Aviation History

October 6, 2025October 17, 2025

Sharing the Life of Aviation Legend Steve Wittman at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Jim Cunningham, a published aviation writer and biographer, will share the storied life of Steve Wittman — an Oshkosh native, prolific aircraft designer, and legendary air racer — as the ... Read more

October 2, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Fabric From WWI German Aircraft

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This piece of fabric was salvaged from a downed German aircraft from World War I. ... Read more

September 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Four Generations of Pilots

Member Stories

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

September 4, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — 1935 Flight Souvenir

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Do you still have a memento from your first flight? A logbook entry, pilot wings, or ... Read more

August 22, 2025October 17, 2025

EAA Speaker Series Remembers 9/11

Speaker Series

David Norman, a first responder in New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will speak about his experiences on the scene that day on Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m. ... Read more

August 7, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Seashells From Tinian Island

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   These seashells were souvenirs collected by Paul C. Shafhauser to remember his time stationed at ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Travel Air Celebrates Centennial

AirVenture, Vintage

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

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

70 Years of Airplanes and Fly-Ins

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

From Twelve to Tradition

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Wittman Buster Replica Built With Original Wings on Display in Homebuilders

AirVenture

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

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Happy Birthday, Dragon Lady!

AirVenture, Warbirds

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

July 22, 2025October 20, 2025

Fairchild Aviation’s 100th Anniversary Celebrated at AirVenture Oshkosh

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Vintage

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

July 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Goodyear Blimp 100th Anniversary Brings Two Airships to Oshkosh!

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

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

June 26, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Charles Lindbergh Sheet Music

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   When Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, Americans ... Read more

June 23, 2025October 17, 2025

EAA Speaker Series — M*A*S*H: Flying the Wounded

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

M*A*S*H, the American war comedy-drama television series that we know and love, is full of real-life stories and experiences. While it aired from 1972 to 1983 during the era of ... Read more

May 29, 2025October 17, 2025

Showcasing Leo J. Kohn’s Photograph Collection at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

By Angela Satterlee For this month’s Speaker Series, the EAA Aviation Museum is proud to host John Dorcey, EAA 68060, and Dan Silvers, EAA 1085115. They will be presenting on ... Read more

May 22, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Antique Contact Lenses

Attic, EAA Museum

By: EAA This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Every pilot wants to have clear vision when flying, but would you wear ... Read more

April 25, 2025October 17, 2025

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ret. CW5 Dick Hanusa, an experienced Army helicopter pilot, is the next speaker in EAA’s Speaker Series. Dick will share his experiences from two tours in Vietnam flying the UH-1, ... Read more

April 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Mosquito Mission

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Gustavo J. Mas, EAA Lifetime 853532 I had just recently moved to Florida’s Gulf Coast and was enjoying some early morning salt water fishing near New Pass on Fort ... Read more

April 24, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — M-18 Dromader Banner

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This banner celebrates an aircraft that is perhaps not as well-known stateside. The PZL M-18 ... Read more

April 1, 2025October 20, 2025

Early Days of Ultralight Flight

Member Stories, Ultralights

By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as ... Read more

March 27, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Lafayette Escadrille Pilot’s French and Italian Pilot Certificates

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Leonard M. Reno was one of the few Americans who entered World War I before ... Read more

February 27, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Trophy From First Wisconsin Air Race

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   On June 15, 1930, 30,000 people attended Wisconsin’s first state-sponsored air race. Events included a ... Read more

February 19, 2025October 17, 2025

Oshkosh to Mission Control

EAA Museum

By Cindi Pokorny, EAA Youth Education Center Educator It’s one thing to be in the place where history happened; it’s another entirely to be in that place with one of ... Read more

February 6, 2025October 17, 2025

A Hero in Your Own Hometown

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

Throughout the globe, as we drive from town to town, many times we see an aircraft on a pole outside of a VFW, town hall, or park. Many times we ... Read more

January 7, 2025October 17, 2025

Jerry Janes, a Legend

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past

By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102; Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians as a group tend to not “blow their own horn” but have a way of just making things happen. One overachiever ... Read more

December 18, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Corsair Pilot Helmets

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. These flight helmets were worn by Wesley Todd, who flew Corsairs as a Marine Corps fighter ... Read more

November 21, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — EAA 1969 Sport Aviation Convention Pennant

Attic, EAA Museum

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

November 7, 2024October 20, 2025

Grumman F8F-2/G-58A Bearcat: An Air-to-Air Photo Mission

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 ... Read more

November 5, 2024October 20, 2025

Zenith: My Very Limited History With the Company

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with ... Read more

October 28, 2024October 17, 2025

‘Recognize the Moment’ With Record-Breaking Race Pilot at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, Speaker Series

Skip Holm – a highly-accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race pilot, and movie pilot – will be the final speaker for the 2024 ... Read more

EAA’s The Green Dot — AC-208 Pilot Dan Jackson

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by AC-208 pilot Dan Jackson, who flew the experimental Combat Caravan as a member of the 6th Special Operations Squadron, ... Read more

October 24, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Steve Wittman’s Pan Am Passenger Certificate

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Back when a commercial flight was still an event to dress to the nines for, Pan ... Read more

October 24, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA Chapters 26 and 441 Join in Peter Bowers Tribute

Chapters, Member Stories

By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, EAA Chapter 26 & 441 Newsletter Editor Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, just south of Seattle, has been painting large murals on the end ... Read more

