By Keith McCutchan, EAA 199951 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, we celebrated four generations of pilots in front of my dad’s favorite aircraft, the P-47. My dad told me if ... Read more
By Joe Scheibinger, EAA 96205 Joe shared a version of this post in a Zenith builders’ group on Facebook, and we thought it was too good not to share. During ... Read more
By Ian Brown, EAA 657159, Editor, Bits and Pieces Arriving at Oshkosh and camping ahead of opening day provides the opportunity to attend our “Welcome to Oshkosh” barbecue on Sunday ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz It started in about 2018 with a simple concept: Have EAA Chapters build chairs for the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh that give chapter members and others a ... Read more
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the Tuesday and Thursday air shows featured the Golden Knights, and the air shows on Monday and Wednesday featured the Misty Blues parachuting teams. But across ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Any one of you reading these words could have written them. I know I am just lucky enough to be the one doing so. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh ... Read more
Fifty years ago, Jack, EAA Lifetime 69122, and Anne McCombs, EAA Lifetime 78375, honeymooned in the most fitting place imaginable for two aviation lovers: the EAA Oshkosh fly-in. In 1975 ... Read more
Rocking your wings, and landing on the dot. Powered parachutes drifting gently overhead. The taut fabric of a biplane’s wings glistening with dew at dawn. The proud lines of an ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz John Dyer said he is a protégé of the Civil Rights Movement. Born in Atlanta in 1949, he remembers Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz For Keith Miller, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. And the people who see him are likely thinking that, too. After all, what could be ... Read more
Five years ago, Jackie Burch was terrified of flying. Now, she’s flown many different aircraft types, including a CubCrafters NXCub out of its base in Yakima, Washington, all the way ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz As soon as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 was over, Daniel Giuliani and his son Valentino decided they would come back in 2025. But for the first ... Read more
Before EAA became EAA in 1953, it was just founder Paul Poberezny and a small group of homebuilding enthusiasts that would informally get together, often at the local auto garage ... Read more
At just 18 years old, cousins Grant, EAA Lifetime 1507620, and Abby Keller are two of the youngest members of EAA Chapter 384, and they’ve already made their mark by ... Read more
By Larry Rogien All of us have crossed paths with people who influenced us. Over the years at Oshkosh, I have had opportunities to meet and converse with people like ... Read more
In the high-energy world of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, there’s a lot that goes unnoticed behind the scenes. But helping you find your way around the grounds or find a specific ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz It’s the “one week wonder” of pancake grills. AirVenture attendees and chapter members are helping to fabricate and assemble a pancake grill in the Young Eagles ... Read more
By Bob Goulais, EAA 1509922 It is a genuine pleasure to be a part of the greatest spectacle in aviation — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Without a doubt, it is the ... Read more
By Paul Petr It’s that time of year again — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The moment my boots hit the tarmac, I felt that familiar mix of excitement and nostalgia. The ... Read more
For most people, flying through 26 countries in a small, single-engine aircraft over the course of 101 days sounds like a feat best left to seasoned explorers or characters in ... Read more
Gabe Envani’s love for aviation started when he was just 6 years old, thanks to a family trip to the Kennedy Space Center. “Ever since then, I was hooked on ... Read more
Deb Ferguson, EAA 1247485, says she doesn’t just volunteer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. She helps to “save people’s vacations.” Originally from Ohio but now residing locally in Waupaca, Deb is ... Read more
Story by Angela Satterlee Photography by Gale Clapper When Bob Kerr, EAA Lifetime 320965, told me he’s a boat captain, he said it with a laugh and a shrug. “I ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Not many people can enjoy a good movie without popcorn. The Faris sisters certainly belong to that group. So when the sibling entrepreneurs who started Faris ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman are three names synonymous with aviation. At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh you can find legions of their aircraft ... Read more
