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July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Keeping a Tradition Alive

AirVenture, Member Stories
About 40 family and friends from Monterrey, Mexico, arrived on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 grounds before the start of the annual fly-in convention last Friday. ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Security Puts Smiles on Faces at OSH21

AirVenture
While working security and directing pedestrians and vehicles may not seem like the most exciting job on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 grounds, don’t tell that to Jake Grainger and ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Beloved World War II Ace Zooms in for Warbird Review Session

AirVenture, Warbirds
Bud Anderson has legions of friends and fans at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021. ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

A Ray Scholar’s Aviation Journey

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
Seventeen-year-old Jayden Chow didn’t come from an aviation family. Jayden, EAA 1293557, was first introduced to EAA by his dad’s coworker. ... Read more
July 31, 2021

Family, Friends, and Flying: Four Generations Celebrate AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories
For the Grantonic family, attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is like attending a family reunion on steroids. ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Ace Told His Story at AirVenture

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Donald McPherson came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 to get with a special friend from the past. Parked on the Warbird ramp is a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat restored exactly like ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 28, 2025

Tying the Knot Twice on the Tri-Motor

Member Stories, Why We Fly
Holly Baldwin Scheibner said her husband, James, isn’t the most romantic guy. So that made the surprise even more unbelievable. ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 17, 2025

The Night at the Museum

AirVenture, EAA Museum
With winds picking up to 90 mph gusts and pilots tightening airplane straps in the stillness of the airport, campers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 sought shelter at the EAA ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Asian Aviatrix Achieves Flying Dream, Plans Around-The-World Flight

AirVenture
Anh-Thu Nguyen in her Lancair IV P. She is preparing for her first around-the-world trip in 2022. ... Read more
July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Best of British

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds
It was a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire that drew crowds at AirVenture. ... Read more
July 30, 2021October 29, 2025

Dedicated Fuel Station Volunteers Keep AirVenture Running

AirVenture, Volunteers
Tradition. It’s what brings Orrin Howard and Lorraine Schram back every year to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to volunteer and work at the fuel station. ... Read more
July 30, 2021October 20, 2025

Texas Teen Scratchbuilds Sky Pup

Ultralights, Youth Outreach
Gage Wirtzberger, EAA 1324792, 18, of Greenville, Texas, built a Sky Pup from scratch and plans to fly it for the first time in a month. ... Read more
July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

A Great Big Little Bomber

Homebuilding, Member Stories
“It’s just an airplane.” That’s how the late Jack Bally, EAA 348338, a lifelong pilot and builder, described his one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — just ... Read more
July 30, 2021November 5, 2025

Tracing History – Following the Oregon and California Trails

Member Stories, Why We Fly
The Grand Prize winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters. ... Read more
July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

One-of-a-Kind Twin-Engine RV Creates Stir

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories
Jim and Ginger Tomaszewski of Clayton, Georgia, flew their stunning and diminutive TwinJAG to Oshkosh where it generates a lot of buzz. ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 29, 2025

Early Ray Scholar Volunteers at GirlVenture

Volunteers, Youth Outreach
Amy Whelan, EAA 1283566, goes from the mentee to mentor at AirVenture 2021 during the GirlVenture camp. ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

Finding Freebies

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
Whether you call it swag, freebies, loot, or promotional items, one thing is clear at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 — if you like things that are free, you’re in the ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 28, 2025

Grandma’s First Flight: A Ford Tri-Motor Tale 92 Years in the Making

AirVenture, Why We Fly
Lifelong Oshkosh residents John and Ruth Clark recently flew for the first time ever with their family on the Ford Tri-Motor at AirVenture 2021. ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

3D RC Flyer ‘Aces’ Night Performance

AirVenture, Why We Fly
Even though this is Jase “The Ace” Dussia’s fourth year performing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the 3D RC flyer acknowledges he still gets a bit anxious. ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 17, 2025

Howard DGA – Chariot of the Stars

AirVenture, Vintage
By Frederick A. Johnsen   Ben Howard used the nomenclature DGA for his airplane designs for years. By the time the executive Howard DGA-15 hit the market in 1939, it ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 28, 2025

Poberezny Legacy Tour

AirVenture, Honoring The Past
You can learn interesting stories about Paul and Audrey Poberezny, as well as see the 9-acre grounds that they once called home as part of the Poberezny Legacy Tour. ... Read more
July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

The Mass Mass Airport Tour

AirVenture, Why We Fly
The second-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters. ... Read more
July 28, 2021October 20, 2025

Birds of a Feather

Homebuilding, Member Stories
With so many aircraft around the grounds, it can be easy to miss a single airplane. However, one you won’t want miss is Howard and Linda Plevyak’s Stoddard Hamilton GlaStar, ... Read more
July 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Youth Volunteers Network While Having Fun

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
A group of young volunteers who flew in from Sacramento, California, is also getting to learn about the Oshkosh experience. ... Read more
July 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Member Spotlight: Steve Morse

AirVenture, Member Stories
Meet Steve Morse, EAA 223710. That name might be familiar to you, if you are familiar with the Dixie Dregs, Kansas, or Deep Purple — but around Oshkosh, Steve is ... Read more

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