October 10, 2024October 28, 2025

The Return of the Curtiss Hawk II

EAA Museum, Member Stories

By Hans J. Storck, EAA 1589326, with thanks to Fred Barber, EAA 8784 Al Williams was kicking his 1000-hp Gulfhawk hard over the Cleveland Municipal Airport at the National Air ... Read more

October 10, 2024October 28, 2025

Pioneer Airport at 40: The Stories That Can Be Told…

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

By Dick Knapinski The vintage airplanes out behind the EAA Aviation Museum have always had their stories. Now that their home, Pioneer Airport, has turned 40 years old, that unique ... Read more

EAA’s The Green Dot — Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris discuss the history of MASH, or Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, and their use in the Korean War, as well as ... Read more

September 26, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Leo Gray’s Tuskegee Airmen Uniform

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This uniform was worn by Tuskegee airman Leo Gray. Originally from Boston, Gray volunteered for the ... Read more

September 25, 2024October 16, 2025

A-6 Intruder Pilot to Present on Combat Experiences at EAA Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Richard (Dick) Koehler, who flew the A-6 Intruder during the Vietnam War, will speak about his career and experiences in the cockpit on Thursday, October 10, at 7 p.m. as ... Read more

September 5, 2024October 28, 2025

Uncover the Months Following 9/11 at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

By Emme Hornung Returning from the 2023 edition of the 9/11 Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Charles R. Blaich brings with him colleague and friend Dr. Michael ... Read more

August 29, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Discussing Bazooka Charlie

Podcast, Warbirds

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Jim Busha, EAA’s vice president of publications, membership, and retail, to talk about his latest book, Bazooka ... Read more

August 29, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Amelia Earhart Hallmark Doll

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In 1979, more than 40 years after she made her historic solo flight across the Atlantic ... Read more

August 22, 2024October 28, 2025

Reintroducing Solar Riser: The World’s First Crewed Solar-Powered Aircraft

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

By Angela Satterlee On June 28, the EAA Aviation Museum welcomed back the Mauro Solar Riser aircraft, the world’s first crewed ultralight powered by solar energy. It is on display ... Read more

August 1, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — XP-51 Ammo Can

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This XP-51 ammo can is an original component from the EAA Aviation Museum’s North American XP-51 ... Read more

July 27, 2024October 28, 2025

The Two Flags

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

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

July 25, 2024October 20, 2025

Tribute to a Hero

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Warbirds

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

July 25, 2024October 20, 2025

Remembering Dick Rutan

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

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

July 24, 2024October 28, 2025

WWII Airborne Demonstration Team

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

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

July 22, 2024October 20, 2025

EAA Member Helps Preserve History at National Air and Space Museum

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

By Robbie Culver Have you ever wondered what it is like to work with some of our nation’s most precious and unique aviation artifacts? Imagine what it is like to ... Read more

June 26, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Joe Engle’s College Binder

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even astronauts feel a sense of pride toward their alma mater! NASA astronaut Joe Engle, EAA ... Read more

June 20, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Rose Dorcey, John Dorcey, and Dan Silvers of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame to discuss the organization’s project ... Read more

May 24, 2024October 29, 2025

Uncover the Heroic Tale of Bazooka Charlie at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Jim Busha, the co-author of Bazooka Charlie: The Unbelievable Story of Major Charles Carpenter and Rosie the Rocketer, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. Jim will ... Read more

April 4, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Target Kite, Mark 1, Mitsubishi A6M

Attic, EAA Museum

In 1940, Smithsonian employee Paul Garber produced an exhibit highlighting the various Allied and Axis aircraft then fighting in World War II. His display caught the attention of the U.S. ... Read more

March 20, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — MIA Recovery Archaeologist Dr. Brett Hoffman

Honoring The Past, Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Dr. Brett Hoffman, a senior member of the University of Wisconsin Missing in Action Recovery and Identification ... Read more

March 7, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — American Airlines Stewardess Uniform, 1969

Attic, EAA Museum

Complete vintage stewardess uniforms are hard to come by, and the EAA Aviation Museum is lucky to have this recent donation in its collection. From 1969, this is the American ... Read more

February 7, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Clyde Lee Flight to Oslo Commemorative Postcard and Photo

Attic, EAA Museum

Printed in 1932, this postcard shows the proposed route that Oshkosh native Clyde Lee planned to take from the United States to Norway. Lee campaigned for his red 1928 Stinson ... Read more

January 25, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Museum Creative Director Ami Eckard-Lee

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Ami Eckard-Lee, who is the creative director at the Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin, to chat about the ... Read more

January 11, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Martin B-10 Fuel Tank

Attic, EAA Museum

When it entered service in 1934, the Martin B-10 was a revolution in bomber design. Faster than many fighters of the day, the B-10 featured an all-metal airframe, enclosed cockpits, ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 28, 2025

Reflections of a Tri-Motor Stewardess (Or Should I Say, Hostess)

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

100-year-old Ruth Hunter considered the Tri-Motor her home at one point, having been a stewardess on the Tri-Motor in the early ‘50s, and getting to fly in EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Data Tape Reel, Enterprise OV-101

Attic, EAA Museum

Before the miniaturization and adoption of hard disk drives, magnetic tape reels like this were a primary data storage medium in early computers. This reel contained part of the flight ... Read more

November 16, 2023October 29, 2025

Remembering Frank

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

EAA Aviation Museum Manager Chris Henry reflects on the recent loss of astronaut Frank Borman, and his long connection to and support of our organization.

