got some.

Cessna announced Monday the Grand Caravan EX, a model with increased horse-power that results in an overall improvement of the aircraft’s performance. This allows for its missions to extend into higher-altitude and higher-temperature regions of the world.

The extra power comes from the new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140. With the new mill, available power in the Grand Cara-van increases almost 25 percent from the current model, from 675 hp to 867 hp. Per-formance benefits from the change include a 350-foot reduction in takeoff roll distance, a 20 percent improvement in climb rate, and a 194-knot cruise speed that is 10-12 knots faster than current averages.

“We now have enough power to float the Grand Caravan,” said Lannie O’Bannion, Cessna business leader for the Caravan. “It is a pretty impressive sight to see that large of an airplane on floats.”

Along with the EX, Cessna announced the extension of its ProAdvantage managed cost of operations programs to all models of the Caravan. Previously available only for the Citation line of turbojet models, ProAdvan-tage programs allow owners to obtain OEM

quality parts through a predictable budget-ing process based on the number of hours the aircraft is flown.

The EX will be available in the first quar-ter of 2013.

Cessna also announced additions to its piston-powered single-engine lineup.

The venerable Model 182 Skylane will now include the Turbo 182 NXT. Equipped with the first engine of its kind in the single-engine industry designed to run on Jet A aviation fuel, the NXT brings lower direct operating costs and opens up to Skylane op-erations in parts of the world where only jet fuel is available.

“We’ve taken the proven performance of the Turbo 182 and married it with the proven technology of SMA’s Jet A-fueled engine,” said Jeff Umscheid, Cessna 172, 182, and 206 business leader.

“The big benefit is the fuel savings,” Ums-cheid added. “Avgas is as much as $16 a gallon in some places of the world. And that is if you can even find it.”

NXT power comes from a 230-hp Safran-made SMA compression ignition (diesel) engine. Engineered specifically for aviation, the powerplant is FAA- and EASA-certified. It uses only 11 gallons per hour (an improve-ment of 30 percent to 40 percent over the current Turbo 182) of typically lower-cost Jet

More power for Cessna’s Caravan, Jet-A for the 182

A fuel at an estimated maximum cruise speed of 155 knots.

Cessna also touts the NXT as a green ma-chine, as its fuel technology eliminates con-cerns about carbon monoxide and lead emis-sions. NXT pilots no longer need to manage fuel mixtures, the propeller, or the turbo-

charger waste gate.The NXT will be available in the second

quarter of 2013 and will replace the current avgas-fueled Turbo 182.

Both the Grand Caravan EX and the Tur-bo 182 NXT can be seen at Cessna’s booth in the Main Aircraft Display area.

EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower gave a hearty, “Welcome to EAA AirVenture Osh-kosh 2012,” to the media Monday afternoon in his annual opening day media briefing.

“Things are really shaping up beauti-fully this year,” he said, noting that the convention grounds were in “the best shape in years. It looks like we’re in for a great experience.”

All the early indicators look positive, with a 3 percent increase in advanced ticket sales, and aircraft parking filling up in the North 40, as well as Camp Scholler, Hightower said.

He added that member requests have been realized with the addition of a grass runway, the North 40 Café and camp store, and new family activities.

“We’re improving the family experience across the spectrum,” he said, making spe-cial note of the teen offerings with three after-hours special events scheduled this week as well as the Ford Fly-In Theater’s Disney night with the viewing of the movie The Rocketeer.

The air show has also changed, with ex-panded variety and different type of acts than

have been seen in the past. “You have all of the best of the world’s finest air show per-formers here,” Hightower said.

Hightower invited the press to Phillips 66 Plaza on Tuesday morning as EAA kicks off the Eagle Flights program, which is patterned after the successful EAA Young Eagles pro-gram, except it offers aircraft flights to adults who have a desire to become aviators.

Retired school superintended Dr. Diane Thornton will be the first recipient of an Eagle Flight.

“She’s held a long desire to learn how to fly,” he said. When she was very young, her father flew for business but her mother did not allow the kids to fly—but her father would occasionally sneak them aboard, kin-dling her desire to fly.

Also taking part in the program will be Bill French, who took flying lessons “north of the age of 60,” Hightower said.

After introducing his wife, Maura, and their five children, Hightower urged attend-ees to have a fantastic week.

“We’re set up for a fabulous AirVenture, and I want to thank all of you for being a big part of it.” AVT

Hightower looks forward to a great week

Rod Hightower welcomes the media to AirVenture Monday.

PHOTO BY JASON TONEY

The diesel motor of the Cessna 182NXT.

PHOTO BY PHIL WESTON

Kit aircraft manufacturer Glasair Avia-tion LLC of Arlington, Washington, and Feng Tieji, chairman of China’s Jilin Hanxing Group Co. Ltd. (JHG), revealed Monday more details of JHG’s purchase of Glasair, announced last Friday. Glasair Aviation makes the Glasair, Glastar, and Sportsman lines of kit-built aircraft and has delivered about 3,000 airplane kits to builders around the world.

“I’m happy to kick off Oshkosh 2012 with exciting news for Glasair customers and the marketplace, with a new owner of our prod-ucts,” said Glasair CEO Michael Via.

Via met Tieji at last year’s AirVenture, and he and Glasair Aviation owner Tom Wathen began discussions with Tieji about granting the rights to produce the Sports-man in China. “Over the course of a year the discussion changed,” Via said. “Tom and I expressed our concerns about our existing customers and obviously our em-ployees. That’s what Tom and I have been about and, obviously, our employees.

“As I’ve gotten to know Mr. Feng, we think he brings an exciting opportunity to give strength to the company and provide opportunities we weren’t able to [pursue].”

The original Glasair model first flew in 1979, and Glasair Aviation was established in 2001 when Wathen bought the Glasair assets from bankrupt Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft.

Said Tieji through an interpreter, “The acquisition of Glasair by the Hanxing Group is great news for everybody. China has the largest potential [GA] market in the world, and we’re eager to speed up and ex-pand the China market with Glasair.”

Terms of the purchase were not dis-closed. Current regulations in China don’t permit flight in homebuilt aircraft, but as rules are relaxed in coming years to en-courage the growth of GA, those strictures are expected to be relaxed.

Tieji, a pioneer in China’s fledgling pri-vate aviation world, opened the nation’s first FBO and is well-connected with gov-

ernment officials who make key decisions regarding the country’s development plans and policies.

JHG has established Glasair Aviation USA LLC as the new operating entity for Glasair’s kit aircraft. “We would like to le-verage the great experience of Glasair, and continue to invest in this great company, and continue to grow the market in the U.S. and worldwide,” Tieji said. The amount of the investment in Glasair “all depends on market demand.”

Tieji is in discussions with “additional

airframe designs and aviation-related com-panies” about “forms of working relation-ships to go to China.” He also said his com-pany plans to build 40 new FBO/aircraft dealerships in China over the next decade. “So we’re going to fulfill our dreams to have private aviation flying all over” China.

Tieji plans to retain Glasair’s U.S. head-quarters, management team, and current employees. Glasair’s popular Two Weeks to Taxi program, a quick-build option en-abling customers to build their aircraft at the Glasair factory, will also be retained.

“We realize this is the very first step in a very long journey of expanding the China market, and appreciate everybody’s sup-port,” Tieji said.

Glasair is the latest acquisition of a U.S. aircraft manufacturer by a China-based company. China Aviation Industry General Aviation (CAIGA) purchased Cirrus De-sign last year, and Superior Aviation Beijing is currently in negotiations to buy Hawker Beechcraft Corp. AVT


“The acquisition of Glasair

by the Hanxing Group is

great news for everybody.”

Details of Glasair sale disclosed BY JAMES WYNBRANDT

In a move intended to make the 162 Skycatcher available in more countries, Cessna announced Monday at EAA Air-Venture Oshkosh 2012 that the airplane will transition from the LSA category to the primary category under Part 21 of the FARs. With the move Cessna expects that countries that do not currently recognize the LSA category will now certify the type.

“What they ask for is a [type certifi-cate] and a [production certificate],” said Tracy Leopold, business leader for the Cessna 162. “With LSA we don’t have PC.”

Cessna had refunded deposits on the Skycatcher to European customers ear-lier this year in order to focus on finding a solution to the certification issue. Leop-old now expects deliveries into Europe to begin in 2013.

The EASA’s CS-LSA requirements were included in the transition effort. With that inclusion, Cessna expects European ac-ceptance of the Skycatcher through a sim-ple validation effort once FAA approvals

Cessna to change Skycatcher certification

are complete. A Norwegian flight school has ordered three of the craft in anticipa-tion of the acceptance.

According to Leopold, no additional testing of the plane is required for the transition, and the certification status

of previously delivered Skycatchers will not change.

Even with the change, the Skycatcher still qualifies as an LSA in the countries that recognize the category, including the United States. Sport pilot training in the

airplane and operation under light sport rules will continue unchanged.

Cessna has a number of Skycatchers on display here at AirVenture 2012, both in its booth in the Main Aircraft Display area and in the LSA Mall. AVT

“Cessna expects that coun-

tries that do not currently

recognize the LSA category

will now certify the type.”

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Bell 47 helicopter ridces from Pioneer Airport.

PHOTO BY MARIANO ROSALES

Syd Cohen of Wausau, Wisconsin, sets up his Ercoupe in the Vintage Camping area.

Flightline volunteers are kept busy throughout the day positioning the exhibitors various aircraft.

Cohen and Avery Hesse of Pine River, Minnesota, try their hands at the biplane swings located on Pioneer Airport.





STORY AND PHOTO BY MARINO BORIC, EAA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT

Yesterday at a press conference on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 grounds, Superior Aviation CEO Tim Archer told attendees his company will continue to keep Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) production in the U.S. if its bid for the bankrupt company is successful.

“Superior Aviation will aggressively work to keep jobs in the United States by continued production of the Hawker and Beechcraft product lines and expand-ing the production, design, and servicing

of civilian aircraft in locations all across America including Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas, and many other states.”

But the Superior CEO was not able to provide any other information on the HBC acquisition, pending completion of the legal processes now in progress.

“Superior is back,” Archer stressed.

The company that was founded in 1967 went through hard times after the Ger-man engine manufacturer Thielert ac-quired it and just a year later went in bankruptcy. Superior was then acquired out of the bankruptcy in October 2009 by the Chinese Qindao Brantly Invest-ment Group that created Superior Avia-tion Beijing.

Superior started manufacturing parts in the U.S. in 2011 and the first batch of XP-series engines was shipped to China for training purposes. The company will manufacture parts and engines in the U.S. for sale in the Americas. Future Beijing production is intended only for the Chi-nese market, Archer said, and a plant was built in China for the purpose.

Superior lowered its prices for U.S. customers to the 2010 level because the production rate is picking up and suppli-ers are giving bigger discounts, he added.

Superior had hard times during and after the bankruptcy because it lost em-ployees to other employers and Archer stated it was difficult to attract new ones to replace lost skill sets. Since the Chinese acquisition, Superior has experienced an 85-percent increase in employment and is continuing to hire.

Superior Air Parts update

Superior Aviation CEO Timothy T. Archer at the AirVenture press conference on Monday.

