by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, International Pilots, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Barbara A. Schmitz Kathrin Kaiser isn’t sure why she loves flying. But growing up in East Germany with its barbed wire and secret police, she felt like she was a prisoner at times since she wasn’t allowed to travel until the Berlin Wall came down in late 1989. “Now...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Angela Satterlee The pink airplane that can be spotted from around the grounds is the first of its kind, making its world debut at AirVenture 2024. With a fresh pink paint job only 1 week old, the L-39 Albatros is already attracting many viewers on the runway. On...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, seaplane
By Angela Satterlee Julio Julia, a Puerto Rican native, flew his 2021 SeaRey Elite (N287PY) across the country from Florida to Oshkosh, which is believed to be the longest seaplane flight to EAA this year. Julio said he loves the views of flying and takes long...
by Emme Hornung | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories
By Emme Hornung When Len Perry decided to learn to fly at 35 years old, his wife, Helena, figured it was a midlife crisis. But it was never a phase for Len; his infatuation with things that fly started when he was a kid. Growing up in Cincinnati, he’d ride his bike...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, flying, flying in, Member Stories, Oshkosh
By Robbie Culver Like many of you reading these words, I have been to Oshkosh often. It’s my annual summer aviation addiction — I see it’s yours, too. For those of you new to the event, welcome to this year’s version of your annual family reunion. Many of us literally...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, DR340, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, German Pilot, International Pilots
Thank goodness for bad weather in Canada. Without it, Markus Schloter, of Rheinberg, Germany, might not have changed his plans and diverted to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “I had planned to fly to the United States because it has always been a dream of mine to cross the...
