Vintage

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Vintage Homebuilts — Part 2 of 3: Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman

EAA Canada, Vintage

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia This Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman is registered as CF-EBY, a nice touch considering the builder’s last name is Eby. This wooden amphibian was designed by ... Read more

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

The Connections We Make

Member Stories, Vintage

By Kristi Dunks, EAA Lifetime 689578, Vintage 732804 I probably come by it naturally given that my dad was a truckdriver for most of his life, but I must admit ... Read more

October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Minnesota Cessna 180

Member Stories

By Kent Carder, EAA 676328 This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My Cessna 180 has been in my family since the early ... Read more

August 7, 2025October 29, 2025

2025 Pietenpol Reunion Photo Gallery

Vintage

By James Lipman, EAA 1235855 The 2025 Pietenpol Reunion at Brodhead Airport in Brodhead, Wisconsin, supported by EAA Chapter 431, took place July 17-20. These homebuilt aircraft and their pilots ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Teen Cousins Grant and Abby Fly Their Grandfather’s Stearman to Oshkosh

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

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

July 26, 2025October 22, 2025

Set in Stone

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

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 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Reuniting with Family Aeronca

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Passing the Torch

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

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 10, 2025October 20, 2025

Purchasing Vintage

Tips, Vintage

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Becky and Ron exited their ... Read more

June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Sullivan’s Lucky 13

Member Stories, Milestones

By Shane Vande Voort, EAA 549889 My son, Sullivan Vande Voort, EAA 1239194, celebrated his 16th birthday on May 26 by completing a solo flight in 13 different airplane ... Read more

June 4, 2025October 20, 2025

From Blue Sky Over Minnesota to the Silver Screen

Member Stories, Vintage

By Wayne Flury, EAA Lifetime 117059 There may not have been tuxedoes and fancy gowns on display among the crowd in attendance at the St. Michael Cinema on Thursday ... Read more

May 22, 2025October 20, 2025

Rick Thorburn: Aviation Junkie

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By: Jay Thorburn Earlier this year while flying back home from Vernon, British Columbia, I reached into my bag and pulled out the latest issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine, ... 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

January 29, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Curtiss Robin N50H Fabric

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Among EAA’s many activities is restoring vintage aircraft. This fabric comes from the rudder of the EAA Aviation Museum’s Curtiss ... 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

September 19, 2024October 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ontario Bowers Fly Baby Biplane

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Scott Knowlton takes us through the rebuild of a derelict Fly Baby biplane.

July 25, 2024October 17, 2025

Dream It and Let Your Spirit Soar

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By Jim Roberts On opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, members of the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) gathered to christen the new Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center. The ... Read more

July 25, 2024October 20, 2025

Aeronca Nation

AirVenture, Vintage

By Jim Roberts From the day the Aeronautical Corporation of America set up shop in 1928 at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, until it closed the doors in 1951 in Middletown, ... Read more

July 21, 2024October 20, 2025

Ladies Love Taildraggers

AirVenture, Vintage, Why We Fly

Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of remarkable female pilots. They recently returned from their Ladies Love Taildraggers Mississippi River Flying Tour, which ... Read more

July 21, 2024October 17, 2025

Tall Pines Café

AirVenture, Volunteers

By Emme Hornung Picture this: The roar of the morning P-51 formation just pulled you out of sleep. Usually, you hit snooze on your alarm, but there is no snooze ... Read more

April 4, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Air Show Performer Matt Younkin

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by longtime air show performer Matt Younkin, EAA 864693, to chat about his path in aviation and what ... Read more

February 14, 2024October 16, 2025

Galesburg

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his favorite event of the year — the National Stearman Fly-In.

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

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

October 26, 2023October 29, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Arkansas Cessna 170B

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Paul J. Davis takes us through the restoration of his 1956 Cessna 170B.

