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4 days ago
- General
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New aircraft displays land at EAA museum after AirVenture 2025
OSHKOSH – The Experimental Aircraft Association is enhancing its museum with new aircraft displays. According to a community announcement, a replica Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, a recreation of the racing airplane Buster, and a reproduction of the Messerschmitt Me 262 are now part of the museum's temporary exhibit. The Santos-Dumont Demoiselle, built by Club Aéro des Garrigues in France, was meant to be the centerpiece of the Pioneers of Flight display during AirVenture 2025. However, shipping issues delayed its arrival until after the July 21-27 event. The Demoiselle, designed by Alberto Santos-Dumont, is a lightweight monoplane with a bamboo fuselage. The original aircraft was constructed in 1907 and weighed less than 300 pounds. Buster, a homebuilt racing airplane, is now showcased in the Air Racing Gallery. This aircraft was designed by Steve Wittman, a well-known air racer and builder. Originally named "Chief Oshkosh," Buster was involved in a landing accident in the late 1930s and was stored until it was rebuilt and renamed in 1947. The recreated version was constructed by EAA Chapter 252 in Oshkosh using some original parts. The original Buster is currently displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The Military Aviation Museum's Messerschmitt Me 262 reproduction has also arrived from Virginia and is now on display in the Eagle Hangar. This aircraft was featured during AirVenture 2025 and participated in several air shows. The original Me 262 is recognized as the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft, primarily used by the Luftwaffe. It played a significant role in changing aerial combat with its superior speed compared to piston-powered planes. The Me 262 will remain on display until mid-August, alongside other early jets, including a de Havilland Vampire, P-80, F-84, F-86 and MiG-15. After the Me 262 departs, it will be replaced by a MiG-21 from EAA's collection. This story was created by reporter Nida Tazeen, ntazeen@ with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at This article originally appeared on Oshkosh Northwestern: New aircraft displays arrive at EAA museum in Oshkosh Solve the daily Crossword
South China Morning Post
02-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Style Edit: The new Santos de Cartier Petit Modèle reanimates in mini form an iconic 1904 design that was the precursor of the modern wristwatch – one designed for early aviators
Cartier's latest watch is small, square and has pedigree, with its roots reaching far back in time. Showcasing the French jeweller's ingenuity , the new small model Santos de Cartier reanimates an emblematic design that has epitomised pioneering watchmaking since 1904. It was then that Louis Cartier and his friend, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, conceived a wristwatch for early aeronauts that carried the pioneering pilot's name and afforded them precise timing in the cockpit at a glance, saving them from having to fish around in their jackets for their pocket watch. The Santos de Cartier small model in steel. Photo: Handout Considered the first modern wristwatch when offered to the public in 1911, the original Santos was as daring as those magnificent pilots in their flying machines that inspired it. Rejecting the roundness of the pocket watch, it boldly sported a square bezel and a mechanical aesthetic: the eight screws securing the bezel were left proudly visible rather than hidden as was the norm. Advertisement The new model Santos de Cartier in yellow gold and steel. Photo: Handout The strong, uncompromising form of the 1904 Santos-Dumont enabled Cartier's watchmakers to lead the industry in the creation of new watch shapes, while its purity of line and precision of proportion invited them to soar ahead with new interpretations. Decades later, in 1978, the Santos de Cartier line debuted and, in tune with the times, it embraced a sports watch approach. An integrated metal bracelet replaced the leather strap of the original pilot's watch. One model was crafted in steel rather than precious metal – a fashionable new attitude for a luxury maison; while a gleaming bimetal version in steel accented with a yellow-gold bezel and screws also turned heads. The Santos de Cartier small model in yellow gold and steel. Photo: Handout Cartier steered this ever-evolving watch from horological icon to cult object. Famously, Michael Douglas ' corporate raider Gordon Gekko wore a gold Cartier Santos in the 1987 film Wall Street. Among more recent innovations, a Santos de Cartier became the brand's first skeleton watch. The Santos de Cartier small model in yellow gold. Photo: Handout Now landing in Hong Kong, the Santos de Cartier Petit Modèle encapsulates this century and more of watchmaking invention and reinvention. Slimmed down from larger models to a neat 27mm by 34.5mm, its dimensions echo the earliest versions of the watch. Fitted with a high-autonomy quartz movement rather than a mechanical engine, it emphasises fine proportions and adds a more sophisticated sunray dial effect. Glints of blue on the familiar sword-shaped hands and tip of the seven-sided crown offer contrast to the pristine landscape of the silvered dial, and the bezel and bracelet offered in either steel, yellow gold, or a mix of the two. Each of the trio comes with an alternate leather strap – alligator for the all-gold model or calfskin for the others. So, just like the pioneering adventurers of old, you can strap up and then reach for the sky.
