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Member Stories

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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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July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Best of British

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

It was a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire that drew crowds at AirVenture.

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July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

A Great Big Little Bomber

Homebuilding, Member Stories
“It’s just an airplane.” That’s how the late Jack Bally, EAA 348338, a lifelong pilot and builder, described his one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — just ... Read more
July 30, 2021November 5, 2025

Tracing History – Following the Oregon and California Trails

Member Stories, Why We Fly

The Grand Prize winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters.

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July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

One-of-a-Kind Twin-Engine RV Creates Stir

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories

Jim and Ginger Tomaszewski of Clayton, Georgia, flew their stunning and diminutive TwinJAG to Oshkosh where it generates a lot of buzz.

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July 28, 2021October 20, 2025

Birds of a Feather

Homebuilding, Member Stories
With so many aircraft around the grounds, it can be easy to miss a single airplane. However, one you won’t want miss is Howard and Linda Plevyak’s Stoddard Hamilton GlaStar, ... Read more
July 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Member Spotlight: Steve Morse

AirVenture, Member Stories
Meet Steve Morse, EAA 223710. That name might be familiar to you, if you are familiar with the Dixie Dregs, Kansas, or Deep Purple — but around Oshkosh, Steve is ... Read more

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