Organization Celebrates 51st Anniversary

On Monday, the EAA celebrated its 51st anniversary, recalling its first meeting in a wintry night in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1953.  The organization says its success would not be possible without the support and involvement of its hundreds of thousands of members through the years, and the 170,000 aviation enthusiasts who are current EAA members.  EAA had its start next to a half-built airplane in a garage in the Milwaukee area.  In the years after World War II, Paul Poberezny was continually working on airplane projects in his garage.  While he was in the process of rebuilding an old Taylorcraft, former members of the defunct Milwaukee Lightplane Club stopped by to help or just visit.  The ga