by EAA | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today, Anniversaries
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Conceived by Lockheed’s C. L. “Kelly” Johnson and built at his Skunk Works, the U-2 first flew in July 1955 and has served faithfully since. Not your grandfather’s spyplane, many of the current fleet are from a production run in...
by EAA | Jul 31, 2023 | AirVenture, Anniversaries
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 next step for Cessna. Read...
by EAA | Oct 6, 2022 | Air Show, Anniversaries
If you were at AirVenture Oshkosh 2022 during the opening air show, you might not have believed your eyes when you looked up and saw no less than 50 Van’s RVs flying overhead in perfect formation. It happened, now here’s how they did it. Read...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | Anniversaries, History, rutan, voyager
December 22, 2016 – On December 23, 1986, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager made history, landing successfully after completing a nine-day flight around the world without stopping or refueling in the Rutan Model 76 Voyager. They were the first to accomplish this monumental...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Air Show, Anniversaries, EAA, History, paul poberezny
On January 26, 1953, EAA began with a with a simple meeting in Paul and Audrey Poberezny’s home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since then, EAA has been headquartered in first Milwaukee and then Oshkosh, Wisconsin. EAA has grown from a handful of aviation enthusiasts to an...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, Anniversaries, anniversary, boeing, cessna, chipmunk, Homebuilding, l-bird, navion, RV, rv-6, spartan, Ultralights, Vintage, Warbirds, Why We Fly
EAA members are justifiably proud of their attendance at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, celebrating anniversaries spanning decades of flying in — or driving to the event — years of camping in the same spot, surrounded by the people who, although they may meet only once each...
