SHARING THE SPIRIT | 2009 - EAA AirVenture

BY RANDY DUFAULT 

PHIL WESTON 

DAVE HIGDON 

SPENCER THORNTON 

PHIL HIGH PHOTOS 

Thursday, July 31, 2008 The official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh www.AirVenture.org 

INSIDE... 

20 Kickin’ back with 

the seaplanes 

30 Say hello to new 

NAFI director 

34 Four generations 

of Aussies visit 

Record run for Nemesis NXT 

Jon Sharp broke the 3 km speed record in the C1-b 

categor yesterday by flying his Nemesis NXT 356 

mph, smashing the cu rent mark of 331 mph. With 

winds gusting at 15 mph, the weather conditions 

were less than ideal and the flight was bumpy, he 

said. A National Aeronautic Association official 

used two recorders, one on the ground and the other 

in the plane, to determine the speed. Sharp will try 

and break his own record on Saturday prior to the 

daily air show. 

Arizona family’s project 

named 30,000th homebuilt 

Bob No l’s white and blue RV-9A started 

its life as many homebuilt airplanes 

do, occupying the two-car garage of his 

family’s home in Yuma, Arizona. For 

three years and four months, h enlisted 

the patience and help of his three children 

and his wife, Debbie, to complete 

his dream of building a flying machine. 

“I wanted to do something like this 

my whole life,” 

No l said. “I can 

remember when I 

was a kid going out 

in the backyard 

measuring out 

how much room I 

needed to land an 

airplane.” 

Noll completed 

the plane on daughter, Katrina. 

Bob No l and his 

February 1 of this 

Bob No l’s RV-9A, the commemorative 30,000th certificated homebuilt aircraft. 

year, made the 

first flight a few days later, and ultimate- 

According to Joe Norris, EAA home- 

30,000th airplane, so EAA established a 

ly received certification for what wi l be 

builders’ community manager, “The sys- 

program to honor one homebuilt.” 

recognized as the 30,000th homebuilt 

tems the FAA use to report aircraft certification 

have no way to identify th exact 

Homebuilt continues on Page airplane in the United States. 

17 

Cirrus Vision makes world debut at AirVenture 

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 The official daily newspaper of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh www.AirVenture.org 

INSIDE... 

3 Rockets wow the 

flightline 

6 EAA’s take on the 

51 percent rule 

Sponsor of the Day 

EAA AirVenture Today 

White Knight Two 

Oshkosh bound 

BY JAMES WYNBRANDT 

The day after unveiling White Knight 

Two in Mojave, California, Burt Rutan 

of Scaled Composites and Sir Richard 

Branson and Wi l Whitehorn of Virgin 

Galactic came to EAA AirVenture 

Oshkosh 2008 and pledged to bring 

the newly introduced launch vehicle 

for SpaceShipTwo to next year’s fly-in 

and, when ready, to conduct their first 

commercial sub-orbital space flight from 

AirVenture. 

“We’re going to take it to Sweden to 

fly in the aurora borealis, to the UK, 

Spain, and Australia from our home 

base in New Mexico. But the first place 

we’re going to bring it commercia ly is 

Oshkosh,” Rutan told a cheering over- 

White Knight Two continues on Page 15 Sir Richard Branson 

The Cirrus Vision SJ50 personal jet made 

its world debut at—where else—Oshkosh 

yesterday. The red and white V-tail singleengine 

jet made a low pass along the flightline 

before landing and tax ing up to a hero’s 

welcome at AeroShe l Square. Read more about 

the arrival, along with what EAA President Tom 

Poberezny describes as “a growing and exciting 

marketplace” of personal jets, on page 14. 

Jetpack jump starts 

at AirVenture 2008 

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Burt Rutan 

BY FREDERICK A. JOHNSEN 

The Martin Jetpack made its first public flight while at EAA 

AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 on Tuesday. The actual flight lasted 

seconds and was confined to a few feet off the ground, with 

handlers gripping the device even as 16-year-old Harrison 

Martin manipulated the controls. The Martin Jetpack team is 

scheduled to conclude Thursday’s air show with another flight 

at the mouth of AeroShe l Square. More air show flights may 

take place later in the week as we l. 

Yesterday’s flight was certainly an AirVenture moment; 

thousands of visitors crowded AeroShe l Square to watch. 

