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AIRVENTURE TODAY
WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER AIRPLANES? A spotter’s guide to the EAA Aviation Museum aircraft around the grounds BY HAL BRYAN
AIRVENTURE TODAY STAFF
EVERY YEAR, MORE than 10,000 aircraft fly
to Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Of those, nearly 3,000 are showplanes — vintage aircraft, warbirds, homebuilts, aerobatic airplanes, etc. — that are displayed around the grounds. But some visitors may notice other airplanes parked here and there that didn’t fly in at all, because they’re part of the EAA Aviation Museum collection. Because our museum exhibits rotate, many of these aircraft are only viewable by the public during AirVenture, spending the rest of the year in long-term storage on the convention grounds. Here’s a guide to some of these airplanes that you’ll see as you wander the neighborhoods of AirVenture.
PHOTO BY CRYSTAL PEREZ
PEREIRA OSPREY 2 LOCATION: FORUMS AREA
Designed by George Pereira, the Osprey 2 is a twoseat homebuilt amphibian built from plans. The EAA
Aviation Museum’s example is the original prototype that first flew in 1973.
This is Epic.
epicaircraft.com
Speed 333 KTAS
Climb 4000 FPM
Range 1650 NM
Payload 1100 lbs Fully Fueled