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...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Abigail Oleniczak Alina Scott is a 15-year-old who is chasing her dreams with hopes to inspire other youths. After flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh solo in 2023, she returned this year to speak about her experiences at two forums. Alina, of Mount Pleasant, South...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz The saying may be “A family that prays together stays together.” But for the Smith family, it’s a family that flies together. After getting stuck in Chicago due to the CrowdStrike outage instead of being back home in the Houston area, Jonathan...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Barbara A. Schmitz The secret to being successful is showing up 99 percent of the time, said Nicole Battjes, CEO of Rainbow Helicopters and keynote speaker at Wednesday’s WomenVenture’s luncheon. Battjes founded the Honolulu-based air tour operation in 2011, and...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, volunteers, Warbirds, wwii
By Jim Roberts It’s not every day you get to see and hear an aircraft engine that helped win World War II. Thanks to four dedicated volunteers, a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled Allison V-1710 engine is singing out loud near EAA Warbirds in Review. During WWII, over 69,000...