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November 9, 2023October 17, 2025

The Love Triangle — A Fear of Repeating the History of the Ford Tri-Motor

Member Stories

The Ford Tri-Motor, as the first luxury airliner, transformed global travel, heralding the era of commercial flight. Today, as I dream of piloting cutting-edge aircraft across continents, I owe a ... Read more

November 2, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — F-104 Throttle Assembly

Attic, EAA Museum

This throttle assembly was fitted to a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter, serial No. 56-0763. This particular aircraft spent much of its service life based at the USAF Flight Test Center at ... Read more

October 5, 2023October 28, 2025

How a General Aviator Inspired UFO Folklore

Honoring The Past

The extraterrestrial frenzy we’re experiencing these days is nothing new. General aviation pilot Kenneth Arnold is widely credited with being the inspiration for the modern era of UFO folklore after ... Read more

September 7, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Rokuohsha Type 89 Camera Gun

Attic, EAA Museum

This machine gun-like camera was designed to train Japanese aircraft gunners. When the trigger was pulled, the camera would begin taking pictures of a target on 35 mm film housed ... Read more

August 31, 2023October 22, 2025

Three FDNY Firefighters to Present at 9/11 Speaker Series

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Excerpt: Three members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), Charles R. Blaich, Matt Nelson, and Steven SanFilippo, will be speaking about their 9/11 experience and honoring those who ... Read more

August 16, 2023October 31, 2025

A Flight into World War II History: The Marianas

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

Combining two of my interests in one of the most remote parts of the world presented an inevitable opportunity: to fly cross-country in a single-engine land aircraft and land/take off ... Read more

August 16, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — TWA Flight Attendant Bev Markel

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Bev Markel, who worked as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines in the 1960s.

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August 10, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — BD-5 Wind Tunnel Model

Attic, EAA Museum

Jim Bede began development of his Micro homebuilt aircraft concept in the late 1960s, which eventually emerged as the BD-5. While the BD-5’s fighter-like looks and projected low cost made ... Read more

July 29, 2023October 29, 2025

Ladies of Liberty

AirVenture, Vintage

For five years, Ladies of Liberty, of Louisville, Kentucky, have been doing that — performing at the Vintage Circle before the Vintage in Review programs with their Andrews Sisters style ... Read more

July 28, 2023October 31, 2025

Fly Girls Revolt Tells Story of Women Who ‘Opened the Door’ to Flying in Combat

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

By Barbara A. Schmitz Eileen Bjorkman said there have been a lot of books written about female aviators known as Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II, as well ... Read more

July 28, 2023October 31, 2025

Wittman Tailwind Celebrates Platinum Anniversary

AirVenture, Homebuilding

For the Wittman Tailwind pilots at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023, it’s a true homecoming.

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June 14, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — USAAF View-Master Training Aid

Attic, EAA Museum

Introduced in 1939, the View-Master system used stereoscopic photography printed on cardboard disks to display 3D images in a purpose-built viewer.

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May 18, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — B-2 Torpedo Director Sight

Attic, EAA Museum

The B-2 Torpedo Director was an optical, illuminated sight used on U.S. Army Air Forces medium bombers. It could be installed on the A-20 Havoc, the B-25 Mitchell, and the ... Read more

May 1, 2023October 28, 2025

There Were Dragons in Canada

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past, Vintage

A brief history of the de Havilland DH.84 Dragon biplane in Canada.

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April 20, 2023October 17, 2025

Remembering the Band of Brothers at EAA Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

George Luz, Jr., whose father, George Luz, served in the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division during World War II, will speak about his dad’s military service in Europe during a ... Read more

April 20, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Corben/Poberezny Baby Ace Vertical Stabilizer

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the March 2023 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Paul Poberezny and the Corben Baby Ace brought EAA to national attention through a series of ... Read more

March 22, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — USS Enterprise Deck Piece

Attic, EAA Museum

This small piece of Douglas fir was once part of the flight deck of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) — the most decorated U.S. Navy vessel of World War II.

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February 22, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Poberezny Beer Bottles

Attic, EAA Museum

These Paul Poberezny-themed beers were commissioned by Clarence Weisbrod, EAA 277058, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, between 2001 and 2010. Clarence was a longtime friend of Paul’s since the two served ... Read more

February 9, 2023October 17, 2025

Orin Welch and the China National Aviation Corporation

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

EAA member Brandon Ross Abel remembers his great-uncle — an aircraft designer and cargo pilot who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War II.

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February 6, 2023October 28, 2025

Ed Batchelor — A Legend You May Not Have Heard About

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past

Learning more about a World War II veteran and Canadian aviation icon.

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January 25, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — World War II Recognition Models

Attic, EAA Museum

Recognition training became a priority for servicemen during World War II as the number and types of combat vehicles used by both the Allies and the Axis multiplied. Models were ... Read more

January 5, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Wally Soplata

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Connor are joined by Wally Soplata, the author of The B-25 in the Backyard: My Father’s Historic Airplane Sanctuary, to talk ... Read more

December 13, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Wright Flyer Ice Cream Mold

Attic, EAA Museum

A closer look at an early 20th century ice cream mold shaped like the Wright Flyer.

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November 15, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — ‘Barling Bomber’ Strut

Attic, EAA Museum

The Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 (Experimental Night Bomber, Long Range) was an early attempt to produce a heavy bomber for the United States Army Air Service in the early 1920s.

