by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | aeronca, AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, Vintage
By Jim Roberts From the day the Aeronautical Corporation of America set up shop in 1928 at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, until it closed the doors in 1951 in Middletown, Ohio, the company built thousands of personal light airplanes. Known simply as Aeronca, the...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Higher Learning, youth, Youth & Young Eagles
By Jim Roberts On opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, members of the Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) gathered to christen the new Charles W. Harris Youth Aviation Center. The facility houses workstations, tools, and exhibits, all designed to open the world...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, Fighters, History, Replica, Replica Fighters, wwi, wwii
By Robbie Culver In my dreams, I fly a World War I Sopwith Camel. I’m wearing a leather flying coat emblazoned with my squadron’s emblem, a leather helmet, and goggles, with a white scarf flowing in the airstream. The sun streams in layered bands and reflects off my...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, Member Stories
If anybody needs more excitement at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, ask one determined Illinois youngster who will be on the flightline this week. She not only survived a medical emergency on Sunday evening, but returned to AirVenture on Monday morning. She and her...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Memorial
By Barbara A. Schmitz Hundreds gathered around Old Crow Tuesday to learn about the man who once flew the P-51 and pay tribute to one of America’s greatest heroes, even though Brig. Gen. Bud Anderson never considered himself a hero. Bud died in his sleep this past May....
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz The saying may be “A family that prays together stays together.” But for the Smith family, it’s a family that flies together. After getting stuck in Chicago due to the CrowdStrike outage instead of being back home in the Houston area, Jonathan...
