The former home of EAA founder Paul Poberezny and his family in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has been bought by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co., and will be made available to EAA for tours and special events, the company announced on Thursday. “This home hosted many of aviation’s leaders and icons, and countless aviation artifacts and photos representing the relationships and events that shaped Paul’s remarkable life are on display throughout the home,” Aircraft Spruce said in a news release. The home, which is on a 9-acre estate adjacent to the EAA grounds, will be open for public events beginning this summer.
The original stone farmhouse is over 100 years old, and served as home to Paul and his wife, Audrey, from 1991 until Paul’s death in 2013, at age 91. “This is where Paul built airplanes, read about aviation history, and wrote countless letters and articles,” said Aircraft Spruce. Poberezny served as a military pilot and test pilot for nearly 30 years, during both World War II and the Korean Conflict. As a youngster, he built model airplanes and at age 16, taught himself to fly in a battered Waco glider he had restored himself. He logged more than 30,000 hours of flight time over more than 70 years of flying, and flew nearly 500 different types of aircraft, including more than 170 amateur-built airplanes.