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October 11, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — 1949 Cleveland National Air Races Pennant

Attic, EAA Museum

Although there’s nothing particularly unique about this pennant itself, it’s an artifact from the last time the National Air Races took place in Cleveland, where they were held for the ... Read more

October 6, 2022October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Concorde Pilot Tony Yule

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris were joined by Tony Yule, a retired Royal Air Force and BOAC/British Airways pilot, to talk about flying one of ... Read more

September 14, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Don Taylor’s Jacket

Attic, EAA Museum

Don Taylor served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and the postwar U.S. Air Force. In the late 1960s, he built a customized Thorp T-18 (N455D) ... Read more

September 1, 2022October 28, 2025

9/11 Fighter Pilot to Host Speaker Series

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Maj. Heather “Lucky” Penney, EAA 1266991, known for her involvement in attempting to stop Flight 93 on 9/11, will be speaking about her experiences on Sunday, September 11, at 7 ... Read more

August 16, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — SCR-578 Survival Radio Set Balloon

Attic, EAA Museum

This balloon is one of many parts of the SCR-578 survival radio set that entered service in 1942. It was a common piece of equipment on U.S. Army Air Forces ... Read more

July 11, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Taylor Duckling Model

Attic, EAA Museum

Envisioned by Aerocar designer Molt Taylor, EAA 14794, while in the Navy during World War II, the Duckling was Molt’s idea for an inexpensive and practical personal amphibian in anticipation ... Read more

June 15, 2022October 28, 2025

Remembering the Candy Bomber

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

A gathering was held recently to honor the memory of Gail “Hal” Halvorsen, the pilot who became famous as the heroic “candy bomber” during the Berlin Airlift.

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June 13, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Bill Odom Memorabilia

Attic, EAA Museum

A closer look at some memorabilia donated to the EAA Aviation Museum by the family of Bill Odom, a CNAC pilot during World War II.

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June 8, 2022October 28, 2025

Variety of Gunship Crew Members to Speak at EAA Museum

Speaker Series, Warbirds

Five crew members from the AC-47, the AC-130, and the AC-119 will be presenting about their time spent aboard these gunships, built for the Vietnam War, on Thursday, June 16, ... Read more

May 10, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Voyager Flight Food Packets

Attic, EAA Museum

A closer look at unused food packets from Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager’s around-the-world Voyager flight in 1986.

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May 5, 2022October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Saving North American’s Archives

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Tom were joined by Ken Jungeberg and AirCorps Aviation’s Ester Aube to discuss the pair’s work saving and preserving original North ... Read more

April 29, 2022October 28, 2025

WWII Aircraft Ads Discovery

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past

Spring cleaning turned up a couple of WWII-era Saturday Evening Post magazines for one EAA member.

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April 21, 2022October 17, 2025

North American Aviation Archivists to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ken Jungeberg and Ester Aube, who are working to digitize original drawings from North American Aviation, will present on Thursday, April 28, at 7 p.m. as part of the EAA ... Read more

April 13, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — WAFS Jacket

Attic, EAA Museum

A closer look at a World War II-era Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron jacket.

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March 16, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Spruce Goose Fragment

Attic, EAA Museum

A closer look at a wooden fragment taken from the largest flying boat ever built, the legendary Hughes H-4 Hercules.

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February 16, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — ATC-510 Personal Flight Simulator

Attic, EAA Museum

The ATC-510 Personal Flight Simulator was manufactured in the 1970s by Analog Training Computers Inc. The full unit includes the simulated panel and a pair of rudder pedals.

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January 18, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Joe Engle’s M2-F1 Helmet

Attic, EAA Museum

Before being selected as an astronaut, Joe Engle was assigned to the NASA M2-F1. A small, ungainly craft made of steel tubing and mahogany, the M2-F1 was designed to test ... Read more

December 8, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Curtiss G1V-1570-F Conqueror

Attic, EAA Museum

Developed in the mid-1920s as the successor to the company’s popular D-12, the Curtiss Conqueror was a liquid-cooled V-12 engine with a displacement of approximately 1,570 cubic inches.

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November 11, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — TWA Concorde Display Model

Attic, EAA Museum

The large TWA Concorde model displayed in the EAA Aviation Museum is featured in the EAA’s Attic section of the October 2021 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.

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October 13, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Lycoming O-145-A1

Attic, EAA Museum

First produced in 1938, the Lycoming O-145 is a series of four-cylinder, air-cooled aircraft engines that produce 50-75 hp. They were used in a number of classic aircraft, including the ... Read more

October 7, 2021October 17, 2025

Pristine DC-3 Model Joins the EAA Aviation Museum Collection

EAA Museum

Legendary automotive executive Bob Lutz donated his scratchbuilt papercraft 1:36-scale DC-3 model to the EAA Aviation Museum.

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September 14, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Steve Wittman’s Tailwinds Notebook

Attic, EAA Museum

Legendary pilot and air racer Steve Wittman, longtime manager of what is now known as Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, was also a prolific aircraft designer.

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August 31, 2021October 17, 2025

NYPD to Assist EAA in Remembrance of 9/11

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

As a way to remember those lost and honor the memory of the day, EAA has been hosting an event each 9/11 to pay tribute to the heroes of that ... Read more

August 17, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — RAF Course and Speed Calculator

Attic, EAA Museum

This Mk IIA course and speed calculator was a mechanical computer used by British and Commonwealth air forces during World War II.

