In an ongoing effort to keep you informed about what was
happening at AirVenture this year, ANN made a commitment
to bring you a live video wrap up of the days activities each
evening at 1900 CDT. The programs, which continued through
Friday, included a summary of the days top news, as well as a
feature interview with one of the days' newsmakers.
Welcome to our Thursday wrap-up of the days events at
AirVenture, 2011. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt made his third
appearance at AirVenture as head of the regulatory agency, and in
many ways gave the same speech as he has the past two years.
The nearly hour-and-15-minute session allowed only about 20
minutes for questions from the people attending the forum in Honda
Pavilion, and a big chunk of that was taken up by someone with an
axe to grind and a legal pad covered in notes. The rest of the time
was used by Babbitt's speech, and questions from EAA president Rod
Hightower. Babbitt returned to Washington almost immediately
following his speech.
2011 marks the fourth consecutive year that Women in Aviation
International has worked with EAA on a series of events called
WomenVenture. Peggy Chabrian, WAI President, announced that this
year’s events at AirVenture are dedicated to celebrating the
Centennial of the first women to obtain her pilots license in the
U.S., Harriet Quimby.
At the annual Young Eagles awards dinner Wednesday night,
Rolls-Royce announced they will be pledging financial support for
the 2011 EAA Young Eagles Scholarship Program. Designed to support
teenagers interested in aviation and aviation careers, EAA Young
Eagles scholarships fund flying lessons and flight experiences for
deserving teenage student pilots.
LoPresti Speed Merchants and Deltahawk Diesel Engines today
released a rendering of the cowling that will be on the SR20
“Shark”. The cowling has an air intake that provides
unseparated flow, directed flow, and thermal coupling on demand to
keep the engine in optimal temperature with the least drag
possible.
And finally, there was a runway excursion here this morning
involving an F16 attached to the Alabama Air National Guard.
Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to be traveling too fast on
landing at about 11 am, and just ran out of runway.
Tom Patton conducted this night's interview, with Lindy Kirkman,
President of the Air Care Alliance.
All that... and MORE on Aero-TV... Live from Oshkosh!