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Oshkosh 2001 Audio Coverage:
“Meet the Administrator”

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Oshkosh 2001 Image Gallery:
Day Seven, Picture 22

“…reported today it was not a UFO, but a balloon…” This is actually an interesting balloon. This experimental category balloon is filled with helium. The pilot dumps sand overboard to climb, and vents helium from a valve to descent. This balloon, flown by pilot Richard Abruzzo of New Mexico, recently set a duration record for […]

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Oshkosh 2001 Image Gallery:
Day Seven, Picture 18

“To boldly go where no man has gone…” Another space age plane makes an appearance at AirVenture Oshkosh. This is the S45 Mystere from Partenair Design, Inc. Powered by a 160 hp Lycoming O-320 it has a cruise speed of 170 mph and a range of 1000 nm. This page best viewed at 800×600 or […]

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Oshkosh 2001 Image Gallery:
Day Seven, Picture 17

“Express lane…Mach 1 and above.” A Sukhoi on the taxi way get’s passed up by an F-18 departing the runway. The “smaller” planes (read: not jets…I guess) were departing from an intersection further down the runway, but this military jet got to full use of the runway. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better

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Oshkosh 2001 Image Gallery:
Day Seven, Picture 16

“On the Prowl(er).” The EA-6B Prowler (no, not Intruder). The way you can tell is that the A-6 Intruder has a crew of two, the Prowler has a crew of four, hence the two cockpits. Also, it’s easy to distinguish because of the large ECM pod on the top of the tail. This page best […]

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