Long-time AirVenture observers said they believed it was the 

largest crowd, aside from concerts, ever to gather for an event 

on Aeroshell Square. 

The crowd wa so thick, and the flight was so low, that some 

couldn’t quite see what happened. A man in a t-shir that proclaimed 

his status as a pilot wasn’t convinced after the flight 

ended. “I can’t vouch for it. A l I heard was a weed eater going 

on.” 

Matt Evens of Arvada, Colorado, was positively enthusiastic. 

“I’d fly it; it would be fun.” He explained: “This is one of the 

attractions I rea ly wanted to see.” 

Audience member Metra Peterson from Athens, Ohio, said 

before the flight, “It has been my dream since I was a little kid 

with Weekly Reader, and it said ‘you’re going to get to fly to TYSON V. RININGER 

Martin Jetpack pilot Harrison Martin hovers above AeroShe l Square 

Jetpack continues on Page 12 

before an enthusiastic crowd. 

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Room for two and luggage, too 

38 SEPTEMBER 2008 EAA Sport Aviation 39 

RADIAL REVIVAL 

EAA Sport Aviation 

EAA Sport Aviation is the association’s flagship monthly, 

a full-color magazine consistently rated as the number 

one reason members belong to EAA. It informs and 

entertains aviators and aviation enthusiasts who are 

interested in the broad scope of recreational aviation and 

EAA activities and programs with editorial geared to the 

flying, buying, building, restoring, and maintaining of all 

types of aircraft. From introductions to new aircraft and 

innovations to the latest aviation products and services, 

from hands-on and personal experience in nuts and 

bolts of aircraft ownership to flying adventures, from 

profiles of readers, members, Chapters and their aviation 

activities to supporting sport aviation’s heritage, EAA 

Sport Aviation has the broadest editorial content and 

coverage for recreational aviation today. 

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AIRBORNE FOR $6500 

AUGUST 2008 

EAA Sport Pilot & Light-Sport Aircraft 

The association’s newest publication, EAA Sport Pilot 

& Light-Sport Aircraft serves the entire light aircraft 

community—from those who’ll fly the newest special 

light-sport aircraft, including fixed wings, trikes, 

powered parachutes, gyrocopters, and gliders, to Part 

103 ultralights. The new sport pilot regulations give 

newcomers and pilots access to affordable opportunities 

to fly for fun. EAA Sport Pilot focuses on flying, buying, 

assembling, maintaining, and having fun in all of the 

different aircraft sport pilots can fly. A full-color monthly 

magazine, EAA Sport Pilot satisfies the information 

appetite of this new—and rapidly growing—category 

of aircraft. 

New 

Old 

Planes 

Dan Johnson 

Pilots of the world, meet American know-how 

building American airframes powered by an 

American powerplants. This month, we offer 

not one but two such airplanes, the Luscombe 

Silvaire LSA-8, and the American Champion 

Aircraft Champ. 

By Ed Downs, with photos by Jim Koepnick 

MAY 2008 

WWW.EAA.ORG 

I found the Luscombe LSA-8 a 

docile, pleasant-to-fly airplane 

that also happened to handle 

nicely and perform well. 

L u s c o m b e s a n d C h a m p s w i t h a n e w l e a s e o n l i f e 

20 AUGUST 2008 

EAA SPORT PILOT 21 

Flight Design's 

CTLS 

Rebuilding a Quicksilver MXL II 

Weight-Shift Examiners Needed 

The Flight Review 

T 

hese flying machines offer not only homeland LUSCOMBE NOSTALGIA 

availability but homeland pricing as well. Neither Though I’ve had the privilege of flying more airplanes 

is subject to constant price increases from a soar- 

than most pilots, I’d always heard about but never flown a 

ing euro, and when Europe finalizes acceptance of ASTM Luscombe. “Marvelous handling” is what some knowing 

standards (see “Europe, EASA, and Light-Sport Aircraft” pilots would say. “Superb performance,” exclaimed oth- 

page 36), these planes may be a compelling purchase ers. I didn’t experience one for myself until I went flying 

for Europeans. An LSA-8 or Champ might seem downright with Luscombe Silvaire Company President John Dearden. 

cheap in Europe (approximately 55,000 euros plus ping). Globalization works in both directions! 

