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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly The EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In) is an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States.
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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh (formerly The EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In) is an annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States.
The event is presented by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), a national/international organization based in Oshkosh. The airshow is seven days long and typically begins on the last Monday in July. The airport's control tower is the busiest control tower in the world during the gathering.
History
EAA was founded in 1953 in Milwaukee, Wis., as an organization for people who were building or restoring their own recreational aircraft. Homebuilding is still a large part of EAA, but the organization has grown over the years to include almost every aspect of recreational aviation and aeronautics.
The first EAA fly-in was held in 1953 in Hales Corners, Wisconsin (near Milwaukee). In 1959 EAA fly-in moved to Rockford, Illinois. When it outgrew its facilities at the Rockford airport, the EAA fly-in moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1970.
For many years the official name of the event was The EAA Annual Convention and Fly-In. In 1998 the name was changed to AirVenture Oshkosh. But many regular attendees still refer to it as The Oshkosh Airshow, or just Oshkosh.
For many years, the access to the flight line (area directly adjacent to the runway) was restricted to EAA members only; this restriction was lifted in the late 1990s.
Notable appearances
The British supersonic airliner Concorde made regular appearances during its scheduled operations, beginning in 1985 and also appearing in 1988, 1990, 1994 and 1998.
During their 1986 North-America tour the Italian display team Frecce Tricolori also stopped to perform in Oshkosh.
Among other unique airplanes that have recently appeared at Oshkosh was the Airbus "Beluga" in 2003, the F-22 Raptor in 2006, 2007, and 2008, the V-22 Osprey in 2008, NASA's Super Guppy in 2000, and the Boeing 747 LCF "Dreamlifter" in 2008.
In 1994, a unique gathering at the event featured 15 of the 25 then-surviving Apollo astronauts, including the complete crews of Apollo 11 (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins) and Apollo 8 (Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders).
In 1997 (celebrating the 50th anniversary of an independent US Air Force), the SR-71 Blackbird made a fly-over. This was supposed to be supersonic but due to a fuel leak, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Milwaukee. The first pass featured a simulated in flight refueling with a KC-135T from 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base.
