by EAA | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, flight simulation, flight simulator, learn to fly, Learning to Fly
By Master Sgt. Kellen Kroening The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing is unveiling a state-of-the-art mobile boom simulator at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. This cutting-edge tool is designed to train boom operators and demonstrates the...
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 EAA | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, Member Stories, warbird, Warbirds
Story and photography by Robbie Culver Flying to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is a rite of passage for pilots. Months of planning, sacrifices for good weather, and no small amount of emotional and financial investment are involved. Any pilot who has flown in will tell you...
by Emme Hornung | Jul 21, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, tram tours, warbird, Warbirds
By Emme Hornung With rows and rows of thousands of aircraft to see on the AirVenture grounds, it may be hard to know exactly what you’re looking at. Lucky for you, the Warbirds Tram Tour solves that issue with a FREE, entertaining, pull-at-your-heartstrings review of...
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...
