August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Virginia Cessna 170

Vintage

By Rick Champagne, EAA 1378576 This piece originally ran in the June 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. After building an RV-6 with my dad, I decided I wanted ... Read more

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

Two EAA Members Receive Master Pilot Award

Chapters, Member Stories

By James T. Franklin, EAA 1185170 Steve Allen Hill, EAA Lifetime 199826, and James T. Franklin, EAA 1185170, both received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award on Friday, August 7, ... Read more

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

EAA’s The Green Dot — Jolly Green Giant Pilot John Duffy

Podcast, Warbirds

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris are joined by John Duffy, who flew the massive Sikorsky HH-3E helicopter during the Vietnam War, to talk about his ... Read more

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026

EAA Chapter 5 in Action at Geauga County Airport

Chapters, Why We Fly

By Patty Fulop, EAA 1049894, Geauga County Airport Friends of the Geauga County Airport already know the important role the airport, its sponsors, management, tenants, and airport community play in ... Read more

August 20, 2026September 8, 2026

25 Years Later: Remembering 9/11

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

By Emme Hornung A quarter century later, as the nation reflects on the events of September 11, 2001, EAA is honored to welcome retired NYPD Chief Pilot Ken Solosky and ... Read more

August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Keeping the Old Fleet Flying

Ultralights

By Malcolm Brubaker, EAA Lifetime 428307 This piece originally ran in the June 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As a sail maker, most people I meet these days ... Read more

August 13, 2026August 13, 2026

EAA Chapter 724 Honors Its First Wright Brothers Master Pilot

Chapters, Member Stories

By Bobbi Lasher, EAA Chapter 724 Jim Gezik, EAA 670266, was recently honored by the FAA with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. This is the most prestigious award given ... Read more

August 13, 2026August 13, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Maryland Van’s Aircraft RV-7A

Homebuilding

By Bob Calo, EAA 650482 This piece originally ran in the June 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Way back in 1999, I was invited to go for a ... Read more

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026

EAA 1088’s Ray Scholar Continues to Make Us Proud

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Judie Mooney, Media Coordinator, EAA Chapter 1088 Juli Martinez was selected from among her fellow students in the Angelo State University aviation program to represent the program and share ... Read more

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026

Volunteer Spotlight — Dale Hanneman

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the June 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Dale Hanneman, EAA 363327, is one of many local, year-round volunteers in EAA’s Print Mail Center ... Read more

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026

Red Arrows Fly in Oshkosh

AirVenture, EAA Canada

By Ian Brown, EAA 657159, Editor, Bits and Pieces; Member, Canadian Council; Washago, Ontario The Red Arrows are pilots of the Royal Air Force, and they were spectacular when we ... Read more

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026

I Got “Ramped.” Let Me Tell You About It

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Clark Morawetz, EAA 1002105, Canadian Council It was a sunny late spring day in southern Ontario. My student and I had just completed 17 continuous touch-and-go circuits when we ... Read more

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026

Salcone Family Enjoys AirVenture Thanks to Make-A-Wish

Member Stories

The Salcone family of Folsom, California, enjoyed a few memorable days at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026 thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Arriving Wednesday and staying through the Saturday night air ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

First Young Eagle With a Lifelong Legacy

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Angela Satterlee Lesley Poberezny has spent her entire life surrounded by aviation. As the daughter of Young Eagles founder Tom Poberezny and granddaughter of EAA founder Paul Poberezny, flying ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

EAA’s Seaplane Base Shows Quieter Side of AirVenture

AirVenture

By Barbara A. Schmitz EAA’s Seaplane Base is less than 5 miles away from the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds, but visiting there is like going to an exotic, faraway land. ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 26, 2026

Oshkosh Rules

AirVenture

By Hal Bryan We all know Paul’s timeless quote about our annual convention, how you come for the airplanes and come back for the people, and it’s as true now ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

The British Invade Oshkosh

AirVenture

By Barbara A. Schmitz One thing is clear after talking to the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Red Arrows team. They are as excited to be in Oshkosh as they are ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Inaugural Ray Scholar Legacy Lives on Through Another Young Pilot

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Jessica Schaefer EAA Ray Aviation scholar Claire Jenkinson has a passion for vintage aircraft  — one that matched another young pilot whose legacy she honored this year as she ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Keeping AirVenture Secure

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Emme Hornung When visitors, volunteers, or staffers celebrate a milestone year of attendance, we usually gloss over the inconvenient truth that the milestone does not include the forsaken year ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Titan Moon Study

AirVenture

By Barbara A. Schmitz The fourth New Frontiers mission is now in its integration and testing phase, and Dragonfly, a first-of-its-kind rotorcraft, is two years from launch to learn more ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

USAF Maj. Sam ‘RaZZ’ Larson Returns to AirVenture, This Time as a Thunderbird Pilot

Member Stories

By Raul Cisneros U.S. Air Force Maj. Sam “RaZZ” Larson said he first came to AirVenture when he was about 10-11 years old. “I remember distinctly the first time my ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Javron Four-Place Cub

AirVenture, Homebuilding

By Robbie Culver Javron Aviation in Brainerd, Minnesota, offers experimental Super Cub kits using original Piper PA-18 specs and dimensions. At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2026, the company had a four-place ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

Legacy in the Sky

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

By Jessica Schaefer For many AirVenture visitors, watching David Martin fly the Aero Commander this year was a chance to see something few pilots would ever attempt: portions of Bob ... Read more

July 25, 2026July 26, 2026

Welcome Home!

AirVenture, Why We Fly

By Angela Satterlee One of the most emotional traditions at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh took place Friday, July 24, as 100 Vietnam War veterans traveled from Wittman Regional Airport to Washington, ... Read more

July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

RAF Red Arrows Circus Send Postcards Across the Pond in AirVenture Tradition

AirVenture

By Bailey Noel In their first ever visit to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, members of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows Demonstration Team support staff, known as the Circus, took part ... Read more