Month: October 2023

The Oklahoma chapter of the Ninety-Nines’s annual Okie Derby Proficiency Air Rally was held on August 19, 2023. The annual event is a fundraiser for the “Wings of the Future” scholarship. Sixteen aircraft participated in the Okie Derby, and each aircraft was required to have a pilot and co-pilot. […]

On Saturday, September 23, 2023, EAA Chapter 25 and EAA Chapter 1229 had a very visible presence at the recent Girls in Aviation Day event held at the Flying Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. […]

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Charlie Becker, EAA director of chapters and homebuilt community manager, and David Leiting, EAA Eagles Program manager, to discuss EAA’s extensive network of chapters and the work they do to spread The Spirit of Aviation. […]

Ace Kehoe, EAA 1537419, is known as the “aviation kid” at his Florida high school, and it’s a title he’s fully embracing! At just 16 years old, Ace is forming an aero club to bring aviation education to local youths just like him. […]

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses the importance of receiving proper and adequate tailwheel training. […]

Congratulations to Ed Jeziorny, EAA 31825, of Omro, Wisconsin! On August 19, 2023, Ed flew his 1,000th Young Eagle at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, Illinois. […]

The extraterrestrial frenzy we’re experiencing these days is nothing new. General aviation pilot Kenneth Arnold is widely credited with being the inspiration for the modern era of UFO folklore after reporting the sighting of nine unidentified flying “saucers” in 1947. […]

For the 2005 EAA Youth Art Contest, contestants were asked to design a paint scheme for one of EAA’s two Young Eagles aircraft, a GlaStar 3 (N231YE). […]