News from EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

• AirVenture Online Ticket Discount Extended
  Don't have your EAA AirVenture 2013 tickets yet? You have a few more days to get in on the savings as the advance ticket purchase discount has been extended through Sunday, June 30.
  
  
• AirVenture 2013 Welcomes a Well-Traveled PBY Catalina
  When Jim Slattery, EAA Lifetime Member 1021734/Warbirds 594956, acquired his Consolidated PBY5A Catalina from two Americans in South Africa in 2010, he didn't expect it would take until 2013 to get her back to the United Sates. But after a six-year restoration, Slattery's PBY N427CV touched down in El Cajon, California, on January 15, 2013, and is slated to fly to Oshkosh next month to participate in AirVenture 2013.
  
  
• Texas Flying Legends Heroes: Merton Hansen
  Along with an awesome collection of World War II aircraft, the Texas Flying Legends Museum will bring a number of WWII veterans to AirVenture in a C-53 transport. Here is the fourth in our series of profiles of those veterans, Navy observation pilot Merton Hansen.
  
  
• Janet the Gannet: World's Only Flying Fairey Gannet T5 Landing at Oshkosh
  AirVenture attendees this year will have the opportunity to see the world's only flying example of a Fairey Gannet T5, a Cold War-era Royal Navy aircraft originally designed for anti-submarine operations.
  
  
• Education and Interactive Zone, College Park Set to Debut
  EAA AirVenture Oshkosh will offer a number of new activities and displays this year, including the Education and Interactive Zone (EIZ) which also contains the EAA College Park presented by American Airlines - an area designated for companies and colleges to network with young people and display what they have to offer to potential employees and students.
  
  
• View Archive of 'Flying Into AirVenture' Webinar
  Whether this will be your 30th time flying into AirVenture or your first, Oshkosh-bound pilots are encouraged to view the webinar held earlier this week, Tips for Flying Into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013, hosted by with AirVenture Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) Chairman Fred Stadler.
  
  
• Sign Up for AirVenture Text Alerts
  AirVenture 2013 attendees can stay up-to-date on daily highlights, including aircraft arrivals and air show lineups, as well as potential severe weather updates by subscribing to receive text messaging alerts on their mobile device.
  
  
• See Recovered Wildcat on Display at Oshkosh
  The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc. is preparing to transport a World War II FM-2 Wildcat fighter recently recovered from Lake Michigan on December 7, 2012, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013.
  
  
• Cooking Out With the History Channel
  The History Channel will bring its Ultimate Smoker and Grill to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 as part of its 13-city Cross-Country Cookout summer promotion.
  
  
• Patty Wagstaff to Address Educators at AirVenture Teachers Day
  Three-time national aerobatic champion and Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Teachers Day on Tuesday, July 30, during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013. Teachers Day is sponsored by Build A Plane, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), and EAA.