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Lots of Beeches this year: 1 - Bonanzas, 2 - 4 - Mentors, 5 - Travel Airs |
| Brown Arch |
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| Rutan Voyager 25th Celebration evening |
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Burt and Dick Rutan, John Roncz, Rutan's aerodynamicist, and Mike Melvill, test pilot and first commercial astronaut |
| Burt Rutan |
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Speaking at the ConocoPhillips Plaza beside the Starship |
| Bus station |
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| Harrier on a column of smoke |
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And, of course, nicely noisy |
| Heritage flight |
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The Heritage Flight changed daily, but this is a typical group - F/A-18F 165677, Corsair N713JT, T-2 Buckeye N27WS and A-4B N49WH |
| Jet truck |
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With the engine from a T-2, the Flash Fire Jet Truck does 0-60 in just over one second and has a top speed of 375 mph |
| Main entrance |
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| Mustangs |
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| Oshkosh Striker fire engine |
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Oshkosh Corporation is based on the east side of the runway (hence the hundreds of brown trucks in many photos). One of their main products is airport fire engines |
| Curtiss OX-5 engine |
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This was run during the week |
| Paul Poberezny |
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Paul is the founder of the EAA, chairman until last year of AirVenture, and renowned aircraft designer and builder. His car, Red One, is a common sight around the show |
| Race |
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P-51D Mustang NL551J flown by Jimmy Leeward and TBM-700 N850SJ flown by Bob Odegaard did apparently the first ever air race at AirVenture. The winner - the TBM! |
| Seaplane Base |
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| South 40 camping area |
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| Texan lineup |
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| Control Tower |
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| Trojan formation |
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| Wall of fire |
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Gets your attention - and just for a second the heat is breathtaking |
| Warbird lineup |
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| Warbirds area |
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Some pyrotechnics have just gone off |
