Published in Midwest Flyer – June/July 2017 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – Astronauts from the Apollo missions that put humans on the moon for the first time are expected to be…
Category: EAA & AirVenture
EAA Sport Pilot Academy Returns In 2017 To Make Dreams of Flight Come True
Published in Midwest Flyer – April/May 2017 OSHKOSH, WIS. – The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Sport Pilot Academy, which immerses people in a three-week course that concludes with earning a Sport…
EAA Changes Name of Museum
Published in Midwest Flyer – February 2017 OSHKOSH, WIS.- As of March 1, 2017, the EAA AirVenture Museum will formally be known as the EAA Aviation Museum. That includes websites,…
LACK OF SNOW FORCES CHANGES IN EAA SKIPLANE FLY-IN ON SATURDAY, FEB. 18, 2017
Pioneer Airport open house, aviator gathering and refreshments still on that day Published in Midwest Flyer – February 16, 2017 EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (February 15, 2017) —…
Space Program Legend, Gene Kranz, Inspired Audience At EAA Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 issue OSHKOSH, WIS. – EAA members and their guests who remembered the space race to the moon in the 1960s and ’70s, or…
FAA Releases Final Rule & Effective Date For Third Class Medical Reform
Published in Midwest Flyer – February/March 2017 WASHINGTON, DC – The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) have reacted favorably to the FAA release of…
EAA STATEMENT ON FAA RELEASE OF THIRD-CLASS MEDICAL REFORM RULE
FAA’s BasicMed will take effect on May 1, 2017 EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (January 10, 2017) — Years of effort by EAA and AOPA culminated on Tuesday morning…
A Fireside Chat With EAA Chairman & CEO Jack Pelton
by Dave Weiman Published in Midwest Flyer – Dec 2016/Jan 2017 Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chairman and CEO Jack Pelton at…
WORLD WAR II ACE BUD ANDERSON AT EAA ON NOV. 17 FOR AVIATION ADVENTURE SPEAKER SERIES
Presentation free of charge and open to public EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — (November 8, 2016) — Col. Clarence “Bud” Anderson, a triple ace fighter pilot during World War…
Special Moments At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 25-31, 2016
Published In Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016… Lest We Forget!
by Jim LaMalfa Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 Amid the night airshows, rock bands and fireworks at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016, July 25-31, there sounded a serious note…
Martin Mars Makes Massive Impression On The Masses At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 The military demonstration teams usually command the most attention at airshows, and rightfully so. To take a group of jet fighters and perform…
Snowbirds At Oshkosh 2016
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016
Bonanzas To Oshkosh XXVII – The Super Bowl 27 In The Sky!
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 ROCKFORD, ILL. – Each year in late July about 100 Beechcraft Bonanzas and Barons assemble in Rockford, Illinois (KRFD) and fly in the…
President Signs FAA Extension & Third Class Medical Reform Legislation
Published in Midwest Flyer – Oct/Nov 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the President signing into law an FAA Authorization extension, including Third Class Medical Reform, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association…