By Sam Oleson Eighty-four years ago, above the freezing waters of the North Atlantic, the crew of Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina BuNo 2459 was annoyed. Perhaps angry. Definitely motivated. For the ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz About 82 years after crashing into the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a piece of Marge is coming home. And just for this week, you can ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee When the final air show of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh begins Sunday, Oshkosh native Lily Krueger, EAA 1335593, will once again step onto the stage to sing the ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz When Jessica Cox was born without arms, there were few role models she could look to for inspiration. “I grew up without a cellphone and without ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Matt Higgins and his wife, Laurie, owners of Hummel Aircraft, are focused on fun, affordable flying. Their line of ultralight and light-sport aircraft are all aimed at ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz A bronze statue of retired Brig. Gen. C.E. “Bud” Anderson was unveiled Tuesday in the Warbirds area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The work of sculptor Douglas ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz The three-ship Jack Aces Formation Aerobatic Team made its EAA AirVenture Oshkosh debut this week, and said they were humbled to fly their precision formation aerobatics ... Read more
By Jim Roberts If you spy a sporty little plane with a Cheshire-cat grin at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, chances are it’s the “smiley face” grill of a Globe Swift. This ... Read more
By Robbie Culver His dance is unforgettable, his smile is contagious, and his love of people shines like a beacon! As you enter the AirVenture grounds near the Bus Park, ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Jon Hunt flew his 1977 Piper PA-28 Turbo Arrow III across the Atlantic from the United Kingdom from May 23 to June 1, then continued on to ... Read more
By Emme Hornung The Fisk arrival conga line is only the first half of the dance that is flying into Wittman Regional Airport during AirVenture — the dance doesn’t truly ... Read more
By Abigail Kaplan Dash Speidel, 17, earned his private pilot certificate just six weeks ago and experienced the thrill of flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh from his family’s home in ... Read more
By Abigail Kaplan “You don’t need an airliner to do great work with an airplane,” said Tom Haines, former editor in chief of AOPA for 29 years. Tom has flown ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee When Alina landed her Aerolite 103 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2023, she was only 14 years old. After flying nearly 1,000 miles from South Carolina over ... Read more
By Sam Oleson Nearly a quarter of a century ago, the late Jim Moss set out to complete a massive project, literally and figuratively. He was going to build one ... Read more
By Emme Hornung Boeing Plaza, the central display area at AirVenture, is home to some of the biggest and most iconic aircraft featured each year. With featured aircraft rotating on ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee For Charley Dieringer, volunteering at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026 is a chance to give back to the organization that helped launch his aviation journey. This year marks ... Read more
By Jim Roberts For one week every year, the Oshkosh control tower is among the busiest in the world, handling nearly 10,000 aircraft during EAA AirVenture. Many of those aircraft ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Carlos Sanlley, EAA 1429208; Alejandro Marranzini, EAA 1286806; and Andrés Sánchez built a Van’s RV-8 in the Dominican Republic (DR). Carlos and Andrés flew it to EAA ... Read more
By Jim Roberts Fans of vintage and warbird aircraft will find an aircraft with the DNA of both at this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Restored by the father and son ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz As we prepare to celebrate the 2.5 millionth Young Eagle, we wanted to check in on Jodie Gawthrop, of Noblesville, Indiana, who became the 2 millionth ... Read more
By Emme Hornung There are many ways to see America’s sprawling and diverse landscape, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better way than a low-and-slow tour in the open-air ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Not feeling the best and your head is pounding? Is the sun or heat getting to be too much? Or did you do the one thing ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee For more than two decades, EAA’s GirlVenture Camp has introduced high school girls to the many opportunities available in aviation, encouraging them to see themselves in an ... Read more
By Emme Hornung Carol Christianson, EAA Lifetime 25226, has been recognized as EAA’s 2026 Dorothy Hilbert Award recipient. The award was created in honor of the late Dorothy Hilbert to ... Read more
