July 2007 - Posts
Uncontrolled Airspace recorded episode 40 live Sunday morning July 29th at EAA Radio 's studio. They discussed many of the events of AirVenture 2007 while aircraft from every genre can be heard in the background departing runway 18. It is well worth...
Set-up on Sunday ended on a high note. Monday kicked off the week in grand fashion, with 100s of eager attendees getting their first glimpse at the Acceleration Expansion Pack demo we had installed the previous day. The only "working" aircraft...
AirVenture 2007 highlights This is how I roll. A rare bird - the Fury. Dale Snodgrass flying a P-51D in formation with an F-15E. Nice Maule on approach to runway 9. Short final into runway 9. Early arrival to the show on Sunday. The baddest NXT on the...
S o this is day 4 of AirVenture 2007, and I have not had a moment to post anything. Shame on me. I have some excellent photos to share, but I have no means of uploading them to a computer and shrinking them appropriately (no photoshop on this PC). But...
What an eventful day this has been. We all arrived at the booth bright and early this morning (well, 10 am to be more specific), ready to get all of the kiosks ready for the 1st official day of AirVenture 2007. All computers in the booth were pre-loaded...
Hal states it very well. Oshkosh or Bust! I'll be boarding a flight early in the morning tomorrow headed to Green Bay, WI where I'll hop in a rental car headed south on highway 41 destination Oshkosh! Am I ready? You betcha! Scanner - check! Hat...
Below is my scheduled times at the FSX booth for AirVenture. I welcome anyone to stop by and say hello! Monday July 23rd - 1pm to 5pm Wednesday July 25th - 1pm to 5pm Thursday July 26th - 9am to 1pm Friday July 27th - 9am to 1pm Saturday July 28th - 9am...
While searching for some information regarding AirVenture, I stumbled upon this great general aviation podcast called Uncontrolled Airspace . The latest episode features a survival guide ( Part 1 & Part 2 ) to AirVenture by aviation columnist Rick...
Plane & Pilot magazine reviews the Columbia 400 in the August '07 issue just now hitting newsstands across the nation. Author Jeff Berlin PIREPs his experience while flying one of Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation's latest 400s off...
The diversity of aircraft that can be found at EAA AirVenture is incredible. Everything from vintage warbirds to the latest business jets can be seen. One corner of the event hosts the seaplane genre of aircraft in a dedicated portion of Lake Winnebago...
Paul Lange, AKA P-12C Pilot , dives a bit into the details regarding the announced EH-101 Merlin shipping with FSX Acceleration. Already spreading like wildfire in the Hovercontrol community, The EH-101 will debut multiple turbine engines for rotorcraft...
Hot off the presses from E3 is the "official" trailer from Microsoft for Flight Simulator X: Acceleration Expansion Pack. High (19 MB) and Low (5MB) resolution versions are available. Read More...
My good friend Roy McMillion has a very nice compilation of photos from the 07.07.07 gathering of all 7-Series aircraft ever produced by Boeing at KBFI, Boeing Field. Here is one from his collection that I found interesting. Do you see what I see? Read...
Paul Lange officially marks the Reno Air Races this year as the launch event for Microsoft's first expansion for Flight Simulator in many years - Flight Simulator X - Acceleration. Yes, what was formerly announced as the Adrenaline expansion is now...
Boeing is set to unveil the very first complete 787 Dreamliner today at 1530 hours PDT. There is going to be an incredible amount of news coverage of the event that is being simulcast across every known satellite system across the globe. For those who...
The annual "Mecca of Aviation" known as EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is just around the corner. Hal's getting ready . He mentions getting a "staff" in order, and speaking of that, I was very fortunate to have been a part...
It is with great pleasure to announce two new Microsoft Flight Simulator MVPs: Lefteris Kalamaras & Brian Gefrich . Lefteris is a developer with Precision Manuals . From the Precision Manuals website: Lefteris Kalamaras joined PMDG more than four...