by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | #50inOSH, #OSH19, AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Stories Of Oshkosh
Charlie and Steve Gay’s 1965 Bowers Fly Baby 608X has returned to Oshkosh for the first time since 1970. The Fly Baby is a single-seat, folding-wing monoplane, originally designed in 1960 by Pete Bowers to compete in EAA’s design competition. Charlie acquired the Fly...
by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | #Aircraft, #OSH19, AirVenture, History, Member Stories
In 2003, Norman Surplus, then 40, was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The prognosis wasn’t good. “They gave me a 40 percent chance to live 18 months,” he recalled. As he recovered from the surgery in the hospital, he watched daytime TV and happened on a channel that...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, Milestones
By Barbara A. Schmitz Flying Musicians is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019, all while singing the praises of pilots who perform. John Zapp, president and CEO, said the idea for Flying Musicians was borne out of a chance meeting with country music musician Roy...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, Member Stories
“It’s painted by John Stahr. I provided the canvas, the bodywork, and my life with my wife, Nan Wu, provided the inspiration,” Douglas Taylor said. “It’s based on our past 20 years of marriage. We call it East meets West. She was born in China and came to the U.S....
by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | #Drone, #OSH19, AirVenture, Why We Fly
19-year-old Alex Vanover got his start in RC here at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and is now winning world championships racing drones. “It’s a dream come true [to come to Oshkosh]. I’ve been here for nine years straight now. The year that I got really serious about flying,...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | #OSH19, AirVenture, Celebrating Women, History, Honoring The Past
By Kayla Floyd Nancy Walters holds many memories, as well as many patches. Nancy has been coming to the EAA fly-in convention since 1980 when she flew to Oshkosh in a Piper Archer and camped in the North 40. Nancy first became interested in aviation because it was a...
