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FLY-INS & AIR SHOWS<br />
The 56 th Edition of EAA AirVenture-Oshkosh...<br />
Another Mark of Shear Brilliance!<br />
(L/R, To p/Bo T T o m): 1) AeroShell Aerobatic Team (Gary Dikkers). 2) EAA President Tom Poberezny (Dave Weiman). 3) U.S.<br />
Air Force F/A-22 Raptor (Geoff Sobering). 4) John Travolta’s Boeing 707 (Dave Weiman). 5) Actor/pilot, John Travolta (Dave<br />
Weiman). 6) EAA AirVenture “participants,” Owen DuBois and Emma Soderholm, observe the Goodyear Blimp (Tom<br />
Thomas). 7) U.S. Marine Corps Harrier (Geoff Sobering). 8) Cirrus SJ50 “Vision” (Geoff Sobering).<br />
by Jim LaMalfa<br />
The 56 th annual Experimental<br />
Aircraft Association Fly-in<br />
and Convention, “EAA<br />
AirVenture,” Oshkosh, Wis., opened<br />
Monday, July 28, <strong>2008</strong> to near<br />
perfect weather. Although avgas<br />
was hovering around $5.50 a gallon,<br />
many local airports were offering