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Team RV Is Coming To Oshkosh

July 21, 2012 By in Flying Tags: , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

My friend James flies with Team RV, the World’s Largest Airshow Team.

I met James at EAA’s AirVenture in 2010 and as pilots tend to do, we became fast friends. Since we met, I have been fortunate to see Team RV perform on three different occasions. All the airplanes they fly are homebuilt Van’s Aircraft RV’s and they put on a terrific show.

And this year, as part of EAA’s 40th anniversary celebration of Van’s Aircraft, Team RV is performing at AirVenture!

So, if you will be anywhere near Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Monday, July 23 and Wednesday, July 25, 2012…

GO SEE THEM!

The following are photos I took at a show this spring.

 

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A Girl’s Guide to the History of the Homebuilt Airplane From Pietenpol to VanGrunsven

September 25, 2011 By in Flying Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Lessons Learned During a Field Trip to the Cyber-Museum of Aviation

I grew up a girl.

Charlotte and her birthday doll

Charlotte, while growing up a girl

So since I became a pilot and joined the aviation world I often feel several paces behind my mates when the inevitable conversations about airplanes begin. I mean these guys can remember every detail of every airplane EVER manufactured. And I am like, “Well, the 152…” Because I trained in the Cessna 152 it’s really the only airplane I can speak about. That doesn’t leave many conversations I can participate in.

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