Excerpt: Three members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), Charles R. Blaich, Matt Nelson, and Steven SanFilippo, will be speaking about their 9/11 experience and honoring those who ... Read more
Pliers are levers, so when I started to design these, I wanted the latch located at the furthest point from the pivot. This would allow for the least amount of ... Read more
Lt. Retzlaff joined the Army Air Forces, as many young men did at the time, to fight against a grave wrong and injustice that was happening in Europe. He had ... Read more
Camping at AirVenture 2023 was different this year in that EAA granted the Canadian Council a consolidated location for up to 50 campsites in my usual camping location just North ... Read more
C-GSYV is a Murphy Rebel that took eight years and close to 3,000 hours to build. It first flew on August 2, 2021, and currently has more than 100 hours ... Read more
At 3 p.m., the horses at the Epsom Derby galloped out of the start gates. Alan Cobham stood by his airplane. He heard the starting gun and glanced at his ... Read more
When you come to Oshkosh early, well ahead of the usual crowds for the AirVenture 2023 event, like I did this year, some special things are liable to happen all ... Read more
It would seem for Dennis Crispin, EAA 258290, that his whole life has been directing him to volunteer for his local EAA chapter and AirVenture. His first clue came in ... Read more
Daniel Ruth, EAA 1298399, has many hobbies you’d expect from a ten-year-old: he is an infield catcher on a baseball team, is a Boy Scout, has a purple belt in ... Read more
Some people build replica aircraft. Matt Hissem, EAA 842921, builds replica space capsules. If you are an AirVenture regular, you may have seen a DeLorean driving the campground that looks ... Read more
The Tinker Air Force Base Air Show was held on Saturday, July 1, and Sunday, July 2. The air show hit their 100,000 people capacity crowd both days. This was ... Read more
AirVenture is a must-see destination for pilots and aviation enthusiasts, and this includes EAA’s Ray Aviation scholars. By my count, there were at least 83 scholars who attended AirVenture this ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray discusses some points for ultralight pilots to consider when contemplating earning your sport pilot certificate.
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That one sentence my instructor told me has stuck with me and motivated me throughout my training and boosted my confidence as a pilot. “She’s a pilot.” Yes, I am ... Read more
Combining two of my interests in one of the most remote parts of the world presented an inevitable opportunity: to fly cross-country in a single-engine land aircraft and land/take off ... Read more
Wayne Schmidt, EAA 437248, from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has been attending EAA AirVenture for 50 years, and has been an EAA member since 1993.
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UFO researcher Ben Hansen said UFOs are a real phenomenon. “I’m not telling you its extraterrestrial, but something is going on that is not intentional.”
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This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Bev Markel, who worked as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines in the 1960s.
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In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses his first flights in the Hummingbird helicopter he recently built.
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