Aero Magazine International – September 2019

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EA A AIR VENTURE

Oshkosh

50 YEARS

The novelties of the world’s largest aeronautical meeting that since five

decades takes place in the small town of Wisconsin interior

BY | EDMUNDO UBIRATAN, FROM OSHKOSH

S

ince 50 years, the world’

largest aeronautical meeting

takes place in the small and

quiet city of Oshkosh, in the

interior of Wisconsin, north

of the United States. Different from

the Paris and Farnborough salons,

more addressed to the regular and

military aviation market, with billion

dollars being negotiated, the Air Ven-

ture has emerged as a meeting be-

tween aviation amateurs. Promoted by

the Experimental Aircraft Association

EAA, the fair has not only popula-

rized Oshkosh to the world, but has

also given wings mainly to light and

classic aviation.

In the commemorations, the

aviator John Dyke has donated a

Dyke Delta JD-2 to the EAA, which

was exhibited during the Air Venture

2019 beside the iconic Brown Arch.

This aircraft, by the way, was no less

that the first one to land in Oshkosh

in the first edition of the Air Venture

with aircrafts in the city.