2011 EAA AirVenture a resounding success
August 3, 2011, 03:46 pm
The biggest general aviation expo in the United States, the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture, came to a close last week. An article published on General Aviation News provides some of the statistical highlights from the event.
The article reports that more than 10,000 aircraft arrived in the Oshkosh region of Wisconsin for the AirVenture. One hundred and forty-two more aircraft were shown than in 2010, for a grand total of 2,522. This number includes 30 rotorcraft, 36 aerobatic aircraft, 92 seaplanes, 94 ultra-lights, 367 vintage military aircraft, 899 historic airplanes and 974 homebuilt planes.
More than half a million people attended the AirVenture. EAA president Rod Hightower told the source, "This year's event was a tremendous success. From the arrival of the Boeing 787 to our tributes to Bob Hoover and Burt Rutan, all the way through the huge crowd on the flight line for Saturday's night air show, the spirit of aviation was alive and well at Oshkosh this year. You could sense the enthusiasm for aviation and the future of flight throughout the AirVenture grounds."
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