EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019: Ultralight Area

The Aero Experience continues our coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, sponsored by Elite Aviation, with this look at the Ultralight Area. The Ultralight Area provided a separate place for the display and flying of not only technically classified ultralight aircraft, but also those just heavier light sport, experimental and factory-built models that need only a short runway for takeoff and landing. Here we feature the aircraft on display and those flying demo flights with passengers in the pattern.

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016: Experimental Aircraft - Rutan Legacy

Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo

EAA has it's roots in the development and promotion of experimental (i.e. homebuilt) aircraft.  Even though EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 featured many types of aircraft, the experimental aircraft industry has remained the central focus of the members' activities.      

Today we feature The Aero Experience coverage of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 experimental aircraft designed by the fertile mind of Burt Rutan and in many instances flight tested by his brother, Dick Rutan.  From the mid 1970s to today, the Rutan designs have been built in garages and hangars throughout the world.  Examples of Rutan legacy aircraft included here are the Defiant, Quickie, VariEze and Long-EZ.