This year marks a remarkable milestone for Lou Seno, EAA Lifetime 31489 — his 70th consecutive year attending the annual EAA fly-in and convention. His journey began in 1956, when ... Read more
Toward the tail end of World War II, an aircraft emerged from Germany that ultimately made little difference in the war but had a huge impact in the years to ... Read more
By Jim Roberts A few AirVentures ago, a friend introduced me to the concept of “MOO” — the Magic of Oshkosh. It’s the serendipitous and often quirky turn of events ... Read more
By Jared Miller, CEO and Co-Founder Across the country, volunteer pilots are quietly stepping up to make a life-changing difference in the fight against human trafficking. Freedom Aviation Network (FAN) ... Read more
Despite the geographical distance coming from Canada, Jordan Farrar, EAA 1645318, met his friends Wyatt Drum, from North Carolina, and Cody Ferguson EAA 1647229, Spencer Phillips, and Nolan Elliott EAA ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee The Deckers come from a long line of pilots and aviation enthusiasts as they now have five generations who have attended AirVenture. Ken Decker’s grandfather and father ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Koepnick While you’re reading this over your morning coffee or waiting for the air show to start, there are 100 Vietnam War veterans from Northeast ... Read more
Remembering Gene McNeely Longtime AeroShell Aerobatic Team pilot goes west By Barbara A. Schmitz Gene McNeely, part of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team from 1994 to 2017, died July 5 in ... Read more
By Robbie Culver The 2025 EAA AirVenture Cup Cross-Country Air Race was held July 20, 2025, starting at Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) and finishing at Merrill Municipal (KRRL). This year’s ... Read more
By Catherine Warmkessel An air show wouldn’t be the same without the smoke that billows out behind each airplane. I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of an ... Read more
By Jim Roberts While enjoying the aerial ballet and symphony of sound during the daily air show, have you ever wondered who the conductor is? That would be the air ... Read more
Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Ellen Northam, of Tipp City, Ohio, grew up hearing about a 1946 Aeronca 11 Chief her mother purchased before she and her husband were married. She ... Read more
By Robbie Culver, Type Club Coalition Chair On Tuesday, July 22, EAA’s Type Club Coalition held its annual meeting during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the PHP Conference Center Heritage Gallery ... Read more
Byron Waller, a 15-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, is using aviation to raise awareness about Crohn’s disease and show people they can overcome their limitations. Byron had been in and out ... Read more
The first-generation flyer who started it all for the Reigles was the late Charles Reigle. Flying became a generational habit that trickled down to the family’s newest pilot, Carl Reigle. ... Read more
By Robbie Culver In the Homebuilders Hangar, a replica of C.J. “Steve” Wittman’s Buster is on display. This is no ordinary replica — it includes original parts and was meticulously ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Britt Lincoln flew in the IAC demo Tuesday and Wednesday. While she has attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the past, this was her first time flying in ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Conceived by Lockheed’s C. L. “Kelly” Johnson and built at his Skunk Works, the U-2 first flew in July 1955 and has served faithfully ... Read more
By Abigail Oleniczak EAA AirVenture’s First Aid building offers many different services. The staff are a happy group of volunteers who share one common goal: to help and care for ... Read more
The Martins’ journey with EAA began in the late 1980s when Cindy Martin, EAA 288433, and her husband, Robert, EAA 1034583, first attended AirVenture. A few years later, they began ... Read more
By Laura Early, SouthWings Eastern Program Director North America’s largest blackwater wetland, the Okefenokee Swamp, covers more than 400,000 acres in Southeast Georgia. It is truly a unique freshwater ecosystem ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jessica Schaefer, EAA 1284501 Back on Cottonwood Avenue in Camp Scholler, the sounds of Top Gun echo across the tents, interrupting the rhythm of the campfire ... Read more
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts When you spot a sparkling Spartan Executive parked south of the Theater in the Woods, be sure to visit with the young pilots who ... Read more
By Operation Helo When disaster strikes, most people wait for help to arrive. Operation Helo doesn’t keep them waiting long — it flies straight into the heart of devastation. With ... Read more
Since 1988, Kent Shoemaker, EAA 419538, has been bringing a busload of aviation enthusiasts from Western Pennsylvania to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. With the exclusion of 2020 and 2021, he has ... Read more
