EAA Founder Paul Poberezny Passes at Age 91
August 22, 2013 – Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Founder Paul Poberezny passed away this morning (August 22) at Evergreen Retirement Village in Oshkosh, Wis., after a battle with cancer. He was 91.
The Poberezny family has expressed the following: “We deeply appreciate all the support shown to Paul and Audrey over the past five months. As Paul often said, he considers himself a millionaire because through aviation he made a million friends. He leaves an unmatched legacy in aviation and can be best remembered by all the people who discovered aviation through his inspiration to create EAA. We also thank you for respecting our family’s privacy during this time.”
Only private family services are scheduled at this time. Memorials in honor of Paul’s life and legacy can be made to any of the following:
EAA Aviation Foundation: PO Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903
Evergreen Foundation, Inc.: 1130 North Westfield St., Oshkosh, WI 54902
American Cancer Society, Northeast Wisconsin: 790 Marvelle Lane, Green Bay, WI 54304
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…it was a plane adrift beneath the moon moving serenely thru beams like an angel of the night …..fair as a song ……..aloof from mortal dreams
By: 1batfastard - 23rd August 2013 at 21:36
The universe is one star less. R.I.P.
Geoff.
By: RMR - 23rd August 2013 at 01:04
RIP.
By: Feather #3 - 23rd August 2013 at 00:51
An amazing man who has left behind a lasting legacy for all aviators!
RIP
G’day 😉
By: Rocketeer - 22nd August 2013 at 22:39
That is sad – did alot for aviation for the masses…..blue skies Sir!
By: J Boyle - 22nd August 2013 at 20:05
He did a great deal for the “homebuilt” movement…as well as all of general aviation.
In case you don’t know, the EAA has special Antique and Warbird divisions as well.
By: TonyT - 22nd August 2013 at 20:05
People like this do not die, they simply move on to another plane, RIP Good Sir, you have left this world a better place for having made your mark upon it.
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August 22, 2013 at 7:53 pm