by Emme Hornung | Mar 11, 2026 | aviation history, Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Military and Veterans, restoration
When we think about aviation restoration, we tend to think about tube-and-fabric antiques getting stripped down or warbirds getting dug out of a field. Sometimes, preserving aviation history happens on a smaller scale — like David Teitelbaum’s 1959 helicopter flight...
by EAA | Nov 22, 2025 | aviation history, Honoring The Past, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Marc Breen, EAA 1468014 By 1925, Americans could travel long distances by train or automobile; but the idea of commercial aviation only existed in dreams and imagination. Air travel seemed like an interesting concept, but also was somewhat unreliable at the time,...
by EAA | Nov 16, 2025 | Air Show, Honoring The Past, Military and Veterans, Warbirds
By Christina Davies Photography by Ainslee Campbell On September 6, warbirds filled the sky over Osceola, Wisconsin, as they flew in for the annual Wheels & Wings Show. Their arrival turned the ramp into a living museum, where families, veterans, and young...
by Chris Henry | Feb 10, 2025 | aviation history, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, History, Honoring The Past, P-38
Throughout the globe, as we drive from town to town, many times we see an aircraft on a pole outside of a VFW, town hall, or park. Many times we take note of the aircraft, maybe get out to snap a photo and look it over. Something we don’t always think about is that...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | aviation history, Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, History, Honoring The Past
By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102; Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians as a group tend to not “blow their own horn” but have a way of just making things happen. One overachiever and the subject of this story is Jerry C. Janes. Janes was in many ways a larger-than-life...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA member, Honoring The Past, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 452533; Chapter 266, Montreal Before I finished the preflight briefing with the crew today, I casually asked them if they had any resolutions going into the new year. It was my way of breaking the ice, differing slightly from the standard briefing...