By Paul T. Glessner, EAA 1270226 I have been interested in aircraft ever since I was a youngster. My father took the family to Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) after some ... Read more
For many, AirVenture is a weeklong celebration of aviation, but for Don, EAA 43797, and Karen Duck, EAA 617522, it’s a family tradition that spans generations and entails nearly a ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh can be a life-changing event. Glen Matejcek (rhymes with “paycheck”), EAA 151163, who is attending his 50th AirVenture in 2025, said his early ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz A new campground area in EAA’s Camp Scholler is getting good reviews, especially from those arriving in large, heavy motorhomes. Camp Scholler Southeast, located south of ... Read more
By Robbie Culver The venerable Fairchild Aviation Corp. is being celebrated at EAA AirVenture 2025 on its 100th anniversary. The company began in Farmingdale, New York, as a manufacturer of ... Read more
RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney brought its Boeing 747SP test bed to Oshkosh as part of the company’s global centennial celebration, commemorating 100 years since its founding in 1925. The ... Read more
Back for the first time since 2019, the AirVenture Concert Band is here for another rocking performance. It all started in 2007 when a group of musical aviators, under the ... Read more
Gary Baker, EAA Lifetime 251742, a retired airline pilot from Medina, Ohio, has selflessly given his time and expertise to EAA and Chapter 846 for the past 32 years. Just ... Read more
The Krapfl family is the powerhouse of the Main Gate North Admissions (MGN), with nearly 20 volunteers of siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and in-laws who pitch in ... Read more
By Corbett Stevenson Itzy’s mother, Mirna, remembers Itzy having a persistent fever, and Mirna had a nagging feeling that something was wrong. After a multitude of tests at their small ... Read more
“This business would not exist if it weren’t for EAA,” said Kyle Clark, BETA Technologies founder and CEO. As one of the participants in today’s Innovations Day activities, BETA’s all-electric ... Read more
By Robbie Culver There may be no more iconic aircraft in America than a Goodyear blimp. A blimp is a unique advertising extravaganza and a mainstay of live aerial television ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee This year’s Dorothy Hilbert Award goes to Carol Corona, EAA Lifetime 545619, who has been volunteering for more than 40 years. This award recognizes a female volunteer ... Read more
By Stephanie Jendrzejewski, Development Manager, PALS SkyHope This year marks 15 years of PALS SkyHope — and one of the most meaningful initiatives to take flight in that time is ... Read more
Barb Schmitz began covering AirVenture as an intern for the Fond du Lac Reporter while attending UW Oshkosh and later continued in her roles as a reporter and city editor for ... Read more
Tami Burns, EAA 799426, from Almond, Wisconsin, started volunteering at the North 40 camping registration station in 2009. She soon decided that it really wasn’t what she wanted to do, ... Read more
By Cam Martin, EAA Chaplain & Fergus Chapel Chairman, EAA 536955 Each day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, volunteer chaplains from around the country gather at the Fergus Chapel to ... Read more
By Kristinia Luke, Executive Director, Air Care Alliance Every pilot remembers the first time they took the controls — the thrill, the freedom, the pure joy of flight. Over time, ... Read more
By Jessica Schaefer, EAA 1284501 Four teens. One week. And the unbeatable experience of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. They came from different towns, different families, and completely different aviation backgrounds ... Read more
By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; Chapter 154 Regina\ In the process of building our RV-10, there are many decisions to make on avionics and other ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Coming from Alaska every year, Judy Knight is a proud volunteer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and ... Read more
By George Huntington, EAA 469341, St. Andrews, Manitoba, Three aircraft departed from St. Andrews, Manitoba, for Duluth, Minnesota, to clear customs on July 24, 2024. Our group included a 170, ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Linda Thorn, EAA 842022, was honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 as the Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer ... Read more
By Frank Hemko, EAA 569315 I’m 74 years old and have visited AirVenture six times since I retired. My 29-year career flying as captain on UPS B-727s, B-757s, and B-767s ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Craig Olson, EAA 116636, is the chairman of the Emergency Aircraft Repair team at AirVenture, a ... Read more
