People with existing residential through-the-fence agreements at public-use airports will be allowed to continue with those agreements, provided they meet certain requirements, the FAA announced at a meeting in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 1.
The Environmental Protection Agency currently does not have sufficient data to make a determination on lead emissions from aircraft engines, according to GA Avgas Coalition comments submitted by EAA and other aviation and petroleum associations to the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday.
The comments, submitted to the EPA’s “Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking,” were jointly signed [...]
No matter where you turn, there is a story to be told at AirVenture. Thousands were chronicled during the 2010 event by all sorts of media outlets: newspapers, TV, radio, blogs, podcasts, and others.
An incredible video that’s gone viral on You Tube shows a wing collapsing on a RANS S-9 Chaos during an air show performance in the city of El Trebol, Santa Fe province, Argentina, this past Sunday, August 15. Seconds after the wing breaks away, pilot Dino Moline was able to immediately and successfully deploy the [...]
Nearly a decade after he became the first private citizen to fly in space, Dennis Tito is looking to go back to the upper stratosphere - this time in a glider. On Monday, August 9, he committed to fund the ongoing construction of the Perlan 2 high-altitude research sailplane.
Authorities have confirmed that former senator of Alaska Ted Stevens and four others were killed in a plane crash 20 miles north of Dillingham, Alaska, Monday night, August 9. Former NASA chief and EADS executive Sean O’Keefe and his teenage son were also on board. They are currently undergoing treatment for broken bones and other [...]
EAA recognizes workmanship and innovation through the annual Aircraft Awards. The awards are given to aircraft that submit to judging in several categories including Custom Built, Antique, Classic, Contemporary, Warbirds, Rotorcraft, Seaplane, and Ultralights.
Are you interested in flying but concerned with the cost of conventional aircraft or a private pilot certificate? The LSA Mall, located near the intersection of Waukau Avenue and James Ray Blvd., gives visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the opportunity to peruse a wide selection of light-sport aircraft (LSA), learn more about the sport pilot [...]
Visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 saw two Soviet-bloc MiG-21 jet fighters in the skies over Wisconsin this week. The supersonic jets, once the pride of the Soviet air force, became symbols of changing times as the Cold War sighed to a halt.
In today’s world of kit build-this and quick build-that, it is ever rarer to see an all-original, scratchbuilt airplane, once a common site at Oshkosh and other fly-ins around the country. One of those rare one of a kind scratchbuilt creations is here at EAA AirVenture 2010, parked by the Brown Arch, Chris Christiansen’s one [...]
