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An area pilot has given more than 500 young people a free demonstration airplane ride as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles program. Among the more than 50,000 volunteers around the world who have donated their time and aircraft to the effort is James Drake of Lawrence. All pilots in the Young Eagles […]

10,000 Airplanes, 1,000 Processes, One Goal:The Power of Collaboration January 2019 By Brian Wierzbinski Executive Vice President/CFO, Experimental Aircraft Association As we enter 2019, many of us see a big, open frontier, ready to be developed with the results and events we want to accomplish during the coming year. At same time, we see a […]

December 20, 2018 - EAA is marking the 50th consecutive year of its annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh fly-in convention in Oshkosh in 2019 with a full schedule of activities for arriving aviators and residents of EAA’s hometown. The EAA fly-in convention was first held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1953. In 1959, the event moved to Rockford, […]

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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 Facts and Figures                   July 30, 2018 -  Comment from EAA Chairman Jack Pelton: “A ‘perfect’ event may be unattainable, but AirVenture 2018 came about as close as one could imagine. The combination of outstanding programs, aircraft variety, a robust economy, and good […]

BuildAPlane, a non-profit aviation education organization in cooperation with GAMA and EAA, will sponsor Teachers’ Day at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture again this year in Oshkosh, WI.   The event is scheduled for July 30th, 2013, and will expose teachers to a variety of programs and curricula that allow educators to put aviation in classrooms, […]

Three-time national aerobatic champion and International Aerospace Hall of Famer Patty Wagstaff will speak at Build A Plane’s 2013 Teachers’ Day event on Tuesday, July 30th at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. “We cannot tell you how excited we are to have the first lady of aviation come to our program and share her experiences […]