Posts by: Emme Hornung

Emme Hornung

Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093, is the production coordinator for EAA’s print and digital content and publications and enjoys contributing human-interest stories. She is currently working toward her sport pilot certificate. Connect with Emme at ehornung@eaa.org.

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Keeping AirVenture Secure

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Emme Hornung When visitors, volunteers, or staffers celebrate a milestone year of attendance, we usually gloss over the inconvenient truth that the milestone does not include the forsaken year ... Read more

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

Restored Icarus II to Move to EAA Aviation Museum After Convention

Ultralights

By Emme Hornung Fifty years ago, the powered ultralight movement took off at EAA Oshkosh 1976 when John Moody demonstrated a takeoff and landing in his powered hang glider, the ... Read more

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

Love Is in the Air (Show)

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Emme Hornung Love is in the air this year just as much as the fumes of 100LL. During the Wednesday night air show, the Flying Bulls carried a little ... Read more

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

AirVenture Cup Results

AirVenture

By Emme Hornung The 28th annual AirVenture Cup Race looked a bit different this year due to the smoky conditions in America’s Midwest, but pilots and their aircraft still got ... Read more

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

A 50-Year Tradition

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Emme Hornung A lot can change in 50 years. EAA Oshkosh 1976 saw about 9,200 aircraft and 300,000 visitors on the field, 162 booths were filled with exhibitors, and ... Read more

July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

Aussie Teen Continues Momentum Following Around-the-World Flight

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Emme Hornung Teen Pilot Down Under, otherwise known as Byron Waller, EAA 1670718, has returned to Oshkosh for his second year after completing a globetrotting trip he embarked on ... Read more

July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Keeping the Flightline in Line

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung The Fisk arrival conga line is only the first half of the dance that is flying into Wittman Regional Airport during AirVenture — the dance doesn’t truly ... Read more

July 21, 2026July 21, 2026

Boeing Plaza Vice Chair Recognized for Decades of Volunteerism

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung Boeing Plaza, the central display area at AirVenture, is home to some of the biggest and most iconic aircraft featured each year. With featured aircraft rotating on ... Read more

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026

Breezy Tour to Cover America’s Four Corners

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Emme Hornung There are many ways to see America’s sprawling and diverse landscape, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better way than a low-and-slow tour in the open-air ... Read more

July 20, 2026July 20, 2026

Keeping the Family Legacy Alive Through Volunteering

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung Carol Christianson, EAA Lifetime 25226, has been recognized as EAA’s 2026 Dorothy Hilbert Award recipient. The award was created in honor of the late Dorothy Hilbert to ... Read more

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026

Advocating for Aviation Through Volunteerism

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung David Forster, EAA 481383, has been recognized as one of EAA’s 2026 Volunteers of the Year. His work is often not the visible kind, but his support ... Read more

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026

Kick Back on the Vintage Tram Tour

AirVenture, Vintage

By Emme Hornung Vintage aircraft make up the largest category of showplanes at AirVenture (nearly 1,000 in 2025), stretching from just south of Boeing Plaza at the Vintage Red Barn ... Read more

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026

A Place for Young People Among Old Airplanes

AirVenture, Vintage

By Emme Hornung The Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center in the Vintage area has a schedule packed full of hands-on activities, forums featuring special guests, and more for kids ... Read more

July 18, 2026July 18, 2026

Land on the Dot … in Virginia!

AirVenture

By Emme Hornung With the pressure of thousands of spectators watching as you land at the world’s busiest airport during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, making a few practice landings beforehand can ... Read more

July 1, 2026July 2, 2026

Part 103, Part Gold

Ultralights

By Emme Hornung This piece originally ran in the May 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The AirVenture Lindy Awards honor aircraft craftsmanship, recognizing proud builders and owners of ... Read more

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

The Re-Creation of an Air Racing Legend to be Presented at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

By Emme Hornung EAA’s collection of Steve Wittman aircraft designs can now be considered complete, with a museum-worthy re-creation of the legendary Buster on display in the EAA Aviation Museum ... Read more

June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

A Breezy Tour of America’s Four Corners

Member Stories, Ultralights

Paul Breed, EAA 1140954, is currently on a tour in his homebuilt Breezy to see all four corners of the United States. The 9,700-mile trip started in his hometown of ... Read more

