It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears. (Helen Keller on 1955 flight around the world)

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Our Aircraft:       Steen Skybolt Pitts Model 14 Pitts S1 Knight Twister     Products:       ONLINE STORE Products Home Bruntons Brace Wires      About Bruntons MT Props Hoffmann Props      Request Prop Quote Vendenyev M14 Engines Laminated Wing Spars Laminated Leading Edges Canopies Motor Mounts Wing Kits & Wing Jigs Three-Section Wings Piloti Shoes VedaloHD Sunglasses      Styles      FAA Report on Sunglasses     Builders:       Builder F.A.Q. Construction    Photos Articles Project Gallery Submit Photos Project Logs     Resources:     News Event Reports Email List Testimonials Non-US Distributors Links Scale Models Biplane Lore About This Site Website Updates About Us Contact / Visit Us         Event Report Event Reports - EAA AirVenture 2006 Wednesday, July 26 EAA AirVenture 2006 Created: 07/23/2006 Updated: 08/24/2006 Link(s): N/A   Article by Steen Staff   The big story today was the arrival of the Avro Lancaster... there were over 7,000 built, yet only two fly today and only one of those is in North America. Despite being about an hour behind schedule, everyone waited around patiently to see this legendary and very rare bomber. It arrived with a B-25 off it's wing, both in attractive RCAF colors. They only made one pass before landing, but we did get to see the massive bomb bay doors open up before engine shutdown. This plane is so expensive to operate, there is a real threat that it soon may not be able to fly anymore unless a very wealthy sponsor (or the Canadian government) decides to cover the costs. That would be a shame, as it's a very unique and historic aircraft. Airshow planes getting into position an hour before the start of the show.   Sean D. Tucker's plane. This is the backup for his beloved Challenger, which was lost in April when part of the control linkage broke. Sean was officially inducted into the Caterpillar Club on Wednesday.   Matt Chapman shuts down his bright CAP near show center.   This replica Nieuport was used in the movie Flyboys.   This Fokker Dr.1 Triplane replica was also by the Flyboys movie display.   The Lancaster has four Merlin engines... it sounds like no other plane. VERY cool.   Even though it has four Merlins, it doesn't sound quite like four P-51s.     Other entries in this series:      Sunday, July 23 - Set-Up Day    July 23, 2006      Monday, July 24    July 24, 2006      Tuesday, July 25    July 25, 2006       » Wednesday, July 26    July 26, 2006      Thursday, July 27    July 27, 2006      Friday, July 28    July 28, 2006      Saturday, July 29    July 29, 2006      Sunday, July 30    July 30, 2006 If you have any additions or corrections to this item, please let us know. Go to Event Reports archives

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