Okay, it’s a taildragger, and I know many pilots lack 

Two-thirds of the approximately 1,270 airplanes in taildragger experience. My first 35 flying hours were in a 

today’s current light-sport aircraft (LSA) fleet (as of April Citabria, a relative of the Champ, which hints at how long 

2008) were built overseas, but recent entries by American I’ve been flying, but if you have only tricycle-gear experi- 

companies joining the LSA parade could change those ence, you may look at LSA-8’s high deck angle and wonder 

numbers. A times of rising LSA import prices and skyrock- 

when your next ground loop might happen. All I can say 

eting fuel costs, these are two affordable aircraft Ameri- 

is, looks can be deceiving and rumors are often wrong. 

cans ought to consider. The Luscombe Silvaire Company With 60 years of history and many thousands of aircraft 

hails from California, at historic Flabob Airport. American produced, Luscombe ranks as one of history’s most suc- 

Champion, based in Rochester, Wisconsin is a longstandcessful 

airframe producers. The maiden flight of Donald 

ing company that’s only a short flight from Oshkosh. Luscombe’s original design was on December 17, 

ship- Why did I wait so long? What a terrific little airplane! 

1937. 


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SEPTEMBER 2008 

Vintage Airplane 

Antique, classic, and contemporary aircraft fill the 

pages of Vintage Airplane, the monthly membership 

magazine of the Vintage Aircraft Association, a division 

of EAA. To keep them in the air, these “experienced 

and seasoned” aircraft require all types of services and 

products. More than 9,000 member readers, many 

of whom own, operate, and dote on their prized 

possessions, make them prime advertising targets. 

Articles focus on restoration, maintenance, history, and 

the fun of flying all kinds of vintage aircraft. 


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NAFI Mentor 

Published by the National Association of Flight 

Instructors, an EAA affiliate, NAFI Mentor 

is the monthly magazine dedicated to flight 

instructors and the flight training community. As 

teachers, the flight instructor is the most important—and 

influential—individual in any pilot’s life. A professional 

organization, NAFI’s more than 5,000 influential 

leaders and teachers are an ideal audience for aviationrelated 

products and services. With thousands of new 

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more to come with the new sport pilot certification—it 

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with these important aviation influencers. 

ME N T O R 

T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L F L I G H T I N S T R U C T O R 

SEPTEMBER 2008 VOLUME 10 NUMBER 9 

Autorotations 

The Cycle of Stress 

The Price They Pay 


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Warbirds 

SEPTEMBER 2008 KEEP ’EM FLYING 

• Volunteers 

• B-17 Front Office 

• Bring Home L-39 

• Thai Bearcat 

Dedicated to preserving military aircraft of all 

eras, Warbirds is read by one of the highest-income 

demographic segments in the general aviation 

marketplace. It’s the official magazine of the 7,000 strong 

membership EAA division of Warbirds of America. To 

keep history alive—and airworthy—this special interest 

group of aviators and enthusiasts devote their time, 

effort, and money to preserving aircraft impossible 

to replace. This small but well-targeted group is an 

exclusive niche of buyers for aviation equipment and 

services. Warbirds magazine prints in February, March, 

April, June, July, September, October, and December. 

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Sport Aerobatics 

Aviation’s only magazine devoted to recreational and 

competition aerobatics, Sport Aerobatics is read by the 

5,000 members of the International Aerobatic Club, an 

EAA division dedicated to safety through knowledge 

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to technical safety and education. The special needs 

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marketing plan that reaches serious aviators. 

From the IAC to 

"The Show" 

Lisa Popp, IAC Executive Director 

“Wow!”“Cool!”“Awesome!”“Amazing!” are heard prevalently among the 750,000 spectators lining the 

Canadian and U.S. shores of the Detroit River. My 18-month old daughter simply says “wheeee!” and “whoa!” 

as she points to the sky with excitement as 12 pilots maneuver their aircraft in and out of a 3.8-mile course 

of 65-foot high inflatable pylons at speeds of 230 mph and pu l up to 10Gs. Level flying, vertical passes 

(knife flying), slalom flying, and even a half-Cuban-Eight are flown throughou the course. It’s the third leg 

of the nine-stop 2008 Red Bu l Air Race (RBAR) World Series flown in Detroit May 31 and June 1, 2008. 

