Aviation Exploring Welcome to national news for Aviation Explorer posts. This news is published to keep you up to speed on the latest information on aviation Explorer posts, activities, upcoming events, and industry news. The Explorers arrive on Sunday July 28 a few days prior to the opening in order to help with the arrivals. Each year the convention draws over 10,000 aircraft, almost a million visitors, more than 40,000 campers, and thousands of Aviation exhibitors.
Explorers also help with crowd control during the air show.
Even though over 1,500 hours of voluntary community service was contributed by Explorers last year, they had plenty of time to take in and enjoy the daily air show, the hundreds of exhibits, EAA's aviation museum, the sea plane base at Lake Fon du Lac, aviation educational forums, volleyball, evening entertainment at the Explorer base and at other facilities on the airport, and the many thousands of aircraft and their pilots. Plans are underway for an Explorer base at Air Venture 2001. The Explorer base is a spacious encampment exclusively for aviation Explorers and their post Advisors. Some key functions we provide are to welcome pilots and their passengers to the Convention, help them park their aircraft, and assist them with their immediate needs. Other services include ground control, spectator safety, aircraft security, and miscellaneous duties as required.