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Our mission is to encourage and aid the retention and restoration of antique, historical, classical and contemporary aircraft, and to improve aviation safety and education.

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A Message From Susan on Cancellation of AirVenture 2020 and Plans for AirVenture 2021

A Message From Susan on Cancellation of AirVenture 2020 and Plans for AirVenture 2021

With the cancellation of AirVenture 2020 the “what ifs” are thoughts of the past, and we are now moving Vintage forward towards the completion of our 5-year plan with regard to projects already in progress and to projects that were scheduled for implementation post AirVenture 2020. There are a couple that I feel will be ...
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Update from Jack Pelton – AirVenture 2020

Update from Jack Pelton – AirVenture 2020

Cross posted from EAA.org Looking Ahead to AirVenture 2020 By Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board March 26, 2020 - My fellow EAAers, I'm writing this to address the status of AirVenture Oshkosh 2020. Today we are still planning on having the event beginning July 20, 2020. In that context, I ...
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CANCELLED: 2020 Vintage Work Weekends

CANCELLED: 2020 Vintage Work Weekends

Hello VAA Volunteers, UPDATE: The remaining Vintage work weekends have been cancelled. Our Work Weekends for May 29, 30, and 31; June 26, 27, and 28 have been cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic. ALL EAA camping areas are closed including Camp Scholler, Audrey's Park, and all aircraft camping areas. We will update information as ...
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Vintage at AirVenture 2020 - 100 Years of Stinsons

Vintage at AirVenture 2020 – 100 Years of Stinsons

YOU ARE INVITED: AirVenture 2020 will be a great year to spend more time in Vintage Village. In addition to our regular events, this year we will be celebrating 100 Years of Stinsons. The Stinson Aircraft Company was founded in Dayton, Ohio, in 1920 by aviator Edward “Eddie” Stinson, the brother of famed aviator and ...
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"Arthur" Finds a New Home at Vintage

“Arthur” Finds a New Home at Vintage

South Barrington, IL - October 24, 2019 The Vintage Aircraft Association was delighted to accept a new donation from long-time member Myrt Strong Rose. Many of our taildragger pilots and Barrington area residents will remember “Arthur,” the 1929 Ford Pickup Truck on display at visits and annual fly-ins at Bill and Myrt’s Mill Rose Farm ...
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Plane of the Week is back! Each Monday we’ll share a photo and story of an amazing vintage airplane as our Plane of the Week. Want us to highlight YOUR airplane? Of course you do! Just follow these guidelines:

1. The plane must be vintage, meaning it was constructed prior to December 31, 1970.
2. Include your name, the year and type of airplane, as well as any other identifying information you care to share.
3. Feel free to include some brief background information on the airplane, how you came to own it, your favorite thing about it, etc.
4. Please DO NOT submit content in the comments of this post.
5. Be sure to send your submission to vintage@eaa.org as opposed to using Facebook Messenger. We've found in the past that Facebook drastically reduces the quality of images sent through messenger. We want to share a nice, high quality picture of your airplane!
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Plane of the Week is back! Each Monday we’ll share a photo and story of an amazing vintage airplane as our Plane of the Week. Want us to highlight YOUR airplane? Of course you do! Just follow these guidelines:

1. The plane must be vintage, meaning it was constructed prior to December 31, 1970.
2. Include your name, the year and type of airplane, as well as any other identifying information you care to share. 
3. Feel free to include some brief background information on the airplane, how you came to own it, your favorite thing about it, etc. 
4. Please DO NOT submit content in the comments of this post.
5. Be sure to send your submission to vintage@eaa.org as opposed to using Facebook Messenger. Weve found in the past that Facebook drastically reduces the quality of images sent through messenger. We want to share a nice, high quality picture of your airplane!

For those who want sensational, extra safe, economical performance, our Vintage Airplane Ad of the Week highlights the Cadet 90 from January of 1942. ... See MoreSee Less

For those who want sensational, extra safe, economical performance, our Vintage Airplane Ad of the Week highlights the Cadet 90 from January of 1942.

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Flew a taylorcraft once. Only things electric were two magnetos and a flashlight.

