By Angela Satterlee The Deckers come from a long line of pilots and aviation enthusiasts as they now have five generations who have attended AirVenture. Ken Decker’s grandfather and father ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Koepnick While you’re reading this over your morning coffee or waiting for the air show to start, there are 100 Vietnam War veterans from Northeast ... Read more
Remembering Gene McNeely Longtime AeroShell Aerobatic Team pilot goes west By Barbara A. Schmitz Gene McNeely, part of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team from 1994 to 2017, died July 5 in ... Read more
By Robbie Culver The 2025 EAA AirVenture Cup Cross-Country Air Race was held July 20, 2025, starting at Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) and finishing at Merrill Municipal (KRRL). This year’s ... Read more
By Catherine Warmkessel An air show wouldn’t be the same without the smoke that billows out behind each airplane. I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of an ... Read more
By Jim Roberts While enjoying the aerial ballet and symphony of sound during the daily air show, have you ever wondered who the conductor is? That would be the air ... Read more
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
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
By Robbie Culver, Type Club Coalition Chair On Tuesday, July 22, EAA’s Type Club Coalition held its annual meeting during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the PHP Conference Center Heritage Gallery ... Read more
Byron Waller, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, is using aviation to raise awareness about Crohn’s disease and show people they can overcome their limitations. Byron had been in and out ... Read more
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
By Robbie Culver In the Homebuilders Hangar, a replica of C.J. “Steve” Wittman’s Buster is on display. This is no ordinary replica — it includes original parts and was meticulously ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Britt Lincoln flew in the IAC demo Tuesday and Wednesday. While she has attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the past, this was her first time flying in ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Conceived by Lockheed’s C. L. “Kelly” Johnson and built at his Skunk Works, the U-2 first flew in July 1955 and has served faithfully ... Read more
By Abigail Oleniczak EAA AirVenture’s First Aid building offers many different services. The staff are a happy group of volunteers who share one common goal: to help and care for ... Read more
The Martins’ journey with EAA began in the late 1980s when Cindy Martin, EAA 288433, and her husband, Robert, EAA 1034583, first attended AirVenture. A few years later, they began ... Read more
By Laura Early, SouthWings Eastern Program Director North America’s largest blackwater wetland, the Okefenokee Swamp, covers more than 400,000 acres in Southeast Georgia. It is truly a unique freshwater ecosystem ... Read more
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
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
By Operation Helo When disaster strikes, most people wait for help to arrive. Operation Helo doesn’t keep them waiting long — it flies straight into the heart of devastation. With ... Read more
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
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
For many, AirVenture is a weeklong celebration of aviation, but for Don, EAA 43797, and Karen Duck, EAA 617522, it’s a family tradition that spans generations and entails nearly a ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh can be a life-changing event. Glen Matejcek (rhymes with “paycheck”), EAA 151163, who is attending his 50th AirVenture in 2025, said his early ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz A new campground area in EAA’s Camp Scholler is getting good reviews, especially from those arriving in large, heavy motorhomes. Camp Scholler Southeast, located south of ... Read more
