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KidVenture
KidVenture hours are 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. daily,
except for
Sunday
when closing time is 2 p.m. due to the earlier air show. Shuttle busses
will run regular schedules to KidVenture throughout the day from the
main EAA AirVenture bus stop and AirVenture Museum.
 The
unique array of aircraft and activities gracing the flight line at EAA
AirVenture Oshkosh generates plenty of attention and excitement, especially
among youngsters. However, if kids of any age want a safe and fun hands-on
aviation experience, a visit to KidVenture is essential.
Located at Pioneer Airport, KidVenture's campus has become a
prominent fixture of AirVenture's landscape. Where else can kids get the chance
to build their own model rockets and balsa planes, fly in a high-tech flight
simulator, try their hand at flying a control-line model, be an air traffic
controller, and meet aviation
legends?
While toddlers tool around in the pedal-plane
corral, bigger kids can take the pre-flight challenge and get their first log
book. The wide variety of flight simulators found at KidVenture take them
anywhere, from NASA space missions, to managing flights to San Francisco as an
air traffic controller, to Wright brothers' adventures.
Airplanes are everywhere but, unlike on the EAA
AirVenture flight line, there aren't any "Please Do Not Touch" signs
at KidVenture. Inquisitive minds are free to explore several half-built airplane
projects and crawl around in EAA AirVenture Museum's DC-3 and CH-21 Shawnee
helicopter.
KidVenture memories aren't the only things
youngsters will take home. They can build their own airworthy Estes rocket;
rubber-powered airplane from Midwest; carve their own wooden propeller and learn
to rivet- all free of charge. Kids might even be able to snag an autograph or
two from some of aviation's most respected individuals appearing at the
KidVenture Hero Stage.
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Control line
flying, and everything else at KidVenture, relocates to the
other side of the Pioneer runway at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2007. |
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Kids
hungry for some hands-on flying action will enjoy the control-line model
airplanes. Experienced model pilots will be there to teach techniques of
flying these small, nitro-powered, tether line-controlled aircraft.
Control-line flying began as a stand-alone activity at Pioneer Airport
in 1997 with the help of NAFI president, Sean Elliott and former
control-line champ Sean Elliott.
Be an Air Traffic Controller managing flights
to San Francisco on the Smart Skies
radar screen. Watch
the video.
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