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The museum is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, adjacent to Wittman Regional Airport, home of the museum's sponsoring organization, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), and the organization's EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event (the world's biggest fly-in and airshow) that takes place in late July/early August.
The airport has serviced aircraft as large as the Boeing 747, Boeing 767, Airbus A380, Concorde and Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. [10] The airport has been served by commercial airlines in the past. Until 1980, Wittman boarded more passengers than nearby Appleton International Airport, and was the commercial air hub of the Fox Cities.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly the EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In), or just Oshkosh, is an annual air show and gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at the Wittman Regional Airport and adjacent Pioneer Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States.
Liberty Aviation Museum, Port Clinton; MAPS Air Museum, Canton; Motts Military Museum, Groveport; NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland; National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton; National Aviation Hall of Fame, Dayton; Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning Center, Columbus – planned [78] Ohio History of Flight Museum ...
The Oshkosh Public Museum will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a year-long series of exhibits, events and programs dubbed 'OPM 100.' Oshkosh Public Museum is turning 100 with a year of events ...
Oshkosh's airport, Wittman Field or Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), opened in 1927 as Oshkosh Airport Inc. The airport had commercial traffic starting in 1928 when Northwest Airways delivered mail to Oshkosh and the Fox Cities. In 1972, the airport was renamed after race pilot Steve Wittman, who was the airport manager for 38 years.
A cluster of six stately Neoclassical-styled buildings: the 1900 Oshkosh Public Library, [141] the 1914 Fraternal Reserve Association, [142] the 1924 Goettman Printing Company, [143] the 1925 Oshkosh Masonic Temple, [144] the 1929 U.S. Post Office, [145] and the 1925 Wisconsin National Life Insurance Building. [146] [147] 86: Washington Street ...
The Museum is home to EAA's collection of more than 200 aircraft, of which more than 90 are on display inside the museum at any time. The museum's Pioneer Airport is a re-creation of a vintage aerodrome, with more than 40 additional airplanes on display. From May through mid-October (daily Memorial Day through Labor Day), flights are offered in ...