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July 30, 2022October 31, 2025

Vintage Valedictorian

AirVenture
Walter Bowe of Sonoma, California is not your garden variety aircraft collector. ... Read more
July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

Persistence Pays Off

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
At the age of 17, Cadence Bomgardner has an aviation résumé that would make some folks green with envy. ... Read more
July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

Toolbox Saga Ends With Happy Campers

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
The Steger family, of Prescott, Wisconsin, had their EAA AirVenture Oshkosh visit all planned out. ... Read more
July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

Friends Gather to Honor an AirVenture Regular

AirVenture, Member Stories
Online community raises funds for Glen Towler memorial brick ... Read more
July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

Paraplegic Veteran Breaks Barriers

AirVenture, Member Stories
NV3 and partner Rotor X will be bringing a helicopter to 24 different VA spinal cord injury centers, where Stewart will fly. They hope to encourage veterans to “recapture the ... Read more
July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

A Taperwing’s Tapestry

AirVenture, Member Stories, Vintage
The first-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

The Rocket Scientist at the Lost and Found

AirVenture, Volunteers
Bob Burns has worked since the beginning of the space race and has lots of stories to tell about everything from satellites to spaceships. But at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh it’s ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 28, 2025

Pietsch

AirVenture

It’s about “aviation and everyone in it”

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July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

Teen Pilot From Georgia Lands at AirVenture

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
Taking a busy lifestyle to the next level is Benson Milam, a 17-year-old private pilot from Calhoun, Georgia. ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

Tower Power

AirVenture
Every year, the FAA asks qualified individuals from around the country to apply and join the Oshkosh tower for the week, resulting in about 120-130 applications. ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

International Visitors Tent Provides Home Away From Home

AirVenture
With most borders finally open, international visitors are flocking back to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. No matter where they come from, they are welcome to have the International Visitors Tent as ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

45 Years and Counting

AirVenture, Member Stories
Ken Swain, EAA 102241, flew his VariEze, N4ZZ, into Oshkosh for the 45th year in a row this year. ... Read more
July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

Full House

AirVenture, Vintage
The second-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Young Eagles Program Changes Lives

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
After becoming the 2 millionth person to receive a Young Eagles flight, Jodie Gawthrop earned her wings at 18 and became an A&P mechanic. ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 22, 2025

Pietenpols Relive Family History at Hangar

Member Stories, Vintage
“Not a lot of people get a chance to go back in history and look at things that were the same as they were 50 years ago. I’m thankful for ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

From Street to Seat

AirVenture
Chief Warrant Officer Paige Quintana is flying her beloved UH-60 Blackhawk into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 with fellow military pilots as part of the Aviation Branch Awareness Program. ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Rise and Shine!

AirVenture, Vintage
Mom always said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and apparently many campers in the South 40 agree. ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Unbroken Chain

AirVenture, Member Stories
The third-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters ... Read more
July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Women’s Intro to Building

AirVenture, Homebuilding

Encouraging women to break barriers

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July 26, 2022October 31, 2025

Father and Son Fly an RV-7 From France

AirVenture, Member Stories
On July 22, father and son duo Bruno and Salvo Sanna of France arrived in Oshkosh, finishing a 12-day journey across the Atlantic Ocean in their RV-7. ... Read more
July 26, 2022October 31, 2025

Jason Seavolt’s RV-8

AirVenture, Homebuilding
From the moment the aircraft was damaged to the “second first flight” in 2022, he found encouragement and assistance at every step of the process. ... Read more
July 26, 2022October 31, 2025

PT-26 Honors WWII Flight Instructors, Former Pilot

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Tim Trimble’s goal in bringing his PT-26 to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is twofold: to give credit to flight instructors and their role in World War II, and to honor a ... Read more
July 26, 2022November 7, 2025

Cub 45H — My Family’s Legacy

Member Stories, Why We Fly
The fourth-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters ... Read more
July 26, 2022October 28, 2025

Air Boss!

AirVenture
It takes a dedicated crew to safely pull off a production this size, and each has their own motivation for being here. Wayne sums it up best with the adage, ... Read more
July 26, 2022October 31, 2025

A Brazilian’s Oshkosh Journey

AirVenture
I dreamed to go here for a long time. ... Read more

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