September 28, 2023October 28, 2025

The Ford Tri-Motor’s Biggest Fan

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

Do you believe in love at first sight? Or, perhaps more fitting, love at first flight? Arlene Maksymicz of EAA Chapter 846 sure does! The love affair started when the ... Read more

July 30, 2023October 28, 2025

Cessna 170 75th Anniversary Draws 125 Aircraft

AirVenture, Vintage

Before Cessna produced the familiar 172, the Cessna 170 was the iconic four-place aircraft that represented the brand and was based on the Cessna 140. The 170 was the log-ical ... 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

May 11, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by Clay and Nathan Hammond to discuss Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

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.

April 27, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Beech Super 18 Restoration

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Tom are joined by Bill Goebel to discuss his restoration of a Beech Super 18.

March 22, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Steve and Jane Hinton, Planes of Fame Air Museum

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Connor are joined by Steve and Jane Hinton of Planes of Fame Air Museum.

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.

January 12, 2023October 29, 2025

Corrosion

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses the dangers of corrosion and the many factors that can lead to it developing in your aircraft.

October 27, 2022October 29, 2025

A Fondness for the Ford

Member Stories, Vintage

The Ford Tri-Motor made a visit to central Indiana and left an impression on all who had the chance to fly it.

October 26, 2022October 28, 2025

When Little Things Become Big Things

Homebuilding, Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses how to avoid costly traps when it comes to your aircraft.

October 6, 2022October 28, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Illinois Piper PA-20 Pacer

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent issue of EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Mike Crosta takes us through the restoration of his PA-20 Pacer.

September 15, 2022October 28, 2025

The Taylorcraft Flies Again

Honoring The Past, Vintage

A few days ago, my chance finally came to fly in a vintage, single-engine airplane, now long out of production.

August 3, 2022October 31, 2025

Side by Side

AirVenture, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Father Mike Rath, of Spearfish, South Dakota, flew his Waco Classic biplane into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on Saturday, alongside with his two sons flying a Cessna 140, piloted by 17-year-old ... Read more

July 30, 2022October 22, 2025

A Fitting Tale

AirVenture, Member Stories

In the constellation of single-engine aircraft built by the Lockheed Corporation between 1927 and 1934 (Vega, AirExpress, Sirius, Orion, and Altair), most were wood. But Lockheed built thirteen metal airframes: ... Read more

July 30, 2022October 31, 2025

Vintage Valedictorian

AirVenture

Walter Bowe of Sonoma, California is not your garden variety aircraft collector.

July 29, 2022October 31, 2025

A Taperwing’s Tapestry

AirVenture, Member Stories, Vintage

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

July 28, 2022October 28, 2025

Pietsch

AirVenture

It’s about “aviation and everyone in it”

July 28, 2022October 31, 2025

Full House

AirVenture, Vintage

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

July 27, 2022October 22, 2025

Pietenpols Relive Family History at Hangar

Member Stories, Vintage

“Not a lot of people get a chance to go back in history and look at things that were the same as they were 50 years ago. I’m thankful for ... Read more

July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Rise and Shine!

AirVenture, Vintage

Mom always said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and apparently many campers in the South 40 agree.

July 27, 2022October 31, 2025

Unbroken Chain

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

June 27, 2022October 17, 2025

Keys to a Successful Antique Aircraft Restoration

Tips, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses some of the factors and variables to account for when restoring a vintage aircraft.

June 22, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA Chapter 1590’s Greased Lightning

Chapters, Vintage

In late May, EAA Chapter 1590 acquired a new project with an interesting backstory. Though only speculation at first, President Daniel Davis, EAA 592034, and his fellow chapter members can ... Read more

April 6, 2022October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Wisconsin Taylorcraft L-2

From The Hangar Floor, Warbirds

EAA member Grant Van Den Heuvel takes us through the restoration of his Taylorcraft L-2 in the March 2022 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.

March 24, 2022October 29, 2025

Galesburg’s 50th

Honoring The Past, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his trip to the 50th National Stearman Fly-In this past September.