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

Ready, Set, Respond: West Coast Pilots Prepare for Disaster

Why We Fly

By Emme Hornung The West Coast and its precarious positioning to the Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas fault puts millions of people at risk — there is a massive ... Read more

May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Go Behind the Scenes of Baa Baa Black Sheep at Museum Speaker Series

Speaker Series, Warbirds

Stephen Chapis, EAA 449485, author of the new book Poor Little Lambs: The Baa Baa Black Sheep Story, will be the next presenter of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series ... Read more

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026

Aerial Firefighter Panel to Ignite Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Following an inspirational Theater in the Woods panel discussion during AirVenture 2025, EAA is excited to welcome back aerial firefighters Annie Paya, Bonnie Wilkens, and Tracy Zedeck for the next ... Read more

March 12, 2026March 12, 2026

When Young Eagles Grow Up

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

In 2026, EAA’s Young Eagles program is on a mission to hit the next big milestone: Mission 2.5, or 2.5 million youths flown by volunteer pilots. The program’s goal is ... Read more

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

A Flight Back in Time

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Aviation means many things to many people for many reasons. Some fly, some build, some simply enjoy taking it all in. For James Raymond, EAA 1170677, aviation now is a ... Read more

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Rare Helicopter Simulator Being Restored

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

When we think about aviation restoration, we tend to think about tube-and-fabric antiques getting stripped down or warbirds getting dug out of a field. Sometimes, preserving aviation history happens on ... Read more

February 20, 2026February 26, 2026

Commemorative Air Force Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series, Warbirds

The EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series continues to bring the many facets of aviation to life, and our next speaker is no different. On Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m., ... Read more

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Returning the Favor of Flight

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

By Emme Hornung Since 1992, EAA’s Young Eagles program has been inspiring kids with the taste of flight through a vast network of volunteer pilots. In 2026, we are pushing ... Read more

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

Starship Test Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

By Emme Hornung The first EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series guest of 2026 will be Tom Carr, who will share his experiences as a test pilot on the flight test ... Read more

November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

Sport Pilot Milestone: Soloing With MOSAIC

Member Stories, Milestones

By Emme Hornung MOSAIC/Sport Pilot 2.0 went into effect just two weeks ago, and we’re already seeing sport pilots coming out of the woodwork because of it. Lorn M. Dennis, ... Read more

October 16, 2025October 17, 2025

Could Sport Pilot 2.0 Be the Next Red-Hot Revival?

Learn to Fly, Why We Fly

By Emme Hornung Picture it: Your local aviation scene flourishing. Most of the training aircraft at the flight school and the rentable aircraft at flying clubs are suddenly open to ... Read more

October 6, 2025October 17, 2025

Sharing the Life of Aviation Legend Steve Wittman at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Jim Cunningham, a published aviation writer and biographer, will share the storied life of Steve Wittman — an Oshkosh native, prolific aircraft designer, and legendary air racer — as the ... Read more

August 21, 2025October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Anita Heinzelman

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Flight tour season at EAA takes our 1929 Ford Tri-Motor to airports across the country ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Here Since Day One

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

Before EAA became EAA in 1953, it was just founder Paul Poberezny and a small group of homebuilding enthusiasts that would informally get together, often at the local auto garage ... Read more

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

From Patient to Pilot

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Byron Waller, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, is using aviation to raise awareness about Crohn’s disease and show people they can overcome their limitations. Byron had been in and out ... Read more

July 21, 2025October 20, 2025

BETA Technologies Electrifies Afternoon Air Show

AirVenture, Member Stories

“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

June 5, 2025October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Andrew Rezmer

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For many EAA members, the weeklong escape to Camp Scholler each summer is something they look ... Read more

April 25, 2025October 17, 2025

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ret. CW5 Dick Hanusa, an experienced Army helicopter pilot, is the next speaker in EAA’s Speaker Series. Dick will share his experiences from two tours in Vietnam flying the UH-1, ... Read more

April 10, 2025October 20, 2025

Filling the Void

Member Stories, Why We Fly

EAA members come in all shapes and forms with diverse backgrounds and reasons for falling in love with aviation. For many members, their background is in military aviation. But what ... Read more

March 27, 2025October 17, 2025

A Star-Struck Young Eagle

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic ... Read more

March 21, 2025October 16, 2025

T-38 Instructor Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Speaker Series

