EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021

March 2, 2022October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Stephen Leonard

Stephen Leonard, EAA Lifetime 286293, joined the EAA Aeromedical Advisory Council (AAC) in the 1980s and has been assisting EAA members and pilots, as well as the organization, with medical-related ... Read more

October 26, 2021October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Sue Gerencser

Member Stories, Volunteers

For the past 18 years, Sue Gerencser, EAA 1049125, has been helping out with a variety of maintenance-related projects around the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds prior to convention. For her ... Read more

October 13, 2021October 17, 2025

AirVenture 2021 a Full-Circle Experience for Luftwaffe Pilot

AirVenture, Member Stories

A400M Atlas Luftwaffe pilot Peter Lukasczyk made his long-awaited return to Oshkosh this past summer.

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

Homebuilt Roundup — Products and Kits Every Homebuilder Should Keep an Eye Out For

AirVenture, Homebuilding

From simple tools to engines and avionics, all the way to full-blown kits, we are giving you the lowdown on the latest for homebuilders.

September 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Honoring EAA’s Founder

AirVenture, Member Stories

EAA volunteer Robert Wubben recently created a photo mosaic honoring late EAA founder Paul Poberezny.

September 13, 2021October 29, 2025

Chapter Creativity on Display at the Blue Barn

AirVenture, Chapters

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.

September 7, 2021October 31, 2025

Canadians’ Flight to AirVenture Is a Pandemic Adventure

AirVenture, EAA Canada

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

August 26, 2021October 20, 2025

Remembered at Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories

A family bound together by aviation took a moment during AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 to remember one of their own.

August 18, 2021October 20, 2025

Airythmia’s First AirVenture

AirVenture, Ultralights

Paramotor team Airythmia performed for the very first time together during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021’s Twilight Flight Fest.

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.

August 10, 2021October 31, 2025

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

AirVenture, Podcast

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

August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

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

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

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

August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

Lost Then Found

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

August 5, 2021October 20, 2025

An AirVenture Proposal

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 31, 2021

Homebuilt Sperocco Starts With a Good Plan and Makes It Better

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories

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

July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Aviation Job Fair on Sunday

AirVenture

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

July 31, 2021October 17, 2025

Aircraft Art Honors Armed Forces

AirVenture, Homebuilding

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

July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

New Coffee Company Supports Warbird Restoration

AirVenture, Warbirds

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

July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Keeping a Tradition Alive

AirVenture, Member Stories

About 40 family and friends from Monterrey, Mexico, arrived on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 grounds before the start of the annual fly-in convention last Friday.

July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Security Puts Smiles on Faces at OSH21

AirVenture

While working security and directing pedestrians and vehicles may not seem like the most exciting job on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 grounds, don’t tell that to Jake Grainger and ... Read more

July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Beloved World War II Ace Zooms in for Warbird Review Session

AirVenture, Warbirds

Bud Anderson has legions of friends and fans at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021.

July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

A Ray Scholar’s Aviation Journey

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

Seventeen-year-old Jayden Chow didn’t come from an aviation family. Jayden, EAA 1293557, was first introduced to EAA by his dad’s coworker.

July 31, 2021

Family, Friends, and Flying: Four Generations Celebrate AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories

For the Grantonic family, attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is like attending a family reunion on steroids.

July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Ace Told His Story at AirVenture

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Donald McPherson came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 to get with a special friend from the past. Parked on the Warbird ramp is a Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat restored exactly like ... Read more

July 31, 2021October 28, 2025

Tying the Knot Twice on the Tri-Motor

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Holly Baldwin Scheibner said her husband, James, isn’t the most romantic guy. So that made the surprise even more unbelievable.

July 31, 2021October 17, 2025

The Night at the Museum

AirVenture, EAA Museum

With winds picking up to 90 mph gusts and pilots tightening airplane straps in the stillness of the airport, campers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021 sought shelter at the EAA ... Read more

July 31, 2021October 20, 2025

Asian Aviatrix Achieves Flying Dream, Plans Around-The-World Flight

AirVenture

Anh-Thu Nguyen in her Lancair IV P. She is preparing for her first around-the-world trip in 2022.

July 31, 2021October 16, 2025

Best of British

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

It was a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire that drew crowds at AirVenture.

July 30, 2021October 29, 2025

Dedicated Fuel Station Volunteers Keep AirVenture Running

AirVenture, Volunteers

Tradition. It’s what brings Orrin Howard and Lorraine Schram back every year to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to volunteer and work at the fuel station.

July 30, 2021October 20, 2025

Texas Teen Scratchbuilds Sky Pup

Ultralights, Youth Outreach

Gage Wirtzberger, EAA 1324792, 18, of Greenville, Texas, built a Sky Pup from scratch and plans to fly it for the first time in a month.

July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

A Great Big Little Bomber

Homebuilding, Member Stories

“It’s just an airplane.” That’s how the late Jack Bally, EAA 348338, a lifelong pilot and builder, described his one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — just ... Read more

July 30, 2021October 20, 2025

Tracing History – Following the Oregon and California Trails

Member Stories, Why We Fly

The Grand Prize winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters.

