A teardown Sunday morning revealed why Bruce Bohannon fell short
of his planned US absolute piston altitude record -- and the
entire, disappointed crew breathed a sigh of relief. It was a
broken, formed bracket, that prevented the wastegate from closing
fully and the engine from developing full power in the rarefied air
near Bohannon's 50,000 foot objective.
Cory Bird achieved his goal of building an aircraft accurate to
1/1000 of an inch last year. He flew "Symmetry" to the AirVenture
airshow in Oshkosh (WI) where it has become one of the highlights
of the show.
By ANN Contributor Aleta Vinas
Sean D. Tucker is one of 25 living legends of flight according
to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. If you've seen any of
Tucker's performances, you'll agree. Billed as "Industrial Strength
Aerobatics", Tucker's been pushing the envelope for over 20,000
hours. That's more than two years of 24/7 flying, if you choose to
do it all at once.
A lot of us come to EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh (WI) in long,
silver tubes with United, US Airways or some other such commercial
logo on the tail. Others come in four-wheeled, ground-bound
vehicles across interstates. The luckiest ones fly their own little
airplanes. But only a very few get to arrive in swinging lawn
chairs suspended by butterfly-like wings in that "Great Ocean of
Air."
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