by Chris Henry | Feb 10, 2025 | aviation history, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past, P-38
Throughout the globe, as we drive from town to town, many times we see an aircraft on a pole outside of a VFW, town hall, or park. Many times we take note of the aircraft, maybe get out to snap a photo and look it over. Something we don’t always think about is that...
by Emme Hornung | Jan 11, 2025 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? I’m sure many of our members who have been around long enough would immediately think of...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | aviation history, Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, History, Honoring The Past
By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102; Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians as a group tend to not “blow their own horn” but have a way of just making things happen. One overachiever and the subject of this story is Jerry C. Janes. Janes was in many ways a larger-than-life...
by EAA | Dec 21, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA member, EAA Museum, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Member Stories
This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. These flight helmets were worn by Wesley Todd, who flew Corsairs as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was part of VMF-221 and was stationed...
by EAA | Nov 24, 2024 | AirVenture, Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it “EAA,” but in 1969 it was the “Sport Aviation Convention.” The event was held in...
by EAA | Nov 9, 2024 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, History, Member Stories, vietnam, Warbirds
Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 Central Coast AirFest in Santa Maria, California, this fall. The sky was filled with...
