EAA News

Full Circle: AirVenture ends with sun and good ‘ol airplane noise

Full circle, from the damp and dank to the warm sunshine, and back to damp again, but then some sun on the final day.

2010 Aircraft Award Winners

EAA recognizes workmanship and innovation through the annual Aircraft Awards. The awards are given to aircraft that submit to judging in several categories including Custom Built, Antique, Classic, Contemporary, Warbirds, Rotorcraft, Seaplane, and Ultralights.

LSA Mall showcases diversity

Are you interested in flying but concerned with the cost of conventional aircraft or a private pilot certificate? The LSA Mall, located near the intersection of Waukau Avenue and James Ray Blvd., gives visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the opportunity to peruse a wide selection of light-sport aircraft (LSA), learn more about the sport pilot certificate, and discover affordable ways to take to the sky, all in one central location.

Beech Baron turns 50

It has been a half century since Beech delivered the first Baron, a model 55, and the Baron flies on as one of only a handful of piston twins still in production. In fact, Beech will build and deliver more Barons this year than last, and that’s unusual for any airplane model in this economic downturn, 12 of them particularly special.

A Resurrection for the "Wright brother" of South Korea

He’s the Wright brother of South Korea some might say; or you could say he’s the Paul P. of the Korean peninsula.

MiG men join the fray over AirVenture

Visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 saw two Soviet-bloc MiG-21 jet fighters in the skies over Wisconsin this week. The supersonic jets, once the pride of the Soviet air force, became symbols of changing times as the Cold War sighed to a halt.

Seventy-five years of Flying Fortresses

It’s been 75 years, that’s three quarters of a century, since the prototype of the Flying Fortress series took to the skies for the first time over Seattle, Washington. For so many reasons, the B-17 Flying Fortress became an American icon.

Scratchin’ out a new design

In today’s world of kit build-this and quick build-that, it is ever rarer to see an all-original, scratchbuilt airplane, once a common site at Oshkosh and other fly-ins around the country. One of those rare one of a kind scratchbuilt creations is here at EAA AirVenture 2010, parked by the Brown Arch, Chris Christiansen’s one of a kind Savor.

Olds school: Robin Olds was passionate patriot

Patriot with a passion, respectfully rebellious. Definitions that might begin to frame Brig. Gen. Robin Olds, but would still fall short of the man. Robin Olds’ daughter Christina shared vignettes of her famous fighter-pilot father in a Forum session at AirVenture 2010 on Monday.

Amateur-built aircraft safety: EAA, FAA collaborate on improvements

Are amateur-built aircraft operations getting safer? Can industry identify any trends involving them and take steps to improve their safety even further? Those are the two main questions members of the Amateur-Built Joint Safety Committee (AB-JSC) wrestled with Tuesday on the grounds of EAA AirVenture 2010.