by Angela Satterlee | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, gyroplane, gyroplanes, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Angela Satterlee You could call it a gyro-dynamic experience, but for Sue Benua, EAA Lifetime 1262570, it was an unforgettable trip. Sue arrived Thursday in Oshkosh after a weather delay of three days, flying her 2017 turquoise AutoGyro Cavalon, for a long trip of...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, bonanza, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories
By Robbie Culver Pilots are a particular bunch. We are our own worst critics, overanalyze every flight we make, and are constantly striving for perfection. I’m still waiting to make that perfect flight, personally. So competing against ourselves is just taking it to...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, EAA volunteers, Member Stories, volunteers
By Angela Satterlee Dennis Lange, EAA 198454, is from Fond du Lac, and he started volunteering at EAA back in 1979, became a member shortly after that in 1981, and hasn’t missed an AirVenture since his first year as a volunteer. “I took off for vacation for years to...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, homebuilt, homebuilt aircraft, Member Stories
By Robbie Culver EAA’s AirVenture Oshkosh is a showcase for aircraft that are not found anywhere else. This year, an example of that is Jim and Mitzi O’Hara’s TTP38 Volar’s Lightning, N38PJ (TT stands for two-thirds scale). It’s the only one in the world, and you can...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz To say Jessica Cox, of Tucson, Arizonia, has a can-do attitude is a massive understatement. She was born without arms and learned to do things with her feet that many people think can’t be done. “Before I had LASIK surgery, I used to put contacts...
by Sam Oleson | Jul 24, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories
By Sam Oleson Last summer, Paul Barnett nearly lost his right leg. A little more than a year later, he’s helping folks climb up into the cockpit of the Corsair he flew in for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. Paul, EAA Lifetime 456283, a longtime warbird pilot from...
