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.
Issue link: http://experimenter.epubxp.com/i/134623
N e w s Fr o m H Q AirVenture Activity Increases Headline events announced With EAA AirVenture Oshkosh less than 60 days away, activity to prepare the grounds and finalize the headline events is increasing rapidly. In the past month, EAA has confirmed the following new activities: 1. The band Chicago will again perform the opening night concert on July 29. 2. Two night air shows will be held—on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. 3. Yves "Jetman" Rossy, the world's first jet-powered man, will make his first public U.S. flights. 4. A special preview screening of the Disney movie Planes will occur on Friday night at the FlyIn Theater. 5. EAA has established a new location to showcase new ideas, technologies, and products that advance aviation. Called the Innovations Pavilion, it will be located right in the middle of the show on Celebration Way. Aerospace innovators and entrepreneurs will display their designs and inventions in this gallery. 6. Art Nalls will bring the world's only privately owned flying BAE Sea Harrier F/A2 back to AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. These highlights, along with thousands of your privately owned aircraft—homebuilts, antiques, classics, contemporaries, warbirds, ultralights, and light planes—show that AirVenture Oshkosh is truly the place to be for any aviation enthusiast. Finalize your plans to attend, July 29 to August 4. Visit www.AirVenture.org to learn more. Two Striving to Be Youngest Solo Circumnavigators Over the next couple of months, two young EAA members hope to break the world record for the youngest person ever to make a solo flight around the world—and promote youth involvement in aviation in the process. Twenty-year-old Jack Wiegand is already well into his trip after departing from California's Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) on May 2. Wiegand plans to fly his family's Mooney Ovation2 GX approximately 21,000 nautical miles over the course of his trip, crossing three oceans and visiting 14 countries. The flight is expected to take approximately 36 days and will include 24 scheduled stops. Wiegand hopes to conclude his trip on June 6, landing at his starting point in Fresno. Track his progress in real time here. Nineteen-year-old Ryan Campbell, EAA 1001585, an Australia native and former Young Eagle, began planning his solo trip right after earning his commercial pilot certificate 8 Vol.2 No.6 / June 2013 two years ago. He has since partnered with World Youth International and Teen World Flight to support his trip. Campbell will depart for his journey in a Cessna 182T on June 30, and his travel stops coincide with EAA AirVenture 2013. He will land in Appleton, Wisconsin, on July 25 and make a short hop down to Oshkosh the following Monday, July 29. Campbell estimates his circumnavigation will take approximately 200 flight hours, span 23,000 nautical miles, and take him to 25 destinations in 15 different countries. Learn more about Campbell and his upcoming trip on the Teen World Flight website. Ryan Campbell Jack Wiegand