Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com is volunteering at the Experimental Aircraft Association‘s AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh this week, as well as sending photos to General Aviation News. Here are a series of true legends in flight, including the B-29 FIFI, the B-25s Pancho and Yellow Rose, and a Heritage Flight with today’s most modern aircraft flying […]
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Young Eagles partners with the legendary Stan Lee
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is teaming with The Stan Lee Foundation, a public charity promoting literacy, education, and the arts, to promote EAA’s Young Eagles program and encourage education and exploration for young people in all areas of aviation and aeronautics. Stan Lee, the legendary creator of such comic-book […]
Reaching out to Oshkosh crowds
Glenn Brasch of AirportCourtesyCars.com is volunteering at the Experimental Aircraft Association‘s AirVenture 2017 in Oshkosh this week, as well as sending photos to General Aviation News. This was snapped on opening day, July 24, 2017, as a skywriter finished up a simple message for the opening day crowds.
AEA to award $1,000 toward ADS-B installation to five aircraft owners at Oshkosh
To help encourage owners of general aviation aircraft to meet the FAA’s ADS-B Out equipage mandate in the United States, the Aircraft Electronics Association will randomly award five aircraft owners $1,000 toward an ADS-B compliant upgrade during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture Oshkosh, July 24-30, in Wisconsin. This year marks the fourth-consecutive year that the AEA […]
History of Apollo exhibit comes to EAA Museum
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will commemorate the Apollo program now through October through a new exhibit featured at the EAA Aviation Museum. The exhibit, which is provided by NASA, focuses on the Apollo missions and pays homage to other NASA missions. The exhibit includes photos of each manned […]
Osh for a Cause fundraiser to benefit Young Eagles
Precise Flight and GlobalParts.aero are partnering to host Osh for a Cause, a benefit for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) Young Eagles program July 25 during EAA AirVenture 2017. Osh for a Cause will feature celebrity pilots and the opportunity for fans to connect with their favorite aviator while supporting youth in aviation. The event […]
Young Eagle earns private pilot certificate
COLUMBUS, Georgia — Less than four years after her first flight as a Young Eagle, Rachel Broom passed her private pilot check ride and earned her private pilot certificate. Rachel took her first flight in a small airplane at a monthly Young Eagles Rally hosted by Chattahoochee Valley Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 677 in September […]
International Young Eagles Day set for June 10
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — International Young Eagles Day will be celebrated on Saturday, June 10, 2017. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the program. Since the Experimental Aircraft Association started the program in 1992, more than 2 million kids between the ages of 8 and 17 have received a free Young Eagles flight. “International […]
EAA Founder’s Innovation Prize entries accepted until June 15
EAA AVIATION CENTER, OSHKOSH, Wisconsin — The innovators who are ready to change the way people fly have until June 15 to submit their best ideas for the 2017 Founder’s Innovation Prize competition hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). The second annual competition welcomes ideas to counter loss-of-control accidents in amateur-built aircraft. The top […]