How EAA Keeps Those VWs Running

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Key Takeaways:

  • EAA utilizes a significant and growing fleet of modified VW Beetles for transportation at AirVenture Oshkosh.
  • Now numbering over 40 vehicles, these Beetles are critical to the show's transportation network.
  • An *AVweb* video from AirVenture 2017 features the history and maintenance requirements of this fleet.
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You don’t have to hang around AirVenture at Oshkosh long to spot one of EAA’s modified VW Beetles. And boy has the fleet grown. What started with a few love-bugs has since grown to over 40 of them, and they’ve become critical to EAA’s show transportation network. AVweb’s intern Ashley Anglisano looked at the history and maintenance requirements of the fleet with Gary Doehling and prepared this short video from AirVenture 2017.

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