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

NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION XP-51
In 1940, the British desperately needed fighter aircraft. North American Aviation offered to create an entirely new fighter in just 120 days. The result - the P-51 Mustang - proved to be the most successful and versatile fighter of World War II. A total of over 15,000 were produced. The EAA AirVenture Museum’s XP-51 represents the prototype stage of the Mustang’s development. The fourth P-51 ever built and the oldest to survive, it is one of the Museum’s greatest treasures.

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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.