Lt. Col. Olga Custodio, a retired T-38 instructor pilot and the first Latina U.S. Air Force pilot, is the next speaker in the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. Olga will ... Read more

February 24, 2025October 17, 2025

C-130 Navigator to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ret. Lt. Col. Anita Mack is the next speaker in the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. Anita will share her experiences as a navigator on the C-130 during Operation Enduring ... Read more

January 16, 2025October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Christina LaVicka

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Christina LaVicka, EAA Lifetime 1547942, can’t quite pinpoint when she became an aviation enthusiast, but she ... Read more

January 9, 2025October 17, 2025

A Model Citizen

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? ... Read more

December 5, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Kyle Breon

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Kyle Breon, EAA 1335139, has been coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh pretty much since he was ... Read more

October 28, 2024October 17, 2025

‘Recognize the Moment’ With Record-Breaking Race Pilot at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, Speaker Series

Skip Holm – a highly-accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race pilot, and movie pilot – will be the final speaker for the 2024 ... Read more

October 17, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s Family Values

Chapters, Member Stories

If you ask anyone in the aviation world what aviation means to them, you’re likely to hear something along the lines of how important the aviation community is to them. ... Read more

October 10, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Mary Pennington-Hoyt

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Mary Pennington-Hoyt, EAA Lifetime 1057675, is passionate about empowering young girls and women to participate in ... Read more

September 5, 2024February 4, 2026

Uncover the Months Following 9/11 at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

By Emme Hornung Returning from the 2023 edition of the 9/11 Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Charles R. Blaich brings with him colleague and friend Dr. Michael ... Read more

August 15, 2024October 31, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Gale Guilette

EAA Museum, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Gale Guilette, EAA 128629, is helping keep aviation history alive, one sheet of metal at a ... Read more

July 26, 2024October 20, 2025

What Makes a Family

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Emme Hornung When Len Perry decided to learn to fly at 35 years old, his wife, Helena, figured it was a midlife crisis. But it was never a phase ... Read more

July 21, 2024October 17, 2025

Tall Pines Café

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung Picture this: The roar of the morning P-51 formation just pulled you out of sleep. Usually, you hit snooze on your alarm, but there is no snooze ... Read more

July 21, 2024October 16, 2025

15 Years of Entertainment and Education on the Warbirds Tram Tour

AirVenture, Warbirds

By Emme Hornung With rows and rows of thousands of aircraft to see on the AirVenture grounds, it may be hard to know exactly what you’re looking at. Lucky for you, ... Read more

July 11, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Ron Liebmann

Volunteers

By EAA This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Ronald Liebmann, EAA 18367, remembers his aviation infatuation starting in kindergarten, watching Stearmans ... Read more

June 11, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Don and Shay Lusk

Member Stories, Volunteers

Don and Shay Lusk, EAA 1475013 and 1495171, of EAA Chapter 586 in Show Low, Arizona, have a passion for sharing the wonders aviation has to offer with people of ... Read more

May 24, 2024October 29, 2025

Uncover the Heroic Tale of Bazooka Charlie at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Jim Busha, the co-author of Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. Jim will ... Read more

May 15, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Laurie Probst

Volunteers

Laurie Probst, EAA Lifetime 709262, has quite an extensive résumé when it comes to sharing aviation with today’s youths. She was introduced to aviation two decades ago when a friend ... Read more

May 15, 2024November 6, 2025

Planting the Aviation Seed

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Millions of young people have experienced flight through EAA’s Young Eagles program, including Dusty Hanks, EAA 1140580, who is now a first officer for Delta Air Lines. He recently reunited ... Read more

April 26, 2024October 29, 2025

Retired Coast Guard Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Tom Cooper, a retired commanding officer for the United States Coast Guard, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. Tom will share stories of the life-saving missions ... Read more

April 18, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Ann Sederquist

Volunteers

If you’ve ever visited the EAA Aviation Museum, there’s a good chance you interacted with one of our volunteer docents. One of those volunteers is Ann Sederquist, EAA 769163, who ... Read more

March 26, 2024October 29, 2025

Retired TOPGUN Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Retired Commander Hermon “Munster” Cook, an F-14 Tomcat pilot during the 1980s Libyan incidents, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. Hermon will share his journey of ... Read more

March 20, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons

Volunteers

Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons, EAA 266725 and 814505, have been together for more than 50 years, having met when they were just 19 years old in Elgin, Illinois. Bonnie opened ... Read more

