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Family Flightfest March 8 - 9, 2008 —The third annual Family Flightfest attracted several hundred visitors the weekend of March 8 and 9th. Families had the opportunity to engage in multiple activities, including flight simulators, paper airplane contests and stamp scavenger hunts. Younger children had a great time “flying” the pedal planes and designing their own special aviator goggles. The Eagle Hangar was filled with modelers and R/C airplanes. Guests were treated to flying demonstrations of rubber-powered model airplanes, radio-controlled models and a huge flying blimp.
2008 EAA Skiplane Fly-In January 26, 2008- A large group of aviation enthusiasts turned out on an overcast, flurry-filled day for the annual EAA Skiplane Fly-In at Pioneer Airport. While IFR conditions prevented the vast majority of skiplanes from making the journey to Oshkosh, that didn’t seem to matter to the hundreds of folks who came to celebrate the establishment of EAA, as well as the birthday of EAA’s matriarch, Audrey Poberezny.
2007 Christmas in the Air December 8, 2007- Christmas in the Air attracts kids of all ages and has become an annual tradition at EAA. The event featured festive music performed by over 20 local musical groups that performed in four staged areas throughout the museum, free cookies and punch, a chocolate tasting competition between almost 30 different chocolate vendors as part of Just "Plane" Chocolate, and – what everyone waits for - Santa Claus arriving by helicopter at 6:30 p.m.