By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, Chapter 76 This summer, Lucas Garcia and I were selected for the Cajun Aviation Camp Scholarship. Every year they choose one guy and one girl ... Read more
By Athol Franz, EAA 680260 Having spent 23 years attending AirVenture camping with Neil Bowden’s South African group, once again this year I have been like a young boy all ... Read more
By Jim Roberts When most people think about electric aircraft, they think about batteries. But according to the folks at VerdeGo Aero, “Batteries are great at delivering power in short ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Barry, EAA Lifetime 151119, and Erwin Jay, EAA 139663, were back for another year at AirVenture! 2024 officially marked the 30th anniversary of the duo attending Oshkosh ... Read more
By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599 The concept of electric airplanes in Canada, particularly demonstrated by the Pipistrel Velis Electro at EAA AirVenture 2024, highlights an innovative shift in aviation. This ... Read more
By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, ON EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is indeed a premier event for aviation enthusiasts of all ages. The 2023 edition set impressive records, and 2024 went ... Read more
By Andrea Venturini A nonstop Atlantic crossing, from Scotland to Canada, a trip that typically can only be done via airliner, was achieved on June 14, 2024, in a two-seat, ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Twenty-two Hungarian aviation enthusiasts were welcomed to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, their last stop on a week-and-a-half-long trip around the world. The trip began on Wednesday, July 17, ... Read more
By Jim Roberts When the 2024 Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight departed Wittman Regional Airport on Friday morning, July 26, a unique passenger was on board. Accompanying the 100 local Vietnam ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Able Flight awarded its greatest number of flight training scholarships in a year to people with a disability in 2024, and nine of those 10 scholarship ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Mishaal AlSudairy is flying around the world, but he made sure that one of his stops was at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Flying a Diamond 42, Mishaal ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Flying from his home in Aberdeen, Scotland, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the first time in his Bristell NG5 was the longest trip Bill Miazek, EAA 1601589, ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Ballet, airplanes, grace, discipline. For Mary Elizabeth Kurek, EAA 1333410 and current Ray Aviation scholar for EAA Chapter 461 in Bolingbrook, Illinois, these ideas fit well together. ... Read more
By Jim Roberts If you came of age in the ’70s and ’80s, chances are your image of a helicopter stems from the iconic opening scene in the television series ... Read more
By Abigail Oleniczak Alina Scott is a 15-year-old who is chasing her dreams with hopes to inspire other youths. After flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh solo in 2023, she returned ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz The saying may be “A family that prays together stays together.” But for the Smith family, it’s a family that flies together. After getting stuck in ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz The secret to being successful is showing up 99 percent of the time, said Nicole Battjes, CEO of Rainbow Helicopters and keynote speaker at Wednesday’s WomenVenture’s ... Read more
By Jim Roberts It’s not every day you get to see and hear an aircraft engine that helped win World War II. Thanks to four dedicated volunteers, a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled ... Read more
By Jim Roberts At any gathering as large as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, you’re bound to have the usual run of bumps, scrapes, cuts, and occasionally more life-threatening episodes. To find ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Kathrin Kaiser isn’t sure why she loves flying. But growing up in East Germany with its barbed wire and secret police, she felt like she was ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee The pink airplane that can be spotted from around the grounds is the first of its kind, making its world debut at AirVenture 2024. With a fresh ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Julio Julia, a Puerto Rican native, flew his 2021 SeaRey Elite (N287PY) across the country from Florida to Oshkosh, which is believed to be the longest seaplane ... Read more
By Emme Hornung When Len Perry decided to learn to fly at 35 years old, his wife, Helena, figured it was a midlife crisis. But it was never a phase ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Like many of you reading these words, I have been to Oshkosh often. It’s my annual summer aviation addiction — I see it’s yours, too. For those ... Read more
