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November 2, 1909 |
Aviation in Wisconsin refers to the aviation industry of the
American
Midwestern state of
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin's first aeronautical event was a flight of a Curtiss aircraft by
Arthur Pratt Warner on November 2, 1909, in
Beloit.
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Events
Aircraft Manufacturers
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American Champion,
Rochester 1980 – present, builds modern variations of the
Aeronca Champion.
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Basler Turbo Conversions,
Oshkosh 1957 – present, manufactures
Basler BT-67s by retrofitting
Douglas DC-3 aircraft with
Turboprop engines.
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Champion Aircraft,
Osceola 1954 − present, acquired by
AviaBellanca Aircraft Corporation in 1970.
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DarkAero,
Madison 2017 − present, building a high-performance kit aircraft design.
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Hamilton Manufacturing Company,
Milwaukee 1918 – 1929, maker of propellers.
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Hamilton Metalplane Company,
Milwaukee − 1927, sold to
Boeing, maker of the
Hamilton Metalplane.
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Sonex Aircraft,
Oshkosh 1998 − present, produces homebuilt designs and kits. Manafacutres the
Sonex series of lightweight aircraft.
Aerospace
Airports
Commercial Service
People
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Richard Bong, highest-scoring
air ace during WWII, was born in
Superior.
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Klapmeier brothers, founders of
Cirrus Aircraft, started their careers in
Baraboo.
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Billy Mitchell, a
major general who is regarded as the father of the
United States Air Force, grew up in
West Allis.
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Paul Poberezny, founder of the
EAA and the
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, lived in
Hales Corners and
Oshkosh.
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Tom Poberezny, former
aerobatic world champion and president of the
EAA, lived in
Hales Corners and
Oshkosh.
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Robert Campbell Reeve, founder of
Reeve Aleutian Airways, was born in
Waunakee.
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Deke Slayton,
USAF pilot and one of the original
NASA
Mercury Seven astronauts, was born in
Sparta.
Organizations
Government and Military
Museums
Gallery
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Mitchell Gallery of Flight
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EAA museum and headquarters
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EAA airshow grounds from the air in 2011
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Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center
References
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"Wisconsin First Flight". Wisconsin Public Television. Archived from
the original on November 10, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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"When Sputnik Crashed in Wisconsin Half a century later, the town of Manitowoc commemorates its biggest day ever". Retrieved September 1, 2014.
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Biggest Annual U.S. Air Show to Salute NASA's 50th Anniversary NASA, July 23, 2008
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"Basler BT-67". Archived from
the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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"Aircraft". www.darkaero.com.
Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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"Air Wisconsin". Archived from
the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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^ F. Robert Van der Linden (2002).
Airlines and air mail: the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation. University Press of Kentucky.
ISBN
9780813122199.
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"Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame". Archived from
the original on April 4, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
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"Wisconsin Department of Transportation Travel by air".
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"Wisconsin State Patrol". Archived from
the original on January 3, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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"EAA Airventure Museum". Archived from
the original on April 26, 2011. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
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"SC Johnson unveils new architectural showpiece". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2010.[
permanent dead link]
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^ Blair Kamin (January 27, 2010).
"Meeting Mr. Wright: Norman Foster's new Fortaleza Hall at S.C. Johnson & Son converses winningly with the old master". Chicago Tribune. Archived from
the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
In 1935, Herbert F. Johnson, then the company's president, flew the original model of the S-38 from Racine to the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in search of a lasting source of wax from the carnauba palm tree.
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Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin
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