March 10, 2022October 17, 2025

A Flying Piece of Family History

Member Stories, Vintage

Dad talked about his old Cub for years. When I tracked it down, I had no choice but to bring it back into the family.

February 2, 2022October 17, 2025

Bits and Pieces: A New Panel for Grumman Cheetah C-GQIG

EAA Canada, Vintage

A detailed look at the installation of a new panel in a classic Grumman Cheetah.

January 25, 2022October 17, 2025

Cub Clones

Homebuilding, Vintage

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Budd Davisson takes a look at the beloved Piper Cub and its many variants.

January 11, 2022October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — New Jersey Mooney M20E

Member Stories, Vintage

EAA member Paul Papasavas takes us through the process of upgrading his 1965 Mooney M20E.

January 4, 2022October 17, 2025

Bits and Pieces: The Story Behind the Photo

EAA Canada, Vintage

A beautiful image of a Fokker Super Universal and the tale about how this particular photo was captured.

December 8, 2021October 17, 2025

Aircraft Stories – My Stinson 108

EAA Canada, Member Stories

EAA member Mike Davenport recounts the history of his 75-year-old Stinson 108-1.

December 1, 2021October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Texas Waco VKS-7F

Member Stories, Vintage

EAA member Neal Goodfriend takes us through the restoration of his gorgeous Waco VKS-7F.

November 15, 2021October 17, 2025

Battle of the Biplanes

Homebuilding, Tips

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Budd Davisson gives some advice on choosing the right two-winged homebuilt.

November 8, 2021October 17, 2025

Bits and Pieces: If Our Aircraft Could Talk, Oh What Stories…

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Vintage

EAA Canadian Council member Jack Neima recounts the long and fascinating history of his 82-year-old Piper Cub.

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.

September 16, 2021October 17, 2025

A Slice of Vintage Heaven

Vintage

When you say the word “Brodhead” to most antique aircraft pilots, it’s met with reverence. With its grass runways and hangars full of vintage aircraft, it’s a special place.

August 26, 2021October 29, 2025

A Newbie’s Guide to Sport Aviation

Tips

Are you looking to get started in aviation? EAA Sport Aviation magazine writer Budd Davisson gives some advice on how to do just that.

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 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 8, 2021October 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio EAA Biplane

Homebuilding, Member Stories

EAA member Jonathan Walters takes us through the lengthy build of his EAA Biplane.

June 16, 2021October 28, 2025

The Wichawk Turns 50

Homebuilding, Honoring The Past

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

June 9, 2021October 29, 2025

Learning on the Job

Chapters, Homebuilding

One man’s unfinished history with a Pietenpol.

May 18, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Divisions Update: What’s New With WOA, IAC, and VAA

Aerobatics, Podcast, Vintage, Warbirds

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we sat down with Warbirds of America President Jim “Zack” Olzacki, International Aerobatic Club President Jim Bourke, and Vintage Aircraft Association President Susan ... Read more

April 22, 2021October 28, 2025

Photo Highlights from SUN ‘n FUN 2021

Why We Fly

Take a look through some of the images EAA’s photography team captured last week while at the 2021 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida!

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

January 28, 2021October 17, 2025

Better Late Than Never

Vintage

Although he began his flight training in 1970, it wasn’t until 2004 that Dan Simpson, EAA 9029549, earned his private pilot certificate.

December 16, 2020October 29, 2025

Voyaging on Skis

Member Stories, Vintage

Following many years of service in the Air Force and Wisconsin Air National Guard, along with his current position at American Airlines, Bruce Fischer, EAA Lifetime 1193829, was looking for ... Read more

December 15, 2020October 29, 2025

A Rare Aeroplane

Member Stories, Vintage

Rebuilding a Beachboy biplane.

December 10, 2020October 29, 2025

The Littlest Stinson

Vintage

John Patterson believes that the Stinson 10A is one of the last undiscovered gems available on the vintage airplane market.

