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A Middle School Perspective on Aviation

A judge for “What’s Your Story,” the Wittman Regional Airport writing contest for those in grades 3-12 in Oshkosh-area schools, I feel compelled to share some observations gleaned from the entries I’ve just read. As our future, I found their participation...

Published Sun, Feb 12 2012 9:15 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, EAA AirVenture, Wittman Regional Airport, EAA Young Eagles, Aviation Security, female, contest, eagles, entries, First Flights, grade, Grade School Students, grades, outcomes—crashes, Writing Contest

AirVenture 2011: Memorable Waypoints

Sitting on the front porch with my battered feet bared to a healing breeze, I celebrated the end of my 34th EAA AirVenture Oshkosh marathon. Delivering my second round of rehydration elixir, my wife joined me. Having made the trek herself, she knows that...

Published Wed, Aug 3 2011 2:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Air Traffic Control, FAA, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, CAFE Green Flight Challenge, Dominican Republic Tourism, Frasca International, HondaJet, Pipistrel Electric Airplane, Valley Engineering Backyard Flyer, Vintage Wings of Canada

Helicopters Make Their Mark at AirVenture

Performing missions no other aircraft can accomplish, helicopters are a vital part of the aviation industry. But they are a minority among flying machines, so their presence is often overshadowed by their fixed-wing peers, especially when they gather...

Published Thu, Jul 28 2011 5:00 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, Business Aviation, General, Blogging, Flight Training, EAA AirVenture, Military, HAI, HAL-3 Seawolves, heli, Heli-Center, seawolf, seawolves

Brennand Airport: A Work in Perpetuity

Owning and operating an airport was never one of Ted Vander Wielen’s life goals. But in 1995, Ted says, he learned that Bill Brennand was retiring and selling the airport he built 10 miles north of Oshkosh in 1968. The only party interested in buying...

Published Wed, Sep 30 2009 4:32 AM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, private airport, Brennand Airport, country airport, airport survival

Ultralights: An Economic Casualty?

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh showcases every facet of aviation, making it an excellent indicator of aviation’s emotional and economic health. As a whole the industry has weathered a number of ups and downs since I first started wandering through its many...

Published Fri, Jul 31 2009 8:49 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, EAA AirVenture, Ultralights, Valley Engineering, Windsok, Hirth Engines, Butterfly Gyro, Safari Helicopter, Quicksilver Aircraft, Challenger Aircraft, Yuunec International, Titan Aircraft, Personal Rotorcraft

Aviation’s Spirit, Heart Lives at EAA Museum

Trekking west from EAA AirVenture’s AeroShell Square, past the Nature Center and around KidVenture, my destination was the new Founder’s Wing at the EAA AirVenture Museum . Savoring the cool quiet and subdued light, a line of exquisite 16...

Published Thu, Jul 30 2009 8:55 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, EAA AirVenture, homebuilding, EAA Museum, Galt Airport, Audrey Poberezny, Founders’ Wing, EAA Chapters, Greenville Illinois, recreatioal aviation, Paul Poberezny

Under Construction: EAA AirVenture Grounds

After the last plane took off for home in August, EAA announced it was starting work on a 10-year plan to improve its AirVenture grounds on Wittman Regional Airport. The news release spoke about moving the main gate, new thoroughfares, and improved navigation...

Published Mon, Oct 27 2008 2:08 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, Ultralights, light-sport aircraft, warbirds, EAA AirVenture Museum, homebuilts, vintage aircraft

Cole & Kittinger: Hearing History First Hand

It seems fitting that my fourth decade of EAA AirVenture attendance starts like the first, meeting those who made the history I read about as a kid. On my first trip to Oshkosh in 1978 I met Pappy Boyington and George Gay (see EAA AirVenture Forums is...

Published Sat, Aug 2 2008 3:19 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, EAA AirVenture, Military, Man High, Project Excelsior, Doolittle Raid, 30 seconds over Tokyo, Dick Cole, Joe Kittinger

Ken Scott: Multitasking at Van’s Aircraft

Van’s Aircraft is a small company that’s put a big smile on faces who’ve taken to the sky in the company’s line of RVs. The handful of employees also wear big smiles, even after standing in the hot Oshkosh sun all day, because...

Published Fri, Aug 1 2008 1:12 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, EAA AirVenture, Van’s Aircraft, Rotax 912S, RV-12, light-sport aircraft

Backyard Flyer Fits Pilots of All Sizes

As promised in a recent post ( Backyard Flying: Fun & Cheap ), I ambled down to the lightplane area at the south end of the EAA AirVenture site to try on Valley Engineering’s Backyard Flyer. It fit! To most people that may not be a big deal...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2008 1:20 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, Recreational Aviation, EAA AirVenture, Ultralights, Backyard Flyer, Valley Engineering

Martin Jetpack Draws Thousands of AirVenture Dreamers

Given the competition, most product announcements at EAA AirVenture draw fair to middling crowds. That’s what I expected for the AeroShell Square debut of what the Martin Aircraft Company calls “the world’s first practical jetpack.”...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2008 10:08 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, EAA AirVenture, Ultralight, rocket belt, Martin Jetpack

EAA AirVenture Forums is Where Flying Friendships Form

Six months out of the Navy I attended my first trip to Oshkosh in 1978. I went for the airplanes. Not one of them now stands out in memory. Not so with the people I met. Sitting in side-by-side booths in the old exhibit shed were Pappy Boyington of AVG...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2008 6:59 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, EAA AirVenture, Pappy Boyington, Flying Friends, Forums, George Gay

EAA Oshkosh Stars with Johnny Depp in New Film

Few events rival EAA AirVenture in capturing the attention of residents here in Oshkosh and nearby towns. The filming of Michael Mann’s Public Enemies , starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, has come close. Like AirVenture, traffic had to follow...

Published Thu, Apr 24 2008 2:24 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: The Buzz, Airports, General, Blogging, Aviation Marketing, sport aviation, EAA AirVenture, John Dillinger, Pioneer Airport, Michael Mann, Johnny Depp, Basler Flight Service, Wittman Regional Airport, Public Enemies Movie

Is Technology Killing Sport Pilot’s Future?

Simplicity and affordable flying for fun were the driving forces that sustained the sport pilot/light-sport aircraft effort during its 10-year path to reality. In short, it was supposed to be flying unplugged — stick and rudder, look out the window...

Published Wed, Mar 12 2008 1:46 PM by Jetwhine

Filed under: Airports, FAA, General, Blogging, Flight Training, Aviation Marketing, Light sport aircraft, sport aviation, LSA, EAA AirVenture, Autopilot, Glass Cockpit, Sport Pilot, Aviation Technology

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