Adriana Schmidt sent in this photo she snapped at this year’s AirVenture at the Oshkosh seaplane base.
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Pictures of the day: Making its AirVenture debut…
Goodyear brought its new “Wingfoot One” to AirVenture for the first time. Not technically a blimp, the semi-rigid airship was built in Akron with help from Germany’s Zeppelin company, according to regular General Aviation News contributor Tom Snow, who snapped these photos.
Picture of the day: North 40 campers take cover!
Reader Kevin Brown sent in this photo taken at Oshkosh as a storm rolled in on Saturday morning of the fly-in.
Picture of the day: A bird’s eye view of Oshkosh
Photographer Bert Reiheld, son of General Aviation News frequent contributor Amelia T. Reiheld, caught this overview of last week’s AirVenture in Oshkosh.
AirNav publishes FBOs’ Oshkosh promotions and discounts
AirNav.com has published its annual “FBO Promotions & Discounts” page for pilots on their way to this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. “We received a lot of emails from pilots asking when we would publish the ‘Oshkosh’ page so they could start planning their trip this year. I think just as many FBOs started sending me […]
Registration open for free Teacher’s Day at Oshkosh
Registration for Build A Plane’s annual Teachers’ Day is now open online. This free event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways of using aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, engineering and technology and is held each year on the show grounds during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture. Dick Rutan, pilot […]
Pilot Proficiency Center returns to Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Flight instructors and aviation companies are joining forces during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 to bring back the EAA Pilot Proficiency Center. During AirVenture, slated July 20-26, the center will feature “Tech Talks,” IFR and VFR flight scenarios in Redbird flight simulators, the opportunity to talk with certificated flight instructors and more. […]
Unmanned flight demos part of new Aviation Gateway Park at Oshkosh
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The latest innovations, including unmanned aircraft demonstrations, are part of the new Aviation Gateway Park that makes its debut at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015, July 20-26 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. The new area builds upon the success of the College Park innovation/education area launched in 2014, […]
Cessna unveils Turbo Skyhawk JT-A at Oshkosh
OSHKOSH — Cessna confirmed on opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh its launch of the Turbo Skyhawk JT-A, which joins the Turbo Skylane JT-A as the latest diesel powered platform in the company’s single-engine product line up. The company is displaying the Turbo Skyhawk JT-A this week at AirVenture. “We’ve been working for a few years now to find […]