On the supplier side, Superior reported it increased its inventory and parts avail-ability rates to 87 percent above the end of 2009. The company is now shipping Mil-lennium cylinders and delivering engine kits and XP-series engines to the experi-mental market. Vantage engines also are available. Production of four major com-ponents has shifted from international to domestic suppliers, representing 20 per-

cent of total expenditures.Slowly but steadily, Archer feels the

company is experiencing a return of lost customers. Even with the change in own-ership, they realize it is still the same company that was founded by Burt “Inky” Dedmon in 1967, Archer said.

For more information stop by Booth 333 in the Main Aircraft Display, or visit www.SuperiorAirParts.com. AVT

“Superior Aviation will

aggressively work to keep

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The new version of the AirVenture Cup race drew 40 aircraft for its 15th annual competition this year. Included as contes-tants this time were vintage, LSA, and pro-duction aircraft.

The race began at Mitchell, South Da-kota, and wound up at Waupaca, Wiscon-sin, after weather forced a diversion from the planned finish line at West Bend, Wisconsin.

There was an open house coinciding with the race start in South Dakota, draw-ing 1,500 people, according to Race Chair-man Eric Whyte.

At the other end of the race, Whyte lauded the efforts of the Waupaca Coun-ty Airport staff, who were able to set up a finish line in no time after the weather diversion.

One unexpected participant was Tres Clements, flying the Boomerang—unop-posed in the appropriately named Unlim-ited Multiengine class at an average speed of 283.61 mph.

The race is now a part of the Sport Air Racing League.

Final distance flown was 450.8 miles, and winners in the eight contested (more than one plane) classes were:

Forty aircraft compete in ‘new’ AV Cup race

The one-of-a-kind Rutan Boomerang flew in the AirVenture Cup for the first time this year, piloted by Tres Clements.

Sport MCT: Harry Manvel, Defiant N2HM 234.5 mph average

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Bendix/King wants EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 attendees to know, “We’re back,” in the general aviation avionics are-na. To that end, the company introduced two new products at a press event Sun-day night. The company’s new KMA 30 audio panel is a rebranded version of PS Engineering’s top-of-the-line PMA8000 series product. Bendix/King is also climb-ing aboard the iPad bandwagon and an-nounced the coming release of its My-Wingman iPad navigator app.

Kevin Gould, Bendix/King president, said, “With the move to Albuquerque [New Mexico], the company is re-energized. We’re hiring, and our philosophy on prod-uct development is to brainstorm and de-velop new ideas and products with our fo-cus on pilots and how they fly.”

Features of the six-place audio panel in-clude hardwire and Bluetooth connectivity throughout the cabin for portable music players and cellphones; a six-place inter-com with soft-muting monitoring of the second radio; pilot-controlled distribution of two music channels, phone, and radio transmissions; a digital recorder for revis-iting recent radio calls; and highly flexible volume control and switching capabilities among all intercom positions. The pilot can easily control who hears what and when.

The KMA 30 is a slide-in replacement for the Garmin GMA 340, requiring no ad-

ditional installation work, and is available for a suggested price of $2,299. AirVen-ture visitors can see it in action on Ben-dix/King’s Cessna 182 demonstrator near its booth (Bendix/King Exhibit Hangar B, Booth 2162).

Meanwhile, the company’s other news at AirVenture is the MyWingman iPad app. Though it’s not ready yet (expect it to be available in Apple’s App Store by year end, if not sooner), the app is de-signed as a full navigator, not just a paper chart replacement. Features include three window views, a large “active” window with a choice of one or two smaller “ref-erence” windows, and two-finger “swipe” drag-and-drop—no confusing drop-down menus—including the option of choosing a satellite view of a selected airport.

Other features include a connected cockpit interface via Bluetooth; geo-referenced charts with “own-ship” positioning; Smart Route flight planning; Internet or WxWorx XM WX access (expect ADS-B capability in the near future); and even a g-meter, for measuring exactly how rough that turbulence was—or your last landing’s quality.

MyWingman also has synthetic vision but with an interesting twist. Pilots can choose the standard forward view from the cockpit position or the chase plane view from behind and above. As a safety feature, the chase plane view provides an intuitive

Bendix/King is back—with a pair of new productsBY MARK PHELPS

presentation of the air-craft’s attitude.

The app’s flight-plan-ning capability sequenc-es the way pilots think, according to the com-pany. They can assemble a flight plan based on the phase of flight, each with its own available screen options. Choices are preflight, taxi (with geo-reference airport diagram depiction), de-parture, VFR route seg-ments, IFR route seg-ments (including synthetic vision), approach, and even a “personal” section for customized depictions.

MyWingman is priced at $99 for an annu-al VFR subscription (sectional charts includ-ed are through cooperation with Seattle Avi-onics) or $149 for an IFR subscription, which includes low-altitude government charts and approach plates. The app will disable itself if the subscription is not renewed, so it will not be possible to operate MyWingman without a current chart subscription.

Additionally, the company’s website, www.BendixKing.com, says the app will soon be available free of charge for a 60-day trial pe-riod. You can drop by the Bendix/King booth for a demonstration of the MyWingman app.

Bendix/King realizes it faces an uphill battle to regain market prominence from Garmin, Avidyne, and others. Roger Jollis, vice president of marketing, outlined five promises the newly re-energized compa-ny is making: the need for new products; reliability (a legacy reputation the com-pany still enjoys from its heyday years); cost-effective ownership—not only in pur-chase price, but also in installation costs, subscriptions, maintenance, and trade-in strategies; intuitiveness (it must to be easy to figure out and use, right out of the box); and finally, customer service must be im-peccable, with products on the shelf, all service calls handled promptly, and all is-sues resolved. AVT

AirVenture attendees are invited to a wedding of cutting-edge aerospace and automotive technologies at the Rockwell Collins pavilion (booths 239-242), where the avionics manufacturer is celebrating its new relationship with the Caterham For-mula 1 (F1) auto racing team. Under a stra-tegic agreement reached in May, Rockwell Collins is adapting its aviation technology to bring improved situational awareness to

the dashboard of Caterham’s F1 racecar.Rockwell Collins has an F1 racecar on

display at its booth during AirVenture, and F1 driver Alexander Rossi will sign auto-graphs and discuss F1 racing in daily pre-sentations through Thursday.

Rockwell Collins is tight-lipped about details of the technology it will provide, in order to keep an edge in the highly com-petitive F1 racing world, but spokesperson

Rockwell Collins showcases avionics and auto racingJosh Baynes said the technology will likely cover “collision avoidance, the weather around you, and the environment on the track around you,” but was unlikely to in-corporate a display screen. Baynes said Rockwell Collins has no plans to expand on this technology to bring it to the consumer auto industry.

Rossi, 21, the only U.S. driver on the F1 cir-cuit and the youngest driver ever to earn an F1 license, said aviation is similar to F1 rac-ing, in that the concern about aerodynamic forces is identical. “It’s all air management, just a different approach and outlook.”

Glenn Waters, auto racing engineer and former chief mechanic for Mario Andretti (and an EAA member), is also representing the Caterham F1 team at AirVenture.

“Aerospace and high-level motor sports are, in effect, the same disci-plines,” Waters said.

The cost of the vehicles is certainly one similarity. The parts of an F1 car are worth about $1 million, Waters said, but the de-velopment costs to design them are much higher. The Caterham team has an annual budget of about $75 million, while some F1 teams may spend $250-300 million per

year. And like many homebuilts, the car’s body is largely composite, and all teams make the composite structures themselves.

Waters joined EAA 20 years ago after leaving the auto racing industry, and has built a Rutan Berkut and a Glasair III pow-ered by an Allison 250 turboprop engine. He explained that in racing he could never point to a car and say it was really his, be-cause so many people were involved, but when he built his airplanes, he “could point and say, ‘That’s mine!’”

“It’s almost like something’s come full circle,” being at Oshkosh with the Cater-ham team, Waters said. “I first came here to have something to do after motor sports. Now I’m back here with motor sports.”

Rossi will sign autographs from 10-10:30 a.m. and Rossi and Waters will present a Tech Talk on F1 engines from 1-1:30 p.m. daily through Thursday.

Rockwell Collins is also displaying many of its product lines, including the Pro Line Fusion and Head-up Guidance System integrated avionics, its Venue cabin management and entertainment system, Ascend flight information solu-tions, and dual-channel engine control unit for GA. AVT

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Lycoming continued its push for UL 100 low-octane avgas on Monday, calling it “a good thing for a lot of reasons.”

“Our position remains from Lycoming that the existing aircraft sales rate is our primary consideration in terms of rolling out the new unleaded fuel,” Mike Kraft, senior vice president and general manager for Lycoming, said during a press confer-ence at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “At to-day’s current production rates, we’ve more than 100 years of aircraft out there to be supported and serviced with fuel.”

That’s why the UL 100 solution needs to be affordable and deployable to the fleet. “There is no reason we can’t achieve this if we stay focused,” Kraft said.

A huge step was taken when, last year, innovators, producers, and regulatory agencies worked together on the FAA’s un-leaded avgas transition aviation rulemak-ing committee. “But we need continued

FAA leadership and funding to make it happen,” Kraft said.

“Maybe I’m channeling Vince Lombardi because we’re so close to Green Bay. But you’ve got the playbook, you’ve got the game plan, now it’s time to execute. The game plan could change after the first play. The objective, however, will not.”

Last week, Lycoming approved a wide variety of engines for use with UL91 un-leaded avgas. While that action may seem contradictory in light of the company’s em-phasis on UL 100, Kraft said it is not.

“The fact is the European community is finding, producing, and distributing UL 91 for use in aircraft,” he said. He added that a large base of aircraft—from Piper War-riors and Archers, to Cessna 152s and 172s, to Robinson R22s and many more—are al-ready approved to use UL 91.

“Does this mean Lycoming is endorsing UL 91 as a solution?” Kraft said. “No. But

it is a significant development for general aviation.” It is also a chance to prepare for a UL 100 future.

Kraft said the ASTM specifications make UL 91 a commodity fuel. “Long-term, we want to have a commodity fuel to keep operating costs low,” he said. That will also have an impact on lubricants and move the industry toward improved corrosion pro-tection.

Kraft also said that several manufac-turers have announced plans to use its relatively new IO/O-233 engine in their aircraft. Lycoming is continuing its dura-bility and qualification tests on the engine, but its electronic spark ignition system has passed all the environmental tests required by ASTM standards.

“The dual electronic spark ignition system is a pretty major achievement,” Kraft said. “It’s not only easier starting and smoother running, it’s a major impact

on lifetime costs. You will no longer have the 100- or 500-hour inspection like you would with magnetos,” he concluded.

To learn more about Lycoming’s full line of certified, experimental, and LSA engines, stop by the company’s AirVenture booths, 277-282, in the Main Aircraft Display, or visit the website, www.Lycoming.com.

Lycoming pushes for UL 100 avgas BY BARBARA SCHMITZ

Mike Kraft will present

Aviation Fuels Update in

Forum Pavilion 9 from

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American Champion Aircraft (ACA) un-veiled the Xtreme Decathlon yesterday at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, ushering in a new iteration of its stalwart Decathlon aerobatic airplane. Powered by a 210-hp Lycoming AEIO-390-A1B6 engine mated to an MT 76-inch composite propeller, the Xtreme Decathlon offers a 30-hp increase over its predecessor Super Decathlon. Combined with a 62-pound weight reduc-tion and control surface modifications, the Xtreme Decathlon provides “a new level of aerobatic performance,” according to the Rochester, Wisconsin, based company. The ACA has the flight-test prototype on display at its booth (223-226, Main Aircraft Display) and expects to receive certifica-tion for the new model by this October.

