by EAA | Oct 17, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, volunteer, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was surrounded by aviation history since birth, coming from a family of military aviators, so he has always been fascinated with the stories and legacy. He...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today, volunteer, volunteers
Tami Burns, EAA 799426, from Almond, Wisconsin, started volunteering at the North 40 camping registration station in 2009. She soon decided that it really wasn’t what she wanted to do, saying it felt too much like what she did for her real job. But the next year, she...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today, volunteer, volunteers
The Krapfl family is the powerhouse of the Main Gate North Admissions (MGN), with nearly 20 volunteers of siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and in-laws who pitch in each year. The dynamic group started with Mary Krapfl, EAA Lifetime...
by Angela Satterlee | Jul 25, 2025 | AirVenture, AirVenture Today, volunteer, volunteers
Gary Baker, EAA Lifetime 251742, a retired airline pilot from Medina, Ohio, has selflessly given his time and expertise to EAA and Chapter 846 for the past 32 years. Just a few of his contributions include coordinating Young Eagles flights and flying more than 175...
by EAA | Jun 7, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, EAA volunteers, volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight, volunteering, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For many EAA members, the weeklong escape to Camp Scholler each summer is something they look forward to all year. Andrew Rezmer can relate; he started coming to AirVenture Oshkosh in 2001...
by EAA | Apr 14, 2025 | volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Andrew La Roche, EAA Lifetime 479669, volunteers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh working for the trams, and he’s made it an entire family affair. His introduction to aviation came when he...
