Why does reporter Tom Snow kept returning to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for more than 30 years? It’s because of those “only at Oshkosh” moments that quickly become cherished memories.
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Maule-ard duck camps at Oshkosh
Put a duck on a Maule, put a Maule on floats, and put it all on the North 40 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024. That’s what Alec Thayer, an enthusiastic seaplane instructor from Philadelphia, did for fun this summer.
Camping at Oshkosh
Camping at Oshkosh is a time-honored tradition for many general aviation pilots. Some stick with the herd, while others try to stand out.
An Alabama Champion
ABC 33/40, an Alabama-based ABC television affiliate, recently posted a news story featuring Major Anthony Tisdale, an Air Force pilot who leads a summer camp for kids through Operation Aviation Foundation. The segment calls Tisdale “An Alabama Champion,” while he tells the news station that he really wishes a camp like this had been available when he was learning to fly.
Pepsi Stinson takes top honors at AirVenture
The newly restored Pepsi Stinson won top honors — and a lot of fans — at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024.
Air show Italian Style
The California Capital Airshow is usually held in the fall, but organizers shifted the date in 2024 to bring the Italian Air Force’s flight demonstration team, the Frecce Tricolori, to Northern California air show fans.
Real Pilot Story: Crossed wires
In “Real Pilot Story: Crossed Wires,” commercial pilot and CFI Greg Soter reflects on an emergency landing near Birdseye, Utah, in June 2013, after discovering an electrical fire in the back of the Cessna 172 he was flying.
The Honeymoon Airplane
After 26 years on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in California, the Fairchild 24 C8C known as “The Honeymoon Airplane” has a new owner and a new home at an airpark in North Carolina.
CAP West Virginia Wing holds Vacation Aerospace School
Civil Air Patrol’s Potomac Highlands Composite Squadron in Petersburg, West Virginia, recently hosted Vacation Aerospace Education Camp to help the community’s youth get involved in aviation and aerospace.