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Airport tours
While the Mitchell Gallery of Flight Museum does not provide formal tours, it is open during normal airport hours (when flights are scheduled). Tours of General Mitchell International Airport are available to groups by prior appointment and the museum can be included on that tour. For tour information and appointments, contact the Airport Administration office at 414-747-5300.
Upcoming Events
2024
November 6
Finding Paul Poberezny - How Milwaukee Made EAA
Speaker: Kurt Stanich
7 p.m.
Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, Sijan Conference Room
The Sijan room is in the hallway behind the Gallery. Signs will be present.
An American aviator, entrepreneur and aircraft designer … Paul Poberezny founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) during 1953 in Milwaukee and spent the greater part of his life promoting aviation and the homebuilt aircraft movement. As you may all remember, in July of 2023 Kurt Stanich presented an amazing program entitled Finding Paul Poberezny. Mr. Stanich will be joining us again for Part 2 in that story. Our fall in-person program is scheduled for Wednesday evening, November 6th at 7 PM at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in the Sijan Conference Room. Airport parking will be validated for attendees so be sure to bring your parking ticket with you to the program.
Paul Poberezny is widely recognized as the first person to have popularized the tradition of aircraft homebuilding in the United States. He had a passion for everything aviation, and had an ability to lead and inspire people. All subsequent EAA leaders have stood on the shoulders of this quiet giant.
In addition to his longtime experience as a military aviator, he was also a flight instructor, an air show pilot, air racer and test pilot who often test flew his own homebuilt designs as well as those of others.
Please join us on November 6th for a unique follow-up presentation about a true aviation icon and founder of the beloved EAA; Finding Paul Poberezny, Part 2.
December 11
Board of Directors Meeting
4:45 p.m.
Sijan Conference Room, Mitchell International Airport