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AirVenture Cancelled…Now What?

AirVenture…Oshkosh 2020 has been cancelled along with virtually all major airshows through out the US due to Covid-19. With EAA’s CEO Jack Pelton’s announcement removing speculation that we might be able to enjoy the premiere airshow of the world, the question was posed on a major aviation website…would aviation aficionados consider attending a small, wellContinue reading “AirVenture Cancelled…Now What?”

Is Boeing the 21st Century Titanic?

The entire aviation market has changed, but no one really understands what it will continue to evolve into since the pandemic is far from over. For the moment, commercial aviation is at almost a virtual standstill. Boeing has a backlog of orders, with a ramp full of undelivered new airplanes, and a global parking lotContinue reading “Is Boeing the 21st Century Titanic?”

Covid-19, AirVenture 2020, and Free Thinking Adults

Recently I saw this comment….”I hope Airventure goes on as planned. Allowing pilots, vendors, attendee’s, volunteers to make up their own minds as FREE THINKING adults. Time to let people make up their own minds about what to and what not to attend”. The author then quoted Ben Franklin in support of his view regardingContinue reading “Covid-19, AirVenture 2020, and Free Thinking Adults”

The Monkey Guarding the Bananas?

What caused the crash of the Collings Foundation WWII Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress October 2nd, 2019 at the Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT during a Living History Flight Exemption passenger flight? The FAA has revealed some very damning information that has caused the FAA to remove the Living History Flight Exhemption with the resultContinue reading “The Monkey Guarding the Bananas?”