by EAA | Feb 22, 2025 | EAA Museum, Mission Control
By Cindi Pokorny, EAA Youth Education Center Educator It’s one thing to be in the place where history happened; it’s another entirely to be in that place with one of the people who made it happen. In yet another experience that I file mentally under “perks of the...
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 Dick Knapinski | Dec 15, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Museum, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Paul Barber, EAA 139692, got plenty of joy flying his Velocity that he built over a four-year period more than 20 years ago. Now that airplane will be something that will bring others joy when they pass EAA’s facilities beginning next year. Paul...
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...
