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Wings on Strings Kite Festival June 21
Free event
EAA will host an exciting family kite-flying event on June 21. The Kite Society of Wisconsin & Illinois, Milwaukee’s Gift of Wings kite store, and WROE Radio sponsor this event.
The Kite Festival will be held at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh on Pioneer Airport from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m .A series of world-class performers will stage kite-flying displays throughout the day to musical accompaniment. Don’t miss the grand launch of kites at noon!
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Random Aircraft Number 2

WITTMAN D-12 “BONZO”
Conceived, designed, built and raced by S.J. “Steve” Wittman of Oshkosh, WI, the Bonzo air racer was constructed in 1934. Careful attention to detail and clever streamlining allowed Bonzo to compete favorably with airplanes using twice the horespower. Wittman’s low budget, homebuilt airplane garnered second place in the 1935 Thompson Trophy Race against the world’s fastest racers. At one point, Steve had tuned and modified Bonzo to achieve 325 mph in level flight, putting him at the cutting edge of high-speed aerodynamics. Steve Wittman retired Bonzo from racing with the beginning of World War II; however, the innovative design of the Wittman leaf-spring landing gear as used on Bonzo has since been used on thousands of Cessna aircraft.
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