by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, innovation, proteus, Scaled Composites, Why We Fly
John Barton, Proteus’ crew chief, took some time between flights and the many Scaled Composites forums that happened at AirVenture to talk about the airplane’s history and its future. Link To...
by Megan Esau | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, Make-A-Wish, Member Stories, Scaled Composites
Each year at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, a group of families from the Make-A-Wish foundation get to attend the fly-in for a full, Only-in-Oshkosh experience. This year EAA hosted five families on Saturday, July 29, for a schedule that included Ford Tri-Motor, ultralight,...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Milestones, Scaled Composites, Stratolaunch
It’s dawn in the desert. In the gray early morning light Stratolaunch, the largest airplane ever built, hulks silently at the opposite end of the 12,503-by 200-foot runway. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Podcast, Scaled Composites, Stratolaunch, The Green Dot
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Scaled Composites test pilots Evan Thomas and Zach Reeder to discuss the first flight of Stratolaunch. Evan flew Stratolaunch, the largest airplane by wingspan to ever fly, and Zach was the pilot in command of...