ACA Vice President of Engineering Jer-ry Mehlhaff Jr. said aerodynamic refine-ments include boosted ailerons, clipped wingtips, and an airfoil tail. Early flight tests show the ailerons and clipped tips contribute to a 33-percent increase in roll rate, while an increase in stabilizer area yields improved longitudinal control and a reduction in needed stick force. The net result is “better aerobatic performance,” Mehlhaff said.

The engine installation also incor-porates several new features, including heavy-duty dynafocal mounts, a tuned 4-into-1 stainless steel exhaust, and dual oil coolers. The cowl features large left and right access doors and a composite fiber-glass nose bowl.

American Champion unveils Xtreme DecathlonBY JAMES WYNBRANDT

Gross weight of the prototype Xtreme Decathlon is 1,950 pounds, aerobatic weight is 1,800 pounds, and empty weight is 1,340 pounds. Preliminary flight tests indicate rate of climb is 1,660 fpm, maximum level speed is 165 mph, and stall speed 54 mph. Company test pilot and engineer Jody Bradt said these figures may understate the actual performance of the certificated aircraft. Base price is $204,900. A fully tricked-out copy with all options, including a

glass panel, would take about another $70,000 out of your bank account. The ACA said it will continue making the 180-hp Super Decathlon.

Some 1,000 Decathlons are currently in service, and ACA dealer Jeff Welch of Freedom Transport in Alpena, Michigan, anticipates positive market response to the new aircraft.

“I expect we’ll see a fairly quick turnover in about 10 percent of the fleet,” he said. “In the next 12 months, we think

we’ll hear from 100 owners, in addition to new customers” interested in purchasing the enhanced Decathlon.

Said company president and co-owner Jerry Mehlhaff Sr., “Things are finally starting to rebound.”

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Piper’s Seneca V departs on a six-state dealer tour after Oshkosh.

Piper CEO Simon Caldecott reported Monday that Piper performance in the first half of 2012 showed continued improvement and represented 10 straight quarters of steady improvement since 2009.

So far this year the company reports 76 aircraft delivered with billings of $69 mil-lion. There were 37 deliveries in the first quarter and 39 in the second, Caldecott said.

He credits the steady growth to the strong dealer network for providing the sales and support leading to the improved results, along with investment of between $2 and $3 million in the company’s facili-ties in Vero Beach, Florida.

“I am cautiously optimistic,” he said, heading into the coming months and years, considering the current economy for general aviation.

Piper is also launching a Seneca V Demo Tour from Oshkosh following AirVenture 2012. The multi-state dem-onstration tour for the twin-engine tur-bocharged aircraft will visit Midwestern and Western states, involving Piper’s air-craft dealer organization. Stops include Des Moines, Iowa, July 30-August 6, with September stops in Kansas City, Kansas, and Reno, Nevada (at the Reno National

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“For well under a million dollars, the Seneca V gives you a turbocharged twin that has higher payload, carries more fuel,

delivers better performance and efficien-cy, has a wider, longer cabin, and a single-engine ceiling that is higher than twins which cost $400,000 more,” claimed Drew McEwen, head of global sales and business development. “In addition, the

turbo Seneca V has better takeoff and landing performance, especially from hot and high locations.”

Piper has a new Seneca V on display at its Oshkosh exhibit, located at booths 140-145/156-161. AVT


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Wipaire Inc., one of the world’s lead-ing manufacturers of aircraft floats, re-vealed its brand new Wipline 1450 floats for light-sport aircraft (LSA) to the pub-lic on Monday, extending its broad-spec-trum float model line.

“We are proud to announce a float pro-totype that will further advance the LSA market,” Wipaire Inc. President Charlie Wiplinger said.

The aluminum float’s landing gear de-sign incorporates rotating joints promot-ing a long, low-maintenance life and ex-tra buoyancy for stable water conditions.

Wipaire’s engineering team developed the prototype with an expected weight of approximately 210-225 pounds, including rigging, but said they are not done per-fecting the model.

“The float came in at the heaviest weight, but we are still shooting for low-er,” Wiplinger said. “The design is pretty much done except for a few small details.”

Structural tests on the float proto-type have not yet begun, but the com-pany hopes “to do so within the next month after returning home from Air-

Wipaire Inc. unveils new LSA float prototype

Venture,” he said.When released next season, the 1450

floats will be available in both amphibi-ous and seaplane versions. All amphibi-ous floats include a landing gear advisory

system, and both models have custom paint scheme options.

Introductory pricing for the am-phibious floats and rigging will be set at $30,000, while the straight-float models

will cost $23,000. Installation costs are yet to be determined.

View the new prototype at booths 227-228, located right next to Garmin Exhibit Hangar D. AVT



It is not a coincidence that the world’s largest air show team flies Van’s Aircraft RVs.

“The RV is affordable,” said founder and flight lead Mike “Kahuna” Stewart. “You couldn’t find 12 T-6 guys … to trav-el 100 miles to go practice three times a week and then travel cross-country to fly every weekend.”

The pilots flew in Sunday as part of the mass Van’s RV arrival. The team includes retired fighter pilots and airline captains, to financial advisers and project engineers from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

To say that the team is excited to per-form at Oshkosh is an understatement.

“It’s every pilot’s dream to fly into Oshkosh,” said wingman Len “Leggs” Legette. “But it’s the ultimate to perform in its air show.”

“It’s the best of the best,” Stewart said. “Each of us has our own personal attach-ment to Oshkosh because we have been coming here forever. Throughout the years, we’ve always said, ‘Look at them.’ Now we’re finally them. This is the Carn-egie Hall of aviation and we know we have one shot to make a great first impression.”

And they will make an impression, if for no other reason than sheer size, when they perform on Wednesday.

Pilots in the team have favorite parts about their show. For Stewart, it’s that one magic moment when he’s in the middle of a barrel roll. “I’m rolling very slow and am upside down when I look over my shoul-der and catch eight airplanes underneath me with all their smoke on and I also get to see the crowd.”

James “Chatterbox” Clark said his fa-vorite part of the show takes place on the ground. “Once we land, we walk the line, meet the kids, and give out cards and pic-tures that we sign. Once we see the smile on the little kids’ faces, even if the kids are 70 or 80 years old, it is so rewarding. Yes, we enjoy flying. But there is something special after the performance knowing we’ve touched someone.”

That’s where the size of the team is re-ally beneficial, Legette said. “A one-per-son show is only going to be able to spend so much time and reach so many people.

But when you can spread 12 people down the line, you can reach a lot of people.”

Twelve pilots also means that 12 fami-lies are involved in the business. “Ev-eryone has skills that they bring to the team,” Stewart said. Some have business background, others marketing or public relations skills. “They get to utilize their skills and be a part of the team. The size of the team allows for some economies of scale.”

“We do formation clinics, and we’re al-ways looking for the next person who has the potential, who is ready to move up,” said Legette. “It just happened that as we got serious, this is the team that came to-gether and it just happened to be 12.”

The group takes safety seriously, and they manage it in three pieces, Stewart said. “We really are three flights of four, and the entire program is managed by those three flights, and we know where every flight is supposed to be at every given time.”

It is also designed for safety at the be-ginning, Clark said. “Some of the things that look the most dangerous from the ground are actually the safest.”

There are lots of other things they do to build safety into the program, Stew-art said. That includes proper training and communicating during a flight to ac-knowledge each other’s location.

Legette said they have even started to inspect each other’s planes, as part of their safety procedures.

But safety also centers on discipline of each of the members, Clark said. “As a solo performer, you might think I’ll throw in a humpty bump, but we can’t do that.”

Stewart said team members are respon-sible for each other. “If one person isn’t mentally ready for a flight that day, it’s self preservation for me to make sure he doesn’t get in the air,” he said. “But we’re like family. We travel to air shows together every week, and when we have a weekend off, we take vacations together. This is like my family and we really look out for each other. That’s an advantage a solo perform-er doesn’t have. They don’t have that per-son to keep on eye on them, and to make sure they’re ready.” AVT

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AOPA’s Internet Flight Planner (AIFP) is an online flight-planning sys-tem available on the association’s website. With it you can plan routes, view real-time weather maps, obtain FAA-certified weather briefings, check for temporary flight restrictions, and file flight plans.

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William Piper introduced his J-3 Cub with a Continental A-40 engine. And as often is the case, that first powerplant just did not have enough horsepower to make the Cub perform as its designer believed it should.

But up front on WAAAM’s Cub at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is a Le-nape Papoose LM-3 three-cylinder radial engine, a part of what the organization believes to be the largest collection of fly-able three-cylinder-powered airplanes in the world.

“The A-40 makes 37 hp,” said Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Mu-seum (WAAAM) chief pilot and curator Ben Davidson. “When Lenape came up with this engine that made 50 hp, Piper put one on [a Cub]. Fifty hp is actually quite an increase, and this performs pret-ty good.

“The biggest problem with this engine is that Lenape recommends an overhaul ev-ery 200-300 hours. It didn’t turn out to be the most reliable [option].”

Papoose-powered Cubs carry the des-ignation J-3P. Piper typically suffixed J-3 models with the first letter of the en-gine manufacturer’s name. A Cub with the J-3L designation already denoted a Lycoming-powered craft, so the Lenape-

powered planes invoke the engine model J-3P, for Papoose.

Piper built between 13 and 30 Cubs with the little radial. Three remain on the FAA’s registry, with WAAAM’s being one of two known to be in flyable condition.

Prompted by the 75th anniversary of the Cub design being celebrated here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, WAAAM de-cided to bring its rare bird. Only it hadn’t flown in 21 years.

But the engine started right up, and after a few test flights, the plane was disassem-bled for a road trip to Hartford, Wisconsin.

When asked why WAAAM chose not to fly it all the way here from its home in Hood River, Oregon, Lee Borchers, a WAAAM pilot who flew the plane in the Cub mass arrival this past Sunday, pointed at the windshield.

“This is 45 miles,” Borchers said. The windshield was almost completely ob-scured by oil. “They are so rare…it would be taking quite a chance. It could have been done, but I think it might have taken the same amount of time (as driving).”

It took 10 hours of concerted effort to assemble the plane in Hartford.

“I don’t know how many people worked on this airplane with me [last Saturday], at least eight to 10,” Borchers said. “But I tried

Papoose made for a peppier Cub BY RANDY DUFAULT

to let all of them fly it before it got dark. I had a lot of help.”

WAAAM founder Terry Brandt ac-quired the Cub in the 1980s. A core feature of the museum’s collection of 82 flyable aircraft is a number of unique powerplants like the three-cylinder radials.

Engine reliability and a reputation for excessive vibration likely contributed to the model’s short life, though Davidson doesn’t believe the power option is much

different than other Cub versions. “I think it is a pretty good-running air-

plane,” he said. “When you take off, it per-forms just as good as a stock 65-hp Cub.”

Davidson went on to say Beverly (Bevo) Howard used a Lenape Cub in an air show routine. Howard is credited with execut-ing the first ever Cub outside loop with the Papoose-powered version.

WAAAM’s J-3P is parked just east of the Vintage Red Barn. AVT



Melissa Pemberton knows how much things can change in 10 years.

She flew into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2002 as a newly minted private pilot. This year the 28-year-old is returning as one of the featured air show performers. She can be seen performing today, Friday, and Sunday.

