by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, flying, flying in, Member Stories, Oshkosh
By Robbie Culver Like many of you reading these words, I have been to Oshkosh often. It’s my annual summer aviation addiction — I see it’s yours, too. For those of you new to the event, welcome to this year’s version of your annual family reunion. Many of us literally...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, DR340, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, German Pilot, International Pilots
Thank goodness for bad weather in Canada. Without it, Markus Schloter, of Rheinberg, Germany, might not have changed his plans and diverted to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. “I had planned to fly to the United States because it has always been a dream of mine to cross the...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, Member Stories, women in aviation
By Abigail Oleniczak Alina Scott is a 15-year-old who is chasing her dreams with hopes to inspire other youths. After flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh solo in 2023, she returned this year to speak about her experiences at two forums. Alina, of Mount Pleasant, South...
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...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, flying in, International Pilots, Member Stories
By Barbara A. Schmitz Mishaal AlSudairy is flying around the world, but he made sure that one of his stops was at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Flying a Diamond 42, Mishaal left Saudi Arabia on July 8 and arrived in Oshkosh on Wednesday morning after having to first land in...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, Member Stories
By Angela Satterlee Flying from his home in Aberdeen, Scotland, to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the first time in his Bristell NG5 was the longest trip Bill Miazek, EAA 1601589, has ever flown. This is Bill’s third trip to AirVenture, but he’d flown commercially in the...
