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Category: 2025 September
DESTINATIONS: Expanding Your Flying Portfolio At Oshkosh 2025
By Aletha Lenz For thousands of aviators, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh isn’t just a celebration of aviation — it’s a launchpad for personal growth. Whether you’re a weekend flyer, a student…
OSHKOSH 2025: Goodyear Celebrates 100 years of Airship Flying At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 With Not One, But Two Goodyear Airships!
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — Goodyear celebrated the 100th anniversary of its famed airships by bringing not one, but two blimps to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2025. The 72nd…
OSHKOSH 2025: Goodyear Donates Last Remaining GZ20-Era Blimp Gondola To EAA Museum For A Children’s Exhibit
Akron, Ohio – On opening day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, July 21, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company donated its last-remaining blimp gondola frame to the EAA Museum as…
OSHKOSH 2025: Heroes & Historic Military Aircraft Share Their Stories At “Warbirds in Review” During EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (May 22, 2025) — Warbirds in Review, an unparalleled presentation series during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh that brings together historic airplanes with pilots and aircraft…
AIRCRAFT: Pioneer-era aircraft showcased in EAA Museum, plus “Buster!”
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, July 21-27, was to pay homage to the earliest days of powered flight with a trio of replica aircraft from…
DESTINATIONS: There’s Much To See & Experience In Upper Michigan
I’ve never experienced Upper Michigan like I experienced it this year. In addition to visiting Mackinac Island, our family vacationed throughout much of the Upper Michigan Peninsula. With Lake Superior…
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT: We Have An Amendment To Your Routing
As we are flying along happily on autopilot, we hear ATC say: “N2852F, we have an amendment to your routing…advise when ready to copy.” These are dreaded words that pilots…
FLIGHT EXPERIENCES: Why General Aviation Pilots Are Unable To Say “Unable”
“Aviate, navigate, communicate” – but how often do we forget to simply say “unable” when it matters most? AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 is now concluded as I write this. Among the…
FLIGHT EXPERIENCES: A Carrier Landing By A GA Pilot In A Single-Engine Cessna
Did you know that a foreign pilot once landed on a U.S. aircraft carrier without prior authorization, without a shot being fired – and without an arresting gear tailhook? In…