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EAA founder Paul Poberezny proposed the idea of the EAA Air Museum-Air Education center in August 1958. [2] In the late 1970s, his son, EAA president Tom Poberezny, led the campaign to build the current updated EAA museum and headquarters, which was officially opened in 1983. The EAA library has been open to EAA members since 1985.
Wisconsin River Papermaking Museum: Wisconsin Rapids: Wood: Central Sands Prairie: Industry: Papermaking history in the Wisconsin River valley and particularly history of the Consolidated Water Power & Paper Company [77] Wisconsin Science Museum Madison Dane Southern Savanna STEM: Museum exhibits, activities and art inspire STEM interest and ...
First opened in 1983 and located adjacent to EAA's headquarters in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the EAA Aviation Museum is an extensive collection of aircraft and aviation displays. 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.
One of Oshkosh’s biggest drawing cards seems to be a year-round attraction, as at least 60,000 people visited EAA’s aviation museum last year outside of the popular one-week AirVenture show in ...
Pioneer Airport (FAA LID: WS17) is a privately owned airport located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of Oshkosh, a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. [1] The airport is located on the northwest edge of Wittman Regional Airport, with which it co-hosts the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.
The Sheboygan County Aviation Corporation was established in 1998 by a group from EAA Chapter 766. In March 2003, it signed a 50-year lease for a plot of land at the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport and announced plans for a "Gateway to Aviation" project to build an Aviation Welcome Center & Education Facility the following year.
Wisconsin Dells: Shingle-style summer home complete with turret, on a hill outside Wisconsin Dells, designed by Eschweiler and built in 1899 for Upham, a Milwaukee lawyer. In 1938 the Uphams donated the property to Wisconsin Easter Seals, which now uses it as Camp Wawbeek, for children with disabilities. [116] [117] 54: Jacob Weber House: Jacob ...
F-86 Sabre (top), A-10 Thunderbolt II (mid), and P-51D Mustang (bottom) performing at Oshkosh in 2009. EAA was founded in Hales Corners, Wisconsin in 1953 by aircraft designer and military aviator veteran Paul Poberezny, who originally started the organization in the basement of his home for builders and restorers of recreational aircraft. [7]