“I still get that excited feeling when you pack up and get into an airplane and know that you’re on your way to Oshkosh,” she said. “I get to be a fan, to hang out with friends and experience the same things that everyone attending AirVenture does. But then I get to step into an airplane and play in the air with everyone watching. To be side by side with the best in the indus-try is really an honor.”

Pemberton’s solo act combines gyro-scopic maneuvers with the precision used in competitive aerobatics. She’s hoping she can help inspire others, and particu-larly young women. That’s why she always gets on the radio at some point in her act to let the women and girls in the audience know that a female is flying.

Pemberton said she saw the Stars of Tomorrow perform at AirVenture in 2003, and it made her realize aerobatics is something she could do. Sean D. Tucker and Mike Goulian sponsored the program, mentoring six future air show pilots and introducing the young talent to the Osh-kosh audience.

With a clear vision and dedication, Pemberton started training and got heav-ily involved in competitions. In less than

one year under the coaching of Sergei Bo-riak and the mentoring of Wayne Hand-ley, Pemberton went from first-time aer-obatic contestant at the Sportsman level to third place overall in Intermediate at the 2004 U.S. National Championships. In 2006, by then flying a Zivko Edge 540, Pemberton became the youngest female ever to be a member of the U.S. Unlimited Aerobatic Team.

“When you focus on one discipline or sport, you will excel with it,” she said. “Plus, I really did train with some of the best coaches. They helped me learn things … and allowed me to accelerate through the sport and advance.”

She also began performing at air shows, thanks to other mentors and aerobatic acts who brought her into the circuit. Still others let her tag along and help at their air show performances.

“I can’t imagine I would be successful if it weren’t for those mentors,” she said. “There is no book out there to tell you how to get into the air show business. In the last few years, I’ve started having girls who are looking at this career path, and I always invite them to come to a show so I can introduce them to some people.”

Pemberton recently became a certifi-cated flight instructor, just like the grand-mother who first introduced her to avia-tion. “I’m so excited about being able to pass on what I’ve learned,” she said. “I’ve been given so much from so many teach-ers and mentors. I’m at the point that I need to start giving back.” AVT

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Judy Mueller, of Random Lake, Wis-consin, and a 40-year EAA volunteer, will receive the 2012 Dorothy Hilbert Volun-teer Award this evening at Theater in the Woods.

Judy worked for years as chairman of Evening Programs at the venue Theater in the Woods, where she scheduled lively speakers for AirVenture.

A 2010 EAA President’s Award recipi-ent, Judy is also a regular volunteer at the Pietenpol Fly-In in Brodhead, Wisconsin,

which takes place just prior to AirVen-ture each year.

The Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer Award was established in 2007 and honors a female EAA volunteer who exhibits the same passion, dedication, and devo-tion for volunteerism as did the award’s namesake, the late Dorothy Hilbert.

Please help honor Judy tonight when she receives the Hilbert award at 7:30 p.m. at—where else—Theater in the Woods. AVT

The EAA Freedom of Flight Award is the organization’s highest honor, bestowed annually to an individual whose contribu-tions to aviation closely mirror the integ-rity, entrepreneurship, and innovativeness of EAA members. This year that esteemed award goes to Col. Charles McGee.

“Col. Mac” will receive the award to-night at 7:30 p.m. in the Theater in the Woods.

McGee is a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first African-American pilots who flew with distinc-tion during World War II, who are being honored this week in EAA’s tribute to the greatest generation in the air. Fighters he piloted during the war include the Bell P-39Q Airacobra, Republic P-47D Thunder-bolt, and North American P-51 Mustang. He flew a total of 137 combat missions before returning stateside to instruct at Tuskegee Air Field in 1944.

McGee also flew 100 combat missions in P-51 Mustangs during the Korean War. In Vietnam, he flew 172 combat missions in a McDonnell RF-4 photo-reconnaissance aircraft, bringing his total combat missions to a record 409 during the three wars.

After his military service, McGee served as director for Missouri’s Kansas City Airport and as a member of the Avia-tion Advisory Commission. He has been an ambassador of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., giving numerous public addresses, and has received accolades including the National Aeronautical Association’s Elder Statesman of Aviation.

McGee served as national president of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. from 1983 to 1985 and is currently serving as its president.

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Judy Mueller to receive Hilbert award


Today Edsel B. Ford II, Charlie Harris, and Dick VanGrunsven will be acknowl-edged for their aviation contributions that represent the “essence” of EAA with a 2012 President’s Award. Join EAA Presi-dent/CEO Rod Hightower tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Theater in the Woods to honor these deserving award recipients.*

Edsel B. Ford II, great-grandson of Henry Ford, is a member of Ford Motor Company’s board of directors, and in 2001, he purchased Daimler Chrysler aviation and restored its original name to Pentastar Aviation. Ford is now the sole owner of the aviation company, headquartered at Oak-land County International Airport near Detroit, Michigan. Ford is also a board member of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

“Edsel is a visionary leader within his industry,” said EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower. “He understands the powerful role that aviation has played in the success of his family business, and to the prosper-ity of our nation. Edsel strongly believes that aviation must regenerate and is an ardent supporter of inspiring people to fly and achieve their dreams.”

2006 EAA Hall of Fame inductee and EAA Lifetime Member Charlie Harris co-founded the National Biplane Association in 1987 and is its current chairman and

president. He also served as chairman of the world’s largest biplane gathering, the Biplane Expo in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, since its founding.

Harris is a 30-year member of VAA Chapter 10, and Warbirds Squadron 10 out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and owns and flies his own collection of pristine-condition vin-tage aircraft. Harris was elected a direc-tor of the VAA in 1988 and has served as a treasurer since 1996. Additionally, in 1993, Harris initiated the contacts and helped to further discussions that later resulted in the Phillips Petroleum Company’s dis-counted fuel program for the EAA Young Eagles program.

“As a longtime EAA volunteer whose passion for what EAA stands for is exem-plary and inspirational, Charlie helped lead the VAA to its success as the premier organization for vintage aircraft as a long-time director,” Hightower said. “He pre-serves and brings to life the rich history by telling the aviation stories that shaped our nation and defines so much of who we are as Americans.”

With this year’s celebration of Van’s Aircraft’s 40th anniversary, EAA honors its founder and CEO Dick VanGrunsven. Since the company’s founding, Van’s air-craft has sold kits for more than 7,000 aircraft, making them the world’s most

popular homebuilt kit airplanes. “Dick is a designer’s designer,”

Hightower said. “No detail is too small for the proper thought and attention to its role in the overall outcome of the design. This thoughtfulness has led to safe, well-designed airplanes that help aviators enjoy expanded-envelope flying, safely.”

VanGrunsven is a current board member of EAA Chapter 105 and has logged more than 12,000 hours of flight time. Hightower also noted his dedication to youth and pre-serving the homebuilt movement.

“Van is a true visionary for youth edu-

cation and safety management in the experimental amateur-built industry,” Hightower added. “Successful programs such as Teen Flight and Eagles Nest were launched with his insight and support, and are a true success.

“He is a true ambassador in the push for safer operations within the amateur-built community and is always bringing the message to promote and protect ex-perimental aviation.”

*VanGrunsven will receive his award at 11:45 a.m. during his special appearance at Theater in the Woods. AVT

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Edsel Ford takes part in an employee pep rally at Ford World Headquarters. Photo by Autostock.


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Half of all flying A-36s at AirVenture 2012 BY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN

The solo North American A-36 dive bomber at AirVenture 2012 represents half of the world’s supply of f lying A-36s, and fully a third of the known total of the type.

Shortly after parking on the grass in the Warbirds area Sunday, the A-36 was provoking double takes and second glances from passersby. That’s because it shares common genes with the famous P-51 Mustang fighter, yet its mission dictated salient differences.

For ground attack, the A (for attack) -36 has slatted dive brakes that pop into the slipstream above and below both wings. Other distinctions from later P-51 Mustangs include the A-36’s use of an Allison engine behind a three-blade Curtiss electric propeller. Early P-51As had similar countenances, but the war-winning P-51Ds visible at AirVenture have redesigned silhouettes encasing Merlin engines turning four-blade props.

To achieve the slim frontal lines of the original A-36, American Aero Services of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, had to fabricate most parts from the firewall forward, forming the compound-curved skins that define the Allison Mustangs and, well, Invaders or Apaches, as A-36s have been alternately called.

Gary Norville of American Aero said his shop farmed out the rebuilding of the A-36’s wings to Cal Pacific in California. And to the careful observer, the A-36 wings have different ailerons and wingtips than more common P-51s. Other parts had to be made from scratch. “We had one dive brake and fabricated the rest.” The brass radiator core was unique, and in hopeless condition when Norville and crew assessed the A-36. They made one at New Smyrna Beach from plans.

The result of a seven-year restoration, the A-36 has only been flying for about a month, Norville said. In 15-20 hours of air time, the iconic speed brakes have been deployed—in level flight only so far—to verify their functionality. Their application quickly kills lift and speed.

The A-36 at AirVenture survived the war as a stateside training aircraft. Its list of civilian owners includes Idaho’s John Paul, whose Warhawk Air Museum has refurbished a razorback P-51C Mustang. Paul disposed of the A-36 as an unrestored project to the Collings Foundation a number of years ago, and that is for whom American Aero restored the A-36.

Viewers comment on the gritty realism of the low-luster paint on top-notch warbird restorations like the A-36. Decked

out to represent an aircraft of the 86th Fighter Group nicknamed Baby Carmen, the carefully hand-painted artwork complements the color-matched olive and gray coat of the basic A-36. The warbird community continually raises the bar on standards expected of award-winning restorations, and realistic paint and markings are a dividend of the quest for historical perfection.

The A-36 was a product, at least in part, of an Army Air Forces effort to keep the P-51 production line viable during a dearth of fighter funding in 1942. Attack aviation dollars were available, which may hold a clue to why this obvious P-51 derivative emerged with an attack bomber designation as the A-36 instead. North American Aviation quickly performed the design work needed to beef up the wings on the A-36 for bombs and brakes.

Introduced against German targets in North Africa in the first half of 1943, A-36s were appreciated for their effectiveness.

Though not strictly fighters, A-36s nonetheless accounted for a number of German aircraft in air-to-air combat as well.

The scarce A-36 at AirVenture 2012 ably re-creates the hectic aura of 1943 combat, complete with cast (lightweight) replicas of bombs slung under each wing. Its nose art was appropriately smudged with Allison exhaust when Baby Carmen arrived.

The look is almost seven decades old; the paint only several months.

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An A-36 representing combat-veteran Baby Carmen arrived at AirVenture 2012 on Sunday, bringing a rare glimpse of this ground-attack spin-off of the Mustang line.

A brilliant color palette brings rare North American A-36 dive bomber to life at AirVenture 2012. Rows of yellow bomb symbols portray a hectic career for A-36s in combat.

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The campgrounds begin to fill up as AirVenture quickly approaches.


The Stearman of Madonna and Merrill McMahan provides shade for a discussion with Gene Buckner (left) and his grandson Brian Buckner.



Lori Phillip takes a nap in the shade by the Vintage Hangar.

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DeLorme introduces first affordable, worldwide two-way pilot communication device

This week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, DeLorme, a long-time player in the personal satellite tracking, messaging, and navigation technology markets, is showcasing its brand new two-way satellite communicator, inReach.

InReach is the first affordable satellite communicator with two-way personal text messaging, message delivery confirmation, SOS alerting, and remote GPS real-time flight following/ping-me locating. The device also interfaces wirelessly with Android and Apple smartphones.

