by EAA | Apr 23, 2021 | Celebrating Women, milestone, Milestones, Ray Aviation Scholarship, Ray Scholar, solo
EAA Chapter 1 celebrated a huge milestone on November 21, 2020, when its Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient, 18-year-old Patricia Kackert, EAA 1380209, made her first solo flight. Read...
by Christina Basken | Apr 22, 2021 | milestone, Milestones, solo
Congratulations to Denver Scott, EAA 1108047, on completing his first solo flight! Read More
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | Milestones, pilot, solo, Youth & Young Eagles
Congratulations to 16-year-old Justin McDowell, EAA 1174050, who completed his first solo October 31 in a Cessna 172 on floats off of Whitewater Lake in northern Ontario. Although he went into the day understandably nervous, he said once he completed the run up and...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | airplane building, Chapters, eagle flight, Homebuilding, Member Stories, Milestones, RV
October 27, 2016 – Bill Wemhoff, EAA 1167924, of Herndon, Virginia, earned his pilot certificate nearly 35 years ago in Nebraska but hadn’t flown since. Life got in the way and flying was pushed to the side, although he never lost interest. Now retired, Bill wanted to...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | airplane building, Chapters, Homebuilding, Member Stories, Milestones, solo, Youth & Young Eagles
December 29, 2016 – Congratulations to 16-year-old Declan Steinke, EAA 1112757, who soloed November 15 in the RV-12 Falcon 1 he helped build. Declan received his first Young Eagles flight two years ago with Chapter 414 of Lake County, Illinois, and his mother said...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | Member Stories, Milestones, solo, Warbirds, Youth & Young Eagles
December 15, 2016 – When he turned 16 on December 1, Tom Tippin had the opportunity to do something many aviators only dream of: He soloed a Piper J-3 Cub, a Stearman, and an AT-6 all in the same day. “It was exhilarating,” Tom said. “It was quite an undertaking and...
