by Angela Satterlee | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today
Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest cargo airlines in the world. Few others can understand exactly what this group went through and did on a daily...
by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | Air Show, AirVenture, AirVenture Today
By Jim Roberts While enjoying the aerial ballet and symphony of sound during the daily air show, have you ever wondered who the conductor is? That would be the air boss. According to the FAA, an air boss is “the individual who has the primary responsibility for...
by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | Air Show, AirVenture, AirVenture Today
By Catherine Warmkessel An airshow wouldn’t be the same without the smoke that billows out behind each airplane. I had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of an airshow, driving with and talking to the smoke oil volunteers. As a child, I thought the smoke I saw at...
by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today
By Robbie Culver The 2025 AirVenture Cup was held July 20, 2025, starting at the Wausau, Wisconsin, airport. This year’s route included mandatory checkpoints at Shawano, Wisconsin (KEZ), Menominee, Michigan (KMNM), Delta County (KESC) in Escanaba, Michigan,...
by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | Air Show, AirVenture, AirVenture Today
Remembering Gene McNeely Longtime AeroShell Aerobatic Team pilot goes west By Barbara A. Schmitz Gene McNeely, part of the AeroShell Aerobatic Team from 1994 to 2017, died July 5 in his home. He was 83. Gene first flew right wing and then slot with the team, now known...
by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today, honor flight
Story and Photography By Jim Koepnick While you’re reading this over your morning coffee or waiting for the air show to start, there are 100 Vietnam War veterans from Northeast Wisconsin in Washington, D.C., visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and remembering...
