Pilot Stories

Jim Koepnick shares photos of warbirds, the STOL landing competition, demonstrations, and more!

Heaven? Well, it sure seemed that way on the opening day of Oshkosh 2019. After a few rough pre-airshow days of wet, wet weather, Monday was, well, perfect. Because of the soaking, however, the grounds were too soft in many places and so EAA was metering in the traffic to the parking areas that were […]

The Monday afternoon arrival was hopefully a harbinger of things to come.

Click through a slideshow of images from award-winning photographer Jim Koepnick of the early arrivals at Oshkosh 2019.

Have you heard about the craziness to kick off the week of this year’s show? It’s been epic!

My fighter jock dad hated that plane. On this point, we parted ways.

Across     1  Biggest aircraft in the world, ____ 10     6  Satellite triangulation network     8  1903-14 is known as the Pioneer ___ of aviation   10  de Havilland trainer, 2 words   11  Famous “Baron” of WWI   12  Soak up   13  Slop   15  Coded wx warning when the volcano blows […]

How a regular guy built a cluster balloon and had his flight go viral before that was even a thing.

An airline pilot shares a memory of his grandfather, the person who inspired him to pursue a career in aviation.

Bill Cox recounts fuel flow follies he experienced in a Mirage.