EAA Concedes Its B-17 Bomber Will Not Make Oshkosh
Despite its best efforts, EAA announced this week that there
simply is not enough time to prepare its B-17 Aluminum Overcast for
a planned ferrying flight from California to EAA AirVenture
Oshkosh. EAA had hoped it could pull off both readying the
replacement B-17, Fuddy Duddy, and Aluminum Overcast so that both
could appear at the annual aviation event, but now it's clear that
available time and resources will only permit work on Fuddy Duddy
to be completed.
Well, we're off. ANN Publisher Jim Campbell officially hit the
road on Sunday, planning to be in Oshkosh (WI) plenty early for
this year's AirVenture. He should be there Monday to set up the
fabled work trailer (near the control tower) and put together a
top-notch array of computers and computer networks in time for the
rest of the staff to arrive.
ANN has also learned that a principal measure of the Sport Pilot
rule, the much vaunted and overhyped driver's license medical
provision, may have a catch. While the driver's license medical can
apparently be used in absence of an FAA medical, it may
only applicable to those who have not had an FAA medical
certificate suspended or revoked, and/or replaced with a special
issuance medical.
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