by EAA | Oct 16, 2024 | Celebrating Women, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Mark Kolesar, EAA 294238 On September 21, 2024, members of EAA Chapters 25, 54, and 1229 worked together to promote EAA programs such as Young Eagles, local chapter activities, and AeroEducate at the annual Girls in Aviation Day put on by the Stars of the North...
by EAA | Sep 13, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Ray Aviation Scholarship, Ray Scholar
By Sharon Puschmann, EAA 1382843 Pilots come in all shapes and sizes with different motivations, drives, and desires. Some are inspired by family members, military ambitions, or dreams of becoming an airline pilot. Our 2023 Ray scholar, Josiah Harding, EAA 1481653,...
by EAA | Sep 10, 2024 | Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Gary Ludeke, EAA 199851 This is a story about an 18-year-old young man, Jakin Messer, EAA 1293775, who is very passionate about having a career as an airline pilot. He recently reached his first goal and is now a private pilot. In order to get to this point,...
by EAA | Sep 10, 2024 | Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, EAA Young Eagles, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By John Muhle, EAA 1360048, EAA Chapter 289 President It was Wings and Wheels in the summer of 2022, and a young man had made plans to attend the event with his dad, Grant, and a friend. Ryland Anderson was 18 and had tried a few different career paths, but he wasn’t...
by EAA | Aug 17, 2024 | AirVenture, Chapters, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA chapter, International Pilots
By Athol Franz, EAA 680260 Having spent 23 years attending AirVenture camping with Neil Bowden’s South African group, once again this year I have been like a young boy all over again with so much “eye candy” on the Oshkosh airfield. It is almost impossible to take in...
by EAA | Aug 8, 2024 | Chapter 411, Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Member Stories
By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, Chapter 441 Newsletter Editor Like all airports, Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, depends on the goodwill of the people living in this small town south of Seattle. The airport hosts a yearly open house, inviting all and sundry to...
