by EAA | Sep 17, 2021 | fly-in, Vintage, vintage aircraft, vintage airplane
When you say the word “Brodhead” to most antique aircraft pilots, it’s met with reverence. With its grass runways and hangars full of vintage aircraft, it’s a special place. Read...
by Jenn Kalchik | Jul 29, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Vintage, vintage airplane
By Frederick A. Johnsen Ben Howard used the nomenclature DGA for his airplane designs for years. By the time the executive Howard DGA-15 hit the market in 1939, it was widely accepted the letters stood for “damn good airplane.” Evidently airplane manufacturers did not...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2021 | AirVenture, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, restoration, Vintage, vintage airplane
When 34 Kittyhawk biplanes rolled out of the shop, the Depression put a padlock on the door in 1934. And that might have been the end of the line, if Bob Coolbaugh of Newmarket, Virginia, hadn’t swung into action in 2012. Read...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Antique Airplane Association, Blakesburg, Honoring The Past, Vintage, vintage airplane
Every Labor Day weekend, about 350 airplanes descend on Antique Airfield, about 180 idyllic acres of gently rolling Iowa grass just west of Ottumwa, for the Antique Airplane Association’s annual invitation-only fly-in. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | taylorcraft, Vintage, vintage airplane
The tradition of naming sons after their fathers often causes confusion. In addition, it makes it difficult to tell the story of a given Taylorcraft when both Tom Jr. and Tom Sr. have owned several. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Aeronca Champ, Vintage, vintage airplane, Why We Fly
Myron Lokken, EAA 532919, and his longtime friend Doug Tomas, EAA 84351, bought this Aeronca Champ, originally owned by Myron’s father, Bill. Link To...
