by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, EAA member, EAA volunteers, Member Stories, Volunteer Spotlight, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Kyle Breon, EAA 1335139, has been coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh pretty much since he was born. His dad, Shawn Breon, EAA 501777, has always loved aviation, volunteering as a...
by EAA | Oct 10, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, EAA volunteers, Member Stories, Volunteer Spotlight, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Mary Pennington-Hoyt, EAA Lifetime 1057675, is passionate about empowering young girls and women to participate in aviation, and each year she gets to dive into that passion at EAA...
by EAA | Jan 13, 2023 | Volunteer Spotlight, volunteers
Tracy Miller, EAA 794015, has been the Young Eagles coordinator for EAA Chapter 838 for 15 years. Though not currently flying, aviation has been a part of Tracy’s life since the beginning. Read...
by Christina Basken | Mar 3, 2022 | EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight
Stephen Leonard, EAA Lifetime 286293, joined the EAA Aeromedical Advisory Council (AAC) in the 1980s and has been assisting EAA members and pilots, as well as the organization, with medical-related issues ever since. As part of the council, he’s been an active...
by Christina Basken | Feb 4, 2022 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Volunteer Spotlight
Bill Zierdt, EAA 685278, has been involved with EAA as a volunteer since 2000. As a former Army helicopter pilot who has flown a variety of types, Bill began as an announcer during AirVenture when there was anything happening on the field with helicopters. Read...
by EAA | Jan 6, 2022 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Volunteer Spotlight, Youth & Young Eagles
For nearly 30 years, Douglas Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, has been an active member of EAA, flying Young Eagles every year, mostly from his home airport in Ray, Michigan. He ranks ninth among Young Eagles pilots across the organization, flying more than 2,400 Young...