Thank goodness for bad weather in Canada. Without it, Markus Schloter, of Rheinberg, Germany, might not have changed his plans and diverted to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “I had planned to ... Read more
Snowbirds Crowd Line — Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 26-28 Attendees, volunteers, and pilots should be aware that the Snowbirds performances require a larger aerobatic box, necessitating a slight move ... Read more
By Jim Roberts On opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, members of the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) gathered to christen the new Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center. The ... Read more
By Robbie Culver In my dreams, I fly a World War I Sopwith Camel. I’m wearing a leather flying coat emblazoned with my squadron’s emblem, a leather helmet, and goggles, ... Read more
If anybody needs more excitement at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, ask one determined Illinois youngster who will be on the flightline this week. She not only survived a medical emergency ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Hundreds gathered around Old Crow Tuesday to learn about the man who once flew the P-51 and pay tribute to one of America’s greatest heroes, even ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Warrior. Adventurer. Patriot. Those words on the memorial stone for Dick Rutan, who died in May, sum up Dick’s life. But his brother Burt and other friends ... Read more
To a pilot, the words “rock your wings” are almost sacred. They mean we are approaching the small town of Fisk, Wisconsin, on the approach to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and ... Read more
By Jim Roberts From the day the Aeronautical Corporation of America set up shop in 1928 at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, until it closed the doors in 1951 in Middletown, ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Their name and paint job may be new, but their crowd-pleasing show will remain the same as the TITAN Aerobatic Team in its AT-6 Texans takes ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Kevin Conner is part of the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team based in Frederick, Oklahoma, that operates two World War II-era Douglas aircraft, the C-47 Boogie Baby and ... Read more
By Robbie Culver In April 2024, the Ray Aviation Scholarship Fund reached a milestone of 500 completed Ray scholars who have earned their pilot certificate through the program. A corn ... Read more
By Abigail Oleniczak The excitement of KidVenture began 25 years ago when then EAA Chairman Tom Poberezny and Vice President Greg Anderson asked EAA Director Dan Majka to create somewhere ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz To say Jessica Cox, of Tucson, Arizonia, has a can-do attitude is a massive understatement. She was born without arms and learned to do things with ... Read more
Last summer, Paul Barnett nearly lost his right leg. A little more than a year later, he’s helping folks climb up into the cockpit of the Corsair he flew in ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Mike Blyth — a test pilot, entrepreneur, and aircraft lover who founded Sling Aircraft — is the winner of the Dr. August Raspet Memorial Award this year. ... Read more
By Jim Roberts Jeff Coffey spent 30 years as an air traffic controller, including 15 years working SUN ’n FUN, and nine tours wearing the distinctive pink shirt of an ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Vicky Benzing wanted to fly a P-51 so bad that she took the training course to get qualified in the Mustang in hopes that someone would ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Liam Hawkins, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was so afraid of flying that he had to take more than 1,000 commercial flights before he could get over ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee You could call it a gyro-dynamic experience, but for Sue Benua, EAA Lifetime 1262570, it was an unforgettable trip. Sue arrived Thursday in Oshkosh after a weather ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Rylie Remar is making waves for all young women involved in aviation. She is a 21-year-old woman from Poplar Grove, Illinois, who decided that simply buying a ... Read more
By Paul Maloy, EAA Director of Education Far too often, teenagers are categorically labeled as inadequate, unmotivated, unfocused, and lazy. However, the truth for many teens is exactly the opposite! ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Pilots are a particular bunch. We are our own worst critics, overanalyze every flight we make, and are constantly striving for perfection. I’m still waiting to make ... Read more
As the storm clouds of war began to form in Europe in the 1930s, the U.S. Army Air Corps found itself in dire need of a primary trainer for the ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Dennis Lange, EAA 198454, is from Fond du Lac, and he started volunteering at EAA back in 1979, became a member shortly after that in 1981, and ... Read more
