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 Blake Barrington | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, History, Member Stories, veterans, Vietnam War
By Jim Roberts When the 2024 Yellow Ribbon Honor Flight departed Wittman Regional Airport on Friday morning, July 26, a unique passenger was on board. Accompanying the 100 local Vietnam veterans was a 3-by-5-foot American flag, affectionately known as “Flag Junior.”...
by EAA | Jul 24, 2024 | Airborne, AirVenture, Demo Team, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, History, wwii
By Robbie Culver Kevin Conner is part of the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team based in Frederick, Oklahoma, that operates two World War II-era Douglas aircraft, the C-47 Boogie Baby and the C-49 Wild Kat. The group is at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to commemorate the 80th...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | astronaut, Attic, aviation history, EAA Museum, History, museum, nasa
This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even astronauts feel a sense of pride toward their alma mater! NASA astronaut Joe Engle, EAA 390011, grew up in Chapman, Kansas, and eventually earned his Bachelor of Science degree in...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | Aerobatics, History, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, snowbirds, Warbirds, world war ii
By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are a classic symbol, and they are about as Canadian as one can ever be. The RCAF’s motto is: Per Ardua Ad Astra — Through adversity to the stars. It is a fitting motto as the Snowbirds...
by EAA | May 3, 2024 | History, Honoring The Past
Todd and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571783 and 1571782, took to the California sky to capture two historic aircraft: P-47D Bonnie and P-51D Goldfinger, capturing Bonnie over the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time ever. The post Two Historic Aircraft Take to the...
