July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

The Krapfl Family — Main Gate North Mainstays

AirVenture, Volunteers

The Krapfl family is the powerhouse of the Main Gate North Admissions (MGN), with nearly 20 volunteers of siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and in-laws who pitch in ... Read more

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Angel Flight West Command Pilot Kosta Constantine

AirVenture

By Corbett Stevenson Itzy’s mother, Mirna, remembers Itzy having a persistent fever, and Mirna had a nagging feeling that something was wrong. After a multitude of tests at their small ... Read more

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

BETA Technologies Electrifies Afternoon Air Show

AirVenture

“This business would not exist if it weren’t for EAA,” said Kyle Clark, BETA Technologies founder and CEO. As one of the participants in today’s Innovations Day activities, BETA’s all-electric ... Read more

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025

Goodyear Blimp 100th Anniversary Brings Two Airships to Oshkosh!

AirVenture

By Robbie Culver There may be no more iconic aircraft in America than a Goodyear blimp. A blimp is a unique advertising extravaganza and a mainstay of live aerial television ... Read more

July 20, 2025

2025 Dorothy Hilbert Award Winner — Carol Corona

AirVenture

By Angela Satterlee This year’s Dorothy Hilbert Award goes to Carol Corona, EAA Lifetime 545619, who has been volunteering for more than 40 years. This award recognizes a female volunteer ... Read more

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025

Public Benefit Flying: PALS for Patriots

AirVenture

By Stephanie Jendrzejewski, Development Manager, PALS SkyHope This year marks 15 years of PALS SkyHope — and one of the most meaningful initiatives to take flight in that time is ... Read more

July 20, 2025July 21, 2025

Airplanes and Articles

AirVenture

Barb Schmitz began covering AirVenture as an intern for the Fond du Lac Reporter while attending UW Oshkosh and later continued in her roles as a reporter and city editor for ... Read more

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025

The Burns Family

AirVenture, Volunteers

Tami Burns, EAA 799426, from Almond, Wisconsin, started volunteering at the North 40 camping registration station in 2009. She soon decided that it really wasn’t what she wanted to do, ... Read more

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025

Fergus Chapel

AirVenture

By Cam Martin, EAA Chaplain & Fergus Chapel Chairman, EAA 536955   Each day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, volunteer chaplains from around the country gather at the Fergus Chapel to ... Read more

July 19, 2025July 19, 2025

Pilot With a Purpose

AirVenture

By Kristinia Luke, Executive Director, Air Care Alliance Every pilot remembers the first time they took the controls — the thrill, the freedom, the pure joy of flight. Over time, ... Read more