by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, Chapters, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA chapter, Ray Aviation Scholarship, Ray Scholar
By Robbie Culver In April 2024, the Ray Aviation Scholarship Fund reached a milestone of 500 completed Ray scholars who have earned their pilot certificate through the program. A corn roast in the EAA Chapters Pavilion was held on Monday, July 22, to celebrate the...
by EAA | Jul 18, 2024 | Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, Youth & Young Eagles
By Bernie Wunder, EAA 128167 EAA recently developed a program called the Young Eagles Build and Fly (YE B&F) for youths to build and fly a remote-controlled (RC) aircraft. The idea is for the local EAA chapter to team up with the local Academy of Model...
by EAA | Jul 18, 2024 | Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, Ray Scholar
By William Jagust, EAA Chapter 1387 Ray Scholarship Coordinator Just like other chapters, EAA Chapter 1387 in Troy, Missouri, was hoping to provide a candidate for the Ray Aviation Scholarship offered by EAA headquarters. What an awesome program! It helps a youth that...
by EAA | Jul 12, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA volunteers, volunteer, volunteers
By EAA This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Ronald Liebmann, EAA 18367, remembers his aviation infatuation starting in kindergarten, watching Stearmans fly overhead in the Chicago sky after World War II. His uncle, Ed...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA Chapter 1682, EAA Young Eagles, International Young Eagles, Learning to Fly, Youth & Young Eagles
For International Young Eagles Day, EAA Chapter 1682, led by Bill Wright, EAA 663877, was busy putting together the first Young Eagles rally at its local airport in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Glen Dresback, EAA 709722, and his wife Cynthia Dresback, EAA 1587696, were...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA Chapter 534, Eagle Flights, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, Young Eagles, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
By Ted Luebbers, EAA 875984 Luke Nunez, now a certified private pilot, flew his first Young Eagle on May 11, 2024, at the Leesburg International Airport in Leesburg, Florida. This occurred during a regular Young Eagles rally held by EAA Chapter 534. About two years...
