September 19, 2017October 5, 2017

Ben Van Handel – Solo Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones, Youth Outreach

Congratulations to Ben Van Handel, EAA 1145612, who soloed in a Cessna 172 on Saturday, September 9 after spending the summer interning with EAA’s Young Eagles program.

September 14, 2017September 14, 2017

EAA Pulls to Honor Veterans

Member Stories

Twenty EAA employees represented the organization at the Appleton International Airport September 9 to participate in a uniquely exciting competition: to see which of 18 teams could pull an Airbus ... Read more

September 12, 2017November 3, 2025

An Act of Kindness, Returned

Member Stories, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

When 17-year-old Camron Mitchell left an F-4 Phantom model on the wing of a retired fighter pilot’s Mooney M20 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, he expected that the random act ... Read more

August 30, 2017October 16, 2025

Young Eagle Helps EAA Build AirCam

Homebuilding, Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Fourteen-year-old Alan Palmer hopes to apply what he learned to his own homebuilding project.

August 23, 2017

The Best Seat in the Sky

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Viewing the solar eclipse from an RV-6A at 12,000 feet.

August 23, 2017

Double Debonair

Member Stories

An EAA member scales down his 1962 Debonair.

July 30, 2017November 3, 2025

Granting Wishes at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017

AirVenture, Member Stories

Each year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, a group of families from the Make-A-Wish foundation get to attend the fly-in for a full, Only-in-Oshkosh experience. This year EAA hosted five families ... Read more

July 30, 2017November 3, 2025

First AirVenture at 99 Years Old and Looking Forward to Next

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Frederick A. Johnsen Orville Rogers spent his first 99 years not attending AirVenture. Now he has, and plans to return next year. “It took me 99 years to get ... Read more

July 28, 2017October 28, 2025

50 Years of Fly-Ins

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Scott Christiansen, EAA 43627, hasn’t missed an EAA fly-in convention since he was 18 years old, 50 years ago. He’s flown into the convention each year since, and by Scott’s ... Read more

July 27, 2017November 3, 2025

50 Hours a Year

AirVenture, Member Stories

The story of Fred Keip’s Sonerai II homebuilt is similar to thousands of other stories found both here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 and across the broader world of EAA. ... Read more

July 25, 2017November 5, 2025

A Maule Comes Home

Member Stories, Vintage, Why We Fly

You don’t need to know her last name to realize Susan Maule, granddaughter of STOL aircraft pioneer B.D. Maule, has aviation in her blood.

July 25, 2017November 3, 2025

50th Anniversary of Ann Pellegreno’s Earhart Flight

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Member Stories

Pioneer for women aviators, Ann Holtgren Pellegreno, EAA Lifetime 11853, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of her round-the-world flight that retraced Amelia Earhart’s path at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017.

July 24, 2017October 17, 2025

‘Pay-It-Forward’ Cub Made It to Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories

Dozens of Piper Cubs landed as a group at Wittman Regional Airport Sunday morning in celebration of the type’s 80th anniversary, including one flown by 14-year-old Kyle Carden with help ... Read more

July 13, 2017October 17, 2025

Three Engines, Three Generations

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Dave Hirt of Chapter 1247 shares the story of a special flight for Tri-Motor pilot Tom Leahy.

July 11, 2017October 16, 2025

Christina Larson – Commercial Glider Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones

Christina earned her commercial glider rating two years after her first glider flight.

June 29, 2017November 5, 2025

When Aviation Runs In Your Family You Do Things Differently

Homebuilding, Member Stories

We Built a Thorp T-18 in Our Wisconsin Basement. But How Did We Get It Out? Reposted with permission from AvGeekery.com By Bill Walton Aviation has been a large part ... Read more

June 28, 2017October 17, 2025

Caroline Dougherty – Solo Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones

Caroline soloed her father’s 1918 Curtiss Jenny and a Taylor E-2 Cub on her 16th birthday.

June 25, 2017June 23, 2017

EAA Chapter Helps a Young Eagle Achieve Her Dream

Member Stories, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

“Walking into Chapter 790 was like hitting the lottery for a kid.”

June 22, 2017November 4, 2025

The Family Aeronca

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

One could say Thomas C. Anderson Sr. was a pioneer in farming-related aviation.

June 20, 2017

Getting Your Significant Other Into Aviation

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Jared McQuade I have an unhealthy love for aviation. It has shaped my entire life. Whether it was going to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh every year since 1998, going to ... Read more