by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, Honoring The Past, Military and Veterans, Warbirds, Why We Fly
Story and photos by Carol Smith Ferlo EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 10-year-old Beckett Dovichi’s glee was uncontainable as he leaned his head toward the openwindow in the rear compartment of B-29 Doc. It was July 24, 2025, and we were in the midst of our Doc flight...
by Emme Hornung | Sep 7, 2026 | Military and Veterans, speaker series, women in aviation
Lt. Col. Olga Custodio, a retired T-38 instructor pilot and the first Latina U.S. Air Force pilot, is the next speaker in the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. Olga will share her experience of breaking through barriers to get into the cockpit and instructing her...
by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | Classic Instructor, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Pilot Proficiency
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently attended an FAA safety seminar. The topic was “Stabilized Approaches and Landings.” Based on FAA statistics...
by Emme Hornung | Sep 7, 2026 | Member Stories, women in aviation, Young Eagles, Youth Outreach
Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic for two EAA members. When the June 2023 issue of EAA Sport Aviation found its way into the hands of young Denver,...
by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | Attic, aviation history, 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 his country. In 1917, Reno joined the Lafayette Flying Corps and was a member of the Lafayette...
