by EAA | Jun 3, 2021 | EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum
The massive, 1:36-scale model of the Graf Zeppelin II that was the result of 17 years of construction, is now on display at the EAA Aviation Museum after an extensive restoration. Read...
by EAA | May 18, 2021 | Attic, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum
On August 2, 1988, at the height of that year’s EAA fly-in and convention in Oshkosh, EAA broke ground on a major addition to our museum, the Eagle Hangar. Read...
by Chris Henry | May 13, 2021 | B-17, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Memphis Belle, Warbirds
The EAA Aviation Museum recently received some items once owned by B-17 Memphis Belle waist gunner Bill Winchell. Read...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | EAA Museum, gene kranz, History, Honoring The Past, nasa, Warbirds
Space program legend Gene Kranz donated the flight helmet he wore during his time as an F-86 Sabre pilot in the Korean War to the EAA AirVenture Museum at Friday night’s Wright Brothers Memorial Dinner. Kranz, who is well-known for his role as NASA’s mission control...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | aviation history, bud anderson, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, mustang, old crow, p-51, speaker series, warbird, Warbirds, world war ii, wwii
November 23, 2016 – On November 17 the EAA AirVenture Museum was fortunate to host triple ace Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson for the Museum Speaker Series before a crowd of more than 250 people. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included”...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | EAA Museum, flight fest, Why We Fly, Youth & Young Eagles
It was a record setting year with 1,678 people visiting the EAA Aviation Museum for Family Flight Fest 2017 March 18-19. Visitors got to see and do a little bit of everything: watching an indoor air show, building model airplanes out of paper, balsa wood, plastic, and...