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

LOCKHEED P-38 LIGHTNING
The P-38 filled many roles – fighter, bomber, photo/reconnaissance, pathfinder and night fighter. Because of this versatility, it became the only U.S. fighter to remain in production – and in combat – throughout the war. The Lockheed P-38 “Lightning” first saw combat on Aug 4 1942, when P-38s based in the Aleutian Islands downed two Japanese flying boats. The Aircraft exhibited in the EAA AirVenture Museum bears the victory flags and squadron markings of Richard Bong’s P-38, “Marge”, as it appeared in March 1944.

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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.