Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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N e w s Fr o m H Q AirVenture Adds Midweek Night Air Show EAA added a second night air show for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, scheduled for Wednesday, July 31. "The additional night show is being scheduled this year in response to those EAA members and AirVenture attendees who said they missed this phenomenal event because they came to Oshkosh earlier in the week," said Jim DiMatteo, EAA vice president of AirVenture features and attractions. "We talked with the participating performers, and they're just as excited to have an additional opportunity to fly the twilight show here as the thousands who have enjoyed it each year." Among the performers already committed to both night shows are: • • • • • • • AeroShell Aerobatic Team (T-6s) Bob Carlton (jet sailplane) Matt Younkin (Beech 18) Gene Soucy (Showcat) Steve Oliver (Super Chipmunk) Roger Buis (Otto the Helicopter) Rich's Incredible Pyro (pyrotechnics). Each of the night air shows will conclude with a thunderous fireworks display that has been termed as one of the best in the entire Midwest. All the afternoon and night air shows at EAA AirVenture are presented by Rockwell Collins. Apply Today for Free Exhibit Space at New AirVenture Innovations Pavilion EAA's new Innovations Pavilion exhibit and presentation area will showcase what's new and exciting in aviation and space. Along with established innovators, EAA is providing up to 15 free exhibit booths to emerging entrepreneurs. Located on Celebration Way across from EAA's Welcome Center, the new venue aims to explore the current state of aviation technology and development, and present cutting-edge concepts that inspire participation and imagine the future. Stage space for daily forum presentations will also be available. Applications are now being accepted for the 15 complimentary exhibit spaces, each measuring 10 feet by 10 feet. To apply, download an application from www.SportAviation.org. See World's Only BD-5FLS Microjet at AirVenture Not since the late 1990s has a BD5J microjet flown at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, but Justin Lewis, EAA 392017, will bring his BD-5FLS—an upgraded version of the world's smallest jet—to AirVenture 2013. Over the past dozen years Lewis, a former Young Eagle and Young Eagles pilot, has flown for the military, first as a naval aviator flying F-14 Tomcats, E-6Bs (nuclear command platform); instructing in T-45s; and for the past two years with the Arkansas Air National 6 Vol.2 No.5 / May 2013 Guard's 188th Air Wing flying A-10 Warthogs. Since returning from deployment in Afghanistan in October 2012, Lewis has been preparing for the 2013 air show season. "I can't use the word 'humbled' enough," he said. "As a kid I remember seeing Bob Bishop and Corkey Fornof and the Silver Bullet Team, and to think I'm now going to fly this aircraft at Oshkosh. Well, I'm kind of beside myself." Photography by Andrew Zaback