July 24, 2019October 17, 2025

A Special AirVenture Surprise — A South African T-6 With Family Ties

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Kayla Floyd Johan Guyt stood along the flightline on Sunday, July 21, when an airplane in the markings of his homeland, South Africa, touched down on the runway. As ... Read more

July 24, 2019November 5, 2025

Ercoupe Couple Shows Spirit of AirVenture

Member Stories, Vintage, Youth Outreach

By John W. Conrad When Bob and Jean Porter of Batavia, Illinois, attended their first EAA air show at Oshkosh, they didn’t have an airplane, but they had a dream. ... Read more

July 23, 2019November 3, 2025

A Homebuilder’s Dream Flight: From Germany to Oshkosh — Meet Hermann Schiele

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Kayla Floyd Over in homebuilt camping, a grey RV-8 might have caught some attention. Whether it was the German registration, the German flag on the tail, or the combination ... Read more

July 23, 2019November 3, 2025

Riley Speidel Flew From California to Maine in a Glider

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Kayla Floyd It’s a bird, it’s a plane, and well … it’s a glider. And the pilot? Well, that is 14-year-old Riley Speidel. This year at AirVenture we are ... Read more

July 23, 2019October 20, 2025

17-Year-Old Volunteer Teaches Metal Work

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By John W. Conrad If you are looking to discover how they bend those fancy curves for vintage aircraft, or if you are plagued with a problem reverse compound curve ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 28, 2025

A Super Group — The New Holstein Super Cub Fly-In

Chapters, Why We Fly

Pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered in New Holstein on Sunday, July 21, to share their passion for flight. The New Holstein Super Cub Fly-In started in 2002 and was ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 17, 2025

Fairey Firefly on Display in Warbirds Area

AirVenture, Warbirds

Capt. Eddie Kurdziel’s Fairey Firefly will be on display on Warbird Alley during AirVenture and was part of EAA’s highly anticipated Warbirds in Review program Monday afternoon. The Firefly’s first ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 20, 2025

Sneaking in, Safely — A Soggy Saturday Didn’t Stop One Cirrus From Arriving

AirVenture, Member Stories

By John W. Conrad The skies had barely lifted and thunder still rumbled in the distance when the Cirrus SR22, piloted by 22-year-old Steven Noonan of Western Michigan University, entered ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 20, 2025

There’s Nothing Spartan About This Executive

AirVenture, Vintage

By Fred Johnsen There’s a dazzlingly shiny aluminum aircraft in the Vintage area that carries Royal Air Force roundels on the fuselage, and has the pedigree to do so. It’s ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 20, 2025

EAA Members Remember Watching Apollo 11 Landing, History Being Made

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

By Barbara A. Schmitz Fifty years ago, the world watched in wonder as Apollo 11 approached the moon’s surface. People waited in front of their television sets, some for hours, ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 20, 2025

First Airplane to Land at Oshkosh in 1970 Is Back in 2019

AirVenture, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

John Dyke, EAA Lifetime 3566, generously donated a one-of-a-kind Dyke Delta JD-2 N555A to EAA that will be on the convention grounds in front of the Brown Arch during AirVenture ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 20, 2025

A Spotter’s Guide to the EAA Aviation Museum Aircraft Around the Grounds

AirVenture, EAA Museum

Every year, more than 10,000 aircraft fly to Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Of those, nearly 3,000 are showplanes — vintage aircraft, warbirds, homebuilts, aerobatic airplanes, etc. — that are ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 17, 2025

The First Oshkosh — No, it wasn’t in 1970

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

Anyone attending AirVenture this year can look around the grounds and see we’re celebrating something special — EAA’s 50th convention in Oshkosh. Except we’re not. If you read the fine ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 20, 2025

Making the Best of It

AirVenture

By Barbara A. Schmitz Dean Gilderoy, of Scottsdale, Arizona, thought he was prepared for Friday night’s storm in Oshkosh. “I had staked down as much as I could, and was ... Read more

July 20, 2019October 20, 2025

Baby Ace Comes Back

AirVenture, Homebuilding

Back in May of 1955, a Corben Baby Ace graced the cover of Mechanix Illustrated magazine with a simple headline: “Build this plane for under $800 including engine!” The magazine ... Read more

July 17, 2019November 3, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Nicole Pierce

AirVenture, Member Stories, Volunteers

Nicole Pierce, EAA 559033, shares her Story of Oshkosh. ... Read more

July 11, 2019October 20, 2025

The Great EAA Aircraft Raffle of 2019

AirVenture

EAA recently visited Javron Corporation with Don Wade of C & D Aviation to discuss the latest in the build of EAA’s Aircraft Raffle airplane. ... Read more

July 10, 2019October 20, 2025

Respect — An Important Word in Every Pilot’s Vocabulary

Tips

Respect for your airplane doesn’t just mean giving it a love tap on the engine cowling. It means that you truly care for your aircraft by carefully looking it over ... Read more

July 10, 2019November 3, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Judie Ohm

AirVenture, Member Stories

My book, Turret Tales, would never have been written if it hadn’t been for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2010. ... Read more

July 9, 2019October 17, 2025

Chapter 1410 Zenith 601 XL Learn/Build — Update

Chapters, Homebuilding

Since our last report, our group has been busy working on our amateur-built aircraft project. ... Read more

July 9, 2019November 7, 2025

Aero Camping Expo at Brampton, Ontario

EAA Canada, Member Stories

Visitors were amazed at the amount of stuff we could shoehorn into the Cessna 177 Cardinal or the GlaStar, next door. Aero camping can be very comfortable. ... Read more

July 3, 2019October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Scaled Composites Test Pilots Evan Thomas and Zach Reeder

Podcast

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Scaled Composites test pilots Evan Thomas and Zach Reeder to discuss the first flight of Stratolaunch. Evan flew ... Read more

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

Big Toot — The Little Toot Grows Up

Vintage

When you first spot Big Toot, you may think you are seeing a Little Toot. This is because Tommy designed and built a plane that both honored his dad’s original ... Read more

July 2, 2019November 3, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — John Puent

AirVenture, Member Stories

John Puent, EAA 43711, has attended every EAA fly-in convention since 1970 and doesn’t plan on breaking his streak. ... Read more

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019

Chapter 323 Flying Start Program Takes Off

Chapters

EAA Chapter 323 ran into a common situation during Young Eagles events — parents clearly disappointed that the kids were the ones having all the fun. ... Read more