Compact, lightweight, waterproof and impact-resistant, inReach can maintain satellite signal lock even in difficult GPS environments, while operating over the Iridium satellite network.

The device’s two-way communication feature allows aircraft pilots to stay connected through text messaging and e-mail while flying routes beyond cellphone range. It can be used in stand-alone mode to send pre-loaded text messages, trigger SOS alerts, receive delivery confirmation, and enable tracking, all from the pushbutton and LED interface.

The real-time f light tracking feature of inReach allows family and friends to follow the user’s trip as it happens by accessing the secure web portal application anywhere Internet access is available.

A built-in SOS button can be activated to trigger a distress alert with delivery confirmation and automatically activates the remote GPS tracking feature to assist search-and-rescue personnel with homing in on the user’s location, whether stationary or on the move.

“InReach puts the power of global two-way personal communication, SOS alerting, and remote tracking in the cockpit and right at the pilot’s fingertips, no matter where their flight plans may take them,” said Patrick Shay, DeLorme vice president and general manager.

InReach is on display at DeLorme’s exhibit, Booth 4066, in Garmin Exhibit Hangar D. The devices also will be available for purchase through select retailers on site during the show.

For more information on this new product, visit www.InReachDeLorme.com. AVT


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When Carl and Adele Helmle established the AirVenture Aviation Explorer Base in 1972, they had only two posts involved, but knew that they wanted to help get those few kids involved in aviation.

Today, the base is made up of 14 Aviation Explorer posts from nine different states. This year, the base is hosting 185 campers—considerably more than the usual 125.

“We are busting at the seams,” said Katie Clark, base chairman, and Carl and Adele’s daughter. “It’s just awesome. The craziness never stops.”

Affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America’s Learning for Life program, Aviation Explorers is a co-ed organization for kids ages 14-20 who are interested in aviation.

Posts work with FBOs, EAA chapters, and EAA Young Eagles to get young post members involved and volunteering alongside aviation field workers. And how—since its beginning, the base has put in approximately 40,000 hours of volunteer service.

“It has become more than just two posts getting together,” Clark said. “It’s more like, ‘Y’all come over.’”

During AirVenture, the Explorers help out where needed, whether it is out on the flightline parking planes in the North 40 and “North Fond du Lac,” keeping guests safe at the P-1 ropes, or working in the base’s kitchen.

The kids also help out on the 18/36 taxiways during AirVenture. “They go through an extensive training/safety program to teach them the ropes for several hours before going on the flightline,” Clark said. “Those over the age of 18 can choose to go through an air marshal training program as well. It’s a great opportunity.”

In celebration of the 20th anniversary, the base has planned a carnival for the campers, complete with Minute-to-Win-It games, prizes, and a special dinner. Thanks to the FAA, the campers will also get a unique opportunity to participate in a tower tour during the Night Air Show. And the annual volleyball tournament between the Aviation Explorers and the Civil Air Patrol base is this Thursday night.

Aviation Explorers Base Co-Chairman Robb Szymik attended his first AirVenture at the age of 14, and was hooked. Twenty-eight years later, he’s helping other kids pursue their aviation dreams.

“The experience these kids get from being here in Oshkosh will help them do anything they really want to in the field of aviation,” Szymik said.

Sixteen-year-old Cole Burgess from Taylorsville, North Carolina, Post No. 850 has already been inspired by his AirVenture experiences over the past two years.

“Before coming to Oshkosh, I wanted to pursue a career in medicine, but now, I want to become a naval f light surgeon,” Burgess said. “I think it would be awesome and would incorporate both of my passions, medicine and aviation, into one job.”

Burgess said his favorite part has been the people he’s met and friendships he’s made.

“It’s so great to be in the same atmosphere as these kinds of people,” he said.

With the enthusiastic energy from kids like Cole, and help from supportive organizations such as the National Aviation Exploring Committee, Sporty’s, and the Custom Aircraft Group, AirVenture’s Aviation Explorer Base hopes to continue to inspire more young people.

“And I want to give them any opportunity I possibly can,” Szymik said. AVT

More than 100 kids from Explorers posts all over the country descended on AirVenture to help along the flightline and learn aviation skills in the various workshops and forums.



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Pipistrel introduces Alpha TrainerBY MARINO BORIC, EAA EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENT

In keeping with the company’s growing tradition for continued evolution and high-tech manufacturing, Pipistrel this week is showcasing a new aircraft, the Alpha Trainer.

The new offering’s name describes the aircraft’s purpose: It’s designed for LSA f light training. A fully equipped light-sport aircraft aimed squarely at the commercial f light school/private

owner market, the Alpha Trainer is aggressively priced at $83,880. After deciding it was time for a new sturdy and inexpensive aircraft for those markets, the Slovenian manufacturer based its design on the existing Virus SW model, with a number of enhancements for the f light-training world.

“Times have been changing; we have noticed over the last several years that

customers have evolved from basic entry-level aircraft to more sophisticated ‘glass everything’ with autopilot and every other conceivable addition,” reads the company’s announcement. For LSA customers not willing to pay upward of $120,000 for a new airplane, Pipistrel said it decided to slash its price and developed the trainer with new requirements in mind. The resulting Alpha Trainer is designed for flight schools wanting to use LSA in markets and countries that have adopted the ASTM-based standards and have a 1,212-pound (550-kilogram) maximum takeoff weight.

To survive the daily training grind, Pipistrel reinforced the Alpha Trainer’s main composite undercarriage and included heavy-duty main wheels and brakes. Recognizing that durability is important for the training market, the company also incorporated extra-heavy-duty seat fabrics and easily removable wheelpants. The company said all such features are designed to help keep the Pipistrel Alpha Trainer in the air rather than on the ground.

Other changes include a new nose gear leg 2 inches shorter than on the Virus SW, lowering the nose for better visibility on the ground. A smaller, 63-inch-diameter wooden, fixed-pitch prop was designed in-house, is CNC-machined, and is protected by a composite covering, including its leading edges.

Mounted flight instruments are what Pipistrel calls “hybrid, analog-digital” units made specifically for the company by

Slovenian LX Navigation. Instrumentation is a mix of traditional steam-gauge products and digital-era indicators. The airspeed indicator, for example, includes a traditional pointer and clearly labeled and colored speed arcs with easily readable digital indicators in the center.

Unlike in the Pipistrel Virus SW, the Alpha Trainer’s fuel tank is located in the fuselage. The central-mounted 15-gallon (55-liter) tank features a large, single-point opening on the fuselage, so it can be filled directly from fast-flow avgas pumps found at the majority of airports. Fifteen gallons is not a lot, but in the Alpha Trainer that means a range of at least 400 miles, or five hours’ endurance with reserve, at normal cruise.

Power comes from the Rotax 912 UL 80-hp engine, which, with the fixed-pitch prop, should equal a Cessna 172’s cruise speed of 108 knots and a 1,000-fpm climb rate.

The new wing design is based on the existing Pipistrel Virus SW aircraft. With redesigned wings and flaperons—now including 25 degrees of flap travel—the aircraft does not require air brakes, thus simplifying flight controls for students.

The $83,885 price tag includes an airspeed indicator, altimeter, VSI, engine instruments, Garmin aera 500 GPS with AirGizmo panel mount, ICOM IC-A210 radio with two headsets, and Garmin GTX 327 transponder.

For more information, visit Pipistrel in the Innovation Hangar South or Booth 292A in the Main Aircraft Display. Don’t forget the company’s website, www.Pipistrel-USA.com.

PHOTO BY MARINO BORIC

Pipistrel enters the LSA training market with its new Alpha Trainer.

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Lend-lease Reliant visits OshkoshBY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN

In a world of look-but-don’t-touch wonders at AirVenture, Tom Bullion says he enjoys allowing kids to sit in his wartime Royal Navy AT-19 Reliant aircraft parked in the Warbirds area.

Bullion also likes to give new passengers a taste of what it is like to fly in an airplane like the hulking, big ragwing Reliant. “My desire is to let anyone on the planet fly in it,” Bullion says, although he acknowledges ever-growing gas prices may limit the number of people who can be accommodated.

Getting kids in touch with their inner aviator is a thrill for Bullion. “One of my favorite things is to get ’em up in the left seat and let their parents take their picture,” he explains.

Bullion’s vehicle for these explorations is a heavy liaison aircraft Stinson built to meet a British requirement. He says the British originally asked American manufacturers to help the war effort by constructing 500 Lysanders, a

proven British utility design with short-field capabilities.

The production run was too short to make it feasible to make special tooling for Lysanders, but Stinson suggested a militarized version of its SR-10 with heavier-gauge steel tube construction, Bullion explains. Gone was the civilian SR-10’s elegantly bumped cowling, replaced with a no-nonsense smooth cowl. Stiffer, stronger landing gear on the military version further secured the Reliant’s niche as a “Lysander Light,” to borrow postwar parlance.

The U.S. Army Air Forces applied the nomenclature AT-19 to the resulting aircraft, which the receiving British dubbed the Reliant Mk. I, II, III, and IV. Bullion’s Reliant carries British serial number FB607, plus a lot more, thanks to restorer Dr. Jim Tait. Tait acquired the aircraft after several civilian owners put minimal time on it in the years since it was returned as surplus in 1946.

Old British records stayed with the Reliant through its moves, showing FB607 in Royal Navy service at Cochin, India, in 1944-45. When Tait restored the Reliant, he sought original British equipment, and manufactured replicas of oddball items like flame floats—fiery bomb-like markers that could be tossed over water to mark locations as navigation aids.

The availability of painting documents allowed the accurate application of camouflage upper surfaces and bright yellow undersides to the Reliant, complete with Royal Navy roundels and fin flash markings.

The result is an aircraft that has the rugged look of a genuine military machine—not fancy, perhaps, but definitely not haphazard.

It took Bullion and Fred Fink, a FedEx corporate pilot, six hours to motor from Memphis to Oshkosh, including a couple of fuel stops made partly for timing to ensure a desired arrival time. Bullion says the Reliant can ask its R-680 radial engine to cruise at 120 miles an hour, “but to do

that you really gotta run gas through it.” So he prefers to motor along at 105 mph, letting the Reliant chow down on 15 gallons per hour.

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Stinson made several hundred beefed-up versions of the Reliant as the AT-19, delivered to the Royal Navy, where this example served in India during World War II. Tom Bullion brought this wartime veteran to AirVenture 2012.

PHOTO BY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN

Pilot/owner Tom Bullion enjoys showing his wartime Royal Navy Reliant, complete with replica flame floats—pyrotechnic devices looking like small bombs, and intended to mark locations on the surface of water.


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Tom Wathen along with some of his “Aeronca Kids” formally donated their recently restored Aeronca CA65 to the EAA AirVenture Museum. The aircraft was restored by 35 kids over a period of six years at the Flabob airport in Riverside, California. When asked about the main purpose of the program, Wathen stated that 35 kids didn’t build an airplane, an airplane built 35 kids.

Worship service during AirVenture 2012

Jewish Shabbat ServiceFergus Chapel (near the EAA Museum),

Friday, July 27, at 6 p.m.

Catholic MassSaturday, July 28, at 6 p.m. in Forum

Pavilion 7, and Sunday, July 31, at 10:15 a.m. in the Theater in the Woods

Nondenominational ServiceFergus Chapel (near the Museum),

Sunday, July 22, and Sunday, July 29, from 8:30 to 9 a.m.

