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Member Stories

Home » Member Stories

September 28, 2021October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Alan Farkas

Member Stories, Volunteers
As the former volunteer chairman of the EAA Legal Advisory Council, Alan Farkas, EAA Lifetime 681323, has spent many years assisting EAA members on a variety of legal and FAA-related ... Read more
September 9, 2021October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Turks and Caicos Comp Air 4 and Zenith CH 701

Homebuilding, Member Stories

EAA member Mark Woodring takes us through the build of his Comp Air and Zenith CH 701.

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September 8, 2021October 16, 2025

Solo Milestone: Megan Lokstet

Learn to Fly, Member Stories, Milestones

On August 2, 2021, EAA Chapter 63’s Ray Scholar, Megan Lokstet, achieved every pilot’s coveted milestone, her first solo.

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September 7, 2021November 7, 2025

Airberta Air Rally Day 3: August 27, 2020

EAA Canada, Member Stories
It’s Day 3 of the first-ever Airberta Air Rally, hosted by the Harvard Air Museum at Red Deer Regional Airport (CYQF). It will be a long one as we’re headed ... Read more
September 7, 2021October 16, 2025

My Own Little Business: Echo Foxtrot Aircraft Washing

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

If you are ever flying down into the Annapolis Valley, consider the services of Echo Foxtrot Aircraft Washing in making your airplane all squeaky clean again.

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September 2, 2021October 28, 2025

The Passing of a Mentor

Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Why We Fly
Gene Schumacher loved anything that flew, and he flew anything he could. Gene bought the flight school that became Pro Flight in 1996, where he became a mentor to so ... Read more
August 26, 2021October 20, 2025

Why I Fly

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A perfect, sunset flight was a chance for one EAA member to reflect on why he flies.

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August 26, 2021October 20, 2025

Remembered at Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories

A family bound together by aviation took a moment during AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 to remember one of their own.

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August 26, 2021October 17, 2025

Solo Milestone — Alden Frautschy

Member Stories, Milestones

Congratulations to EAA staff member Alden Frautschy, who soloed on Monday, August 23!

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August 25, 2021October 17, 2025

Solo Milestone — Gus Steffen

Member Stories, Milestones

Congratulations to Gustave “Gus” Steffen, EAA 1262111, on his first solo flight!

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August 12, 2021November 7, 2025

Gone West

Member Stories

Sparing a thought for the loss of a friend unmet.

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August 12, 2021November 4, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Kitfox Model III

Homebuilding, Member Stories

EAA member Ken Hall takes us through the build of his Kitfox Model III.

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August 12, 2021October 17, 2025

GoFly Inspires 14-Year-Old to Design Her Own Flying Machine

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Teenager Gia Keiper gained some serious design and engineering inspiration from the GoFly competition.

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August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

Lost Then Found

AirVenture, Member Stories
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s Lost and Found has reunited many convention visitors with things like lost cameras, wallets, and cell phones. But on Friday night, July 30, they made their most ... Read more
August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

An AirVenture Proposal

AirVenture, Member Stories

Josh Fischer proposed to Jessica Thacker in the vintage aircraft area, after the two met years ago during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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July 31, 2021

Homebuilt Sperocco Starts With a Good Plan and Makes It Better

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories

It is gray and subdued, an understated exterior for a smooth custom homebuilt firmly rooted in the plans of the legendary Marcel Jurca.

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July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Keeping a Tradition Alive

AirVenture, Member Stories

About 40 family and friends from Monterrey, Mexico, arrived on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 grounds before the start of the annual fly-in convention last Friday.

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July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

A Ray Scholar’s Aviation Journey

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Seventeen-year-old Jayden Chow didn’t come from an aviation family. Jayden, EAA 1293557, was first introduced to EAA by his dad’s coworker.

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July 31, 2021

Family, Friends, and Flying: Four Generations Celebrate AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories

For the Grantonic family, attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is like attending a family reunion on steroids.

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July 31, 2021October 28, 2025

Tying the Knot Twice on the Tri-Motor

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Holly Baldwin Scheibner said her husband, James, isn’t the most romantic guy. So that made the surprise even more unbelievable.

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