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OshkoshGeoff SoberingSub Sonex JSX-1AirVenture again attracted more than 10,000 aircraft and508,000 visitors. Showplanes numbered 2,489 including978 homebuilt aircraft, 907 vintage airplanes, 336 warbirds,105 ultralights, 97 seaplanes, 35 aerobatic aircraft, and 31rotorcraft.There were 2,078 international visitors registered from 71nations, with Canada (479 visitors), Australia (286), and Brazil(216) the top three nations. This total includes only non-U.S.visitors who registered at the International Visitors Tent, so theactual international contingent is undoubtedly larger. Therewere 897 media representatives on-site, from five continents.“We are pleased that attendance has topped one-halfmillion again,” said Hightower. “That is a tremendous totalconsidering the intensely hot weather, storms, and strugglesin the overall economy. The aviation community knows thatOshkosh is the place to be to find out what’s new, and actuallyAir show performer John Mohr.buy new equipment, components, and aircraft.”Commercial exhibitors and sponsors are a big part ofAirVenture, and without their support, the admission pricewould have to be a lot more than it is to pay for all of theexpenses.EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is a boost to the local community,but also to neighboring cities Fond du Lac, Appleton andGreen Bay, and many outlying smaller communities, and thestate of Wisconsin as a whole. That’s why Wisconsin GovernorScott Walker has made it a point to attend each and everyAirVenture since being elected, and that’s why each and everyWisconsin legislator should also attend.Geoff SoberingBestOil CompanyAviAtiOn Fuels& luBriCAnts-Serving-MichiganMinnesotaWisconsin1-800-524-466622 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2012 MIDWEST FLYER MAGAZINERudy Frasca (center) of Frasca International, Urbana, Illinois, wasinducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame during EAA AirVenture.Jack Eggspuehler (right), president emeritus of the National Associationof Flight Instructors (NAFI), presented a plaque to Frasca and his wife,Lucille (left). Rudy Frasca joined the U.S. Navy in 1949 and was a flightinstructor at Glenview Naval Air Station where he used the early Linktrainer for flight simulation. Following the service, Frasca attended theUniversity of Illinois where he studied Aviation Psychology and expandedhis interest in flight simulators. He founded Frasca International in 1958and today the company offers high-end flight simulators for fixed-wingand rotary-wing aircraft to both civilian and military markets. Rudy Frascareleased his book “From Cubs To Spitfires” during EAA AirVenture 2012.Dave Weiman