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Member Stories

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July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

A Poppin’ Good Time

AirVenture, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz Not many people can enjoy a good movie without popcorn. The Faris sisters certainly belong to that group. So when the sibling entrepreneurs who started Faris ... Read more
July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

70 Years of Airplanes and Fly-Ins

AirVenture, Member Stories
This year marks a remarkable milestone for Lou Seno, EAA Lifetime 31489 — his 70th consecutive year attending the annual EAA fly-in and convention. His journey began in 1956, when ... Read more
July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Leveling Up at Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories
Despite the geographical distance coming from Canada, Jordan Farrar, EAA 1645318, met his friends Wyatt Drum, from North Carolina, and Cody Ferguson EAA 1647229, Spencer Phillips, and Nolan Elliott EAA ... Read more
July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

From Twelve to Tradition

AirVenture, Member Stories
Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest ... Read more
July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Reuniting with Family Aeronca

AirVenture, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz Ellen Northam, of Tipp City, Ohio, grew up hearing about a 1946 Aeronca 11 Chief her mother purchased before she and her husband were married. She ... Read more
July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Flying Through Generations

AirVenture, Member Stories
The first-generation flyer who started it all for the Reigles was the late Charles Reigle. Flying became a generational habit that trickled down to the family’s newest pilot, Carl Reigle. ... Read more
July 23, 2025October 31, 2025

Campfire Stories at Camp Scholler

AirVenture, Member Stories
Story and Photography By Jessica Schaefer, EAA 1284501 Back on Cottonwood Avenue in Camp Scholler, the sounds of Top Gun echo across the tents, interrupting the rhythm of the campfire ... Read more
July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Passing the Torch

AirVenture, Member Stories
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts When you spot a sparkling Spartan Executive parked south of the Theater in the Woods, be sure to visit with the young pilots who ... Read more
July 22, 2025October 20, 2025

A Busload of Fun

AirVenture, Member Stories
Since 1988, Kent Shoemaker, EAA 419538, has been bringing a busload of aviation enthusiasts from Western Pennsylvania to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. With the exclusion of 2020 and 2021, he has ... Read more
July 22, 2025October 20, 2025

A Tribute to Tracy Forrest

AirVenture, Member Stories
By Paul T. Glessner, EAA 1270226 I have been interested in aircraft ever since I was a youngster. My father took the family to Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) after some ... Read more
July 21, 2025October 20, 2025

BETA Technologies Electrifies Afternoon Air Show

AirVenture, Member Stories
“This business would not exist if it weren’t for EAA,” said Kyle Clark, BETA Technologies founder and CEO. As one of the participants in today’s Innovations Day activities, BETA’s all-electric ... Read more
July 17, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Velocity Aircraft Velocity SE

Member Stories
By Steve Campbell, EAA 289109 This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   When I started my Velocity SE project in 2016, I ... Read more
July 11, 2025October 20, 2025

A Ray Scholar and Her Father Begin Flight Training Together

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
By Eric Wegner, EAA 329302, EAA Chapter 320 (Watertown, Wisconsin) President EAA Chapter 320’s 2025 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient is Riley Runke, EAA 1655190. Receiving this scholarship is a big ... Read more
July 3, 2025October 20, 2025

First and Last Flight in a T-34 Mentor

Member Stories, Why We Fly
On June 29, Gary Eichhorn, EAA 63653, departed from Tampa, Florida, for his last flight as a passenger in a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, the very same aircraft type he learned ... Read more
July 3, 2025October 20, 2025

Times Flies and So Does Howie! Celebrating Howie Cammack’s 90th Birthday

Member Stories, Why We Fly
Howie Cammack, EAA 290592, celebrated his 90th birthday on June 29, surrounded by family and friends. The celebration took place at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum ... Read more
June 30, 2025October 20, 2025

Mabel Lake

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, BC Sometimes we have to make hard decisions. Admittedly, some are easier to make than others. Take a recent case in point. I was at the ... Read more
June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Sullivan’s Lucky 13

Member Stories, Milestones
By Shane Vande Voort, EAA 549889   My son, Sullivan Vande Voort, EAA 1239194, celebrated his 16th birthday on May 26 by completing a solo flight in 13 different airplane ... Read more
June 26, 2025October 31, 2025

My Life in EAA

Chapters, Member Stories
By Jim Hoak, EAA Lifetime 29646 At age 87, I am entering the sunset of my life, so I decided to tell my fellow EAA members what this fine organization ... Read more
June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Girls Can Fly Day

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It is early March as I ... Read more
June 12, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Wisconsin Hatz Classic

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Jeffrey Orear, EAA 529128 This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   I became interested in building a Hatz biplane after seeing ... Read more

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