December 10, 2020October 28, 2025

SUN ‘n FUN Holiday Flying Festival Photos

Why We Fly

EAA paid a visit to the SUN ‘n FUN Holiday Flying Festival and Car Show in Lakeland, Florida, on December 4-5. Here are some of our favorite photos from this ... Read more

December 3, 2020October 29, 2025

Paperwork

Homebuilding, Tips, Vintage

The top five overlooked items.

November 24, 2020October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — North Carolina Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer

Member Stories, Vintage

EAA member Mark Thoman takes us through the restoration of his Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer.

November 10, 2020October 17, 2025

Throwback Thursday

Member Stories, Vintage

Every year after I return from AirVenture I try to get to a small but very interesting aviation event called the Gathering of the Classics held each year in mid-August ... Read more

October 21, 2020October 17, 2025

Low-Buck Fun Flyers

Tips, Vintage

Acquisition do’s and don’ts.

August 19, 2020October 31, 2025

Just for the Fun of It

Member Stories, Vintage

Jack Haggerty and his Piper J-5A Cruiser.

August 13, 2020October 20, 2025

PEEPSKOSH 2020

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A young man nicknamed Peeps was devastated that AirVenture was canceled, so his friends and family got together to put on the next best thing.

August 13, 2020October 16, 2025

The Fabric of Their Lives

DIY, From The Hangar Floor, Vintage

Nando and Hualdo Mendoza and the opportunity that changed everything.

July 29, 2020October 17, 2025

The Power of a Cub

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Seven-year-old Tayten Rentfrow didn’t just want to go for a ride in his uncle’s Cub — he wanted to start learning to fly.

July 16, 2020October 17, 2025

Baby Steps to Greatness

Honoring The Past, Vintage

The inaugural Kokomo Biplane Fly-In was held June 26-27, 2020, at Glenndale Airport in Indiana, and hosted a gathering of Baby Great Lakes biplanes.

June 10, 2020October 31, 2025

One Piece at a Time

AirVenture, Vintage

Jim and Ken Kreutzfeld, EAA 797045 and 76669, painstakingly restored this 1943 Howard DGA-15P, the winner of the Antique Grand Champion Gold Lindy award at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019.

June 4, 2020October 16, 2025

Meet Miss Montana

Vintage

Miss Montana started life as a C-47, operated stateside by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, and went on to a proud career dropping smoke jumpers from ... Read more

May 28, 2020October 17, 2025

Sole Survivor

AirVenture, Vintage

Ron Price bought his rare 1938 Luscombe Model 4 in 1977 when it was on display in a museum, but the restoration didn’t begin in earnest until nearly 30 years ... Read more

May 28, 2020October 17, 2025

Jacob and the Aeronca Chief

Member Stories, Vintage

Like many of us, Jacob Palmer was one of those kids who had to fly. He’s been obsessed with aviation for as long as he can remember.

May 21, 2020October 17, 2025

The Family Skywagon

AirVenture, Vintage

Carl Geisert, EAA Lifetime 852448, was the driving force behind the gathering of Cessna 180/185s at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019.

March 18, 2020October 17, 2025

The Montambo Family’s Four-Generation J-3 — Keeping Up a Family Tradition

Member Stories, Vintage

J-3 Cub NC1502N came to live with Ray Montambo in 1951, and while he loved the airplane and flew its wings off, it’s unlikely that he could have envisioned that ... Read more

February 26, 2020October 17, 2025

One Airplane, Two Lifelong Friends

Member Stories, Vintage

Myron Lokken, EAA 532919, and his longtime friend Doug Tomas, EAA 84351, bought this Aeronca Champ, originally owned by Myron’s father, Bill.

February 19, 2020October 28, 2025

The Devil Is in the Details — 1928 de Havilland Gipsy Moth

Honoring The Past, Vintage

This 1928 de Havilland Gipsy Moth was originally shipped to the U.S. as part of the company’s first dealership in this country.

