by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | History, Honoring The Past, Spitfire, Warbirds
Canadian Dave Hadfield flew this beautifully restored Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IX on an epic 5,000 mile flight across North America, including a weeklong stop at Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture 2018. The airplane is painted to represent one flown in 65 missions by RCAF...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | Hatz biplane, History, Homebuilding
It’s been 50 years since John Hatz made the first flight of his CB-1, a biplane he designed for himself when he couldn’t find exactly what he wanted on the market. In the decades since, scores of people have fallen in love with the design and built their own, and...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, Memphis Belle, National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Warbirds
Jeff Duford, a curator at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, visited EAA recently and talked about the restoration of famed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | D-Day, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past, wwii
The D-Day Plus 75 exhibit has officially opened in the EAA Aviation Museum. Link To Site
by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, History, Honoring The Past, Stories Of Oshkosh
John Dyke, EAA Lifetime 3566, generously donated a one-of-a-kind Dyke Delta JD-2 N555A to EAA that will be on the convention grounds in front of the Brown Arch during AirVenture 2019. The Dyke Delta JD-2 was the first airplane to land on the EAA Oshkosh grounds in...
by Hal Bryan | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, History, Oshkosh, Stories Of Oshkosh
Anyone attending AirVenture this year can look around the grounds and see we’re celebrating something special — EAA’s 50th convention in Oshkosh. Except we’re not. If you read the fine print, as it were, you’ll see that we’re actually celebrating the 50th consecutive...
