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There wasn’t enough time to prepare, but it didn’t matter. I was going to make the trip to Oshkosh, no matter what. Business and family demands created the near-impossible situation where I had a half-day to gather camping gear, aviation gear, food, and then to pack it all in a way that would fit in […]

You have just worked your way through the excitement of the Ripon arrival, wrestled the airplane to a landing in the strong, gusty crosswinds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 1998, and rolled out onto the grass as directed by the controller, only to come face to face with someone wearing an orange vest and waving two […]

I was in the middle of cooking spaghetti the othernight when the phone rang. It was Patty Wagstaff, the first ladyof Aviation! “So what did he have to say?,” she quicklyblurted out. Patty was referring to the fact that I had interviewedher arch rival, Sean D. Tucker, earlier that day about their upcomingaerobatics showdown at […]

Thereis a reasonably well-known annex to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh which relatively few peopletake the time to visit. The seaplane base. As a result, it is a refuge, a place of sanityaway from the frenetic pace of the main venue on Wittman Regional Airport. Even theapproach for someone coming by bus or car from the main […]

It is 1300 on Wednesday, July 29, and Wittman Fieldis officially closed to Oshkosh-bound pilots who had intendedon camping here. The inn is full, and the “No Vacancy”sign has been hung out-overnighting aircraft are being divertedto Appleton and Fon du Lac. EAA President Tom Poberezny neverlikes to turn weary travelers away, but is happy at […]

Youhave heard them in your headphones or on the scanner or on AVweb’s live RealAudiofeed. Those men and women who work with pilots to funnel more airplanes into WittmanRegional Airport at Oshkosh, Wisconsin for EAA’s AirVenture than fly into any otherairport in the world at any time are a fascinating set of human beings there […]

AVweb spoke with EAA president Tom Poberezny a week before AirVentureOshkosh 1998: AVweb: So, AirVenture Oshkosh is nigh upon us. Poberezny: Yes, actually we feel that is has started already withthe people already arriving AVweb: How crowded is it this early out? Poberezny: Usually the 4th of July is kind of the kick off. Earlyarrivals […]

As we sat under the wing of our airplane Monday afternoon, enjoying a constant flow of various aircraft landing in a seemingly unending stream on final approach to runway 27, a reporter from one of the area newspapers came by and asked us what made us come to Oshkosh. The answer was somewhat elusive in […]

For hundreds of EAA Fly-In devotees, theirannual pilgrimage is more than a week of air shows, vendor booths, and sunburns. It’s aweek-long visit to their second home at one of several commercial campsites within drivingdistance of Oshkosh. Individuals and families that camp off-site return year after year tonot only the same campground, but the same […]

Listen to the entire “Meet the Boss” session as if you had been there via AVweb’s RealAudio feed . Get the FREE RealAudio player. FAAAdministrator Jane Garvey appeared before a standing-room-only crowd in the FAA pavillionauditorium at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh Sunday at 11:30 am for the traditional “MeetThe Boss” session. Prior to the session, […]