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Member Stories

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December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Flying the Yosemite Valley in an Open-Cockpit Gyroplane

Member Stories, Why We Fly

An EAA member shares his memorable flight over one of our country’s national parks.

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December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Tractor Parts and Humble Pie

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A bush pilot revisits a flight that brought with it a memorable learning experience.

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November 22, 2017October 29, 2025

EAA Member Tim Cone Wins 2017 Air Race 1 World Cup

Member Stories, Milestones

Tim Cone, EAA 374465, won the Gold Final of the Air Race 1 World Cup 2017 on Sunday.

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November 21, 2017November 6, 2025

From the Lowest to the Highest to the Busiest

Member Stories, Why We Fly

As he was planning to fly his Bonanza to Oshkosh, Tom Snider had an idea.

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October 23, 2017November 6, 2025

Madeline Patterson – Solo Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones, Youth Outreach

Sixteen-year-old Madeline aims high for a future in aviation.

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October 19, 2017November 6, 2025

Rachel Senft – Solo Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones, Youth Outreach

Soloing an aircraft is just one of 17-year-old Rachel’s many accomplishments.

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October 18, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Founder’s Innovation Prize Winners

Member Stories, Podcast, Youth Outreach

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by Thomas Baron and Justin Zhou, two of the winners of the 2017 Founder’s Innovation Prize.

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October 17, 2017November 6, 2025

Lessons From a Hurricane Hunter

Member Stories, Why We Fly

An EAA member uses his passion for aviation to professionally hunt hurricanes and save lives.

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October 12, 2017November 6, 2025

Former Young Eagle Appears on Shark Tank

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Shark Tank contestant Aaron Wypyszynski has roots in EAA community.

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October 5, 2017November 6, 2025

Just One More Thing

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A little bucket-list flying while finding EAA stories in America’s breadbasket.

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September 28, 2017November 5, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring: Our Magic Carpet – New Mexico Velocity

Homebuilding, Member Stories

The 20 year journey to completing the New Mexico Velocity.

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September 27, 2017November 7, 2025

Olivia Cardwell – A Day of Milestones

Member Stories, Milestones

Congratulations to Olivia Cardwell, EAA 1259093, who  received her private pilot certificate with single-engine, multi-engine, and instrument ratings on her 17th birthday.

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September 19, 2017November 6, 2025

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.

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September 14, 2017November 7, 2025

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.

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August 23, 2017November 6, 2025

The Best Seat in the Sky

Member Stories, Why We Fly

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

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August 23, 2017November 7, 2025

Double Debonair

Member Stories

An EAA member scales down his 1962 Debonair.

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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

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