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Perspectives
The Best Kind of Business Travel
When people find out we publish Aviator's Guide, they always say how lucky we must be to travel to so many exciting places and then get to write about them. If only life were that kind.
In truth, editing each issue can be a rather frustrating process. We always seem to find ourselves sitting in an air-conditioned office on a beautiful, sunny day like today, re-working copy written by writers who actually do get to go out and experience the wonderful places you read about in this magazine.
That’s not to say that we’re hermits. But much of the flying we do is for business travel—not that $100 hamburger. We’re just lucky that our business flying takes us to fly-ins, and our favorite fly-in without a doubt is EAA’s AirVenture, which kicks off later this month in Oshkosh, WI.
Why AirVenture? Because of the families. There is no event in aviation that brings out families like EAA’s AirVenture, in large part because no other organization goes to such great lengths to involve children in aviation.
EAA runs the Young Eagle’s program all year long as a way of interesting young people in aviation. And at AirVenture each year, there are whole programs dedicated to children and teenagers.
As you wander amid the historic aircraft in AeroShell Square, you’ll notice families with children, grandparents with children, classes full of school children, busily scampering among multi-million dollar aircraft, or having their pictures taken in front of a historic bird. It is a week-long festival, an all-inclusive celebration of aviation that stirs the hearts of young and old alike.
That week in late July and early August is one of those rare times when you feel that your small part of aviation, whether flying to work or for a family vacation, is somehow part of a larger history of aviation. You can see the connection between aviation of the past and its future right in front of you, in the eyes and words of the next generation of aviators.
Sure, our trip to AirVenture each year can be considered business travel. But who said flying for business can’t be fun?
See you in Oshkosh! 
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