Oshkosh, WI
Chicago, IL

A Great week - 20% increase in aircraft and attendance over last year was reported! Busy as usual, and the Team was well represented with photos and posters at 17 vendor displays around the show. The weather was great, and the guys flew some of their best shows to date.

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The team signs autographs @ the AeroShell Booth -
Photo by Henry Holden

Bomb Burst against the cobalt blue Wisconsin sky - photo courtesy of EAA

Vendor Display Placement (Team represented as in prominent media and display areas of vendor booths)

• AeroShell
• Bose
• Andair
• Hooker Harness
• Precise Flight
• Strong Parachutes
• ACF-50
• CJ Aviation
• Concorde Batteries
• Honda Generators
• Champion Aerospace
• Lincoln Welders
• Whelen
• PS Engineering
• ACES
• ZAON
• Trade-A-Plane

The pedal plane raffle gained over $5000 for Alan and his family - the winner? A. Henley! As it turned out, most of the entries were placed in Alan's name.

Autograph Sessions

• Aeroshell (5 days)
• Honda (4 days)
• Lincoln Welders (4 days)
• Champion (2 days)
• EAA @ Ford display
• ZAON (1 day)

Flyovers

• Jumper circle - Friday Show
• Memorial Wall - Sunday

Sponsorships

• Gathering of Eagles ride donation

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Keith Markley - President and CEO of Liberty Aircraft 

Bob Hoenig - Ameritech Aviation    

James Dean -Ameritech Aviation

Mariusz Adamski - Wings of Poland magazine 

Jordan Richards - Publication Manager, Surecheck Aviation

Don Arrington-Distribution Mgr., Aircraft Spruce & Specialty

Michael Kraft-Vice President  Lycoming Engines

Jimmy Crawford - Datatoys.com

Tim White - Cessna Aircraft

Craig Fuller - President and CEO of AOPA

Ray Yong  - Shell Aviation

Members from Aspen Avionics

Members from Champion Aerospace

Members from ZAON Flight systems

Members from Lincoln Welders

Members from Honda Generators

Members from Bose

Members from WSI

Trade-A-Plane

Media:

Wired magazine featured the Team in an article on EAA's Airventure 2009. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/largest-gathering-of-airplanes-in-the-world-starts-monday/

New 2009 web page from Lincoln Electric:

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/content/aeroshell.asp

Craig Fuller, AOPA President and CEO, rides with the AeroShell Team! Article in AOPA Pilot:

http://blog.aopa.org/aopanow/?p=267

AeroShell Team on Microsoft's website: http://www.fsinsider.com/freeflight/Pages/VirtualAirVenture.aspx

One of the largest attended shows in the nation, the Chicago Air and Water festival did not disappoint this year, great, weather, record turnout!

Chicago Tribune Photos by William DeShazer:

Joel Burton - Chicago 3 Media    

Karoline Brookto - Reporten, Polvision, Channel 26

Tomas Poplawski   Producer and camerman, Polvision Channel 26

Kurt Stoudt - CNN IREPORT 

Kamil Kaza.Cynslin - European Press Photo Agency 

Janet Souter - Author "History of Chicago Air and Water Show"

Media:

Polvision Channel 26 Feature (Clip not available)

WGN News feature (video not available)

Chicago 3 Media feature (click for video)

The Local Tourist Ride Gallery:

Other Media Coverage To Date:

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