Hegy Propellers founder Ray Hegy manufactured wooden propellers for homebuilt and ultra light aircraft. In 1950 he began design and build of a single place high performance biplane. The Hegy R.C.H.I. "El Chuparosa" (Spanish for hummingbird) first flew in 1959. It was regular at the annual EAA Fly-in at Rockford, IL 1960 - 69 before the event moved to Oshkosh, WI. The unique aircraft was donated to the EAA on August 14, 1977.

28 Dec '43: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4432. Assigned to several stateside bases during its career. 1946: RFC, Altus, OK. Owned by several civilian operators over the years. 9/52: Cannon nose was replaced by a standard B-25J 8-gun nose. 10/55: Husky Oil Co., Cody, WY, and several executive modifications were made, including the installation of an air stair and pointed tail cone. 1970: Flew in the movie, "Catch-22." 5/72: Donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation. Oshkosh, WI. From 1975 to 1985 the plane went through a complete restoration and a standard B-25J glass nose was installed.

28 Dec '43: TOS USAAF with s/n 43-4432. Assigned to several stateside bases during its career. 1946: RFC, Altus, OK. Owned by several civilian operators over the years. 9/52: Cannon nose was replaced by a standard B-25J 8-gun nose. 10/55: Husky Oil Co., Cody, WY, and several executive modifications were made, including the installation of an air stair and pointed tail cone. 1970: Flew in the movie, "Catch-22." 5/72: Donated to the EAA Aviation Foundation. Oshkosh, WI. From 1975 to 1985 the plane went through a complete restoration and a standard B-25J glass nose was installed.

Designed in the 30's, Howard and Joe Funk formed the Akron Aircraft Company in 1939 to produce their Funk B two seat airplane. In 1941 the company moved to Coffeyville, Kansas and was re-named the Funk Aircraft Company. This Early Funk B was built in 1940. Part of the EAA Airventure Museum collection, it has the Funk - Akron Aircraft Company logo on the tail.

The Grizzly was a canard proof-of-concept STOL bush plane. All composite, only one was built.The low wing was detrimental to true bush operations, but the aircraft was later cleared to be a tow plane for the company's Model 77 Solitaire motor glider. The aircraft was donated to the EAA AirVenture Museum in 1997.

Part of the EAA Museum collection, and on display near the EAA Convention grounds. On loan from the USAF Museum since1979.

This is actually F-86H USAF S/N 52-1993. It has been on loan from the USAF Museum to the EAA Museum since 1961. It is located on the southwest corner of the EAA complex.

Part of the EAA Museum collection. On display near the EAA complex.

Built as a DC-3 but taken on new by the USAAF as C-49K 43-2014. Part of the EAA Museum collection, and on display outside near the EAA complex.

Stored at various military bases after delivery in 1945 as 44-68334, this Cadet target drone was activated by the Flight Test Division of the Wright Air Development Center in March 1949. Test flying in the TIPTOW Fighter Range Extension Project, the aircraft was retired after more than 231 test couplings when it collided with the C-47 tow plane due to a mechanical failure on February 21, 1950. Now part of the EAA Museum collection, the aircraft is still carrying it's civil registration although it was actually cancelled in 2015.

One of thirty-four Chipmunks bought by the Canadian Department of National Defence for civil training schools across Canada to provide refresher training for RCAF Reserve pilots. To the USA via the Winnipeg Flying Club in 1967, it was modified to a Super Chipmunk for airshow performances. Art Scholl acquired the aircraft in 1977 and it was donated to the EAA Museum by the pilot's widow after his death.

Cancelled Eastern order. Delivered to the USAAF as C-49K 43-2014 in 1943. To NC12945 in 1945. Registered as N12945 after 1948. N77D in 1952, N7222 in 1965 and N7772 in 1968. To the museum in 1990.

As interest in the Deutsche de La Muerthe Cup Race revived in the 1930s, race car designer Ettore Bugatti began a design to compete in the speed competition. The Bugatti 100P was under construction when WWII intervened. Unfinished, the aircraft was moved from his Paris factory in 1940 as Germans advanced and stored in the countryside. In 1970 a collector in the USA bought the aircraft for the two Bugatti engines in the racer and sold the airframe for restoration. Donated to the US Air Force Museum in 1979, it was kept stored until donated to the EAA Museum in 1996 and a restoration completed.

Airworthy replica of the prewar design, built in 1998 by William H. Turner.