AirVenture 2017- EAA Museum
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I always like to check out the EAA Museum. It's well worth your time, if you are ever passing through Oshkosh.
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| They now have a statue in the lobby of the EAA founder, Paul Poberezny, who passed away in 2013. |
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| The Christen Eagles flown by the Eagles Aerobatic Team of Charlie Hillard, Tom Poberezny, and Gene Soucy for 16 years. |
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| The original Air Cam #1 developed by Phil Lockwood for the National Geographic Society. The mission was aerial photography over the vast Congo jungle where having a second engine was a real good idea. |
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| They have an area dedicated to Richard VanGrunsven and RVs. Hanging in the air is the original RV-1 which Van modified from a Stits Playboy in 1965. They did a neat national flying tour of this airplane back in 2012 before it went into this museum. |
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| Another shot of the RV-1. |
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| The first RV-3 which was a clean-sheet design developed in the late 60s. It was a single seater, the forerunner of all RVs. |
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The first RV-4 which was the first two-seater RV (tandem) in 1979.
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I thought they did a nice job on the placards describing the RV story. I think Vans Aircraft Company has sold over 20,000 kits and over 9,700 are flying. No other kitplane company comes close.
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I liked this map with a pin representing each EAA Chapter's location.
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| The original homebuilt plane: a Corben Baby Ace hangs overhead. |
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| A replica of the original EAA headquarter office -- in the Poberezny's basement! |
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| As you might expect, Burt (the designer) and Dick (the Voyager's pilot) Rutan have a prominent presence in the museum. |
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| I can never get over how small the living area was inside the Voyager. The pilot sat here. |
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And the co-pilot streched out here. For nine full days.
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| Two of these little 110 horsepower engines powered the Voyager which was a pretty good-sized airplane. |
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Legos!
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| Of course I have to include a picture of the EAA Museum's Fokker DR-1 Triplane. |
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| A Corben Baby Ace on floats. |
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| Behind the museum is Pioneer Airport, which features a very nice grass strip. During AirVenture, helicopters operating from here give short rides over the show. They were running nonstop this AirVenture. There were also U-control airplane operations here. In fact, everything about this AirVenture 2017 was maxed to capacity. |
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Part of the museum's collection was parked outside including this big Grumman Duck. I remember seeing one of these do an aerobatic act as a kid at Transpo 72 at Dulles Airport.
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| A P-38 Lightning painted up as high-scoring ace Richard Bong's aircraft. |
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Paul Poberezny flew this P-51 Mustang "Paul 1" for years. Before that it was Frank Christensen's -- the man who designed the Christenn Eagle II -- personal corporate trransport!
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| A colorful Curtiss P-36 Hawk. |
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