by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | astronaut, Attic, aviation history, EAA Museum, History, museum, nasa
This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even astronauts feel a sense of pride toward their alma mater! NASA astronaut Joe Engle, EAA 390011, grew up in Chapman, Kansas, and eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree in...
by EAA | May 3, 2024 | Attic
These stamped steel street signs are a familiar sight to those who have attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Marking the intersection of Waukau Avenue and Knapp Street, or the intersection next to the control tower, these signs were replaced by municipal officials in...
by EAA | Apr 4, 2024 | Attic
In 1940, Smithsonian employee Paul Garber produced an exhibit highlighting the various Allied and Axis aircraft then fighting in World War II. His display caught the attention of the U.S. Navy, who commissioned Garber to produce training aids for aircraft recognition....
by EAA | Feb 8, 2024 | Attic
Printed in 1932, this postcard shows the proposed route that Oshkosh native Clyde Lee planned to take from the United States to Norway. Lee campaigned for his red 1928 Stinson to be painted with the OshKosh B’gosh logo, in hopes that the company from his hometown...
by EAA | Jan 12, 2024 | Attic, EAA Museum
When it entered service in 1934, the Martin B-10 was a revolution in bomber design. Faster than many fighters of the day, the B-10 featured an all-metal airframe, enclosed cockpits, an internal bomb bay, and rotating gun turrets, all features that would become...
by EAA | Nov 30, 2023 | Attic
Before the miniaturization and adoption of hard disk drives, magnetic tape reels like this were a primary data storage medium in early computers. This reel contained part of the flight test program for the approach and landing tests of the space shuttle Enterprise....
