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May 14, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Loren Zehr

AirVenture, Member Stories
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 brought many firsts for Loren Zehr, EAA 1252656, including visiting Oshkosh for the first time, flying in formation, and participating in the Honor Flight. AirVenture inspired ... Read more
May 8, 2019May 9, 2019

Flying in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia

Member Stories
Flying in the lower mainland of British Columbia can be a wonderful experience with the views of the scenic snow-covered coastal mountains just to the north and the Strait of ... Read more
May 8, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Kent Marquardt

AirVenture, Member Stories

Kent Marquardt, EAA Lifetime 330475, recalls his first memories from EAA Oshkosh 1970 when he was just 10 years old.

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May 2, 2019May 2, 2019

The Cross-Country of a Lifetime

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Arnold Ebneter planned for decades to make an epic solo cross-country flight, and eventually he was able to take that great adventure that so many who pursue aviation dream of.

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May 1, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Michael Fuller

AirVenture, Member Stories

Michael Fuller, EAA 290830, recalls EAA Oshkosh memories from 1987.

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April 25, 2019October 17, 2025

One Hundred Years Young

Member Stories, Why We Fly
I asked a 100-year-old World War II bomber pilot if he wanted to go for a gyroplane ride. He said he’d love to, as soon as he was finished with ... Read more
April 25, 2019November 5, 2025

What Our Members are Building/Restoring — North Carolina Beech D55 Baron

Member Stories, Vintage
The Boeing 767 that I flew for American Airlines was nice, but I needed a jolt from my past where I grew up at the Beechcraft dealership in Greensboro, North ... Read more
April 24, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Tom Steber

AirVenture, Member Stories

Tom Steber, EAA 144044, has been attending EAA Oshkosh for 50 consecutive years. To Tom, the best way to describe AirVenture is, “Everywhere you look, there’s another only-in-Oshkosh moment.”

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April 18, 2019October 29, 2025

Watching Stratolaunch Make History

Member Stories, Why We Fly

It’s dawn in the desert. In the gray early morning light Stratolaunch, the largest airplane ever built, hulks silently at the opposite end of the 12,503-by 200-foot runway.

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April 16, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Jordan Ashley

AirVenture, Member Stories
Jordan Ashley, EAA 864471, took his first airplane ride when he was less than a year old and started attending EAA Oshkosh at just 5 years old. He has attended ... Read more
April 12, 2019April 17, 2019

The Iconic DC-3

Member Stories
Those of you who are students of aviation history know that there are few if any airplanes that have served so many markets and influenced so many people as the ... Read more
April 10, 2019October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Verdego Aero President Erik Lindbergh

Member Stories, Podcast
The Green Dot crew sat down with Verdego Aero President Erik Lindbergh to talk about his aviation background, the meaning of his legacy as Charles and Anne’s grandson, and his ... Read more
April 9, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Glen Towler

AirVenture, Member Stories

Glen Towler, EAA 1112536, has been attending AirVenture since 2012, this is his story.

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April 2, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Gregg Erickson

AirVenture, Member Stories

Gregg Erickson, EAA 56579, shares his 52 years’ worth of EAA AirVenture stories.

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March 27, 2019March 27, 2019

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring: Minnesota RotorWay Turbine 420

Homebuilding, Member Stories
About 30 years ago, I decided that if I were going to continue to fly my first RotorWay helicopter, I needed more power. So, back then I designed and built ... Read more
March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

Stories of Oshkosh — Jeremy Schotter

AirVenture, Member Stories

Jeremy Schotter, EAA 1170764, started attending AirVenture in 2015 after two of his friends had been inviting him for years.

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March 20, 2019November 5, 2025

Doin’ It His Way — Lee Hussey’s Award-Winning Comanche

Member Stories, Vintage
Lee Hussey always liked airplanes, but his interest in aviation was rekindled in a big way when he became a partner in a Piper Comanche that he grew to love ... Read more
March 20, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Joseph Thalman

AirVenture, Member Stories

Joseph Thalman, EAA 570237, and his father have been attending EAA Oshkosh since the beginning.

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March 14, 2019March 14, 2019

Treasure Map — A Graphic Representation of a Place in the Heart

Member Stories, Ultralights

“A map is not the territory it represents,” Alfred Korzybski wrote in a scholarly paper in 1931.

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March 13, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Dan Workman

AirVenture, Member Stories

Dan Workman, EAA 1269311, visited EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the first time in 2018 and left with a touching father-son bonding experience.

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