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EAA AIRVENTURE - OSHKOSH<br />

National celebrities who are pilots attend EAA AirVenture for their personal enjoyment, as well as to<br />

support EAA programs and initiatives. Among celebrities that attended EAA AirVenture 2007 were<br />

actor/pilot, Morgan Freeman (above left); former U.S. Senator George McGovern (top right); and<br />

Apollo 13 astronaut, James Lovell (lower right). Freeman is a pilot and flies a Cessna 414 and a<br />

Citation 501SP; Sen. McGovern flew B-24 Liberators during World War II; and Capt. Lovell owns<br />

and flies a Cessna 421.<br />

Photos by Dave Weiman<br />

going faster than conventional aircraft<br />

allow. One thinks of the abortive Fox<br />

Jet and Jim Bede’s BD-10, plagued<br />

by a lack of suitable engine. The<br />

AvTechGroup (ATG), Englewood,<br />

Colorado, showed their version of a<br />

high-performance personal jet as well.<br />

CONTINUED ON PAGE 18<br />

14 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2007

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