Volunteer Spotlight

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Mary Pennington-Hoyt

This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Mary Pennington-Hoyt, EAA Lifetime 1057675, is passionate about empowering young girls and women to participate in ... Read more

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023

Volunteer Spotlight — Tracy Miller

Volunteers

Tracy Miller, EAA 794015, has been the Young Eagles coordinator for EAA Chapter 838 for 15 years. Though not currently flying, aviation has been a part of Tracy’s life since ... Read more

March 2, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight — Stephen Leonard

Member Stories

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

February 3, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight — Bill Zierdt

Member Stories

Bill Zierdt, EAA 685278, has been involved with EAA as a volunteer since 2000. As a former Army helicopter pilot who has flown a variety of types, Bill began as ... Read more

January 5, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight — Douglas Conciatu

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

For nearly 30 years, Douglas Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, has been an active member of EAA, flying Young Eagles every year, mostly from his home airport in Ray, Michigan. He ... Read more

November 22, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Carl Franz

Member Stories

Carl Franz, EAA 511275, is a longtime volunteer with EAA and is the 2021 recipient of the Tony Bingelis Award, after serving as a technical counselor for almost 20 years. ... Read more

October 26, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Sue Gerencser

AirVenture, Member Stories

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

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Alan Farkas

Member Stories

As the former volunteer chairman of the EAA Legal Advisory Council, Alan Farkas, EAA Lifetime 681323, has spent many years assisting EAA members on a variety of legal and FAA-related ... Read more

August 31, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight – Bob McLaughlin

Member Stories

For nearly the past 40 years, Bob McLaughlin, EAA 188831, has volunteered with EAA in some shape or form.

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Ted and Lynn Kirkpatrick

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

When it comes to EAA’s Young Eagles program, you won’t find too many volunteers more passionate than Ted and Lynn Kirkpatrick.

July 30, 2021

Dedicated Fuel Station Volunteers Keep AirVenture Running

AirVenture, Member Stories

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 29, 2021

Early Ray Scholar Volunteers at GirlVenture

AirVenture, Celebrating Women, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

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

July 28, 2021

Youth Volunteers Network While Having Fun

AirVenture, Youth & Young Eagles

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

July 27, 2021

Admissions Volunteers

AirVenture, Celebrating Women, Member Stories

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 1, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Bob Havens

Uncategorized

When Bob Havens was growing up, the book Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, about the Doolittle Raid on Japan during World War II, helped inspire his love of aviation. It’s that ... Read more

June 3, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Mike Dooley

AirVenture, Member Stories

For the past decade, Mike Dooley, EAA 834638, has been a mainstay volunteer in the Homebuilts area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, working primarily in homebuilt registration.

May 5, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Mike Gallaway

Aerobatics

Mike Gallaway, EAA 530544, was a late bloomer when it came to his aviation journey. But ever since he dipped his toes into aviation when he was in his late ... Read more

April 15, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Mark Spang

Member Stories, Stories Of Oshkosh

Mark Spang’s interest in aviation began at a young age. When he was just a kid, Mark, EAA 129553, would help his father, who was an Air Force mechanic in ... Read more

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Jim Hornby and Dennis Lange

AirVenture, Member Stories

The Vintage Aircraft Association portion of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds takes up a pretty sizable chunk. Maintaining that chunk requires a lot of volunteer effort, and it begins with ... Read more

March 10, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Dennis Phillippi

AirVenture, Member Stories

Dennis first showed up at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 1995, looking to buy a Rotorway helicopter kit to build.

February 11, 2021February 15, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Jan Stadt

AirVenture, Member Stories

Jan Stadt’s tenure as an EAA volunteer began back in the 1990s when her husband, Dave, was in the process of earning his pilot certificate.

January 13, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight — Kathy Frey

AirVenture, Member Stories

Starting in 1998, Kathy Frey, EAA 1069808, has been a mainstay in Camp Scholler, assisting campers in finding suitable camping sites and helping out with just about anything else that ... Read more

December 10, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Gordon and Cathy Davis

AirVenture, Member Stories

For the past five years, the husband and wife team of Gordon and Cathy Davis have volunteered in the KidVenture area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh — helping to inspire the ... Read more

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Bob Ross

AirVenture, Warbirds

As an Emmy-winning senior vice president at CBS Broadcasting, Bob Ross, EAA 341315, knows a thing or two about putting on a show. When EAA Warbirds of America needed someone ... Read more

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Mark Kolesar

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

With more than 875 Young Eagles flights under his belt, it’s safe to say that Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238, is heavily invested in EAA’s success as an organization, particularly ... Read more

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Eric Rood

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Warbirds

With a love of history and deep respect for veterans, Eric Rood, EAA Lifetime 192552, is a perfect fit to volunteer with EAA’s Timeless Voices of Aviation oral history project.

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Lon Nanke

EAA Museum, Member Stories

If you’ve visited the EAA Aviation Museum in the past seven or eight years, there’s a good chance you’ve met docent Lon Nanke, EAA 187526.

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Steve Owen

AirVenture, Member Stories

Steve Owen, EAA 382581, first attended EAA Oshkosh in 1982 after he happened to read about the event in an aviation magazine while he still lived in the United Kingdom.

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Cindee Schneider

AirVenture, Member Stories

Cindee Schneider, EAA 1114863, has been volunteering at EAA’s annual fly-in convention for about 40 years, first in press headquarters and currently at helicopter operations.

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Amy Crozier

AirVenture, Member Stories

Amy Crozier, EAA 1220935, was introduced to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2013 when a friend gave her tickets to the show.

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Jim Heindl

AirVenture, Member Stories

Jim Heindl, EAA 570224, has been volunteering with EAA since 1993, primarily with flightline operations. For his volunteer service through the years, Jim was named a Brown Arch Brick Award ... Read more

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Geoff Downey

AirVenture, Member Stories

Geoff Downey, EAA 105011, has been volunteering at AirVenture for nearly 30 years, with the vast majority of it as the rotorcraft chairman.

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight — Mert Taylor

Member Stories

Mert Taylor, EAA 156, has been around EAA since nearly the beginning. Years later, he’s still finding ways to volunteer with the organization.