Anniversaries

July 30, 2023

Cessna 170 75th Anniversary Draws 125 Aircraft

Before Cessna produced the familiar 172, the Cessna 170 was the iconic four-place aircraft that represented the brand and was based on the Cessna 140. The 170 was the log-ical ... Read more

October 6, 2022October 10, 2022

How Did They Do That? Behind the Scenes of the 50-Ship Flyover

Air Show, Anniversaries

If you were at AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 during the opening air show, you might not have believed your eyes when you looked up and saw no less than 50 Van’s ... Read more

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020

Chapter 344 Mountain Dodgers Celebrate 50 years With Accomplished President

Anniversaries, Chapters

EAA Chapter 344 is celebrating its 50th anniversary with its accomplished, longtime president.

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

EAA’s The Green Dot — Air Force One Pilot Col. Mark Tillman

Anniversaries, EAA Museum, Podcast

On a somber special edition of The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Col. Mark Tillman on the 18th anniversary of 9/11 to talk about his experience being the ... Read more

July 22, 2019July 23, 2019

EAA Members Remember Watching Apollo 11 Landing, History Being Made

AirVenture, Anniversaries, Honoring The Past, Member Stories

By Barbara A. Schmitz Fifty years ago, the world watched in wonder as Apollo 11 approached the moon’s surface. People waited in front of their television sets, some for hours, ... Read more

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019

Chapter 1 Celebrates 65 Years

Anniversaries, Chapters

Photos from Flabob, as our first chapter commemorates a milestone.

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019

EAA’s The Green Dot — Miracle on the Hudson Controller Patrick Harten

Anniversaries, Podcast

The Green Dot crew sat down with air traffic controller Patrick Harten who was on duty when Chesley Sullenburger ditched US Airways Flight 1549 safely on the Hudson River.

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019

Quad City Aircraft’s 35th Anniversary: Celebrating the Challenger in all its iterations

Anniversaries, Ultralights

The Quad City Ultralight Aircraft Corp. was founded 35 years ago, a year after the first Challenger single-place ultralight was designed. The QCUAC celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Challenger ... Read more

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018

EAA’s The Green Dot — Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman, Plus Bonus Video

Anniversaries, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past, Podcast, Warbirds

The Green Dot crew sat down with Apollo 8 astronaut and aviation lover Frank Borman to talk about his mission orbiting the moon, the legendary earthrise photo, his beginnings in ... Read more

October 4, 2018

Apollo 8 Astronauts Headline Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet

Anniversaries, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past

Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell to speak at Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet.

September 6, 2018

Former NYC Air Traffic Controller to Speak at EAA Museum on 9/11

Anniversaries, EAA Museum

Former NYC air traffic controller Chris Tucker will be speaking at the EAA Aviation Museum on the 17th anniversary of 9/11.

July 24, 2018

Acro Sport Celebrates 45 Years

Aerobatics, AirVenture, Anniversaries, Honoring The Past

EAA founder Paul Poberezny’s design is remembered.

April 13, 2017April 13, 2017

Happy Birthday Wilbur Wright

Anniversaries

The Wright brothers: Their names are synonymous with flight. After years of patient experimentation, they brought the world into the age of airplanes. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867, ... Read more

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017

Commemorations Celebrated at AirVenture 2016

AirVenture, Anniversaries

As important as aircraft are at AirVenture, it is the people involved with aviation, and those who put their lives on the line for our safety, who we took time ... Read more

February 24, 2017March 2, 2017

Aircraft Anniversaries Celebrated at AirVenture 2016

AirVenture, Anniversaries, Homebuilding, Ultralights, Vintage, Warbirds, Why We Fly

EAA members are justifiably proud of their attendance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, celebrating anniversaries spanning decades of flying in — or driving to the event — years of camping in ... Read more

January 26, 2017February 28, 2017

EAA Celebrates 64 Years!

Anniversaries, History

On January 26, 1953, EAA began with a with a simple meeting in Paul and Audrey Poberezny’s home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since then, EAA has been headquartered in first Milwaukee ... Read more

January 5, 2017February 28, 2017

30th Anniversary of Voyager Flight

Anniversaries, History

December 22, 2016 – On December 23, 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager made history, landing successfully after completing a nine-day flight around the world without stopping or refueling in ... Read more