by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture
By Barbara A. Schmitz Robin Dolp, of Frankfurt, Germany, always wanted to fly into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh via the Fisk route, but he didn’t have enough vacation time to do it from Germany. So instead he did the next best thing. He flew to the United States...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture
By John A. Conrad AirVenture is at once an air show, a fly-in, a camporee, a reunion, and a county fair, all centered on the gift of flight. The county fair portion is in the exhibit hangars where you can find everything aeronautical you ever wanted, a great many...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, Ultralight, Ultralights
Juxtaposed with the stream of big iron arriving and departing Boeing Plaza throughout the week is the Fun Fly Zone, a special runway dedicated to light-sport and ultralight aircraft that also operates throughout the week. In addition to the Twilight Flight Fest shows...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, History
By Barbara A. Schmitz Austin Bowman, then 14, recalled being upset, even mad, when his parents sold the family’s Glasair in 2000 that his dad, Skip, had built soon after he was born. “I was just getting old enough to officially start flight training,” he said. “But...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, History, Member Stories, Stories Of Oshkosh, volunteer
By Barbara A. Schmitz Bob Herman has been attending the EAA fly-in convention for 51 years, and volunteering for 50 of those years. “But I didn’t realize I was volunteering those first years until Women Activities’ Chair Jenny Dyke told me that was what I was doing,”...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, Youth & Young Eagles
By Kayla Floyd The PedalVenture parade took place down Celebration Way on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering for a pedal-powered model plane parade. The previous record was 31 pedal planes, while the goal...