January 30, 2020October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Former ‘Ice Pilot’ Scott Blue

Podcast

The Green Dot crew sat down with former Ice Pilot and current water bomber pilot Scott Blue to discuss his aviation background, appearing on television while working as a pilot, ... Read more

January 9, 2020October 17, 2025

Original Builder Inscriptions Found on EAA Travel Air

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Vintage

The mechanics working on the restoration of EAA’s classic Travel Air found something truly incredible when they uncovered its wings: inscriptions on the original ailerons that date back to the ... Read more

January 2, 2020October 16, 2025

Ballance Restored: A Stunning Stinson Flies Home

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Vintage

Sparkling like a jewel in the midsummer sun, a stunning 1934 straight-wing Stinson SR-5A Reliant was proudly poised in front of the VAA Red Barn during #OSH19.

November 21, 2019October 17, 2025

Blakesburg!

Honoring The Past, Vintage

Every Labor Day weekend, about 350 airplanes descend on Antique Airfield, about 180 idyllic acres of gently rolling Iowa grass just west of Ottumwa, for the Antique Airplane Association’s annual ... Read more

November 20, 2019November 22, 2019

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Illinois Waco UPF-7

From The Hangar Floor, Vintage

About 25 years ago, one of my best friends was restoring his third UPF-7. He and his dad have been in the Waco community for more than 40 years, and ... Read more

November 13, 2019October 17, 2025

The Baker T-Craft(s) — ‘T’ is for Tom(s)

Member Stories, Vintage

The tradition of naming sons after their fathers often causes confusion. In addition, it makes it difficult to tell the story of a given Taylorcraft when both Tom Jr. and ... Read more

November 6, 2019October 17, 2025

Vintage at AirVenture 2019

AirVenture, Vintage

The Vintage area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is where the early days of civil aviation come to life. Take a closer look at some of the lovingly maintained classics that ... Read more

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

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Soul Sisters — Jill Manka and her Champ called Lucy

From The Hangar Floor, Vintage

The Champ was far from a flyer, and even though the skeletal remains were covered in a fine coating of dust, Jill Manka saw the potential beauty of what could ... Read more

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019

Antique Airplane Heaven in Iowa

Vintage

EAA staffers Hal Bryan, Alden Frautschy, Kyle Ludwick, and Connor Madison attended the annual Antique Airplane Association Fly-In at Antique Airfield in Blakesburg, Iowa, over Labor Day Weekend.

August 15, 2019October 28, 2025

(Where the Fun Is) Creampuff: Debbie Cheney’s Cessna 140

Member Stories, Vintage

Well, you’re finally there. After wanting to fly all your life, and having to delay your dream for your career and family, you finally found yourself with enough time and ... Read more

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring: Arkansas Piper J-3 Cub

Member Stories, Vintage

This story started in August 1938 on a 40-acre cotton field near the Hempstead County line in Southwest Arkansas.

July 24, 2019October 20, 2025

Fun and Affordable Vintage Aircraft

AirVenture, Vintage

Plenty of impressive, huge, and potentially pricey aircraft flock to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture every year, but not every flyer on the field is unaffordable. Enjoyable and accessible vintage aircraft ... Read more

July 23, 2019October 20, 2025

17-Year-Old Volunteer Teaches Metal Work

AirVenture, Youth Outreach

By John W. Conrad If you are looking to discover how they bend those fancy curves for vintage aircraft, or if you are plagued with a problem reverse compound curve ... Read more

July 22, 2019October 20, 2025

There’s Nothing Spartan About This Executive

AirVenture, Vintage

By Fred Johnsen There’s a dazzlingly shiny aluminum aircraft in the Vintage area that carries Royal Air Force roundels on the fuselage, and has the pedigree to do so. It’s ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 20, 2025

A Spotter’s Guide to the EAA Aviation Museum Aircraft Around the Grounds

AirVenture, EAA Museum

Every year, more than 10,000 aircraft fly to Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Of those, nearly 3,000 are showplanes — vintage aircraft, warbirds, homebuilts, aerobatic airplanes, etc. — that are ... Read more

