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October 23, 2017October 28, 2025

Medal of Honor Recipient Bruce Crandall Featured in Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series
Medal of Honor recipient Bruce Crandall evacuated 70 wounded soldiers by helicopter in the Vietnam War. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
October 11, 2017November 3, 2025

Camping at AirVenture 2017

AirVenture
One of the most popular ways to experience EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is by camping in Camp Scholler or setting up your tent under the wing of your own airplane. You ... Read more
October 10, 2017November 6, 2025

See You in C-U-B-A

Why We Fly
Four friends make the first round trip gyroplane flights from Florida to Cuba since 1932. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
October 5, 2017November 6, 2025

Eliot Felske – Solo Milestone

Milestones, Youth Outreach
An EAA volunteer makes his 16th birthday solo in the family Clipper. ... Read more
October 5, 2017October 28, 2025

International Aerobatic Club – 2017 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships

Aerobatics, Why We Fly
Nearly 100 pilots competed in this year’s competition, in five different categories: Primary, Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, and Unlimited, and each group represents a different level of proficiency in competition aerobatics. ... Read more
October 4, 2017November 5, 2025

Rusty Pilot Finds New Love for Homebuilding

Chapters, Homebuilding
How a rusty pilot with no experience discovered that he really can build an airplane. ... Read more
October 4, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – EAA Chapters Department

Chapters, Podcast
On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by John Egan and David Leiting to discuss the work they both do for EAA’s chapters ... Read more
October 3, 2017November 5, 2025

Model Airplanes Lead to a Pair of Pilots

Learn to Fly, Milestones, Vintage
More than a decade of work went into C.M. Shearer getting his certificate, and although he will turn 77 in October, he shows no signs of slowing down. ... Read more
September 28, 2017November 3, 2025

Homebuilt Homecoming

AirVenture, Homebuilding
For many people who come to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the Homebuilts area is their happy place. With a variety of types from seas of RVs to singular standouts, it’s easy ... Read more
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
September 27, 2017November 5, 2025

The Inaugural Oshkosh TIG Welding Class

Homebuilding
 By Gert van der Sanden, EAA 444493 I have badgered EAA about the fact that the only TIG welding SportAir Workshops were always in Atlanta, a bit far away for me. ... Read more
September 27, 2017November 5, 2025

EAA Chapter 534’s Fall Projects

Chapters, Homebuilding
EAA Chapter 534 heads into fall with multiple projects on their plate. ... Read more
September 21, 2017October 28, 2025

A Supreme Life of Dare Deviltry

Honoring The Past
Roscoe Turner looked like a movie star and dressed like a pilot in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if there’d ever been such a thing. He set all manner of ... Read more
September 21, 2017November 3, 2025

AirVenture After Sunset

AirVenture
AirVenture is filled with nonstop action and activities throughout the day, but it doesn’t stop there. Once the sun sets, the fun heats up with a concert, fireworks, Twilight Flight ... Read more
September 20, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Adam and Kara White

Podcast, Warbirds
On the newest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the team was joined by Adam and Kara White to discuss the variety of aviation projects they work on, including ... Read more
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. ... Read more
September 14, 2017November 6, 2025

Jack J. Pelton Appears on Lars Larson Show

Why We Fly
On September 13, EAA CEO/Chairman Jack J. Pelton was a guest on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show to talk about the dangers of ATC privatization and why general ... Read more
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

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