by EAA | Nov 24, 2024 | AirVenture, Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it “EAA,” but in 1969 it was the “Sport Aviation Convention.” The event was held in...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Attic, EAA Museum, History
This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Back when a commercial flight was still an event to dress to the nines for, Pan American World Airways commemorated a passenger’s crossing the equator with a little memento. On April...
by EAA | Aug 29, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In 1979, more than 40 years after she made her historic solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Hallmark released an Amelia Earhart doll as the first doll in its “Famous Americans” series....
by EAA | Sep 15, 2021 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Museum, Stories Of Oshkosh
Legendary pilot and air racer Steve Wittman, longtime manager of what is now known as Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, was also a prolific aircraft designer. Read...
by EAA | Aug 18, 2021 | Attic, aviation history, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This Mk IIA course and speed calculator was a mechanical computer used by British and Commonwealth air forces during World War II. Read...
by EAA | Apr 29, 2021 | APH-5, Attic, EAA Attic, Huey, U.S. Army
This piece of protective headgear is an APH-5 helmet manufactured by the Sierra Engineering Co., and it’s currently on display inside our Bell UH-1B Huey gunship, The Good Widow Mrs. Jones, in the EAA Aviation Museum. Read...
