What About These Other Airplanes?

A spotter’s guide to the EAA Aviation Museum aircraft around the grounds

EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN 10,000 aircraft fly to Wisconsin for AirVenture. Of those, nearly 3,000 are showplanes

— vintage aircraft, warbirds, homebuilts, aerobatic airplanes, etc. — that are displayed around the grounds. But some visitors may notice other airplanes parked here and there that didn’t fly in at all, because they’re part of the EAA Aviation Museum collection. Because our museum exhibits rotate, many of these aircraft are only viewable by the public during AirVenture, spending the rest of the year in long-term storage on the convention grounds. Each day, we’ll highlight one of these airplanes that you’ll see as you wander the neighborhoods of AirVenture.

Aircraft: Pereira Osprey 2

Designed by George Pereira, the Osprey 2 is a two-seat homebuilt amphibian built from plans. Pereira based the design on the Osprey 1 flying boat, adding a second seat and landing gear. Hundreds of Osprey 2s have been built and flown. The EAA Aviation Museum’s example is the original prototype that first flew in 1973.