Founder of EAA airshow: EAA Founder Paul Poberezny
Location of first EAA airshow: Milwaukee Timmerman Field
Name of umbrella airshow that year: Milwaukee Air Pageant
Number of airplanes, 1953: Around 40 (EAA says it was a “handful” of mostly homebuilt or modified models)
Number of airshow attendees: Approximately 150
Year of first EAA airshow: 1953
Number of airplanes at 1958, final Timmerman show: 60
New home for 1959: Rockford, Illinois
Number of airplanes at Rockford, 1961: Nearly 2,000
Winning homebuilt contest design, 1961: Pete Bowers’ Fly Baby
Smallest homebuilt that year: O’Neal Pea Pod Pusher, 6-foot wingspan
Main restriction in contest: Buildable in a garage
New name EAA Founder Paul Poberezny proposed that year for EAA: Sport Aircraft Association
Year in which Sport Aircraft Association name was adopted: Never
Years for EAA airshow in Rockford: 11
Stated reason for leaving Rockford: Lack of real estate
First EAA airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin: 1970
Member who suggested the move: Steve Wittman
Major attraction of Oshkosh: Available real estate and two long, non-intersecting runways
Months EAA had to prepare for first Oshkosh show: 6
Number of planes at 1970 Oshkosh airshow: 600
Cost of admission, 1974: $4 per day, $20 per week
Cost of admission to EAA members, 1974: Free
Noteworthy Oshkosh 1974 debut: Burt Rutan with VariViggen
Claimed attendance, 1978: 350,000
Number of campers, 1978: 30,000
Interesting Development, Day 3, Oshkosh 1981: Air Traffic Controllers go on strike
Fastest civil plane first visit: British Airways Concorde, 1984
Models of planes simultaneous arrival, 1989: Antonov An-124, plus two Sukhoi aerobatic planes as cargo
Official number of attendees, 1989: 850,000
Number of fly-in airplanes, 1989: 15,000
Fastest of those 15,000 airplanes, 1989: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Number of porta-potties, 1991: 789
Amount of temporary fencing erected: 9.8 miles
Name of first Young Eagle, Oshkosh 1992: Lesley Poberezny (daughter of the pilot, Tom Poberezny)
Number of Young Eagles projected by this year’s AirVenture: 2 million
Number of EAA Oshkosh attendees, 1996: 800,000
Highest-profile airshow performer, 1996: Bob Hoover, in his return from FAA battles
Number of attendees, 2015: 550,000
Amount raised at Young Eagles Fundraiser, 2015: $2.2 million
Highest bid auction item: Ford Apollo Edition Mustang, $230,000
Fastest ever civil-owned, propeller-driven plane at EAA airshow: Modified Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Rare Bear, 528 mph
Fastest civil-owned jet ever at EAA airshow: McDonnell Douglas F-4, 1,475 mph
Largest airplane ever at EAA airshow: Airbus A380, 2009
Cost of daily pass for AirVenture 2016: $45 (parking $10)
Typical length of preparation by EAA: 50 weeks
Name of today’s event: EAA AirVenture (starting in 1997)
What it used to be called: EAA Oshkosh
What locals traditionally call the airshow: The EAA
What many pilots call it (even today): simply, Oshkosh
