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Latest EAA AirVenture’99 News & Highlights
AVweb‘s exclusive daily coverageof Day Five of EAA’s AirVenture ’99, direct from Oshkosh, includes:
Meet Miz Jane: FAA Administrator Makes Third Trip To OSH.
AVweb Goes One On One.
May The Force Be With You: Jim Franklin Goes Jet Age.
Diamond Aircraft, Utah Valley State College Announce Partnership.
NASA Predicts High Times For GA.
Seaplane Base Cool Respite From Hot Convention Grounds.
AVweb‘s Howard Fried Visits The FAA Pavilion.
Aerobatic Awards Recognize Grassroots Pilots.
Power To The People.
World’s Oldest Homebuilder And Pilot.
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AirVenture ’99 Articles& Features
OSHtalk, Day Five
Join us for the last 1999 session of OSHtalk as your host Rick Durden interviewsAl Waddell of Groen Brothers Aviation, the company developing the Hawk 4Gyroplane. This turbocharged 350-horsepower aircraft is in the middle of flighttesting for type certification under Part 27 of the Federal AviationRegulations. Hear about the new gyroplane and its future on OSHtalk. Even thoughthere are two days of AirVenture 99 left, the number of departures on Sundayevening give the impression that things are spooling down. The last segment ofOSHtalk involves one of those good, late-evening hangar flying times whereOshkosh veteran Armand Vilches joins Rick Durden to look back at what Armandcalls “the good, the bad and the ugly” of AirVenture 99.Fortunately, most of it is good. Rick also discusses his impressions ofAdministrator Jane Garvey after meeting her for the first time and seeing her inaction at today’s “Meet The Boss” session. OSHtalk will be back nextyear, we hope you are.
Icarus Instruments andIridium Satellite Announce Sat Phone For Aircraft
With the advent and widespread use of inexpensive cellular phone technology,many pilots and aircraft owners are looking for similar technology andcapability while airborne. Some new technologies are emerging that – while notapproaching the low cost of cellular – can be cost-effective nonetheless. Oneof them uses the Iridium satellite-based system and your existing audio panel,plus an installed exterior antenna. AVweb Publisher Carl Marbach took aclose look at the system this week during EAA AirVenture.
Teaching Birds To Fly
What goes around comes around. We learned flight from the birds, and now severalendangered species of birds need to learn from pilots how to migrate south ifthey are to survive. Operation Migration’s Bill Lishman explained how he’steaching them to a crowd filled with fellow ultralight pilots at EAA’s Theatrein the Woods Saturday night. AVweb‘s Joe Godfrey was there, and reportson the folks behind the movie “Fly Away Home.”
At KidVenture ’99, You Can’tPry Them Away
Why didn’t they do this before? That is the overwhelming response of parentswhen they see the KidVenture tent in back of the EAA’s Museum, at AirVenture’99. AVweb‘s Rick Durden takes us on a tour of the kids’ favorite place.
FAA and Industry Bring DatalinkServices To The Cockpit
The FAA this week named NavRadio Corporation and ARNAV Systems as providers forits Flight Informaton Serives (FIS), which promises to bring displays of textand graphical weather, airspace info and NOTAMS directly to the cockpit. AVwebPublisher Carl Marbach has the details.
Plane Tired? Alternatives To”Just Plane Fun” Do Exist At Oshkosh …
While the pilot of the family is in a playground, there are non-airplane thingsto do for the spouse and the little flyers, once you know where to look and whatto expect. AVweb‘s Dave Higdon takes us on a tour.
AirVenture ’99 PhotoGallery – Day Five
Our Photo Gallery is the next best thing tobeing here yourself. Dozens of photos daily of what’s happening at OSH.
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