by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Museum, History, museum
This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This XP-51 ammo can is an original component from the EAA Aviation Museum’s North American XP-51 Mustang. The museum’s Mustang is the oldest surviving Mustang in the world, as well as the...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, Fighters, History, Replica, Replica Fighters, wwi, wwii
By Robbie Culver In my dreams, I fly a World War I Sopwith Camel. I’m wearing a leather flying coat emblazoned with my squadron’s emblem, a leather helmet, and goggles, with a white scarf flowing in the airstream. The sun streams in layered bands and reflects off my...
by Blake Barrington | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, History, Member Stories, veterans, Vietnam War
By Jim Roberts When the 2024 Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight departed Wittman Regional Airport on Friday morning, July 26, a unique passenger was on board. Accompanying the 100 local Vietnam veterans was a 3-by-5-foot American flag, affectionately known as “Flag Junior.”...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Smithsonian
By Robbie Culver Have you ever wondered what it is like to work with some of our nation’s most precious and unique aviation artifacts? Imagine what it is like to help transport one of NASA’s X-15s, Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Vega, or suspend the Spirit of St. Louis for...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | astronaut, Attic, aviation history, EAA Museum, History, museum, nasa
This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even astronauts feel a sense of pride toward their alma mater! NASA astronaut Joe Engle, EAA 390011, grew up in Chapman, Kansas, and eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree in...
by EAA | Aug 18, 2021 | Attic, aviation history, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This Mk IIA course and speed calculator was a mechanical computer used by British and Commonwealth air forces during World War II. Read...