July 30, 2021October 17, 2025

One-of-a-Kind Twin-Engine RV Creates Stir

AirVenture, Homebuilding, Member Stories

Jim and Ginger Tomaszewski of Clayton, Georgia, flew their stunning and diminutive TwinJAG to Oshkosh where it generates a lot of buzz.

July 29, 2021October 29, 2025

Early Ray Scholar Volunteers at GirlVenture

Volunteers, Youth Outreach

Amy Whelan, EAA 1283566, goes from the mentee to mentor at AirVenture 2021 during the GirlVenture camp.

July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

Finding Freebies

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

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

July 29, 2021October 28, 2025

Grandma’s First Flight: A Ford Tri-Motor Tale 92 Years in the Making

AirVenture, Why We Fly

Lifelong Oshkosh residents John and Ruth Clark recently flew for the first time ever with their family on the Ford Tri-Motor at AirVenture 2021.

July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

3D RC Flyer ‘Aces’ Night Performance

AirVenture, Why We Fly

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.

July 29, 2021October 17, 2025

Howard DGA – Chariot of the Stars

AirVenture, Vintage

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

July 29, 2021October 28, 2025

Poberezny Legacy Tour

AirVenture, Honoring The Past

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.

July 29, 2021October 20, 2025

The Mass Mass Airport Tour

AirVenture, Why We Fly

The second-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters.

July 28, 2021October 20, 2025

Birds of a Feather

Homebuilding, Member Stories

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

July 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Youth Volunteers Network While Having Fun

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

A group of young volunteers who flew in from Sacramento, California, is also getting to learn about the Oshkosh experience.

July 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Member Spotlight: Steve Morse

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 28, 2021October 16, 2025

F4F Wildcat Warbirds in Review

AirVenture, Warbirds

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

July 28, 2021October 20, 2025

The Infinite Highway of the Air – Flying From Alabama to Alaska

Member Stories, Why We Fly

The third-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters.

July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Ex-Thunderbirds Crew Chief Returns to Oshkosh at Controls of F-15

AirVenture

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.

July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

A Tale of 2 Sharks

Homebuilding, Member Stories

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

July 27, 2021October 16, 2025

Classic German Biplane Design Builds Memories

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

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.

July 27, 2021October 29, 2025

Admissions Volunteers

AirVenture, Volunteers

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

July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Exhibitors Excited to Reconnect With Aviation Family

AirVenture

For some exhibitors at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, it’s not about the money or sales.

July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Wings of Friendship

AirVenture, Member Stories, Why We Fly

The fourth-place winner in EAA’s Pilot Your Own Adventure Contest, supported by Flight Outfitters.

July 27, 2021October 20, 2025

Very Important Pooch Retrieves Pouch From Lost and Found

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 26, 2021October 17, 2025

Flies Like a Hawk, Lands Like a Kitten

AirVenture, Vintage

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

July 26, 2021October 17, 2025

Cancer Survivor Saves Others

AirVenture, Why We Fly

Samaritan Aviation co-founder heads to front lines of Papua New Guinea after defeating cancer diagnosis

July 25, 2021October 20, 2025

Happy Anniversary, Debbie and Jack!

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 25, 2021October 17, 2025

Long Cross-Country – Teenage pilot arrives in style

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

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!

July 24, 2021October 17, 2025

Schaick, Scholler, and Mulva – The Names Behind the Signs

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Member Stories

Like any other medium-sized city, the names of roads and other areas in and around the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds are identified by signs.

July 24, 2021October 29, 2025

Chapter Pride Abounds – Take a Seat at the EAA Blue Barn

AirVenture, Chapters

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

July 15, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — AirVenture 2021 Grounds Tour

AirVenture, Podcast

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

July 15, 2021

First Homebuilt Arrives at AirVenture 2021

AirVenture, Homebuilding

Ron Lem, EAA 1159879, of Concord, California, is a volunteer at EAA’s print/mail center and owns the first homebuilt airplane that has arrived on the AirVenture grounds.

June 16, 2021October 20, 2025

Airythmia: A Heart-Stopping Performance

AirVenture, Ultralights

Flying will ruin your life in the best possible way.

June 15, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — AirVenture 2021: What to Expect

AirVenture, Podcast

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed EAA Vice President of Communities and Member Programming Rick Larsen and EAA Director of AirVenture Air Show Operations Dennis Dunbar to ... Read more

AirVenture 2021: What to Expect

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed EAA Vice President of Communities and Member Programming Rick Larsen and EAA Director of AirVenture Air Show Operations Dennis Dunbar to ... Read more

June 3, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Coming to AirVenture 2021

AirVenture, Podcast

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

April 15, 2021October 20, 2025

Reflections of Oshkosh

AirVenture

My photos of but a small portion of the highly-polished airplanes I’ve seen at Oshkosh over the years.

March 25, 2021October 28, 2025

Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., Tuskegee Airman, and a Tribute to His Colleagues

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

A young reenactor pays tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen and other veterans of color, and I was happy to be there to document it.

February 25, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — AirVenture 2021 Update with EAA Chairman and CEO Jack Pelton

AirVenture, Podcast

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