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...
by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | aviation history, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Ultralights
By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as a high school student in the early- to mid-1970s. Growing up in Milwaukee, I was fortunate...
by EAA | Sep 6, 2026 | Attic, aviation history, EAA Museum, EAA Sport Aviation
This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This banner celebrates an aircraft that is perhaps not as well-known stateside. The PZL M-18 Dromader is a single-engine agricultural aircraft produced by the Polish manufacturer...
by EAA | Sep 6, 2026 | aviation history, Member Stories, Vintage, Warbirds, 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 Myers Beach when I heard the distinct sound of big radial engines approaching. As I looked up in the...
by Emme Hornung | Sep 6, 2026 | aviation history, EAA Museum, Military and Veterans, speaker series
Ret. CW5 Dick Hanusa, an experienced Army helicopter pilot, is the next speaker in EAA’s Speaker Series. Dick will share his experiences from two tours in Vietnam flying the UH-1, OH-6, and more in his presentation at the EAA Aviation Museum on Thursday, May 22, at 7...
by EAA | Sep 5, 2026 | Attic, aviation history, EAA Museum, EAA Sport Aviation
By: EAA This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every pilot wants to have clear vision when flying, but would you wear these hard contact lenses circa the 1940s? Donated to the EAA Aviation Museum by Rick Chamberlin, these...