Wonder how they really flew

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Vintage Aircraft Association! We're lucky to have to have so many wonderful members and followers! ... See MoreSee Less

Happy St. Patricks Day from the Vintage Aircraft Association! Were lucky to have to have so many wonderful members and followers!

The Cessna 170 75th Anniversary issue of Vintage Airplane magazine is out now, and to celebrate, we're highlighting the 170 in our Vintage Airplane Ad of the Week from November of 1948! ... See MoreSee Less

The Cessna 170 75th Anniversary issue of Vintage Airplane magazine is out now, and to celebrate, were highlighting the 170 in our Vintage Airplane Ad of the Week from November of 1948!

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All the people in those drawings were about 4'6"and 75lbs.

I love the 170, it gave me great satisfaction on my first flight trips and great load capacity for camping

They'll all be deaf when they get there too. They should have shown the cockpit full of smoke - you know that all four of the little guys would be smoking.

Lovely old cessna I used to fly a 175 great airplanes

It was early 1972. I was a new pilot and reported for basic training at Fort Ord. First chance I went out to the army airfield to check out the flying club. They had two Cessna 190 or 195s. I looked into the cockpit and totally chickened out. They seemed huge! Instead I checked out in the Beech Musketeer, which I often flew.

I bet we'd have flying cars by now if people would stop saying "I know my car" when that low fuel light comes on.

Amazing how roomy the images show the interior. Somehow mine must have shrunk over the years or people in those days where much smaller. A C172 is best described as cozy 😂

I used to fly in a fedora but my headset kept crushing it..

Back when a standard adult weight was 160 lbs!

4 people in a 170 with full fuel would be over loaded. Nice wishful thinking

My dad had one. Nice plane. He went from it to a Cherokee 140 (garbage) to a Mooney Ranger (Zoom!)

Just like now I have to ask Who had the money to own an aircraft back then. Sure wasn't me! I got my license and then found it hard to afford to rent one for nothing but making a few circuits around the local patch. Much less owning one.

I have a '46 C-140 for 30 years, got my private in college in it.. I had no idea it had "Patented Saftey Landing Gear". I feel so much 'safer' now.

Marketed as a corporate plane, 1953. 5 cents a mile.

Great airplane--spent many an hour in one with Dad!

Wide doors and seats for who a 5 year old 😂 Even back then salesman were liars

Back when people my age could afford a home and an airplane and there wasn’t too much red tape and fees to keep your average self made man out of the pilots seat. Hell today even getting a commercial drivers license is like getting a degree from a university. I work on aircraft for a living that I can’t afford a ticket as a passenger on or have a realistic path of becoming an operator of. #irony

Great issue!

Love this. I bet they're not taking off with full fuel, though, and really not doing it from Salt Lake or Denver.

Wonderful airplane!, N4634C 1953 170B has been in the family since 1968 when I outgrew the baggage area in Dads 140

Ah yes, before loud engines came about and you needed headsets. What a time to be alive!

Very ambitious with the 140 mph numbers weren't they? 😅😅

"Family car of the Air". Me thinks more than a few people back then found that maintaining straight and level flight was a lot harder compared to driving a car along a road ;-).

I had most of my meager flying hours in the Cessna 140, 150 and 170s, safest airplanes to learn in.

Well, it's pretty simple. Not quite as simple as car. I'm guessing plenty of 16 to 60 year olds could learn to fly it, though.

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Cessna 170 Anniversary Merchandise Available Online Now!

Arrive in style at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 in one of our exclusive t-shirts highlighting the Vintage Aircraft Association’s 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Cessna 170! And of course, plan to stop by the Red Barn Store in person for even more great merchandise featuring all your favorite vintage aircraft!

To shop online, visit: www.eaa.org/shop/product-category?i=1075&pi=1046
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Cessna 170 Anniversary Merchandise Available Online Now!

Arrive in style at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023 in one of our exclusive t-shirts highlighting the Vintage Aircraft Association’s 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Cessna 170! And of course, plan to stop by the Red Barn Store in person for even more great merchandise featuring all your favorite vintage aircraft!

To shop online, visit: https://www.eaa.org/shop/product-category?i=1075&pi=1046

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They didn't do this for Stinson, why?

Absolutely EXCELLENT deals!

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