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| Subject: | Zeniths to Oshkosh update |
Zeniths to Oshkosh Update
It's only 3 weeks to EAA! For us lucky ones that live close to the Oshkosh
airport, EAA for us is the entire months of July! It's fun to drive out and
see hangars under construction, aircraft flying in early, and volunteers
from all over the world working feverishly on the grounds. This years
convention I feel has the promise of being one of the largest ever. Hotels
filled up early this year due to the tremendous roster of exciting events.
Special days of celebration for Burt Rutan, Bob Hoover, and of course our
very special tribute to Chris Heintz and the family.
As we get closer to the big event, I will put out another press release one
week before the convention with maps, parking instructions, and times of
events.
On Monday, July 25th, EAA will honor Chris Heintz with a special
presentation in the ConocoPhillips Plaza, formerly known as Aeroshell
Square. One of each kind of aircraft design will be on hand for the ceremony
and a special homebuilt review will follow. The presentation will take place
from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM. Chris will receive his award from EAA around 10:30
from Tom Poberezny. There will be lots of press there and they want to talk
to all Zenith pilots! Jerry Burke, well known television broadcaster from
Wisconsin, will be doing interviews. I have a list of aircraft owners that
have volunteered to place their airplane in the flight review. Next week,
Sebastien will pick out the aircraft we will use. Aircraft will be chosen by
type and pilot skills.
The honorary banquet for Chris will be held on Wednesday, July 27th in the
Nature Center, on the grounds of EAA. Sponsors for the event are the EAA,
Contact Magazine, Aircraft Spruce, Sporty's Pilot Shop, Flight Crafters, and
David Clark Headsets. Attending will be Tom Poberezny, Chairman of the Board
at EAA. For tickets, send a self addressed stamped envelope along with $20
per person to Joe Scheibinger, 2809 Scenic Drive, Oshkosh, WI 54904. For
more information contact Joe at backstagelive@gmail.com.
So far we have 128 reservations! if you are planning to attend, I suggest
you order your tickets by mail. Tickets will also be available at the Zenith
trade show booth in the Homebuilders section just north of the brown arch.
These remaining tickets will go fast! Attending this year's banquet will be
Tom and Paul Poberezny. Lots of door prizes will be given away including a
beautiful set of David Clark headsets, and IFR pilots course from Sporty's,
and subscriptions to Contact magazine! For those of you that have purchased
tickets by mail, they will be going out in Wednesday's mail. In the
envelope, you will get a complete rundown of Zenith forums, auto parking for
the banquet, directions, etc. The same information will be available in the
Zenith tent on Monday's convention. I will also post attachments to the
Zenith company blog on Friday.
Most of you know from our blogs our youngest Zenith builder Sabrina. At the
age of 16, she built a beautiful Zenith 601 and she has set her sights on an
aviation engineering career. Sabrina will have the honor of being Paul
Poberezny's escort for the banquet! When she first heard she was going to be
Paul's wingman for the Zenith Banquet, she was at a loss for words. She had
seen him many times around previous Air Ventures but never had the
opportunity to speak with him. "What an honor! Cool!" She said.
Russell Lepre at Flight Crafters has designed a great T-shirt and hat with
the "Zeniths to Oshkosh" logo on it which he designed. Russell is donating a
T-shirt to every person who flies into Oshkosh with a Zenith aircraft! If
you would like to purchase a T-shirt and hat for this year's convention, go
the Flight Crafters website at www.flightcrafters.com.
So far we have over 30 aircraft that will be parking in the Zenith showplane
parking and about 20 that will be in the aircraft camping area. If you would
like to reserve a spot in showplane parking, please E-mail Joe Scheibinger
at backstagelive@gmail.com or call 920-237-1450.
William Wynne has volunteered to be Tom Poberezny's escort. Zenith Builders
Mack Kreizenback, Ken Pavlou, and Larry Zepp will be volunteering their time
in running the banquet. We still could use a volunteer photographer and
someone with a video camera for the banquet and other events. If you would
like to volunteer to help the Zeniths to Oshkosh campaign, contact Joe at
920-237-1450.
Andy Schumacher is the manager of Gruenhagen Hall during the EAA. Andy has
worked his tail off securing rooms for the Zeniths to Oshkosh project. Many
of the rooms weren't even available when we asked him to support us. Andy
deserves a great deal of thanks from all of us. How can we thank him? Andy
has never had a flight in a small aircraft before! Would there be anyone who
would like to take Andy up during the conventioon in their Zenith airplane?
Have a safe and memorable trip to Oshkosh everyone.
Joe Scheibinger
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