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August 16, 2021October 29, 2025

Chapter 878 Patch

AirVenture, Chapters

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.

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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

June 16, 2021October 28, 2025

The Wichawk Turns 50

Homebuilding, Honoring The Past

Remembering my dad’s design, 50 years after its first flight.

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June 15, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Menasco C-4S Pirate Engine

Attic, EAA Museum

In 1936, as part of his ongoing quest for better performance, Steve Wittman replaced the original Cirrus Hermes engine in his well-known racer Chief Oshkosh with this Menasco C-4S Pirate.

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June 3, 2021October 17, 2025

New Graf Zeppelin II Exhibit Graces Museum Promenade

EAA Museum

The massive, 1:36-scale model of the Graf Zeppelin II that was the result of 17 years of construction, is now on display at the EAA Aviation Museum after an extensive ... Read more

May 18, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Tom Poberezny’s Hard Hat

Attic, EAA Museum

On August 2, 1988, at the height of that year’s EAA fly-in and convention in Oshkosh, EAA broke ground on a major addition to our museum, the Eagle Hangar.

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April 29, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — APH-5 Army Aviator’s Helmet

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece of protective headgear is an APH-5 helmet manufactured by the Sierra Engineering Co., and it’s currently on display inside our Bell UH-1B Huey gunship, The Good Widow Mrs. ... Read more

March 25, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Oldsmobile Aluminum V-8

Attic, EAA Museum

This Oldsmobile F-85 engine was the first automobile powerplant used in Steve Wittman’s W-10 Tailwind, N37SW, from 1974 through 1978.

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March 18, 2021October 28, 2025

A Legacy Remembered Through Art

Honoring The Past

A C-17 from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing gets a special piece of artwork.

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March 11, 2021October 28, 2025

Tribute to the Grandest Aviatrix: NC8407

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

An aircraft was just turning final and my brother stopped the car for a clear view. It looked very sturdy, like our Eads Bridge in St. Louis. We recognized it ... Read more

March 4, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Flight Service Station Communications Console

Attic, EAA Museum

This vintage communications console was used by the Flight Service Station (FSS) at the Tri-County Regional Airport (KLNR) in Lone Rock, Wisconsin.

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February 4, 2021October 17, 2025

A New Home for the Hagerstown Aviation Museum

Honoring The Past

The Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Hagerstown, Maryland, showcases a number of Fairchild aircraft developed and produced in the local area.

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January 28, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Pitcairn Autogiro Blade

Attic, EAA Museum

Legendary aircraft designer Harold Pitcairn formed the Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Co. in 1929 to build aircraft in partnership with rotorcraft pioneer Juan de la Cierva.

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January 7, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Commemorative Airship Cushion

Attic, EAA Museum

This leather cushion, most likely produced in 1931 or 1932, commemorates the construction and launch of the USS Akron (ZRS-4).

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December 3, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Falck 375 Wings

Attic, EAA Museum

Bill Falck was a legendary race pilot best known for his nearly 30-year career flying the Chester Jeep and his Formula One racer named Rivets. These wings are from another ... Read more

October 29, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Plane-O-Graph

Attic, EAA Museum

Produced by Plane Facts Inc. of New York in 1942, this two-piece cardboard wheel rotates to display pictures and information about United States Army Air Forces fighters, bombers, and trainers.

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September 23, 2020October 17, 2025

Finding the Right Stuff

Honoring The Past

Get a glimpse behind the scenes of a new television series focusing on the legendary Mercury 7 astronauts.

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September 15, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Molt Taylor’s Flight Jacket

Attic, EAA Museum

This customized, hand-painted leather flight jacket, a G-1 as worn by U.S. Navy pilots almost continually from World War II to the present day, was owned by Moulton B. “Molt” ... Read more

August 26, 2020October 17, 2025

Docent Combines Talent and Passion in New EAA Aviation Museum Exhibit

EAA Museum, Volunteers

Docent combines artistic talent and passion for aviation in new EAA Aviation Museum gallery exhibit to celebrate influential aviators and the history of flight.

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August 26, 2020October 17, 2025

Warbirds that Won the War

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

A look at 20 aircraft types you might have seen at Oshkosh this year that played vital roles during World War II.

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August 19, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Service Buzzer, Model 1914

Attic, EAA Museum

This telephone-telegraph dating back to World War I was designed to be used by ground troops in situations where telegraph and phone lines were in poor shape.

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July 2, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Pathfinder Flight Visualizer

Attic, EAA Museum

Long before ForeFlight, AnywhereMap, or even GPS, a company called Thompson Designs in Addison, Illinois, came up with a moving map display for GA pilots.

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June 11, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — South American Pictorial Travel and Trading Game

Attic, EAA Museum

This board game was released in 1942 by Parker Brothers, the company best known for the iconic Monopoly game. The object of the game is to explore South American destinations ... Read more

May 14, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Boeing 757 Concept Display Model

Attic, EAA Museum

The aircraft that would become the Boeing 757 began as a development of Boeing’s then bestselling aircraft, the 727.

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April 16, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Gorgon Missile Models

Attic, EAA Museum

Project Gorgon was a decade-long (1943-1953) development program by the U.S. Navy to develop both air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, as well as effective control and guidance technologies.

