The good news from Oshkosh.

By Marc Cook

All week at AirVenture, we waited to hear something from the Feds about the rules that govern our industry. In late spring, we were told the new rules package—sorry, advisory material, as the FAA has not in fact changed any laws—would appear at Oshkosh.

I continued to ask around and then discovered, almost by accident, a forum to be held by the EAA’s Earl Lawrence on Friday to discuss the issue. Something you should know about that: Oshkosh has continued to evolve as a news-gathering event. It used to be you could have a press conference any time during the show. Thanks to the Internet, no more. The vast majority of the news announcements happen in the first 48 hours, with many press conferences kicking off before the show technically starts. I figured the late announcement was a hedge in case the rule wasn’t quite ready. …

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