July 21, 2019October 20, 2025

Making the Best of It

AirVenture

By Barbara A. Schmitz Dean Gilderoy, of Scottsdale, Arizona, thought he was prepared for Friday night’s storm in Oshkosh. “I had staked down as much as I could, and was ... Read more

June 20, 2019October 28, 2025

Stories of Oshkosh — Don Alesi

AirVenture, Member Stories

Don Alesi, EAA 371460, first attended EAA Oshkosh with his brother in 1978 and since then he has made many fond memories, including celebrating a wedding anniversary at EAA Oshkosh ... Read more

June 13, 2019October 17, 2025

EAA’s Tri-Motor Gets New Wings

Vintage

EAA’s Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor was built in 1929, and has been everything from an airliner to a crop duster.

June 13, 2019October 17, 2025

Piper Cub from 1970 Oshkosh Fly-In Returning in 2019

AirVenture, Vintage

Paul Applegate, EAA 96958, and his 1940 J-3 Cub N26989 are returning to Oshkosh in 2019 after first visiting the fly-in in 1970.

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019

Where the Fun Is — The Harter Family’s Aeronca 11AC

Vintage

The Harter family of Greenfield, Indiana, has developed and nurtured a special affinity for one particular 1946 Aeronca 11AC Chief since 1996. It all started with a Piper Cub.

May 23, 2019October 20, 2025

The Story That Speedy Told Me

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Dale Mitchell, EAA 766538, shares a special story of how one airplane can make a large impact on many people.

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

April 11, 2019October 28, 2025

Aviation Splendor at SUN ‘n FUN 2019

Why We Fly

The 45th annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo certainly lived up to its name this year with blue skies and plenty of Florida sunshine to go around.

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019

Where the Fun Is: The Bohmer Family Cub Coupe

Vintage

When walking around the grounds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, it’s hard not to notice a distinct trend among “magazine airplanes,” those that appear on the pages of aviation publications: They ... Read more

March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

One Glorious 1928 Lincoln-Page

Vintage

After he bought it new in 1928, Chuck Balling’s Lincoln-Page LP-3 was damaged in a landing accident after it had flown just 60 hours.

March 20, 2019March 21, 2019

Doin’ It His Way — Lee Hussey’s Award-Winning Comanche

Vintage

Lee Hussey always liked airplanes, but his interest in aviation was rekindled in a big way when he became a partner in a Piper Comanche that he grew to love ... Read more

March 13, 2019October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Vintage Restorer/Pilot Andrew King

Podcast, Vintage

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by vintage aircraft restorer and pilot Andrew King, EAA 275985, to talk about his childhood spent at Old Rhinebeck ... Read more

Andrew King — Vintage Restorer/Pilot

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by vintage aircraft restorer and pilot Andrew King, EAA 275985, to talk about his childhood spent at Old Rhinebeck ... Read more

February 21, 2019October 17, 2025

Top 10 Best Classic and Contemporary Buys

Vintage

Here are four of the 10 best buys that Budd Davisson identified in a feature story in the February issue of EAA Sport Aviation.

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.

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019

Where the Fun Is — Flying the “Little Giants” of Aviation

Vintage

If you’re simply looking to fly for a few hours at a time just for the fun of it, or want to make a short hop to a pancake breakfast ... Read more

December 5, 2018

Period Pieces

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Vintage

When you walk through the Vintage area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, you’re surrounded by living, breathing pieces of history. Here’s a look back at some of the classics from the ... Read more

November 15, 2018October 28, 2025

EAA Celebrates 2018 Halls of Fame Inductees

EAA Museum, Member Stories

EAA recently honored six inductees into the Sport Aviation Halls of Fame. Take a look at photos from the ceremony, as well as videos that celebrate the achievements of the ... Read more

October 31, 2018October 28, 2025

The Ladies Love Taildraggers Haunted Flying Tour

Why We Fly

Ladies Love Taildraggers, not to mention long cross-countries, museums, gizzards, and camaraderie.

