{"id":12153,"date":"2019-03-04T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12153"},"modified":"2019-03-04T22:06:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:06:09","slug":"eaas-spirit-of-aviation-coming-to-locations-throughout-the-u-s-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/eaas-spirit-of-aviation-coming-to-locations-throughout-the-u-s-in-2019\/%20","title":{"rendered":"EAA\u2019s \u2018Spirit of Aviation\u2019 Coming to Locations Throughout the U.S. in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Experimental Aircraft Association will again deliver\nthe excitement of flight throughout the United States in 2019 as EAA\u2019s \u201cSpirit\nof Aviation\u201d mobile unit, sponsored by the National Air Traffic Controllers\nAssociation (NATCA), visits numerous events this year. The traveling\nexperiential exhibit introduces EAA to enthusiasts through hands-on,\nmember-tested activities engaging people of all ages in aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTens of thousands of people discovered the wonders of\nflight at the EAA Spirit of Aviation tour in 2018, including such distinguished\nvisitors as Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, who visited us when we were at the\nSouth by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, last year,\u201d said Dave Chaimson,\nEAA\u2019s vice president of marketing and business development. \u201cMore importantly,\nEAA\u2019s Spirit of Aviation experience encompasses immersive activities and\nvirtual reality, giving visitors a glimpse into flight and invites them to be\npart of EAA\u2019s dynamic member community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spirit of Aviation mobile unit will be making 11\nappearances in seven states during 2019. Upcoming visits throughout the year\ninclude (tour schedule subject to change without notice):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         March\n22-23: USA Science & Engineering Festival L.A.; Los Angeles, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         April\n13-14: Wings Over South Texas Air Show; Corpus Christi, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         April\n27-28: MCAS Beaufort Air Show; Beaufort, South Carolina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         May\n10-12: Joint Base Andrews Air Show; Joint Base Andrews, Maryland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         June\n15-16: Minnesota Air Spectacular; Mankato, Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         June\n20-23: NTT IndyCar Series REV Group at Road America; Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         July\n23-29: EAA AirVenture; Oshkosh, Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         August\n12-17: International Pathfinder Camporee; Oshkosh, Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         August\n22-September 2: Minnesota State Fair; St. Paul, Minnesota<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         September\n27-29: MakerFaire; Milwaukee, Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c2\u00b7         October\n10-13: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta; Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 53-foot traveling exhibit is a rolling billboard for\nEAA, including graphics highlighting a Long-EZ homebuilt aircraft that\nrepresents EAA\u2019s experimental aircraft roots. It also includes promotions for\nEAA AirVenture Oshkosh and the EAA Young Eagles program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun, it\u2019s discovery, and it\u2019s a fantastic\nintroduction to the world of flight,\u201d Chaimson said. \u201cStop by and bring the\nentire family. At selected locations, we are even bringing along our own Stan\nLee-inspired superhero, Aviore, who was created through a cooperative effort by\nEAA and the Stan Lee Foundation in 2017 as an inspiration to young people all\nover the world, encouraging them to follow their passions and find their place\nin the sky!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visitors to EAA\u2019s experiential marketing exhibit will be\nable to build their own Aviore gliders, supported by Flite Test, and take\nvirtual flights with Samsung Gear VR headsets to connect with the Spirit of\nAviation. There are also Redbird flight simulators for flight training\nexperiences, hands-on building stations, and EAA\u2019s Virtual Flight Academy as\npart of the organization\u2019s mission to grow participation in aviation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Experimental Aircraft Association will again deliver the excitement of flight throughout the United States in 2019 as EAA\u2019s \u201cSpirit of Aviation\u201d mobile unit, sponsored by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), visits numerous events this year. The traveling experiential exhibit introduces EAA to enthusiasts through hands-on, member-tested activities engaging people of all ages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SnF17-General-CMM_8788_140231edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12156,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153\/revisions\/12156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}