July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Volunteer Family Spotlight

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Angela Satterlee The Deckers come from a long line of pilots and aviation enthusiasts as they now have five generations who have attended AirVenture. Ken Decker’s grandfather and father ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight With Vietnam Vets to Washington, D.C.

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Story and Photography By Jim Koepnick While you’re reading this over your morning coffee or waiting for the air show to start, there are 100 Vietnam War veterans from Northeast ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Remembering Gene McNeely

AirVenture

Remembering Gene McNeely Longtime AeroShell Aerobatic Team pilot goes west By Barbara A. Schmitz Gene McNeely, part of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team from 1994 to 2017, died July 5 in ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

AirVenture Cup Results

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By Robbie Culver The 2025 EAA AirVenture Cup Cross-Country Air Race was held July 20, 2025, starting at Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) and finishing at Merrill Municipal (KRRL). This year’s ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Volunteers Deliver Smoke Oil to Air Show Performers Daily

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Catherine Warmkessel An air show wouldn’t be the same without the smoke that billows out behind each airplane. I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of an ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

The Maestro

AirVenture

By Jim Roberts While enjoying the aerial ballet and symphony of sound during the daily air show, have you ever wondered who the conductor is? That would be the air ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

From Twelve to Tradition

AirVenture, Member Stories

Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Reuniting with Family Aeronca

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Barbara A. Schmitz Ellen Northam, of Tipp City, Ohio, grew up hearing about a 1946 Aeronca 11 Chief her mother purchased before she and her husband were married. She ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

EAA’s Type Club Coalition Annual Meeting

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By Robbie Culver, Type Club Coalition Chair On Tuesday, July 22, EAA’s Type Club Coalition held its annual meeting during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the PHP Conference Center Heritage Gallery ... Read more

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Flying Through Generations

AirVenture, Member Stories

The first-generation flyer who started it all for the Reigles was the late Charles Reigle. Flying became a generational habit that trickled down to the family’s newest pilot, Carl Reigle. ... Read more