EAA AirVenture Museum

EAA Airventure Museum

. Family Flightfest
Saturday March 20
Sunday March 21
10:00-5:00
EAA AirVenture Museum

A full weekend of family activities guaranteed to cure those mid-winter blues. Family Flightfest provides exciting interactive activities for kids of all ages. Try your hand at paper airplanes, modeling, simulators, crafts, and more! Visit the new model show opening on Saturday. Lunch will be available to purchase from 11:30 to 1:30 each day All other activities are included in regular museum admission. EAA members are free. www.airventuremuseum.org

TAYLORCRAFT BF-50
Manufactured in 1938, this aircraft was modified for aerobatics in 1950 by Johnny Vassey. It is better known, however, for having been flown for many years by the famous author, barnstormer and air show pilot Duane Cole. It attended and flew at every EAA Fly-In Convention but two between 1953 and 1989, and is believed to have landed at more airports than any other airplane. When Duane Cole was selected for the USA World Aerobatic Team in 1962, this was the first light plane to cross the Iron Curtain into Communist Hungary.

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Pioneer Airport Opening
Saturday May 1 & Sunday May 2
Pioneer Airport

The new flying season opens at Pioneer Airport, with vintage aircraft activities, plus Young Eagles flights. More than 50 vintage airplanes are displayed in seven period hangers designed to take you back to aviation’s “Golden Age” of the 1920’s and 30’s. The unique recreation will take you back to a time when the magic of flying astounded and charmed the whole world. Admission to Pioneer Airport is included with regular museum admission. www.pioneerairport.org

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“I Learned about Flying from That”- by: Barry Ross

For the past 25 years Barry has illustrated Flying magazine’s monthly feature “I Learned About Flying From That”. These accounts of pilot’s sometimes hair-raising, sometimes funny and always educational experiences are the basis for the paintings that are featured here. He has tried to evoke both the risk and thrill of flight, capture the moment when things have gone awry, and yet give the viewer a hopeful feeling that the crisis will be satisfactorily resolved. Click here for more information.