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HEADLINES THAT
AFFECT YOU

Recent news from the aviation world

2020 EAA AIRVENTURE CANCELED
BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC
This year's Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture fly-in event, scheduled for July 20 through 26 in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, has been canceled amid
coronavirus concerns, and the organization will issue refunds for prepaid
admissions or allow participants to apply
payments to the 2021 convention. "Ultimately, preserving the health and safety
of all who would attend-and all the
varying guidelines between states and
countries from where our participants
arrive-along with the massive commitments needed now for an event to meet
EAA's high standards, made cancelation
the only option for this year," said EAA
Chairman and CEO Jack Pelton.
THE SKYCRANE always draws a
crowd. Although not a big part of
Oshkosh, arriving by helicopter
is easy and fun.

ROTORCRAFT ARRIVAL
BY THE TIME my 2014 trip to Oshkosh came around, I had flown into Wittman
field as both a passenger and a pilot. I had flown to Appleton and driven from
Milwaukee. I thought I had arrived by every possible method except maybe
a bus (not so fun) and seaplane (super fun). Despite seeing the helicopters
parked next to EAA's headquarters on the drive into the show every day, I
never considered arriving by rotorcraft. That was until I earned my add-on.
I used to joke with Sporty's John Zimmerman that he was the cause of my
helicopter fling. I had once made a passing mention about wanting to experience vertical flight and he encouraged me to watch the Sporty's So You Want
to Fly Helicopters video. That's all it took. Zimmerman supported my joyful
ramblings during training, and to further cement my love of rotorcraft, offered me the chance to ride along in his Robinson R44 to Oshkosh that year.
I jumped on an airliner to Cincinnati where he picked me up, and we were off.
The weather was beautiful, the flying low and slow, and the view spectacular.
We had to stop short south of Oshkosh to wait for the airshow to finish, and it
was there that the beauty of flying a helicopter to Oshkosh came into focus.
Open up the notam for the show and you'll see detailed instructions for
airplanes, complete with dozens of miles of in-trail slow flight, challenging
communication protocols, and a sense of building stress as the whole thing
congregates into a spot landing in front of 100,000 of your closest friends.
Now turn to the helicopter page, as we did. The entire instruction essentialy
reads: get the ATIS, monitor the tower, stay out of everyone's way, land.
That's it. Helicopter flying is always a joy, but after a summer day of flying
the upper Midwest in a great aircraft with great company, to then land at the
world's largest aviation gathering without talking to anyone, and walk 20
steps to the road to pick up your ride, was proof that a personal helicopter is
the ultimate magic carpet ride. 
-Ian J. Twombly

FAA ISSUES REGULATIONS AMID
COVID-19
The FAA issued a special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) that provides
blanket extensions of medical certificates and airman knowledge tests that
would have expired between March 1
and May 31 to all pilots regardless of
the type of their flying. The SFAR also
provides flight review and instrument
currency extensions under very limited
circumstances to get pilots back in
the air to support the fight against the
coronavirus pandemic. Flight instructor certificates that would have expired
between March 31 and May 31 will have
a blanket certificate extension until June
30, 2020.
IDAHO FLYING EXPERT DIES
Galen Lee Hanselman, 72, known to
the aviation community as an expert in
backcountry flying and author of a series
of backcountry flying guidebooks, died
May 6 in Twin Falls, Idaho.
FLIGHT SIMULATION INNOVATOR
RUDY FRASCA DIES
Frasca International announced May 11
that founder, pilot, researcher, and flight
simulator engineer Rudy Frasca has died
at 89.
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