Protestant ServiceTheater in the Woods, Sunday, July

29, at 9:15 a.m. EAA Chaplain Ed Riddick officiating.

Fellowship of the Wing Prayer Breakfasts

Fergus Chapel (near the EAA Museum),

daily, from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m., Monday, July 23, through Friday, July 27. Guest speakers.

Area ChurchesMore information is available from the

Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.VisitOshkosh.com or visit CVB on the convention site.




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Founder of Van’s Aircraft Dick VanGrunsven handed the keys to the RV-1, the aircraft that started it all, to Rod Hightower, formally donating the aircraft to the EAA AirVen-ture Museum’s collection. As requested by VanGrunsven, the aircraft will be kept in flying condition.PHOTO BY MARIANO ROSALES



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Magnaghi Aeronautica S.p.A., the Italian aerospace group manufacturing the Sky Arrow aircraft series, is introducing a significantly updated Sky Arrow light-sport aircraft (LSA) this week. The new version differs in several visible and invisible details from the previous model shown at Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, earlier this year.

Enhancements include new extended wing tanks, modified stabilizer aerodynamics, and a new, streamlined leaf-spring landing gear. Other updated components, such as Beringer wheels and brakes, guarantee better ground handling. A 10-inch Dynon SkyView system and a completely redesigned instrument panel are part of the cockpit updates to the Sky Arrow.

The first new Sky Arrow LSA flew into AirVenture from Atlanta and features navy blue fuselage stripes and registration numbers, as well as a stylish matte blue/gray interior. The traditional “Italian red” accent colors will still be available on request.

Magnaghi Group of southern Italy six months ago announced its acquisition of Sky Arrow-related assets, including all existing products and certifications.

The Sky Arrow is an all-composite, high-wing, tandem-seat LSA powered by a Rotax 912S engine in the pusher configuration. It was first introduced in 1993 by Meteor S.p.A., also of Italy. Sky Arrow underwent bankruptcy in 2008 and was resurrected just months ago, with help from Magnaghi Aeronautica.

The Sky Arrow was created as a low-cost, high-visibility aerial work

platform designed and used for airborne patrol, law enforcement, environmental research, and electronic newsgathering missions. The Sky Arrow can perform most rotary-wing tasks at a fraction of the cost, according to a company spokesman. Several hundred Sky Arrows are currently operated worldwide as LSA and FAR Part 23 aircraft.

Magnaghi Aeronautica also introduced a Sky Arrow designed as an aerial work platform-observation, news, and law enforcement (AWP-ONE). The Sky Arrow AWP-ONE is available in four payload configurations, with different sensors allowing terrain mapping, environmental research, and early wildfire detection. The Sky Arrow AWP-ONE on display at the company’s AirVenture display features a Goodrich sensor system based on a TASE 300 gyro-stabilized camera, allowing video recording of activities on the ground.

COO Giorgio Iannotti remarked several months ago, “Magnaghi Group believes in this product and is strongly willing to relaunch the Sky Arrow series.” Iannotti also confirmed that a UAV version of the Sky Arrow is on the way. Further, the new owner will restart all activities related to the F-300 project, a high-performance, low-wing, four-place, composite airplane designed by the recently deceased Italian design legend Stelio Frati.

Magnaghi Aeronautica is one of Italy’s leading manufacturers of aerospace equipment and components. To learn more, stop by the company’s display in the LSA Mall or visit www.SkyArrow.it or www.MagnaghiAeronautica.it.

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Matt Younkin is first second-generation Barber Award winner

Matt Younkin has been named recipient of the 2012 Bill Barber Award for Showmanship by World Airshow News and will receive the award among his peers tonight during a special ceremony at AirVenture’s Theater in the Woods.

His father, Bobby, won the Barber award in 2004, making Matt the first second-generation recipient.

He’s also a third-generation aviator, as his grandfather, Jim, was an expert antique aircraft restorer and designed the Century and TruTrak autopilots. Matt even soloed in Grandpa’s 1928 Travel Air

4000 biplane on his 16th birthday.Matt had not originally planned to

follow his dad’s footsteps into air show performing, but after Bobby was killed in an accident while performing in Canada in the summer of 2005, Matt decided to keep the family tradition alive. He made his air show debut in November 2005 in the family Decathlon that his dad made famous.

Matt achieved his goal of performing in his dad’s famed Beech 18 at Sun ’n Fun on April 17, 2007. He reviewed footage of his dad’s performances, reverse-engineering the proper speeds and altitudes to re-create Bobby’s thrilling aerobatics. Matt later put his own stamp on performing with the Beech 18 by installing more than 50 externally visible lights for his “Magic by Moonlight” night act he debuted at Sun ’n Fun 2008.

Today Matt and the Twin Beech are among the most sought-after acts on the air show circuit, performing at more than 20 venues a year.

Matt is scheduled to fly in the Monday and Wednesday afternoon air shows at AirVenture Oshkosh. EAA’s daily air shows are sponsored by Rockwell Collins.

The Bill Barber Award for Showmanship began in 1986, and is awarded to air show performers or teams that have demonstrated great skill and showmanship. World Airshow News magazine and the friends and family of the late Bill Barber present the award each year at Oshkosh.

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Restored Mallard channels a golden era BY RANDY DUFAULT

Steve Hamilton is obviously proud of his immaculately restored 1947 Grumman Mallard.

And he should be. Shortly after completing an extensive restoration, the massive twin radial-powered amphibious airplane won the 2001 Grand Champion-Classic award here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

“Everything I did to it was to make it original,” Hamilton said. “So the airplane is just the way it was when it was delivered

to a guy named Lord Beaverbrook.”Of the 59 Mallards produced, Hamilton’s

is likely the best example today of the market segment Grumman was trying to reach with the airplane: executive transportation. The interior is plush, trimmed in teak, and includes nearly all of the amenities today’s tycoon might ask for in a business jet.

“What is interesting is that all the teak in the airplane is what they call book-matched,” Hamilton explained. “They

did it in Rolls-Royces, and they did it in Bentleys. What it means is that the grain on the left side of the plane exactly mirrors the grain on the right side. If you were sitting in the back with the cockpit door closed you would see [a mirror image] grain pattern.”

The restoration also includes white covers for the seat head rests. Commonly known at the time as antimacassars, the covers prevented permanent staining of the upholstery from the macassar oil used primarily by gentlemen of the day. The covers required frequent replacement and could be ordered directly from Grumman.

Hamilton had some challenges finding parts for the interior, but ultimately located an unusual source.

“It’s funny, a lot of these airplanes [were converted to turbine power], but they didn’t throw anything out,” he said. “I went to all the turbine operators and asked, ‘What do you have?’

“I was able to get this entire interior.”His purchases included wood parts

that, for all practical purposes, were trash. But in many cases those parts included latches and other rare hardware.

“So it was all real valuable even if it was just junk,” Hamilton added.

The airplane ended up in a number of exotic far-away places once Lord Beaverbrook was finished using it for his travel needs. Its first stop was New Zealand

where, for a time, it supported construction of the Manapouri hydroelectric dam project. After that it moved to Australia, received a high-density seating interior, and served as an island-hopping airliner.

Tahiti was the next stop. After the failure of an engine, it sat for a time until traveling to Wisconsin. Ultimately it ended up in the Caribbean and was retired to an area of the Miami airport known as “corrosion corner.”

Corrosion is a common problem for all seaplanes, particularly ones operating in saltwater, and Hamilton had to address the problem as part of his restoration. A key repair was complete replacement of the wing center section.

“Mallards have a number of [airworthiness directives] for center section corrosion,” he said. “The FAA gave me 5,000 hours before I will have to comply with them…it’s all-new metal.”

Hamilton plans to continue using it much like he has since completing the restoration.

“This is my yacht,” he said.“What I like most about it, unlike

other aircraft, is that it is just grand. It’s something like the old China Clippers. They were done to a very high standard with teak interiors and, when Leroy Grumman built this, and they put the teak in, it was reminiscent of that era. This was to be that kind of machine.” AVT


Lee Hamilton considers his restored 1947 Grumman Mallard to be his yacht.


ICON reduces deposit during AirVenture

To celebrate ICON’s attendance at AirVenture this year, the company announced it is reducing the required deposit for an A5 position from $5,000 to $2,000. This special offer will apply to any order placed in person or online July 23-July 29.

ICON is also supporting the Seaplane Pilots Association (SPA), a nonprofit

organization that specializes in advocacy to support the rights and privileges of those who fly seaplanes as well as focusing on environmental stewardship and education. ICON will donate $100 to SPA for every deposit taken during the promotion.

For more information, visit the ICON exhibit at booths 162-164/180-182, or visit ICONaircraft.com/buy-your-icon.html.

Cirrus Aircraft names Gabriel Maestracci regional director of Latin America

Cirrus Aircraft yesterday announced it named Gabriel Maestracci as regional director of Latin America. The company said the new position is part of its continuing commitment to international growth and expansion. Prior to his promotion, Maestracci managed an international sales center for Cirrus in Venezuela and Colombia.

In his new role, Maestracci will be responsible for overseeing sales and service center partners in Latin America

and Mexico, as well as developing training centers for Cirrus Aircraft.

“His experience makes him an ideal fit for this new role,” said Todd Simmons, executive vice president, sales and marketing. “Gabriel has already developed an excellent rapport with our Latin American sales partners as well as our customers. He’s proven his ability to relate directly with Cirrus owners and pilots, and he shares our passion for aviation.”

Maestracci will be based in Florida.

Hawker Beechcraft celebrates 80th anniversary

In 1932, Walter H. Beech left an executive position with Curtiss-Wright Corporation to start designing and manufacturing airplanes in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife and business partner, Olive Ann Beech. While many warned there was no market for a cabin biplane with a luxury interior in the midst of the Great Depression, the two forged ahead with their plans to build the “finest aircraft in the world.” The result is the 200-mph Beechcraft Model 17 biplane, popularly known as the Staggerwing. Other models, including the iconic Bonanza, followed. Before the pair were finished, they helped change the course of general aviation.

Earlier, across the Atlantic, test pilot and designer Harry Hawker and three others in 1920 bought the assets of the Sopwith Aviation Company and formed H.G. Hawker Engineering. The company would go on to create some of the most technologically advanced and industry-leading products in aviation and later became a part of the Hawker Beechcraft product line in the mid-1990s.

Eighty years after Walter and Olive Ann Beech formed their company, Hawker Beechcraft is a world-leading

manufacturer of business, special mission, light attack, and trainer aircraft. This week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, the company is celebrating its 80th anniversary by inviting attendees to its display (booths 322-345 in the Main Aircraft Display) for cake and giveaways on Wednesday, July 25, in the afternoon.

“As we recognize this special anniversary and celebrate our proud past, we look forward to more milestones to come as we carry on Hawker Beechcraft’s legacy of innovation in the aviation industry,” said Steve Miller, CEO of Hawker Beechcraft Inc.

“Hawker Beechcraft changed the course of general aviation,” added Chairman Bill Boisture. “Its proud history has included the delivery of more than 54,000 aircraft to customers around the world, and its heritage of leading edge technology and performance will continue to be an integral part of its future.”

For more information, stop by the company’s AirVenture display or visit www.HawkerBeechcraft.com.