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March 25, 2020October 17, 2025

Looking Back in Time Through a B-24 Bombardier’s Mementos

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

When Jack Harrington handed me a stack of B-24 Liberator items from World War II, his only ask to me was, “Maybe you can use this for something and share ... Read more

February 19, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Computer, Triple Slide With Instruction Book

Attic, EAA Museum

This slide rule calculator was designed and manufactured by the Standard Aeronautical Co. of Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. It was intended to “supplement the slide rule for the special calculations ... Read more

January 29, 2020October 20, 2025

Burt Rutan Visits AirVenture 2019

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Honoring The Past

Legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan was on the grounds at #OSH19 talking about his experiences and aircraft designs.

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January 9, 2020October 20, 2025

Former ‘Ice Pilot’ Scott Blue to Speak at EAA Museum

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Former Buffalo Airways pilot Scott Blue, featured on the TV show Ice Pilots NWT, to speak at EAA Aviation Museum on January 16.

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December 5, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Emergency Sustenance Kit — Type E-3

Attic, EAA Museum

This World War II escape-and-sustenance kit was developed by the U.S. Army Materiel Command and designed to be hidden in a jacket pocket and carried by air crew.

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December 4, 2019October 20, 2025

EAA Receives 4 Diorama Donations

EAA Museum

Harold and Gloria Kintzle’s late son, Shawn Kintzle, 56, EAA 337064, had just one dying wish: that his dioramas be donated and displayed at EAA.

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November 21, 2019October 17, 2025

The DeLand Naval Air Station Museum

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

A museum that’s easy to miss, and well worth a visit.

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October 30, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Gee Bee Sportster Model E Wing Section

Attic, EAA Museum

Granville Brothers Aircraft was founded in 1929 and would eventually go on to produce some of the most famous racing airplanes in history. The Gee Bee Model E was one ... Read more

October 17, 2019October 28, 2025

How We Found Our Way

Honoring The Past

How the post office laid the foundation for modern aerial navigation.

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October 17, 2019October 20, 2025

A Special East Coast Journey

EAA Museum, Vintage

The moment I saw this Bowers Fly Baby I was blown away. The craftsmanship was second to none. Sitting there sporting its yellow, orange, and black paint, it reminded me ... Read more

October 16, 2019October 22, 2025

Aviation on the Big (and Small) Screen

Honoring The Past

How well do you know your aviation movie and TV show history? Take this short multiple choice quiz and find out! 5F6062

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October 10, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Helmco-Lacy Hot Cup

Attic, EAA Museum

This small electrical appliance is placarded as a “Cup; Food Warmer, Type A-1.” Transport and bomber crews would use devices like this for coffee, hot chocolate, soup — anything that ... Read more

October 2, 2019October 28, 2025

The Women Behind the Lightning

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

The EAA Aviation Museum’s P-38 Lightning is an L model of the famous fighter that was built by Rosies. When it rolled down the assembly line in California in June ... Read more

September 12, 2019October 20, 2025

Former Thunderbird Pilot Releasing Book, Speaking at EAA Museum

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Former U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot Col. Chris Stricklin will be speaking and signing copies of his new book at the EAA Aviation Museum on Friday, September 20.

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September 5, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Air Adventure Museum Sign

Attic, EAA Museum

Learn more about the EAA Air Adventure Museum sign in this installment of EAA’s Attic.

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September 5, 2019October 20, 2025

Former Air Force One Pilot to Speak at EAA Museum on September 11

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Former Air Force One pilot Mark Tillman to speak at EAA Aviation Museum on anniversary of 9/11.

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August 22, 2019October 28, 2025

Heather Penney Discusses 9/11 Experience, Beliefs in TEDx Talk

Member Stories, Why We Fly

EAA board member Heather Penney, EAA 1266991, told her story of being scrambled on September 11, 2001, to protect Washington, D.C., and more in this TEDx talk given in Chelsea ... Read more

August 14, 2019October 28, 2025

Our Hike Into the British Columbia Bush to the Canso Bomber Wreckage

EAA Canada, Member Stories

At 2300 on the night of February 10, 1945, a Royal Canadian Air Force Consolidated PBV-1A* Catalina serial No. 11007, also known as the Canso, took off from RCAF Tofino ... Read more

August 1, 2019October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Elvis’ Pilot Ron Strauss

Podcast

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Ron Strauss to talk about his beginning in aviation, becoming a professional pilot, being hijacked, and his time ... 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

June 26, 2019October 16, 2025

D-Day Plus 75 Exhibit Opens at EAA Aviation Museum

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

The D-Day Plus 75 exhibit has officially opened in the EAA Aviation Museum.

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June 12, 2019October 20, 2025

Elvis Presley’s Former Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ron Strauss, former pilot for Elvis Presley, will discuss what it was like to fly for the King of Rock and Roll at the EAA Aviation Adventure Speaker Series on ... Read more

May 16, 2019October 28, 2025

Fifty Years of Happiness — Celebrating a Half-Century of the Hatz

Homebuilding, Honoring The Past

It’s been 50 years since John Hatz made the first flight of his CB-1, a biplane he designed for himself when he couldn’t find exactly what he wanted on the ... Read more

May 1, 2019October 28, 2025

One of a Kind, Back in the Air — The XP-82 Twin Mustang

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Of the first two XP-82 Twin Mustangs built by North American Aviation in 1945, only one survived the scrapper’s torch. The first airplane accumulated less than 300 hours at PAX ... Read more

April 18, 2019October 29, 2025

Watching Stratolaunch Make History

Member Stories, Why We Fly

It’s dawn in the desert. In the gray early morning light Stratolaunch, the largest airplane ever built, hulks silently at the opposite end of the 12,503-by 200-foot runway.

