AirVenture

Oshkosh 1999 Newswire:
Day Four – Saturday, July 31

Inhofe Is All Wet Oklahoma Senator Braves OSH Camping Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) may be an important person in Washington, but inOshkosh, he’s just another pilot huddled in a tent in a terrible downpour. Theaviation-minded Senator is spending his 24th consecutive EAA AirVenture lookingat exhibits by day and sleeping under the wing of his […]

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Going to Extremes

Staringinto all that blue sky during a week at Oshkosh can give people ideas. Theairplanes exude an aura of romance, the breezes blow from far horizons, theglamorous flying boats and biplanes raise visions of exotic lands and highadventure. And for those who suffer from that itch to set out and explore thisbig round world, somewhere […]

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Happy 25th: International Tent Says ‘Welcome’ in Many Tongues

Aviation Is The Common Language, Regardless Of Visitors’ Homeland England, Israel, Singapore, South Africa … It’s no secret that airplanesknow no international borders, no state limits, no artificial borders of anykind. You can say the same thing about Oshkosh and EAA AirVenture ’99. The love ofaviation knows no boundaries, either, and the annual convention has […]

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I Came Here to Build an Airplane

Of the hundreds of thousands of people who come to EAA AirVenture, a lot are here because they are interested in building an airplane, or are in the process of building one. EAA offers workshops and forums for builders and builder wannabes. Support of homebuilding was EAA’s original reason for being, and remains an integral […]

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Ground Zero: Campers Prefer Close-In Accommodations

Right-stuff Lodging Comes Large And Small, Fast And Slow, Surface AndAirborne They come from near, they come from far, many by air, even more by car — andbus, camper, motorhome, motorcycle and any other form of conveyance that willget these diverse travelers to their common destination: Oshkosh. And once on the grounds, they all share […]

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