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House passes Pilot’s Bill of Rights, sending measure to president for signature

Any pilot who has had the misfortune to become entangled in an enforcement action brought by the FAA would agree: The deck is stacked in the agency’s favor. For example, the agency may not allow the airman to have access to the evidence against him, especially in an emergency certificate action. And if the airman chooses to appeal to the NTSB, which is tasked with hearing such cases, administrative law judges at the Safety Board usually will defer to the FAA. All that is set to change, thanks to the Pilot’s Bill of Rights, legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, clearing the measure for the president’s signature.

First proposed by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) in the aftermath of the FAA’s grounding of air show legend R.A. “Bob” Hoover, the concept got a major boost in 2010 after the senator landed a Cessna 340 on a closed runway in Texas, making national news. After his experience with the FAA’s enforcement process, Inhofe came away more convinced than ever that reform was needed. He introduced the result as a free-standing bill in July 2011 as

S. 1335. Thanks to his efforts, the measure passed the Senate unanimously on June 29. Yesterday, less than a month after it made it out of the Senate, the same bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives, clearing it for the president’s signature. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Missouri) shepherded the bill through the House.

“This is the biggest news for general aviation pilots in recent years,” said Inhofe after the House vote. “I am grateful that the House has seen the merits of the Pilot’s Bill of Rights. Now that it has passed both the House and the Senate, I look forward to this becoming law with the president’s signature,” he added. “Thanks to the efforts of so many pilots, and organizations like AOPA and EAA, we are just one step away from this becoming law.”

“This is a great day for aviation,” EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower said. “Congratulations and thanks to Sen. Jim Inhofe for making this a possibility and for recognizing the need for improvements in four critical areas. Thanks and congratulations also to Rep. Sam Graves for his invaluable support and assistance in the house.”

BY JOSEPH E. (JEB) BURNSIDE

Provisions in the Pilot’s Bill of Rights legislation approved yesterday by Congress and on its way to the president for signature fall into the four broad categories below:

FAA enforcementIn an enforcement action, the FAA must provide all relevant evidence to the pilot 30 days

prior to proceeding. This currently is not done and often leaves the pilot grossly uninformed on the exact nature of any violation and options available.

Clarifies statutory deference as it relates to NTSB review of FAA actions by pointing out the board “is not bound by the findings of fact.” Too often the NTSB rubber-stamps an FAA enforcement decision, giving the FAA wide latitude and making the appeals process meaningless.

Allows for federal district court review of appeals from the FAA, at the election of the appellant, bypassing the NTSB’s appeals process.

Notice-to-Airmen SystemThe FAA is to improve NOTAM dissemination by simplifying and archiving them in a

central location. EAA and other general aviation groups will compose an advisory panel. Goals include:

• reducing the volume of NOTAM information;• ensuring NOTAMs are more specific and relevant to the airman’s route and placed in a

more usable format;• providing both a full set of NOTAM results plus specific information requested by airmen;• providing an easily searched document; and• establishing a filtering mechanism similar to the DOD’s.

Flight service briefingsCurrently, when an FOIA request is made for a recording of a Flight Service briefing or

“other air traffic services” provided by Lockheed Martin, the FAA denies it because Lockheed Martin is a contractor. The PBOR mandates such information be available to anyone submitting an FOIA request.

Medical certification reformsThe bill requires the FAA review its medical certification process and forms to provide

greater clarity in the questions asked and minimize the chances of misinterpretation. In the past, confusing forms and questions have led to allegations of intentional falsification. EAA and other general aviation groups compose an advisory panel.

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Cessna Discover Flying Challenge interns converge at AirVenture

BY RANDY DUFAULT

This past June, eight summer intern pilots, all CFIs, departed Cessna’s Independence, Kansas, manufacturing plant in brand new, custom-painted, Model 162 Skycatchers. They set off to aviation events and airports all over the country to promote learning to fly in Cessna’s light-sport airplane. A ninth CFI-rated intern remained in Kansas to coordinate the effort.

This week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, they all will gather here, along with several of the airplanes, as the program wraps up for the year.

Over the past six weeks the pilots visited pancake breakfasts, fly-ins, air shows, and Cessna Pilot Centers showing off the airplane and introducing it to other CFIs.

As they progressed on their respective journeys the pilots posted videos on the Cessna YouTube channel, updated their Facebook pages, and tweeted to document their adventure.

This year’s Discovery Challenge pilots included Edward Honey, Saint Louis

University, who will act as dispatcher; Conor Dancy, George Mason University; Luis Acosta, Mountain State University (West Virginia); Jen Scanlan, University of Oklahoma; Ben Alimena, Embry-Riddle; Zoe Cunningham, Embry-Riddle; Chris Rogers, Kansas State Salina; Luke Patterson, Kansas State Salina; and Taylor Breum, Southern Illinois University.

Patterson, a native of Liberal, Kansas, said the Discover Flying Challenge reinforced his decision to pursue aviation as a career. “This program has been incredible. I would have never imagined I could learn so much in a few short weeks. I have flown to great destinations, met so many people inspired by aviation, and been inspired myself along the way.”

Cunningham, a college senior majoring in aeronautical science with minors in air traffic control and applied meteorology, said, “I’ve had a wonderful summer with Cessna and the other pilots in this program. Being able to fly the Skycatcher around the Great Lakes has just been a great privilege, and giving

orientation flights to flight instructors and presenting the aircraft to others has been rewarding. This has been a fantastic hands-on learning experience.”

The pilots and the airplanes will be at the Cessna booth in the Main Aircraft Display and in the LSA Mall throughout AirVenture. AVT

MT-Propeller announces new ground-adjustable aluminum props

MT-Propeller’s new 5400 series of two-blade ground-adjustable aluminum propellers for vintage aircraft are reconstructions of rare models manufactured almost 70 years ago by Standard Steel Propeller Company.

“While MT-Propeller is known for what may be considered more ‘modern’ propeller designs, we recognized the important role we could play in keeping vintage aircraft f lying and safe,” said Gerd Muehlbauer, president of MT-Propeller. “We are pleased to offer these new ground-adjustable blades and completely new hubs.”

The project to bring back this type of prop was started about 10 years ago by Greg Herrick, president of the Aviation Foundation of America Inc.

“We recognized the importance of finding someone to put these propellers back into production as the supply of used blades, some over 80 years old,

began to dwindle,” Herrick said. “Having newly manufactured blades available is an important part of keeping the world’s f leet of vintage aircraft in the air and flying safely.”

The new propellers are typically for radial engines of up to 450 hp at 2300 rpm, and 7 to 10 feet in diameter. There are three blade-model designations, and each is available in different lengths. The blades then are paired with one of two newly manufactured steel propeller hubs.

These new hubs and props are useful on a variety of radial engine powered aircraft, such as Boeing, Stearman, Ford, and Waco. They carry FAA Type Certificate No. P32BO.

For additional information, visit the MT-Propeller exhibitor booth in the Bendix/King by Honeywell Exhibit Hangar B this week or go to www.MT-PropellerUSA.com.

BY SIENNA KOSSMAN

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RV-14 leads Van’s parade during showcase

AirVenture attendees, especially homebuilt enthusiasts, got a big surprise on opening day when a brand new airplane—the much-rumored Van’s RV-14—led a parade of RVs to open showcase flights prior to the air show.

At AirVenture Today’s deadline, Ken Scott of Van’s described the airplane—kept tightly under wraps by all involved in its development for several years—as a cross between “a big person’s RV-7 and a two-place RV-10.” It’s powered by

a Lycoming IO 390 and has 50-gallon fuel capacity.

First f light was in April and the company is “very happy” with the results of the full f light-test program, Scott said.

The RV-14 led a parade of RVs that included 40 aircraft and all the Van’s models over the years (except the RV-5) all the way to the original RV-1, which was donated to the EAA Museum after the flight by the Friends of RV-1.

The new RV-14 arrives at AirVenture Monday afternoon.PHOTO BY MARIANO ROSALES

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Dedication of the China Pavilion, located on the flightline between the Brown Arch and the Vintage Tower, was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday. Barry Valentine, EAA governmental host, welcomed the Chinese delegation led by Francis Chao, publisher of the China Civil Aviation Report. The China Pavilion is sponsored by the Capital Jet Co. Ltd. and the China General Aviation Association (CGAA). According to Wang Xia, secretary general of CGAA, GA in China is just beginning and has a long way to go. She called AirVenture “not only a gathering of flying enthusiasts, but also the perfect place to learn and experience GA knowledge.”


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The HS 800 Digital is the world’s first headset with fully digital adaptive noise

reduction. The adaptation to different noise environments is continuous and automatic without any manual activation. The HS 800 Digital also sets new standards in comfort, according to the company. All pads are soft and covered with fine genuine leather. The replaceable headband pad has a special shape to protect the sensitive spot at the top of the head. Low pressure

and an optimal geometry of the headband, along with the addition of the viscoelastic filling of the ear pads plus its light weight, contribute to the comfort of these deluxe headsets, especially for those who wear eyeglasses. The result is a relaxed flight without noise as a source of stress, the company said.

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Do most pilots really need an FAA medical certificate? BY JOSEPH E. (JEB) BURNSIDE

At some point back in the dark ages of aviation, it was decided every person serving as pilot in command of an airplane must have passed a routine physical examination. That’s because, in part, few standards existed for determining a person’s relative health, or his or her visual acuity or hearing ability.

Much has changed since then, including lengthier life expectancies and more-uniform driver’s license testing designed to ensure motor vehicle operators are physically capable of seeing and hearing what’s going on around them. At the same time, the physical demands on pilots have been greatly reduced since aviation’s supposed “golden age” of the 1920s and ‘30s. So, why do otherwise healthy pilots flying relatively simple aircraft in non-commercial operations need to obtain an FAA medical certificate on a regular basis? Why can’t a state-issued driver’s license suffice as evidence the holder is healthy enough to serve as pilot in command?

Those are the basic questions underlying a joint effort of EAA and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA).

The two organizations earlier this year submitted a petition to the FAA asking the agency to exempt certain types of aircraft operations from the requirement that the pilot hold a current medical certificate. The petition would have the effect of expanding the existing rules applying to FAA-certificated sport pilots—who are not required to hold a medical while flying a light-sport aircraft—to pilots operating larger but equally simple airplanes. It also would create an online aeromedical training course that each pilot must study. An online exam would be used to test your retention of the course material.

For example, the joint petition, if granted, would allow a pilot lacking a current third-class or better medical certificate to operate a single-engine aircraft with 180 hp or less, four seats or fewer, and fixed gear. The f light must occur in VFR weather during the daytime and would be limited to carrying one passenger. Of course, it can’t be for hire or in furtherance of a business. In other words, any pilot holding at least a private certificate

would not be required to have a medical certificate when flying for recreational or personal transportation reasons.

The two organizations submitted their original petition on March 20, 2012. By late June, more than 10,000 comments had been submitted, but EAA and AOPA in early July asked the FAA to extend the petition’s formal 20-day deadline. The FAA agreed, and more than 14,000 comments have been submitted so far. The new deadline for commenting is September 14.

“This initiative will preserve the freedom to fly by reducing a significant hurdle in the lives of many pilots and entrants into general aviation while maintaining or enhancing safety,” said EAA President/CEO Rod Hightower. “It would also greatly increase the number of aircraft available for pilots flying strictly for recreation and encourage pilots to continue to fly in aircraft in which they are already familiar.”

