EAA AirVenture 1998: AVweb’s Complete Oshkosh Coverage

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This special OSH '98 section will be updated EVERY DAY during theevent with special reports, tons of full-color photos, RealAudio feeds of significantspeeches and announcements, and AVweb's inimitable no-holds-barred analyses of allthe goings on. AVweb's staff, columnists and contributors will be at Oshkosh enmasse this year — bristling with tape recorders, digital cameras and computers — tocapture every aspect of aviation's biggest show for you.

We couldn’t have brought you our extraordinary daily coverage of EAA AirVentureOshkosh 1998 without the hard work, sore feet, and sleep deprivation of the entire AVweb OSH ’98 staff.

A preview of what's to come with insider tips for thosewho'll be visiting OSH '98, including a complete survival guide for the first-timer to EAAAirVenture (you'll need it).

Opening day! TheAirVenture begins! AVweb interviews Tom Poberezny, visits Fisk Approach, and spends timewith the men with the orange paddles. First impressions and photos galore!!

Air New Zealand 747 arrives with 254 intrepid airmen fromdownunder. Bose and LightSPEED introduce new headsets, Jeppesen a new training program,and Trimble a fancy new glass cockpit for GA. Air Academy Lodge rededicated. Details ofConnie Bowlin's gear-half-up P-51 landing. Plus dozens of new pix in our Photo Gallery.

Warbirds show grounded due to suspected fuelcontamination. AlliedSignal unveils world's priciest GPS portable. AVweb visits theOSH tower. Plus photos of the day's airshow and dozens more new pix in our Photo Gallery.

Concorde arrives. Concerns over fuel contaminationcontinue. Cessna says its single-engine problems are over, unveils new CBI groundschool,and delivers first Skyhawk SP. Lycoming teams with Unison on electronic engine controls,and with Detroit Diesel on an aero-diesel effort. Plus dozens more new pix in our PhotoGallery.

Jon Sharptalks about son-of-Nemesis. Mooney eeks out first profit after 72 months of losses.  NASA and ARNAV uplink real-time weather to G.A. cockpits. Basler avgas given clean bill ofhealth by Phillips lab. Superior offers Lyc O-360 clone for experimentals. FedEx Flight705 heroes honored. AEA says there's an avionics tech shortage. John Denver remembered.Don Koranda named new president of NAA.

FAAadministrator Jane F. Garvey held her "Meet The Boss" session at EAA AirVentureOshkosh. Addresses ticketing proposal issue right off the bat, but no real answers. AfterGarvey intervenes, Bill Bainbridge gets a letter absolving him of wrongdoing andthreatening him anew.

Finalday. Oberstar honored by NASAO. GAMA fends off fastner legislation. New RAM oil filter.Winner in OSH '98 limerick contest. Rick Durden on leavingOSH. Nancy Hattaway Miller oncamping off-site. Brent Blue on flying the P-51, and a visit with Ken Flaglor of biplanefame. Walt Atkinson on flying the M-26 Airwolf.