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 Angela Satterlee | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, Dorothy Hilbert Award, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, EAA volunteers, Member Stories
By Angela Satterlee Linda Thorn is the winner of this year’s Dorothy Hilbert Award, which honors a female volunteer who exhibits the same passion, dedication, and devotion for volunteerism as did the late Dorothy Hilbert. Linda is from a small town near West Bend, and...
by Emme Hornung | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA volunteers, volunteers
By Emme Hornung Picture this: The roar of the morning P-51 formation just pulled you out of sleep. Usually, you hit snooze on your alarm, but there is no snooze button for the excitement of AirVenture. You unzip your tent, and the fresh smell of coffee and syrup calls...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA volunteers, volunteer, volunteers
Thomas Varep-Popov fell in love with aviation at the early age of 4, and his passion for it has only grown. Now, he has combined those feelings about aviation with his ability to brew signature coffee and opened Hangar 22 Coffee Roasters. Thomas and his wife, Jenna...
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 EAA | Mar 21, 2024 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA volunteers, volunteers
Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons, EAA 266725 and 814505, have been together for more than 50 years, having met when they were just 19 years old in Elgin, Illinois. Bonnie opened a Zayre Department Store, Craig worked in the electronics department, and the rest is history...
