by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 4, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220811, Airshows & Fly-Ins, ATC, Aviation News, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Experimental Aircraft Association, faa, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
The control tower at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is Crazy Town to normal mortals, yet it is comprehensible and functional to a select crew of FAA controllers who keep the planes coming in with an assured meter and calm comms. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Aug 3, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airports, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, Recreational Aviation Foundation
After years of neglect, volunteers from the Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Oregon Pilots Association volunteered to handle maintenance at the Silver Creek Airstrip, saving it from closure. Read...
by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 3, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220811, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Experimental Aircraft Association, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 is over, and as the last prop wash wafts across the matted acres of now-empty grass parking spaces at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) in Wisconsin, early figures show that 650,000 visitors descended upon the Experimental Aircraft...
by Janice Wood | Aug 2, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220811, Aviation News, faa, Feature, flight training, flying, General Aviation, Pilots, WINGS
Just introduced is EZ-WINGS, a web app that makes it easy for CFIs and DPEs to give pilots the credit they deserve in the FAA WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program. Read...
by Frederick Johnsen | Aug 1, 2022 | #Aircraft, 20220811, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Three helicopters buzz above EAA AirVenture all day, every day, of the show, giving AirVenture visitors a birds-eye view of the grounds. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Jul 26, 2022 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, ATC, Aviation News, Feature, flying, General Aviation, Pilots
Ever wonder what the tower at Oshkosh is like during the week of the show? Check out Fred Johnsen’s video, which chronicles the bustling radio communications as FAA controllers talk with pilots and each other to safely move huge numbers of airplanes through the...
