Entries from July 2010 ↓

AVweb Insider Blog: AirVenture 2010 — More OSH Mini-Blogs

Maybe the sun’s getting to him, or maybe it’s the long hours covering the news out of Oshkosh. Either way, Paul Bertorelli’s taking a moment to appreciate the little things in his latest post to our AVweb Insider blog — including the incredible efforts of those folks in the “volunteer” t-shirts, the wonder of dusk as seen from the Goodyear Blimp, the joys of a great noise-cancelling headset, and even the efforts of FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt to ride herd on a giant bureaucracy. Click here to see what’s on Paul’s mind and comment.

AirVenture from the Air: A Flight Around the Pattern

Once the place finally dried out, it filled up with airplanes — and here’s a look at the campgrounds, AeroShell Square, and all the neat stuff you’ve been hearing about shot from pattern altitude.This video is brought to you by Bose Corporation and WxWorx XM WX Satellite Weather.

DC-2 at EAA AirVenture

There are lots of DC-3s still flying around the world, but only one original DC-2. It showed up at AirVenture in Oshkosh (via Rock Falls, Illinois), and AVweb had a look at it.This video is brought to you by Lightspeed Aviation and Conoco-Phillips.