Call him the George Costanza of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Randy Rettler, EAA 1030161, may not wear oven mitts to protect his hands like George did in “The Puffy Shirt,” ... Read more
By Robbie Culver EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh is a showcase for aircraft that are not found anywhere else. This year, an example of that is Jim and Mitzi O’Hara’s TTP38 Volar’s ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz EAA is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its first One Week Wonder during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. In 2014, more than 2,500 people shared the building ... Read more
By Robbie Culver Part of the allure of aviation is getting out of your comfort zone, embracing the adventure of every flight, and expanding your knowledge — the operative phrase ... Read more
Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of remarkable female pilots. They recently returned from their Ladies Love Taildraggers Mississippi River Flying Tour, which ... Read more
By Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing is unveiling a state-of-the-art mobile boom simulator at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. This cutting-edge tool is ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee Linda Thorn is the winner of this year’s Dorothy Hilbert Award, which honors a female volunteer who exhibits the same passion, dedication, and devotion for volunteerism as ... Read more
By Emme Hornung Picture this: The roar of the morning P-51 formation just pulled you out of sleep. Usually, you hit snooze on your alarm, but there is no snooze ... Read more
Story and photography by Robbie Culver Flying to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is a rite of passage for pilots. Months of planning, sacrifices for good weather, and no small amount of ... Read more
By Emme Hornung With rows and rows of thousands of aircraft to see on the AirVenture grounds, it may be hard to know exactly what you’re looking at. Lucky for you, ... Read more
Thomas Varep-Popov fell in love with aviation at the early age of 4, and his passion for it has only grown. Now, he has combined those feelings about aviation with ... Read more
Need a break from all the excitement happening this week and not sure how to relax? Stop by the newly added free little libraries for a good book, provided by ... Read more
A team of students from Northwestern Michigan College recently completed refurbishment of one of the Homebuilders Headquarters Welcome Wagons. The students, enrolled in automotive technology, spent part of the academic ... Read more
By: Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806 Do you dream about living forever or becoming a legend, like Davy Crockett? I think many people do. There is something instinctive inside of us ... Read more
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, Dean Cutshall will be bringing an extremely rare F-100 to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 this July.
The creativity and spirit of our network of EAA chapters and members was on full display in the Blue Barn during a very successful EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.
If you had asked aviation enthusiasts to imagine a year without AirVenture, they would have told you it’s unimaginable. It took a worldwide pandemic to cancel every aviator’s pilgrimage in ... Read more
Each year as I arrive in Oshkosh a few days before the start of AirVenture, one of my self-indulgent pleasures is to make the EAA Aviation Museum my first stop.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
“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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed Orbis International Director of Aircraft Operations and Maintenance Bruce Johnson to the show to talk about the Flying Eye Hospital that ... Read more
The Vintage Aircraft Association portion of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds takes up a pretty sizable chunk. Maintaining that chunk requires a lot of volunteer effort, and it begins with ... Read more
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed EAA’s Vice President of Publications, Marketing and Membership, Jim Busha, and EAA’s Chairman and CEO, Jack Pelton, to the show to ... Read more
My wife and I recently had the thrill of seeing our son solo both a helicopter and a Cessna — as well as pass his glider private pilot checkride — ... Read more
The Fun Fly Zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is home to ultralights and light-sport aircraft, not to mention rotorcraft, RC aircraft, and exciting demos of short takeoff and landing (STOL) ... Read more
After 40-year careers in the air show business, Julie Clark and Matt Chapman are hanging up their air show uniforms at the conclusion of their 2019 seasons.
