by EAA | Jun 28, 2025 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Aviation Museum
This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When Charles Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, Americans had so much pride they didn’t know what to do with it. The composers and lyricists...
by EAA | May 23, 2025 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Sport Aviation, Sport Aviation
By: EAA This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every pilot wants to have clear vision when flying, but would you wear these hard contact lenses circa the 1940s? Donated to the EAA Aviation Museum by Rick Chamberlin, these...
by EAA | May 5, 2025 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Sport Aviation
This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This banner celebrates an aircraft that is perhaps not as well-known stateside. The PZL M-18 Dromader is a single-engine agricultural aircraft produced by the Polish manufacturer...
by EAA | Feb 28, 2025 | Air Race, Attic, EAA Attic, Trophy, Wisconsin
This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. On June 15, 1930, 30,000 people attended Wisconsin’s first state-sponsored air race. Events included a parachute-jumping contest and 30-mile closed course “free-for-all” races. The...
by EAA | Nov 24, 2024 | AirVenture, Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it “EAA,” but in 1969 it was the “Sport Aviation Convention.” The event was held in...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Attic, EAA Museum, History
This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Back when a commercial flight was still an event to dress to the nines for, Pan American World Airways commemorated a passenger’s crossing the equator with a little memento. On April...
