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July 28, 2021October 16, 2025

F4F Wildcat Warbirds in Review

AirVenture, Warbirds
A pristine Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat World War II fighter flew from Texas to be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 where it was the toast of a Warbirds in Review session ... Read more
July 28, 2021October 20, 2025

The Infinite Highway of the Air – Flying From Alabama to Alaska

Member Stories, Why We Fly
The third-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Ex-Thunderbirds Crew Chief Returns to Oshkosh at Controls of F-15

AirVenture
Seven years ago, Ben “Omni” Ayivorh, EAA 1146709, first attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh as a crew chief with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 29, 2025

Honoring Paul and Continuing Education

Chapters, Honoring The Past
EAA Chapter 36 Vice President Gary Keller gifted EAA with two handcrafted wooden stools to carry out the legacy and teachings of Paul Poberezny. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

A Tale of 2 Sharks

Homebuilding, Member Stories
As you make your way around the grounds, you can find many unusual or even unique airplanes. However, you won’t see many paint jobs as eye-catching as Lonnie Autry’s RV-8, ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 16, 2025

Classic German Biplane Design Builds Memories

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds
It’s a pugnacious little biplane, resplendent in World War II German colors. It’s a 1954 Spanish-built clone of the 1930s German Bücker Jungmann trainer. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 29, 2025

Admissions Volunteers

AirVenture, Volunteers
Volunteers are what make everything EAA does possible. With more than 5,000 volunteers helping out at AirVenture this year, it would be impossible not to run into one of them. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Exhibitors Excited to Reconnect With Aviation Family

AirVenture
For some exhibitors at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, it’s not about the money or sales. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Wings of Friendship

AirVenture, Member Stories, Why We Fly
The fourth-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters. ... Read more
July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Very Important Pooch Retrieves Pouch From Lost and Found

AirVenture, Member Stories
Rose London, her husband Phil Weber and Rose’s dog Issie came to the Lost and Found building on Monday to reclaim the dog’s bag, filled with her service dog harness, ... Read more
July 26, 2021October 17, 2025

Flies Like a Hawk, Lands Like a Kitten

AirVenture, Vintage
When 34 Kittyhawk biplanes rolled out of the shop, the Depression put a padlock on the door in 1934. And that might have been the end of the line, if ... Read more
July 26, 2021October 17, 2025

Cancer Survivor Saves Others

AirVenture, Why We Fly
Samaritan Aviation co-founder heads to front lines of Papua New Guinea after defeating cancer diagnosis ... Read more
July 26, 2021October 17, 2025

A Circumnavigational Flight Around the United States

Member Stories, Why We Fly
The fifth-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters. ... Read more
July 25, 2021October 20, 2025

Happy Anniversary, Debbie and Jack!

AirVenture, Member Stories
Jack Klein, EAA 518733, and Debbie Klein, EAA 1058911, celebrated their wedding by coming to AirVenture for their honeymoon, 40 years ago on this very day. “We were here for ... Read more
July 25, 2021October 17, 2025

Long Cross-Country – Teenage pilot arrives in style

AirVenture, Youth Outreach
Seventeen-year-old Brady Sherrow, EAA 1062054, flew into Oshkosh on his longest cross-country trip yet, just two weeks after earning his private pilot certificate! ... Read more
July 24, 2021October 17, 2025

Schaick, Scholler, and Mulva – The Names Behind the Signs

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Member Stories
Like any other medium-sized city, the names of roads and other areas in and around the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds are identified by signs. ... Read more
July 24, 2021October 29, 2025

Chapter Pride Abounds – Take a Seat at the EAA Blue Barn

AirVenture, Chapters
Having nearly 900 EAA chapters in the network, the wide range of diversity found in EAA chapters is about as broad as the number of chapters themselves, but when it ... Read more
July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

Hints for Sellers

DIY

Putting your airplane’s best foot forward.

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July 16, 2021November 7, 2025

The Doctor and the 172R-2

EAA Canada, Member Stories
The house phone rang early in the evening — a rare event as most calls come in on my cell. My wife answered the call and then handed me the ... Read more
July 16, 2021November 7, 2025

Red Deer Forestry Strip Fly-Out

EAA Canada, Member Stories
A couple of us from our chapter recently participated in a fly-out against the backdrop of some spectacular scenery. ... Read more
July 16, 2021October 22, 2025

Airberta Air Rally Day 2

EAA Canada, Member Stories
Dennis continues his series of updates from the first ever Airberta Air Rally. ... Read more
July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

My Deuced Brakes

Homebuilding
I found out yesterday the Deuce’s right main brakes were worn to the rivets. ... Read more
July 15, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Leighnor Flight Recorder

Attic, EAA Museum
Back in the mid-1960s, William Leighnor, EAA 8583, was asked by his cousin, an avid sailplane pilot, if he could develop a more accurate flight recorder than what was generally ... Read more
July 15, 2021November 6, 2025

Pay It Forward

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach
We can all do our part to develop the next generation. ... Read more
July 15, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — AirVenture 2021 Grounds Tour

AirVenture, Podcast
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, our hosts — Hal, Chris, and Tom — sat down to give listeners a virtual tour of the AirVenture grounds with just 11 ... Read more

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