July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Here Since Day One

Before EAA became EAA in 1953, it was just founder Paul Poberezny and a small group of homebuilding enthusiasts that would informally get together, often at the local auto garage ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 22, 2025

Set in Stone

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Larry Rogien All of us have crossed paths with people who influenced us. Over the years at Oshkosh, I have had opportunities to meet and converse with people like ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 31, 2025

Gzhewaadziwin and Mnaadendamowin

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Bob Goulais, EAA 1509922 It is a genuine pleasure to be a part of the greatest spectacle in aviation — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Without a doubt, it is the ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 31, 2025

Reuniting Under the Rotary Blade

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Paul Petr It’s that time of year again — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The moment my boots hit the tarmac, I felt that familiar mix of excitement and nostalgia. The ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

A Big Trip With a Little Airplane

AirVenture, Member Stories

For most people, flying through 26 countries in a small, single-engine aircraft over the course of 101 days sounds like a feat best left to seasoned explorers or characters in ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Love Takes Flight

AirVenture, Member Stories

Gabe Envani’s love for aviation started when he was just 6 years old, thanks to a family trip to the Kennedy Space Center. “Ever since then, I was hooked on ... Read more

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