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April 16, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — 16 mm Gun Sight Aiming Point Camera

Attic, EAA Museum

In this month’s episode of EAA’s Attic, we take a look at a gun sight aiming point (GSAP) camera, which was responsible for taking many of the images and film ... Read more

April 3, 2019October 28, 2025

A Visit to Tuskegee

Honoring The Past

Driving through the sunny Alabama countryside with my windows down and sunroof open, I was enjoying the breeze and the sights of a rural landscape.

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March 22, 2019October 20, 2025

Philanthropy at Work — A Family Legacy

EAA Museum

When a visitor enters the EAA Aviation Museum, they are greeted by the warm face of one of our proud docents each with an amazing story of why they are ... Read more

March 21, 2019October 28, 2025

Counter Invader Special Kay Really is Special

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Special Kay is special for a number of reasons, some of them having to do with the luck (both good and bad) that followed it through its post-military career and ... Read more

March 14, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Rolly Cole Memorial Trophy

Attic, EAA Museum

EAA Aviation Museum Program Coordinator Chris Henry examines the Rolly Cole Memorial Trophy, an aerobatic award given to performers who stood out among their peers, in the latest video edition ... Read more

February 21, 2019October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Personal Preference Kits

Attic, EAA Museum

Most of the space-flown items that Frank Borman, EAA Lifetime 300174, generously donated to EAA in 2018 were special tools that he and the other Apollo 8 astronauts used in ... Read more

February 18, 2019October 28, 2025

The Restoration of Gipsy Moth C-GZIE

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past, Warbirds

The story of the Gipsy Moth C-GZIE restoration.

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February 18, 2019October 28, 2025

Canadians Check Out the Aviation Scene in Hawaii

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

During the month of January, my wife and I were lucky enough to spend several weeks exploring and enjoying three Hawaiian Islands.

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February 7, 2019October 28, 2025

365,249,931 Days Ahead of Schedule

Honoring The Past

Throughout history, the idea of flying attracted its share of naysayers. Few, however, got it as wrong as this guy.

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February 7, 2019October 28, 2025

Memphis Belle Expert Dr. Harry Friedman Presents at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Dr. Harry Friedman, one of the foremost experts on famed Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle, presented at the EAA Aviation Museum on Thursday, January 17 as part of the ... Read more

February 1, 2019October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Miracle on the Hudson Controller Patrick Harten

Honoring The Past, Podcast

The Green Dot crew sat down with air traffic controller Patrick Harten who was on duty when Chesley Sullenburger ditched US Airways Flight 1549 safely on the Hudson River.

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January 17, 2019October 28, 2025

Quad City Aircraft’s 35th Anniversary: Celebrating the Challenger in all its iterations

Honoring The Past, Ultralights

The Quad City Ultralight Aircraft Corp. was founded 35 years ago, a year after the first Challenger single-place ultralight was designed. The QCUAC celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Challenger ... Read more

December 19, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Apollo Astronaut Frank Borman, Plus Bonus Video

Honoring The Past, Podcast

The Green Dot crew sat down with Apollo 8 astronaut and aviation lover Frank Borman to talk about his mission orbiting the moon, the legendary earthrise photo, his beginnings in ... Read more

December 13, 2018October 28, 2025

The Year of the Air Tanker: The History Behind the Tankers That Visited Oshkosh

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Read about the history behind air tankers, which was a large theme at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018.

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October 22, 2018October 28, 2025

The Ultimate Toy Box

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

As we joined so many last week in mourning the late Paul Allen, EAA 820282, here’s a closer look at just one of the many things for which he’ll be ... Read more

October 9, 2018October 29, 2025

From EAA’s Attic: Link Trainer

Attic, EAA Museum

Flight simulators had to start somewhere, and one of the earliest successful iterations was the Link Trainer with origins dating back to the 1920s.

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October 4, 2018October 28, 2025

Apollo 8 Astronauts Headline Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell to speak at Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet.

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September 20, 2018October 29, 2025

Former NYC Air Traffic Controller Chris Tucker Presents on 9/11

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Former NYC air traffic controller Chris Tucker spoke as part of the Aviation Adventure Speaker Series on September 11.

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September 12, 2018October 29, 2025

From EAA’s Attic: Frank Borman’s Trophies

Attic, EAA Museum

Frank Borman was awarded far more than two trophies during his fantastic aviation and space travel career, which took him around the moon and back, but the two featured here ... Read more

September 6, 2018October 28, 2025

Former NYC Air Traffic Controller to Speak at EAA Museum on 9/11

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Former NYC air traffic controller Chris Tucker will be speaking at the EAA Aviation Museum on the 17th anniversary of 9/11.

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August 15, 2018October 16, 2025

Calgary Amateur Aircraft Building in the Early Days

EAA Canada, Homebuilding, Honoring The Past

By Clark Seaborn, EAA 57197 The first amateur-built aircraft in the Calgary area were gliders, but within a couple of years, people began to build powered aircraft. This is a ... Read more

July 3, 2018October 29, 2025

From EAA’s Attic: World War II Bomber Jacket

Attic, EAA Museum

Before becoming hip fashion items, flight jackets were worn by pilots and crew as they maintained, operated, and flew military aircraft in times of both war and peace.

