EAA Museum

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Director of Flight Proficiency Jeremy Desruisseaux

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by Jeremy Desruisseaux, EAA’s director of flight proficiency programs, to talk about EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center, which opened ... Read more

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Director of Flight Proficiency Jeremy Desruisseaux

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

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

EAA Museum, History

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 10, 2024October 10, 2024

The Return of the Curtiss Hawk II

EAA Museum, History

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 10, 2024

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

EAA Museum, History

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

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

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

Attic, EAA Museum, History

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 9, 2024

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, 2024September 5, 2024

Uncover the Months Following 9/11 at Museum Speaker Series

History, 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, 2024August 29, 2024

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, 2024August 22, 2024

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

AirVenture, EAA Museum, History

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 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Gale Guilette

EAA Museum, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Gale Guilette, EAA 128629, is helping keep aviation history alive, one sheet of metal at a ... Read more

August 1, 2024August 1, 2024

EAA’s Attic — XP-51 Ammo Can

EAA Museum, History

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

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

EAA’s Attic — Joe Engle’s College Binder

Attic, History

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

September 12, 2018

From EAA’s Attic: Frank Borman’s Trophies

Attic, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

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