T 

The Day the Wing Fell Off 

Teaching the Basics 

Blast from the Past 

he pilots are in a competition for points, and the 

one who accumulates the most points in the 9-race 

series is crowned the Red Bull Air Race World 

Champion. Three American pilots and former International 

Aerobatic Club (IAC) competitors are on the 

race circuit: Kirby Chambliss, Mike Mangold, and Mike 

Goulian. Chambliss has been involved in the RBAR since 

the second race in 2003 and was instrumental in the 

RBAR’s formative years (2003-2004), helping to bring 

the race to the United States. Mangold’s first RBAR was 

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB 

Sun 'n Fun 2008 

Smooth Technique Tips 

SEPTEMBER 2008 

 

 

 

Aviat’s Stu Horn Speaks 

at Reno, Nevada, in September 2004. Goulian is one of 

the “newbies,” having started in 2006. The official RBAR 

World Series began in 2005. To date, Mangold won the 

2005 and 2007 series, while Chambliss won the 2006 

series and is in contention to win the 2008 series. He 

currently is in second place behind Paul Bonhomme of 

Great Britain. [Editor’s Note: At press time another two 

races were complete with Chambliss winning in London 

and standing two points behind Bonhomme in the overall 

standings to date.] 

Red Bull Air Race Detroit features three IAC winners 

Chambliss was the winner of the Detroit race, finishing primary concern i safety, there is a formal rookie training 

just 0.15 seconds faster than Bonhomme. Mike Mangold camp in place. There are strict standards for being selected 

was bumped from a third place podium finish with nearly for the training camp from which the next RBAR pilots 

three full seconds separating him from Austrian pilot are chosen. First, a person must have been a National 

Hannes Arch. “I flew an incorrect knife edge pass in one Champion in his or her respective country or must have 

gate and received a three-second penalty,” said Mangold. finished in the top 50 percent at the Unlimited World 

However, there is a small cloud of controversy hanging Aerobatic Championships or European Aerobatic Championships. 

After that, extensive air show experience and 

over Arch’s third place Detroit win. “The judges missed 

a low disqualification call on the No. 3 finishing pilot,” a low-altitude aerobatic waiver is required due to the 

commented Mangold. 

low-level nature of the races. The pilot’s marketability 

With the RBAR World Series now in its fourth official and home country are also taken into consideration. If a 

season, I chatted with the American pilots to find ou their person meets these criteria and then wants to participate 

views on the race progression, the piloting skills involved, in the RBAR qualification camp, he or she may put in 

the aircraft technology, and the differences between the an application for consideration by the RBAR. An RBAR 

RBAR, IAC competition, and air show flying. 

super certificate is issued to a qualified race pilot who 

has signed a contract with the organization to show the 

THE SKILL SET 

various civil aviation authorities the pilots receive special 

In the beginning, entry into the RBAR was by pilot recommendation 

and invitation only. Now, since RBAR’s form the duties of an RBAR 

training, are regularly evaluated, and are qualified to per- 

pilot. 

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B full page (trim) 7.875 x 10.50 

(if ad bleeds, add 1/8” on all sides) 

C 2/3 page (vertical) 4.521 x 9.5 

D 1/2 page (island) 4.521 x 7.082 

E 1/2 page (horizontal) 6.875 x 4.656 

F 1/3 page (vertical) 2.167 x 9.5 

G 1/3 page (square) 4.521 x 4.656 

H 1/4 page (vertical) 3.344 x 4.656 

I 1/6 page (horizontal) 4.521 x 2.23 

J 1/6 page (vertical) 2.167 x 4.656 

1/8 page (A) 2.375 x 6.25 

(1/8 page vertical available only in AirVenture Today) 

1/8 page (B) 4.825 x 3.0 

(1/8 page horizontal available only in AirVenture Today) 

4. Keep live matter 1/2-inch from trim. 

5. Screen: 150 screen recommended; 120 accepted. 

No mats. 

6. Printing: Web offset. 

7. Binding: Perfect bound (EAA Sport Aviation); 

Saddle stitched (EAA Sport Pilot, Sport Aerobatics, 

Vintage Airplane, Warbirds, and Mentor). 