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June 18, 2018October 29, 2025

From EAA’s Attic: Wartime Artwork

Attic, EAA Museum

This watercolor and statue were self-portraits done by World War II P-47 pilot George Rarey.

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May 24, 2018October 28, 2025

EAA Attends Memphis Belle Unveiling, Visits National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Last week EAA staff had the opportunity to visit and tour the National Museum of the United States Air Force to see the Memphis Belle exhibit opening and the museum ... Read more

May 14, 2018October 28, 2025

Across the Pond: Portugal to Brazil

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

One of many notable transatlantic flights during the 1920s took place from Lisbon to Rio de Janiero.

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April 17, 2018October 28, 2025

Ashes to Ashes: The Final Flight of the P-1

Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Warbirds

The first flight of the title aircraft in the classic aviation film The Flight of the Phoenix would tragically prove to be one of its last.

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March 8, 2018October 28, 2025

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Bob Caron to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Vietnam helicopter pilot Bob Caron helped evacuate Americans during the fall of Saigon.

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February 8, 2018October 28, 2025

Dick Campbell to Present on Battle of Midway

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Historian Dick Campbell will present on the Battle of Midway, which was a critical victory for the U.S. during World War II.

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January 18, 2018October 28, 2025

An Association for People Interested in Experimental Aircraft

Honoring The Past

Back in the last century, a bunch of guys interested in experimental aircraft formed an association — but it’s not the one you’re thinking of.

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January 3, 2018October 28, 2025

Preserving Aviation History, Mentoring the Next Aviation Generation

Honoring The Past, Warbirds, Youth Outreach

My visit to the impressive Warbirds of Glory Museum, whose main drive is to grow the skills of youth through restoration.

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November 29, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Dr. Jennifer Levasseur

Podcast

On the latest episode of EAA’s The Green Dot podcast, the crew was joined by Dr. Jennifer Levasseur, museum curator of the space history department at the Smithsonian National Air ... Read more

November 9, 2017October 28, 2025

He Lived More than Twice

Honoring The Past

Being James Bond wasn’t the coolest thing Ken Wallis ever did.

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November 2, 2017October 17, 2025

Wright Brothers Banquet Speaker Joe Engle Recounts Pioneering Career

EAA Museum

Astronaut Joe Engle is the only person to fly two different winged vehicles in space and will be the keynote speaker for the 2017 Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet.

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September 21, 2017October 28, 2025

A Supreme Life of Dare Deviltry

Honoring The Past

Roscoe Turner looked like a movie star and dressed like a pilot in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if there’d ever been such a thing. He set all manner of ... Read more

August 24, 2017October 28, 2025

The Record Holder of all Record Holders

Honoring The Past

Jackie Cochran is best known for helping found the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, but her aviation career was full of fascinating and remarkable milestones.

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June 1, 2017October 17, 2025

The Helicopters that Flew Lindbergh’s Route

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Two Sikorsky HH-3Es made the trip from New York to Paris in 1967.

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April 13, 2017October 28, 2025

Happy Birthday Wilbur Wright

Honoring The Past

The Wright brothers: Their names are synonymous with flight. After years of patient experimentation, they brought the world into the age of airplanes. Wilbur was born on April 16, 1867, ... Read more

April 13, 2017October 28, 2025

EAA at the San Diego Air & Space Museum

Honoring The Past

A couple of EAA staff were in the neighborhood, so they dropped in to the world-class San Diego Air & Space Museum for a quick visit.

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March 22, 2017October 28, 2025

Two Flight Jackets and One Twist of Fate

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

By John Slemp, EAA 837033 Coincidence: a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. This definition is restated here as it is central to the story I’m ... Read more

March 20, 2017October 17, 2025

Joe Engle: The Man Who Flew the Rocket

Honoring The Past

America’s space program has spanned many generations. The era of the program a person identifies with the most has much to do with age. For some, the space program will ... Read more

March 9, 2017October 28, 2025

Commemorations Celebrated at AirVenture 2016

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

As important as aircraft are at AirVenture, it is the people involved with aviation, and those who put their lives on the line for our safety, who we took time ... Read more

January 5, 2017October 28, 2025

30th Anniversary of Voyager Flight

Honoring The Past

December 22, 2016 – On December 23, 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager made history, landing successfully after completing a nine-day flight around the world without stopping or refueling in ... Read more

January 4, 2017October 28, 2025

Remembering Bob Hoover – The Greatest Ever

Aerobatics, Honoring The Past

January 5, 2017 – He was a legend. To hear the stories of R.A. “Bob” Hoover’s life, one might think they were reading a movie script. Any one story is ... Read more

December 10, 2016October 17, 2025

Gene Kranz Speaks at EAA, Donates Flight Helmet

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

Space program legend Gene Kranz donated the flight helmet he wore during his time as an F-86 Sabre pilot in the Korean War to the EAA AirVenture Museum at Friday ... Read more

December 6, 2016October 28, 2025

The Stories of Those Flying EAA’s B-17 Aluminum Overcast – Jack Dodson

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

The B-17G has a remarkable story. One filled with daring missions and personal sacrifice. More than just an airplane, the B-17 is living history that holds a remarkable connection to ... Read more

November 23, 2016October 29, 2025

Bud Anderson: A Legend With Lessons

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Warbirds

November 23, 2016 – On November 17 the EAA AirVenture Museum was fortunate to host triple ace Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson for the Museum Speaker Series before a crowd of ... Read more