by Angela Satterlee | Jun 28, 2025 | EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, speaker series
M*A*S*H, the American war comedy-drama television series that we know and love, is full of real-life stories and experiences. While it aired from 1972 to 1983 during the era of the Vietnam War, its rich history is actually pulled from the Mobile Army Surgical...
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 Chris Henry | Feb 10, 2025 | aviation history, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past, P-38
Throughout the globe, as we drive from town to town, many times we see an aircraft on a pole outside of a VFW, town hall, or park. Many times we take note of the aircraft, maybe get out to snap a photo and look it over. Something we don’t always think about is that...
by Dick Knapinski | Dec 21, 2024 | aviation, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Pilots usually aren’t very fond of turbulence. This time, though, pilots will be eager to see it. The phenomenon this time is Turbulence, the Mike Patey-built and record-setting airplane that officially became part of the EAA collection on December...
by EAA | Dec 21, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA member, EAA Museum, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Member Stories
This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. These flight helmets were worn by Wesley Todd, who flew Corsairs as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in the Pacific theater during World War II. He was part of VMF-221 and was stationed...
by Emme Hornung | Sep 10, 2024 | Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, speaker series
By Emme Hornung Returning from the 2023 edition of the 9/11 Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Charles R. Blaich brings with him colleague and friend Dr. Michael Fagel, an emergency management specialist who worked alongside Blaich to ensure...
