Air Shows & Events

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AVweb OSHtalk: Evening Hangar Flying at EAA AirVenture ’99

FridayOSHtalk (July 30, 1999) — As the sky turns dark,co-hosts Tom Gresham and Rick Durden sit down with some a cross section of folks inaviation. First they talk with college students Angela Burgess, Adam Banninga and MattArbogast. These folks hold a number of certificates from private through instrumentinstructor. Two have been coming to Oshkosh for […]

Oshkosh 1999 Newswire:
Day Five – Sunday, August 1

Meet Miz Jane FAA Administrator Makes Third Trip To OSH FAA Administrator Jane Garvey continues to impress aviation people with herwillingness to both listen to and answer the hard questions, something some ofher predecessors are not remembered for doing well. Sunday at EAA AirVentureOshkosh, she spent an hour in a give-and-take session that touched on […]

Plane Tired? Alternatives to “Just Plane Fun” Do Exist at Oshkosh …

It’s Not Just A Playground For Pilots Out There, Dad… It was only Day One when the cherubic blonde child looked up at her motherand entreated: “When are we going to the playground, Mommy?” As Dadstrode ahead quickly, Mom looked down at the child and her sibling and saidsoothingly, “Not for a while, dear; Daddy […]

At KidVenture ’99, You Can’t Pry 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. The reaction of visitors has become predictable: The kids sprint from oneplace to another, so excited they aren’t sure where to start, as parents lookwide-eyed at an astonishing selection […]

Teaching Birds to Fly

“Sometimeswe forget that we share the air with animals that have been flying for millionsof years, and there’s still a lot we can learn from them,” says BillLishman, chairman and CEO of Operation Migration. Lishman’s autobiography, FatherGoose, inspired the 1995 film Fly Away Home starring Jeff Daniels,Anna Paquin and Dana Delaney. The film tells the […]