by EAA | Sep 22, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA member, Member Stories
By Frank Hemko, EAA 569315 I’m 74 years old and have visited AirVenture six times since I retired. My 29-year career flying as captain on UPS B-727s, B-757s, and B-767s kept me busy until I was 66 years old, when I finally had time to come to Oshkosh! I’ve loved every...
by EAA | Apr 18, 2024 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Member Stories, Stories Of Oshkosh, Ultralights
Larry Fleming, an experienced hang glider pilot, steps into the world of powered flight with his Aeros Nano Trike. Follow along his adventure of learning to fly the ultralight trike and his experience of flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the first time. The post...
by EAA | Mar 21, 2024 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA volunteers, volunteers
Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons, EAA 266725 and 814505, have been together for more than 50 years, having met when they were just 19 years old in Elgin, Illinois. Bonnie opened a Zayre Department Store, Craig worked in the electronics department, and the rest is history...
by EAA | Dec 14, 2023 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA Sport Aviation, volunteers
Jonathon McKenzie, EAA Lifetime 1110671, became EAA’s Print Mail Center volunteer chairman in 2022, but he joined EAA and started volunteering more than 10 years ago after he caught a glimpse of the night air show just outside the convention grounds. Read...
by General Aviation News Staff | Nov 19, 2023 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Experimental Aircraft Association, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “The Experimental Aircraft Association’s devotion to aviation. Jessie Brown’s devotion to service. Tom Hudner’s devotion to his fellow man. The volunteers in the control tower and their devotion to...
by General Aviation News Staff | Oct 26, 2023 | #Aircraft, Airshows & Fly-Ins, Aviation News, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, flying, General Aviation, Photo of the Day, Pilots
Jim Jazdzewski submitted this photo and note: “A pair of T28 Trojans from the Trojan Phlyers air show team doing a beautiful fly-by at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 during the Wednesday air show. My son and I were by the old main entrance to the flight line...
