Month: April 2022

Michael Fuller, EAA 290830, recalls EAA Oshkosh memories from 1987. […]

When the vast majority of general aviation pilots (as opposed to purely recreational pilots) think about buying a more-or-less modern airplane, the question of what material that airplane uses in its construction — wood, steel, aluminum, or composites — isn’t a deciding factor. […]

Jim Irwin’s desk is home to an old glass Jif peanut butter jar full of rusted nuts, bolts, and washers that serve as meaningful keepsakes from his baptism in aviation back in the 1950s. […]

Of the first two XP-82 Twin Mustangs built by North American Aviation in 1945, only one survived the scrapper’s torch. The first airplane accumulated less than 300 hours at PAX River before being scrapped in 1955. XP-82 44-83887 — although beat up, bent, and battered — had a somewhat better career and a brighter future. […]

Are you well-versed in the popular RV series made by Van’s Aircraft? Prove it! […]

Remembering my father, and the early days of EAA in South Africa. […]

Arnold Ebneter planned for decades to make an epic solo cross-country flight, and eventually he was able to take that great adventure that so many who pursue aviation dream of. […]

Kent Marquardt, EAA Lifetime 330475, recalls his first memories from EAA Oshkosh 1970 when he was just 10 years old. […]

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Jeff Duford, a curator of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, to take a behind-the-scenes look at the museum, talk about Jeff’s background and start as a historian, and answer some fun hypothetical aviation questions. […]

Flying in the lower mainland of British Columbia can be a wonderful experience with the views of the scenic snow-covered coastal mountains just to the north and the Strait of Georgia to the west. […]