Rick Durden
First Flight For "One Week Wonder"
Over the seven days of EAA AirVenture, more than 2,500 volunteers pitched in to build an airplane, and on Tuesday morning they got their...
"One Week Wonder" Day Six: More Details
Each morning this week we have started our day by going directly to the One Week Wonder pavilion at the crossroads of all that...
"One Week Wonder" Day 5: Details
As of Friday morning there was still a steady stream of AirVenture visitors coming to the pavilion where volunteers are determined to assemble and...
"One Week Wonder" Day 4: Coming Together
The first thing this morning, we visited the "One Day Wonder" pavilion in the middle of AirVenture 2014 and checked on the project to...
"One Week Wonder" Day 3: Infectious Enthusiasm
We checked in at 8:00 a.m. today at the "One Week Wonder" project pavilion where a team of volunteers is determined to build and...
"One Week Wonder" Day 2: Progress And Excitement
The "One Week Wonder" project to build and conduct initial taxi testing of a Zenith CH 750 kit airplane in seven days--right in the...
AirVenture's "One Week Wonder" Construction Begins
At precisely 8:00 am CDT today, a crowd of volunteers started on one of the highest visibility projects of AirVenture 2014--the assembly and initial...
In Case You Missed It
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Starks and The Dawn Patrol saddle, er, trailer up and head to the Salute to Veterans Air Show in Columbia, Missouri. Who else could lend his crimping pliers to a couple of sailors to fix an F-18s wiring problem?
Trig’s New Nav/Coms
Trig’s new TX56 has smart features and good compatibility. A built-in GPS would make it better.
