Ford Motor Company revealed the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer to thousands of aviation enthusiasts Monday afternoon in Oshkosh, Wis. With help from an Erickson Air-Crane, the vehicle landed at Wittman Regional Airport during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010, the world’s greatest aviation celebration. Ford is the exclusive automotive partner of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association event.
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Ford Motor Company’s one-of-a-kind, aviation-themed 2011 Ford Mustang raised $375,000 for the nonprofit Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Young Eagles organization at an auction Thursday evening. This truly unique vehicle, in the first-ever collaboration between legendary automotive icons Jack Roush and Carroll Shelby, was auctioned during the Gathering of Eagles event at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010, the world’s greatest aviation celebration. A man from Texas purchased the vehicle.
 

Liz Reti, Business Aviation Account Manager for WSI, gets a ride in an Aeroshell T-6 during Day 2 of AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  WSI, a provider of weather information, is one of the sponsors for the Aeroshell Team. For more information on WSI click on www.wsi.com.  (Photo by Shahn Sederberg)

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Pilots can fly into Wittman Regional Airport this week for the EAA AirVenture Fly-In knowing that the FAA is working to keep U.S. runways safe.

The U.S. aviation system continues to see a decrease in the number and severity of surface incidents and runway incursions. The FAA recorded a 50 percent decrease in the number of serious runway incursions in fiscal year 2009, compared to the previous year. Considering the amount of activity on U.S. runways — the many takeoffs and landings and the movement of vehicles and people across runways — this is great progress. But there is always more we can do. The FAA's Runway Safety Program continues to work closely with domestic and international aviation stakeholders to keep improving runway safety and to reduce the number of incursions.

Like a beacon the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) tent has for years drawn a host of EAA attendees to its central location smack dab between where the old tower stood and where the new one majestically stands today.  Last year being the exception the tent is again on familiar ground - the only difference is that they are sharing space this year with the state of Wisconsin.

Pictured from left are: Chris Roy, Minnesota Aviation Director, Larry Tabrosky, Director, North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, Henry O, President of NASAO, Roger Pfeiffer, retired Deputy Director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission and former aviation director from the state of  Wisconsin, Bob Kunkel. (Photo by Shahn Sederberg)