by EAA | Oct 23, 2025 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, Ray Scholar, Why We Fly, women in aviation, Young Eagles
By Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238 The Flying Cloud Airport located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was the site of the 2025 Girls in Aviation Day on September 20, 2025. Three local EAA chapters’ members — South St. Paul Chapter 1229’s Bill Steier, Julie Steier, and...
by EAA | Aug 15, 2025 | Chapters, Ray Scholar
By Scott Thompson, President, EAA Chapter 1541 Way back sometime in 2018, I had the pleasure of participating in a Young Eagles rally held by our chapter, EAA Chapter 1541, at the Lincoln Regional Airport in Lincoln, California. During that rally, I flew a young lady...
by EAA | Jul 13, 2025 | Member Stories, Ray Scholar
By Gary Brossett, EAA Lifetime 375866 What a month it has been! Lola Waldrep, EAA 1399617, earned her private pilot certificate on June 17, spent the next few days completing the training for her remote pilot certificate, then flew her first Young Eagles mission on...
by EAA | Jul 13, 2025 | Member Stories, Ray Scholar
By Ralph Moser, EAA 702188, EAA Chapter 485 President EAA Chapter 485, the “Panhandle Pelicans” of Pensacola, Florida, would like to highlight the progress of Brian Harris, one of the chapter’s 11 Ray Aviation Scholarship winners. In late 2019, Brian was awarded the...
by EAA | Jul 13, 2025 | Member Stories, Ray Scholar
By Eric Wegner, EAA 329302, EAA Chapter 320 (Watertown, Wisconsin) President EAA Chapter 320’s 2025 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient is Riley Runke, EAA 1655190. Receiving this scholarship is a big deal worth recognizing and celebrating, but that’s only part of the...
by EAA | Jan 26, 2025 | EAA, EAA member, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Ray Scholar
By Greg Alberti, EAA 1225585, EAA Chapter 196 Ray Aviation Scholar As an 18-year-old, recently minted private pilot, I have been flying airplanes for over half of my life. The world of aviation has taught me that there are heavy ups and downs in life. It has taught me...