February 26, 2024October 29, 2025

A-1 Skyraider Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Retired Lt. Col. John Larrison, a pilot of some of the first A-1 Skyraider missions over Vietnam, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. John, EAA 23138, ... Read more

February 7, 2024October 28, 2025

Air Show Performer Matt Younkin to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, Speaker Series

Matt Younkin, an aerobatic air show extraordinaire, makes a return to Oshkosh for a different kind of show — this time on stage rather than in the sky. As the ... Read more

January 25, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Cliff Chetwin

Member Stories, Volunteers

Cliff Chetwin, EAA Lifetime 429238, is a retired aviation program manager for the National Park Service and continues to educate others and spread The Spirit of Aviation through volunteerism.

January 11, 2024October 29, 2025

MIA Recovery Archaeologist to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Dr. Brett Hoffman, a senior member of the University of Wisconsin Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project, will share the history of the project and dive into work accomplished ... Read more

December 14, 2023October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Jonathon McKenzie

Volunteers

Jonathon McKenzie, EAA Lifetime 1110671, became EAA’s Print Mail Center volunteer chairman in 2022, but he joined EAA and started volunteering more than 10 years ago after he caught a ... Read more

December 14, 2023December 18, 2023

No Need for Speed: The Gordon Bennett Cup

Member Stories

Noah Forden, EAA 539700, and Brenda Cowlishaw spent almost three days in the gas balloon Intrepid, traveling 1,382 miles over the southern United States as part of the world’s oldest ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 28, 2025

Reflections of a Tri-Motor Stewardess (Or Should I Say, Hostess)

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

100-year-old Ruth Hunter considered the Tri-Motor her home at one point, having been a stewardess on the Tri-Motor in the early ‘50s, and getting to fly in EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor ... Read more

November 9, 2023November 5, 2025

Grounded No More: Healing Veterans One Flight at a Time

Warbirds, Why We Fly

Many veterans reach out after their day at Grounded No More with stories of how the experience helped them. Some think about their flight when they are having a bad ... Read more

October 12, 2023November 6, 2025

Youth Inspiring Youths

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Ace Kehoe, EAA 1537419, is known as the “aviation kid” at his Florida high school, and it’s a title he’s fully embracing! At just 16 years old, Ace is forming ... Read more

October 5, 2023October 28, 2025

How a General Aviator Inspired UFO Folklore

Honoring The Past

The extraterrestrial frenzy we’re experiencing these days is nothing new. General aviation pilot Kenneth Arnold is widely credited with being the inspiration for the modern era of UFO folklore after ... Read more

September 28, 2023October 28, 2025

The Ford Tri-Motor’s Biggest Fan

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

Do you believe in love at first sight? Or, perhaps more fitting, love at first flight? Arlene Maksymicz of EAA Chapter 846 sure does! The love affair started when the ... Read more

September 20, 2023November 7, 2025

I Jumped Out of a “Perfectly Good Airplane,” and Here’s How It Went

Member Stories

Whether it’s a bucket list item or your biggest fear, I think everyone should consider taking the leap. Something inside you will change. There’s just something about falling 10,000 feet ... Read more

August 31, 2023January 27, 2026

Three FDNY Firefighters to Present at 9/11 Speaker Series

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Excerpt: Three members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), Charles R. Blaich, Matt Nelson, and Steven SanFilippo, will be speaking about their 9/11 experience and honoring those who ... Read more

August 22, 2023October 31, 2025

Aviation’s Next Generation

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

Daniel Ruth, EAA 1298399, has many hobbies you’d expect from a ten-year-old: he is an infield catcher on a baseball team, is a Boy Scout, has a purple belt in ... Read more

July 27, 2023October 31, 2025

Vietnam Through the Lens of a Combat Photographer

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

This Year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, we are remembering those who served in the Vietnam War, 50 years after the official withdrawal of American troops.

July 26, 2023October 29, 2025

Not Your Father’s Paper Route

AirVenture, Volunteers

This newspaper — yes, the one you’re likely reading as you enjoy that hot coffee and donut you got from the Red One Market — was delivered by EAA Print ... Read more

July 24, 2023October 31, 2025

Low and Slow Around the Lower 48

AirVenture, Member Stories

“Right now, I’m so tired of flying. It’s so great to be here on the ground … and I know by the time the whole convention’s over, I’ll be just ... Read more