Hal, EAA Lifetime 638979, is managing editor for EAA digital and print content and publications, co-author of multiple books, and a lifelong pilot and aviation geek. Find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @halbryan or e-mail him at hbryan@eaa.org.
“It’s just an airplane.” That’s how the late Jack Bally, EAA 348338, a lifelong pilot and builder, described his one-third scale replica of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress — just ... Read more
If you’re looking for ways to stay engaged and entertained during a stint of self-isolation, here are 10 of my favorite aviation-related books and movies/television shows to consider.
The Monday afternoon air show opened with an unlikely formation, flown in honor of two members of EAA’s first family: Founder Paul Poberezny and his son Tom, former president of ... Read more
Every year, more than 10,000 aircraft fly to Wisconsin for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Of those, nearly 3,000 are showplanes — vintage aircraft, warbirds, homebuilts, aerobatic airplanes, etc. — that are ... Read more
Anyone attending AirVenture this year can look around the grounds and see we’re celebrating something special — EAA’s 50th convention in Oshkosh. Except we’re not. If you read the fine ... Read more
Back in May of 1955, a Corben Baby Ace graced the cover of Mechanix Illustrated magazine with a simple headline: “Build this plane for under $800 including engine!” The magazine ... Read more
It’s been 50 years since John Hatz made the first flight of his CB-1, a biplane he designed for himself when he couldn’t find exactly what he wanted on the ... Read more
As we joined so many last week in mourning the late Paul Allen, EAA 820282, here’s a closer look at just one of the many things for which he’ll be ... Read more
Bobsie was amazing, and I found her by accident. She was a prop in a photo, a footnote in a caption, just a bit of set dressing in an AirVenture ... Read more
Congratulations to 17-year-old Braden Hobbs, one of the HAWK kids profiled in the April issue of Sport Aviation, on passing his private pilot checkride!
Roscoe Turner looked like a movie star and dressed like a pilot in a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, if there’d ever been such a thing. He set all manner of ... Read more
Jackie Cochran is best known for helping found the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, but her aviation career was full of fascinating and remarkable milestones.
Vintage Wings of Canada, home to a remarkable collection of warbirds in Gatineau, Quebec, is nearly finished restoring their second Supermarine Spitfire.
Amy Johnson was amazing. Born just a few months before airplanes, she was an avid and skilled pilot who set multiple records, a passionate advocate for aviation, and a fearless ... Read more
One of the toughest things about learning to fly is learning to trust the instruments, especially when they disagree with what we see and feel. However, we have no choice; ... Read more
I have this theory that pilots have a finite amount of mental resources available to us when we fly, and everything that doesn’t go exactly as we expect it to ... Read more
Larry Flieler, EAA 1216036, is an avid photographer from Ashburn, Ontario, and came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh last summer for the first time in quite a while. As you’d expect, ... Read more
Michael Smith, EAA 1001669, of Williamstown in Victoria, Australia, recently finished a flight that most of us could only dream about: a trip around the world in his Searey named ... Read more
That’s a harder question than it first appears. It is tempting, seductively so, to just finish this right now with five words, and then walk away whistling, hands in pockets, ... Read more
The Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) in Alberta, Canada, is nearing the culmination of a dream that started nearly 10 years ago: to restore a PBY5-A, known north of the ... Read more
February 9, 2017 – The pilots and greater community of Payson, Arizona, wanted to find a way to honor Rich Henry, EAA 553213, for his lifelong contributions to aviation in the ... Read more
January 19, 2017 – During World War II, thanks in large part to the pervasive patriotism of the day, it was a common occurrence for communities to raise funds to purchase ... Read more
