by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | 9/11, Celebrating Women, Heather Penney, Member Stories
EAA board member Heather Penney, EAA 1266991, told her story of being scrambled on September 11, 2001, to protect Washington, D.C., and more in this TEDx talk given in Chelsea Park. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Celebrating Women, Cessna 140, Vintage
Well, you’re finally there. After wanting to fly all your life, and having to delay your dream for your career and family, you finally found yourself with enough time and money to begin flying lessons. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Celebrating Women, Chapters, Ray Aviation Scholarship, Youth & Young Eagles
The Ray Aviation Scholarship has helped me in ways I never imagined. This summer I worked long and hard to complete my private pilot certificate. Link To...
by Chris Henry | Mar 20, 2021 | Celebrating Women, EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Warbirds, WASP, world war ii
The EAA Aviation Museum was recently entrusted with items from Ethel Jones, a WASP in WWII who became an instructor pilot. Her love of aviation started at a young age. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Celebrating Women, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, milestone, Milestones, women in aviation
I recently earned my Commercial ASEL certificate in my father’s 1948 Luscombe 8E in January 2021 with the help of EAA and the United Airlines Flight Operations Pilot Scholarship. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Celebrating Women, cfi, Learning to Fly, milestone, Milestones
As a 2020 recipient of the Elgin Wells, Jr. Starjammer CFI Scholarship, this past year I was able to complete my CFI rating. Achieving my CFI rating was one of the hardest, yet most rewarding experiences I have had up to this point in my training. Link To...
