Sad News, the end of an era , Paul Poberezny passes

[fleet16b]

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

[Beefitarian]

Never met him but everything I've read makes me think he must have been a pretty nice guy. I was just reading the recent 50 heroes of aviation list from Plane & Pilot. He rated high. Sounds like we lost another good one.

[flyalmaguin]

Indeed a sad day for all aviation

From AvWeb:

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[ctmorawetz]

I saw him at Oshkosh during Airventure a few weeks ago. He was sitting in the passenger seat of "Red One", his Beetle, watching the International Visitor's parade go by. He looked pretty well for being 91 years old. I was surprised to hear that he had cancer. My condolences to his family and as someone who has enjoyed going to Airventure for 17 years, I say thanks!