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Offset Specifications 

Software: Preferred software is Adobe 

InDesign for Macintosh. We can accept most 

Mac programs in the following order of 

preference and with noted requirements: 

• Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress 

• Illustrator—type converted to paths, 

saved as EPS 

• Photoshop—saved as TIFF or EPS 

• PageMaker—embedded graphics MUST 

be placed AND included as separate files; 

Pagemaker files must be converted to EPS 

and placed in InDesign or Quark 

Platform/Formats 

• Macintosh is the preferred platform; 

please supply 300 dpi PDF files. 

• PC files are accepted in PDF (must be PDF 

X-1a compliant), Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress 

or PageMaker (PageMaker files must be converted 

to EPS and placed via InDesign or Quark.) 

• We cannot accept Microsoft word processing 

or publishing files. 

Ads sent in file formats other than those specified 

will incur an additional charge for conversion 

(see Additional Charges). 

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Fonts: Use only Postscript fonts and supply both 

screen and printer fonts with your files. We cannot 

guarantee the consistency of True Type fonts. Do not 

use “pseudo-type” commands. Use the italic, bold, 

etc., versions of the font. 

Scans: Scans should be compatible with 

Photoshop. Resolution should be 300 dpi for 

Grayscale and CMYK images. Resolution should 

be 1200 dpi for Bitmap art. No RGB files. No 

Compression. 

Acceptable Media: Zip disk, CD. 

Proof: Client must furnish an approved SWOP 

compliant contract-quality color proof for each ad, 

representative of the furnished file. 

Additional Charges 

• An additional $35 will be charged for missing 

fonts, RGB to CMYK conversions, missing support 

or graphics files, missing proofs, or any other 

production problems resulting from failure to 

adhere to the offset specifications listed. 

• An additional $35 minimum will be charged for 

any advertiser-requested text alterations. 

Payments 

• All space to be paid monthly as used. Net 30 

days. Advertisers must guarantee payment 

of accounts for advertising placed through 

advertising agencies. 

• FOR NEW ACCOUNTS AND 1X ACCOUNTS, 

PAYMENT FOR FIRST AD MUST BE MADE WITH 

INSERTION ORDER. 

• All major credit cards are accepted for payments. 

Discounts 

• TERMS: NET 30 DAYS. 

• Agencies providing ads electronically will be 

allowed 15% discount on gross rates provided 

account is paid within 30 days of invoice. No 

discounts allowed on delinquent accounts or 

production charges. 

Issue and Closing Dates 

Published monthly. Warbirds is published 

8x annually. Issued end of preceding month. 

• Closing date for insertion orders: 10th day of 

SECOND PRECEDING Month. Example: January 

issue — deadline is November 10. Closing date 

for materials: 20th day of SECOND PRECEDING 

month. Where new copy is not furnished, 

publisher reserves the right to repeat previous 

copy until new copy or instructions are received. 

• CANCELLATION: Cancellations not accepted after 

closing dates for insertion orders. 

General Rate Policy 

• Regulations covering acceptance of advertising: 

Advertisers and advertising agencies assume 

liability for all content (including text, 

representation, and illustrations) of advertisements 

printed, and assume all responsibility for any 

claims arising therefrom made against the 

publisher. The publisher reserves the right to reject 

any advertising, or to request changes in copy, 

with or without giving a reason. 

• Short rates and rebates: Advertisers will be 

short-rated if within a 12-month period from 

the date of the first insertion they do not use the 

amount of space upon which their billings have 

been based. Upon request, advertisers will be 

rebated if within a 12-month period from the date 

of first insertion they have used sufficient additional 

space to warrant a lower rate than that at which 

they have been billed. 

• Frequency discounts will be billed as per rate 

prevailing at time of publication. 

Limits of Liability 

EAA shall not be held liable for loss to the 

advertiser due to late delivery of the magazine 

because of strike, fire, flood or any delay beyond 

the control of the publisher. Errors that are not 

the fault of the advertiser, which clearly lessen the 

value of the advertisement, should be corrected 

immediately after the first publication, when one 

extra corrected insertion will be made without 

additional charge to the existing schedule. EAA 

assumes no responsibility for error beyond the 

first insertion. EAA reserves the right to reject 

any advertising in conflict with the policies of 

the Association or with the rulings of the Internal 

Revenue Service regarding the tax-free status under 

IRS Section 501(c)(3). EAA does not guarantee 

or endorse any product offered through our 

advertising.

SHARING THE SPIRIT | 2009 - EAA AirVenture

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