By Frederick A. Johnsen Theresa Eaman has been a regular at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for seven years. She brings professional song stylings of vintage tunes to the Warbirds in Review ... Read more
In recognition of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Dakota Territory Air Museum of Minot, North Dakota, participated with its fleet of aircraft in the air show yesterday. In addition ... Read more
The warbirds around the grounds aren’t alone in having served their country. While airplanes usually take center stage at AirVenture, EAA makes it a priority to take a moment to ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Flying Musicians is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019, all while singing the praises of pilots who perform. John Zapp, president and CEO, said the idea ... Read more
“It’s painted by John Stahr. I provided the canvas, the bodywork, and my life with my wife, Nan Wu, provided the inspiration,” Douglas Taylor said. “It’s based on our past ... Read more
19-year-old Alex Vanover got his start in RC here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and is now winning world championships racing drones. “It’s a dream come true . ... Read more
By Kayla Floyd Nancy Walters holds many memories, as well as many patches. Nancy has been coming to the EAA fly-in convention since 1980 when she flew to Oshkosh in ... Read more
Patriotic pride from around the world was on display on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 grounds on Friday afternoon, as AirVenture attendees gathered at the International Visitors Tent to parade ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Robin Dolp, of Frankfurt, Germany, always wanted to fly into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh via the Fisk route, but he didn’t have enough vacation time to do ... Read more
By John A. Conrad AirVenture is at once an air show, a fly-in, a camporee, a reunion, and a county fair, all centered on the gift of flight. The county ... Read more
Juxtaposed with the stream of big iron arriving and departing Boeing Plaza throughout the week is the Fun Fly Zone, a special runway dedicated to light-sport and ultralight aircraft that ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Austin Bowman, then 14, recalled being upset, even mad, when his parents sold the family’s Glasair in 2000 that his dad, Skip, had built soon after ... Read more
By Barbara A. Schmitz Bob Herman has been attending the EAA fly-in convention for 51 years, and volunteering for 50 of those years. “But I didn’t realize I was volunteering ... Read more
By Kayla Floyd The PedalVenture parade took place down Celebration Way on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering ... Read more
Charlie and Steve Gay’s 1965 Bowers Fly Baby 608X has returned to Oshkosh for the first time since 1970. The Fly Baby is a single-seat, folding-wing monoplane, originally designed in ... Read more
In 2003, Norman Surplus, then 40, was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The prognosis wasn’t good. “They gave me a 40 percent chance to live 18 months,” he recalled. As he ... Read more
Plenty of impressive, huge, and potentially pricey aircraft flock to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture every year, but not every flyer on the field is unaffordable. Enjoyable and accessible vintage aircraft ... Read more
The thousands of homebuilders at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 know that building your own plane is achievable, but a significant percentage of attendees might not. To shine some light on ... Read more
The Monday afternoon air show opened with an unlikely formation, flown in honor of two members of EAA’s first family: Founder Paul Poberezny and his son Tom, former president of ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joel Godston knew he wanted to be involved in aviation from the age of 9. More than 70 years later, he’s joined the family of annual AirVenture attendees who share ... Read more
The Fun Fly Zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is home to all kinds of flying machines, from autogyros and helicopters to powered parachutes, light homebuilts, EAA’s Twilight Flight Fest, and ... Read more
When you walk through the Vintage area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, you’re surrounded by living, breathing pieces of history. Here’s a look back at some of the classics from the ... Read more
To Experience Oshkosh is to be immersed in a seven-day reunion of everything aviation, a gathering of people and airplanes seen no place else on the planet.
EAA is offering a limited number of Innovation Showcase exhibit locations for cutting-edge companies that seek to bring new products to AirVenture 2019.
On the newest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the hosts were joined by Vice President of Communities and Member Programs Rick Larsen and Vice President of Advocacy and ... Read more
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot we meet Dennis Dunbar, director of AirVenture air show operations. Anyone who knows Dennis knows he is full of great stories, and he ... Read more
EAA members are justifiably proud of their attendance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, celebrating anniversaries spanning decades of flying in — or driving to the event — years of camping in ... Read more
The Homebuilts area is the place to go for the makers and doers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. With daily workshops and forums, it is also the perfect place for current ... Read more
December 29, 2016 – We wanted to know what interested you most in 2016 at EAA, so we ran some numbers that gave us the stories that were the most-read ... Read more
Our photographers captured the best moments of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. Relive some of it with us as we get dream about #OSH17. Share The Spirit of Aviation® this holiday ... Read more
