Twenty years ago this month—1998—was a seminal year for world's biggest airshow: It officially became AirVenture, displacing the old name, the EAA Fly-in and Convention. (Locals still call it EAA.) That year also marked the beginning of a new trend: The avionics revolution with color GPS mapcomms were afield and various PR machines were making noise about super cheap light jets.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/airventure-time-capsule-1998