October 4, 2018October 20, 2025

Swinging the Night Away 1940s Style in EAA’s Eagle Hangar

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

Take a look through some of the photos taken during September Swing on September 29!

September 13, 2018October 16, 2025

Three Decades of Solo Stinson Restoration

Homebuilding, Member Stories

John Chiprean, EAA 156445, completed every part of his Stinson 10A Voyager restoration himself over three decades.

September 13, 2018October 28, 2025

Air-to-Airs at AirVenture

AirVenture

If you’re looking for your air-to-air photography fix, we’ve got you covered! Here are some of our favorite air-to-air photos shot by EAA photographers during the week of EAA AirVenture ... Read more

May 30, 2018October 28, 2025

Midwing Special — It Used to be a What?

Aerobatics, Homebuilding

Believe it or not, this airplane used to be a Super Cub. Ben Anderson, EAA 1032615, bought the one-of-a-kind Midwing Special from air show pilot Ned Surratt about three years ... Read more

May 17, 2018October 29, 2025

The Restorers Anniversary to be Celebrated at EAA Museum

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

The Restorers director/producer Adam White and a small panel of others involved in the film will be discussing the 15th anniversary of the movie.

April 26, 2018October 17, 2025

The Restoration of the 2018 EAA Sweepstakes Airplane

Vintage

EAA’s 2018 Sweepstakes Cub will look just like it did when it rolled out of the factory in 1941.

February 22, 2018October 28, 2025

Engagement on Flight 13

Chapters, Why We Fly

EAA’s Tri-Motor tour has a memorable stop at Chapter 565 in Punta Gorda, Florida.

February 15, 2018October 29, 2025

EAA Skiplane Fly-In at Pioneer Airport

EAA Museum, Why We Fly

Guests flocked to Pioneer Airport for the annual EAA Skiplane Fly-In, one of the more colorful events of the winter season

December 13, 2017October 28, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring – Georgia Baby Lakes

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In the summer of 2016, Bill Walker, owner of Golden Isles Aviation and project organizer, approached the membership of EAA Chapter 905 to see if it would take on the ... Read more

August 24, 2017October 28, 2025

Frank Christensen – Celebrating 40 Years of the Eagle at AirVenture 2017

Aerobatics, AirVenture, Honoring The Past

EAA spent a few minutes with Frank at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, where we celebrated 40 years of the Eagle.

July 24, 2017October 17, 2025

‘Pay-It-Forward’ Cub Made It to Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories

Dozens of Piper Cubs landed as a group at Wittman Regional Airport Sunday morning in celebration of the type’s 80th anniversary, including one flown by 14-year-old Kyle Carden with help ... Read more

July 23, 2017October 28, 2025

New Life for a Classic Aerobat

Aerobatics, AirVenture

It looks a lot like a Piper Super Cub, but with the wings in the wrong place and a single open cockpit — a configuration Mr. Piper and his company ... Read more

July 13, 2017October 17, 2025

Three Engines, Three Generations

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Dave Hirt of Chapter 1247 shares the story of a special flight for Tri-Motor pilot Tom Leahy.

March 2, 2017October 28, 2025

Learning to Fly in the Late Fifties

Learn to Fly, Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Hans Schroeder, EAA 43437 We all agree (I think) that once you catch the bug, flying never lets go of you no matter how long you abstain. And so, after ... Read more

March 2, 2017October 28, 2025

A Tri-Motor Ride 84 Years in the Making

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor flew a special passenger at its Chapter 1067 stop in Naples, Florida, on February 26: 104-year-old Helen Johnson Collins, who took her first flight in this iconic ... Read more

January 5, 2017December 1, 2017

Way Better Late Than Never – Gubert’s Fly Baby Biplane

Vintage, Why We Fly

“Why did I wait so long?” That’s what Kurt Gubert, EAA 441434, said on May 16, 2015, when he made the first flight of his eye-catching Fly Baby biplane, a ... Read more