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
