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August 12, 2021October 17, 2025

GoFly Inspires 14-Year-Old to Design Her Own Flying Machine

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Teenager Gia Keiper gained some serious design and engineering inspiration from the GoFly competition.

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August 12, 2021October 28, 2025

A-10 Pilot Kim Campbell to Speak at EAA Museum

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot Col. Kim Campbell to present at the EAA Aviation Museum on August 19.

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August 10, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Goodyear Blimp Chief Pilot Michael Dougherty

AirVenture, Podcast
This time on a special live audience recording of EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed Goodyear Blimp Chief Pilot Michael Dougherty to the show to talk about what it’s like ... Read more
August 5, 2021October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Ted and Lynn Kirkpatrick

Volunteers, Youth Outreach

When it comes to EAA’s Young Eagles program, you won’t find too many volunteers more passionate than Ted and Lynn Kirkpatrick.

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August 5, 2021November 4, 2025

Outsourcing for the Homebuilder

Homebuilding, Tips

When it’s time to go beyond DIY.

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August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

Civil Air Patrol: A Day in the Life of a Cadet

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

Civil Air Patrol Blue Beret Cadet Cody Matthews talks about CAP and a day in the life at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.

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August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

Lost Then Found

AirVenture, Member Stories
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh’s Lost and Found has reunited many convention visitors with things like lost cameras, wallets, and cell phones. But on Friday night, July 30, they made their most ... Read more
August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

An AirVenture Proposal

AirVenture, Member Stories

Josh Fischer proposed to Jessica Thacker in the vintage aircraft area, after the two met years ago during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

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July 31, 2021

Homebuilt Sperocco Starts With a Good Plan and Makes It Better

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories

It is gray and subdued, an understated exterior for a smooth custom homebuilt firmly rooted in the plans of the legendary Marcel Jurca.

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July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Aviation Job Fair on Sunday

AirVenture

EAA’s annual Aviation Job Fair is back and it runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 1st.

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July 31, 2021October 17, 2025

Aircraft Art Honors Armed Forces

AirVenture, Homebuilding

While there are many ways in which veterans are honored at AirVenture, pilot Rodney Jarrell, EAA Lifetime 1132855, found a unique way to do so.

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July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

New Coffee Company Supports Warbird Restoration

AirVenture, Warbirds

Warbird Coffee Co., founded by Royal Air Force veterans Adam Berry and Jon Short in November 2020, sells a series of coffee blends that help in the restoration of warbirds.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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