{"id":13553,"date":"2019-08-19T23:22:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2019-08-19T23:23:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T23:23:20","slug":"eaa-aviation-museum-adds-two-record-breaking-aircraft-to-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/wisconsin\/eaa-aviation-museum-adds-two-record-breaking-aircraft-to-collection\/%20","title":{"rendered":"EAA Aviation Museum Adds Two Record Breaking Aircraft to Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; AutoGyro MT-03 on display at EAA.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EAA Aviation Museum is displaying two new aircraft that\nmade appearances during EAA AirVenture 2019. These two displays include the\nBlackFly from Opener and the AutoGyro MT-03 from AutoGyro GmbH, adding to the\nworld-class collection at the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlackFlyedit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13554\" width=\"358\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlackFlyedit.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlackFlyedit-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption><em>BlackFly<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The BlackFly is the very first addition to the EAA Aviation\nMuseum that operates entirely on electric power. This single seat, ultralight\naircraft had its first manned flight in 2018 and is scheduled to be available\nfor purchase to the public later this year. The BlackFly was on display outside\nthe Urban Air Mobility exhibit at this year\u2019s AirVenture, showing a small\nglimpse at the future of personal aerial vehicles. Opener displayed the\nBlackFly initially during AirVenture 2018 and then donated the aircraft to the\nEAA Aviation Museum during AirVenture 2019 on July 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AutoGyro MT-03 is the most recently notable one of five\nAutoGyro aircraft on display at the EAA Aviation Museum, two of which\n(including the MT-03) are world record holding aircraft. In 2019, Irishman\nNorman Surplus completed the very first around-the-world journey flown in an\nAutoGyro. Surplus made his way through 32 countries over the 9-year journey\nacross the globe. The AutoGyro MT-03 will be on display in the museum through\nAirVenture 2020 and will feature a map pinpointing the exact flight path and\nvarious stops Surplus made along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; AutoGyro MT-03 on display at EAA. The EAA Aviation Museum is displaying two new aircraft that made appearances during EAA AirVenture 2019. These two displays include the BlackFly from Opener and the AutoGyro MT-03 from AutoGyro GmbH, adding to the world-class collection at the museum. The BlackFly is the very first addition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news","category-wisconsin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EAA-Gyro.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553","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=13553"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13557,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions\/13557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}