Pilots and others wishing to register their views on the EAA/AOPA petition have until September 14 to do so. During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012, attendees visiting

the Welcome Center can obtain assistance in submitting formal comments. After the show, additional information on commenting will be available on www.EAA.org. AVT


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Doubtlessly Dauntless dive bomber at AirVenture BY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN

Dauntless, a word meaning determined and fearless, rests confidently in the dossier of the Douglas SBD dive bomber bearing that name. One June 70 years ago, Dauntlesses and their equally dauntless crews decided the outcome of the Battle of Midway in 1942 by sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers. Some say they ensured the inevitable outcome of the entire Pacific war.

Fast-forward to today: The Commem-orative Air Force brought one of only two Dauntless dive bombers flying to

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. Charles Kennedy, the SBD’s flying crew chief, says the CAF brings the Dauntless to perhaps 10 shows a year—“as many as we can get in.”

He enjoys his usual perch in the Dauntless’ gunner’s compartment behind the pilot. The bomber’s noticeable dihedral and fixed slots ahead of the ailerons in each wing’s leading edge give the Dauntless a rock-steady ride with relatively “puppy dog” stall characteristics.

A walk around the Dauntless with Kennedy reveals several interesting quirks on this vintage airframe. For example, the centerline bomb, released in a 70-degree dive, could clip the propeller whirling just ahead of it. To clear the prop arc, Douglas devised a wishbone-shaped trapeze that swings the bomb away from the fuselage before releasing it, Kennedy points out. And between the forks of the wishbone, a seldom-seen belly window lets the pilot scan down toward his target.

Another salient feature of the SBD is its bright red perforated

dive brakes. Extending both above and below the trailing edge of the wing, these brakes slowed the onrushing dive of the Dauntless to manageable speeds. Kennedy says the FAA does not want these devices used on the CAF’s Dauntless, so they are only spread open when the bomber is displayed on the ground. For landing flaps, only the portions of the dive brakes extending below the wing are deployed.

Kennedy also points to a single white stripe angling on the side of the vertical fin of the SBD. This, he says, was a cue to the aircraft carrier landing signal officer, showing the Dauntless’ position and attitude as it approached the carrier.

Meanwhile, on the left side of the fuselage, a circular hatch encloses a tubular compartment that once held the crew’s life raft. Now, a dummy representation of the life raft masks the compartment’s repurposing as a place to stash operating supplies.

Kennedy says the Dauntless travels with 5 gallons of special non-detergent mineral oil with which to replenish the aircraft’s normal 19-gallon oil reservoir.

Such oil is not to be found at some stops, and it behooves the CAF to have enough, since according to the old adage, radial engines are either leaking oil, or out of oil.

The CAF’s research indicates this Dauntless is a former U.S. Navy SBD-5, bearing Bureau of Aeronautics number 54532. Its research has put to rest long-held notions that this bird was really an Army Air Forces A-24 variant.

After its American service, this Dauntless earned its keep as a photo-mapping platform—remember that rock-steady dihedral—in Mexico. Warbird legend Ed Maloney bought the Dauntless and returned it to his Planes of Fame collection in the 1960s before selling it to the then-Confederate (now Commemorative) Air Force.

If you have a yearning to fly in a genuine World War II dive bomber, the Commemorative Air Force plans to move the Dauntless to nearby Fond du Lac either today after the air show or on Wednesday. After the relocation, the plan is to sell back-seat rides in the Dauntless.

A dummy life raft container fits in the round opening intended for it during the war. But today, Charles Kennedy, crew chief of the SBD Dauntless dive bomber at AirVenture, stashes operating supplies in the tubular cabinet. AVT


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Sennheiser launches new passive headset BY JOSEPH E. (JEB) BURNSIDE

As any pilot knows, safe and reliable communication is absolutely essential in the cockpit. Recognizing that need, audio specialist Sennheiser is launching the S1 Passive at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012. The S1 Passive, according to the company, is a high-performance general aviation headset offering pilots both excellent passive noise attenuation and optimum wearing comfort. The full-sized headset was developed for pilots who demand outstanding noise attenuation but do not want to use an active headset. It is also an ideal choice for flight students. The S1 Passive joins Sennheiser’s S1 family of aviation headsets, which celebrated an extremely successful start last year with the S1 Digital.

“As a reliable and comfortable companion even on the longest f lights, the S1 Passive ensures safe and clear speech transmission between the cockpit and the tower, and at the same time has an extremely attractive price/performance ratio,” explained Jörg Buchberger, aviation business segment manager. “It can also be

perfectly adapted to the user.“As a special extra, we have

equipped the passive headset with our ActiveGard feature, which protects the pilot’s hearing against extreme volume peaks that can occur during radio communication,” Buchberger added. If a signal above a level of 110 dB is received, ActiveGard compresses the sound, and everything remains clearly intelligible at a healthy volume.

When designing this headset, Sennheiser enlisted the help of BMW Group DesignworksUSA, which has many years of experience in the aviation sector. The result, according to the company, is the most comfortable passive general aviation headset available.

The BMW Group DesignworksUSA efforts resulted in contact pressure that can be individually adjusted in three stages while an innovative “glasses zone” offers softer, more f lexible padding for the temple arms of (sun)glasses.

Sennheiser offers a five-year guarantee for the S1 Passive, which is made in Germany. The headset is available now.

To learn more, stop by the Sennheiser exhibit in Booth 288 or visit the company’s website, www.SennheiserUSA.com.

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Around the FieldLocated in the middle of the AirVenture

flightline and, for some, occupying the heart of the fly-in, is the Vintage campground.

Vintage camping and parking begins around the Red Barn at the corner of Vern Avenue, extends from the fence on Knapp Street out to the edge of the flightline, and goes south all the way to Ultralights.

Nestled back between the Theater in the Woods and the Hangar Café is an area of about 75 beautiful pieces of flying history surrounded this week by tents, picnic tables, and other camping paraphernalia. The EAAers wishing to park their vintage airplanes here arrive as early as June to lay claim to preferred spots in this pastoral area.

One resident this year in Vintage camping is Jim Hamilton from Medford, Oregon.

We found Jim under the wing of his Piper Pacer, sitting at a picnic table with some of his neighbors, Steve, John, Randy, Gary, and Joan.

Jim made the flight to Oshkosh this year in 17 flying hours spread over two days. He is usually one of the first to arrive at the fly-in.

“I’m always the first airplane in here. I’ve been here a week. You’ve got to pay ahead of time, so there are seven airplanes here that mail me checks. The only way to save spaces is you have to pay in advance. I pay their registration and stake it all out so we can camp together.”

He’s had his 1953 Pacer for 19 years. When he bought it, it was a Tri-Pacer, but he converted it to the taildragger version.

“I would have been laughed at if I’d have kept it a Tri-Pacer.

“When I bought this version it was about $3,500, and now it’s worth about $7,000.”

Jim’s been flying for 48 years. He learned on the GI Bill after service in the Navy.

Also enjoying the Vintage camping grounds are Mike and Janice Hoke from Reno, Nevada. They made the flight here in their 1955 Cessna 180.

They did it in one long day, with two stops. One was in North Platte, Nebraska.

“They’ve got a nice airport restaurant,” says Mike, “and they were offering a 25-cent-a-gallon discount for people going to Oshkosh.”

This is Mike’s ninth time to AirVenture and Janice’s fourth.

Both are pilots, and Mike taught Janice to fly. They had just met, and Mike was trying to impress Janice by showing her his plane, then a Luscombe, and teaching her to fly. It apparently worked; they’ve been married these many years and have twin sons. Whom, by the way, Mike also taught how to fly.

It’s in Mike’s blood. His father was a pilot and instructor.

“My father ran a flying school when I was growing up. I was sitting in his lap flying when I was 6 years old.”

Mike learned a lot of flying from his dad, though his official instructor was another CFI.

Mike’s business is in aviation. His company, Abaris Training, teaches people about composite construction and repair. Mike is giving a couple of forums here at AirVenture on the subject.

Mike and Janice also enjoy their little neighborhood here at the fly-in. They visit with friends in the Vintage camping area and participate in some of the organized social events, such as the International 180+185 Club dinner and the Seaplane Base corn roast.

Enjoy Around the Field all year long at www.AroundTheField.net.

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Mike and Janice Hoke and their 1955 Cessna 180 “Zero-Mike-Janice.”

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ADS-B weather hotter than the Wisconsin sun

The most talked about new avionics here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 are receivers that can capture the free weather information being broadcast over the FAA’s network of ADS-B ground stations. Big companies such as Garmin have rolled out a portable ADS-B receiver, and so have some companies new to the business.

At its heart, ADS-B is a traffic surveillance system that will after the year 2020 replace ground-based radar. ADS-B will show controllers the exact location and projected flight path of all airplanes, and that same information will appear in the cockpits of all airplanes fully ADS-B equipped.

The ADS-B system is divided into “out” and “in” capabilities. The “out”

information broadcast by ADS-B is the location, altitude, and velocity of the host airplane. The information comes from a precision GPS. The “in” data is the location of other traffic showing position relative to your airplane.

But when it was designing the ADS-B system, the FAA saw a way to include useful information in addition to traffic advisories. Using a universal access transceiver (UAT), you can receive what the FAA calls f light information services-broadcast (FIS-B) along with traffic advisories.

FIS-B includes text weather such as forecasts, METARs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and pilot reports. It also graphs the location of TFRs. But what most pilots like best is the NEXRAD display sent up as part of FIS-B.

When the FAA was designing the ADS-B system it expected airplane owners to install both the ADS-B “out” to broadcast their own location, along with the “in” to get traffic advisories and FIS-B. Well, it hasn’t worked out that way.

An ADS-B “out” system must be fully approved in each type of airplane. The GPS that provides information for the “out” broadcast must be WAAS capable, and the conventional Mode S transponder we have now must be integrated into the system. An “out” installation is complicated, but understandably so because the “out” information replaces radar and becomes the “eyes” of controllers and all other pilots receiving traffic information. ADS-B “out” simply has to be very reliably accurate.

But it’s easy to receive the FIS-B signal. Receivers are selling for well less than $1,000 here, and most can display their information on personal devices such as iPads. The resolution of the NEXRAD display isn’t quite as good as what is sent down by the subscription satellite services, but there is no subscription cost. Buy a receiver, turn it on, and you’re in business for getting cockpit weather at no extra cost.

By the end of the year the FAA expects to have essentially all of the lower 48 states served by ADS-B over the UAT frequency.

Already both coasts and the Great Lakes and upper Midwest have excellent coverage. There are some blank spots in the southern plains states and Texas, but those gaps are filling in pretty quickly.

The situation isn’t so simple when it comes to receiving traffic over a portable “in” only ADS-B receiver. With a complete in and out ADS-B installation the equipment in your airplane sends out a signal saying, “I’m here, flying this high and going over there.” The ground station takes that information, matches it up with the same signals from nearby airplanes, and sends back an accurate picture of the traffic flying near you.

Without an “out” signal an ADS-B receiver can only listen in on broadcasts sent to fully equipped airplanes nearby. Listening in will give you a picture of some traffic, but it probably is incomplete.

FAA planners assumed traffic info would be the No. 1 pilot concern so we would all bite the bullet on an “out” system to get reliable traffic display, and then FIS-B with its NEXRAD would be part of the package. But success of the low-cost portable ADS-B “in” receivers proves pilots want weather even more than traffic. And we love weather info without subscription fees. Check out the many ADS-B portable receivers while you’re here at Oshkosh. AVT

The FAA’s ADS-B coverage map above was prepared in early 2012. By the end of the year, the FAA promises to fill gaps in the central U.S.

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