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History Takes Flight
With a collection of more than 200 historic aircraft, the EAA Aviation Museum is a year-round destination, combining aviation's past with the promise of its exciting future.
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The EAA Library is open to EAA members by special appointment, and remote assistance with research projects can be facilitated by contacting our membership services department at
membership@eaa.org
The library’s collection has been accumulating since the beginning of EAA itself in 1953. Members began donating items they felt would assist EAA in serving the aviation community and preserving aviation’s history. Over the years the collection became quite large, but was not organized for easy access.
When the present EAA Aviation Museum facility was built at Oshkosh in 1983, provisions were made to accommodate the library materials. Serious efforts to catalog the collection were undertaken in 1984 and by 1985 the library was open for business.
Of special interest to researchers, the collection includes the following:
An almost complete set of
Jane's All The Worlds Aircraft
, beginning with a reprint of the first volume from 1909
A complete set of
The Aircraft Yearbook,
beginning with the first volume from 1919
Several volumes of
Aerosphere
, a very valued reference tool, the earliest volume dated 1939
Copies of the
Bibliography of Aeronautics,
published by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) compiled by Paul Brockett
Books
Search through nearly 11,000 books covering a wide variety of topics.
Photographs
More than 100,000 images – some of them very rare – of aircraft and people who made them famous.
Journals
Discover innovations in aviation technology from the earliest beginnings.
Manuals
Learn about aircraft maintenance, restoration, and instruction from a variety of technical manuals.
Max Conrad Collection
Sort through the rare memorabilia collection of one of the greatest pilots who ever lived.
Services
EAA staff is available to assist you in your research needs.
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