In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses the importance of proactive maintenance on your aircraft during the winter months.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses the importance of not simply going through the motions when using a checklist.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner shares some anxiety-saving tips regarding the yearly inspection required for your aircraft.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the importance of examining the airplane as a whole during the preflight.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses some of the issues designated pilot examiners are coming across during checkrides.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses some of the observations he’s made while flying with his tailwheel students over the summer.
Jonathon McKenzie, EAA Lifetime 1110671, became EAA’s Print Mail Center volunteer chairman in 2022, but he joined EAA and started volunteering more than 10 years ago after he caught a ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses the concept of bringing experienced commercial pilots back into the general aviation flight training world.
You may recognize Tenley Ong, EAA 1388744, from her contributions to EAA’s blog, where she has written relatable stories about working toward her pilot certificate. Tenley, a talented writer and ... Read more
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray discusses ways to avoid engine failures, and how to prepare yourself if one does occur.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses some important maintenance observations he’s made in the last few months.
It would seem for Dennis Crispin, EAA 258290, that his whole life has been directing him to volunteer for his local EAA chapter and AirVenture. His first clue came in ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses complacency and distractions — two components that can contribute to a poor landing.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses some of the common reasons pilots lose control of their aircraft and strategies for avoiding those incidents. ... Read more
Steph Schulko, EAA 719052, spent more than 15 years as EAA Chapter 18’s Young Eagles coordinator. After working hard to help local children, Steph was honored as a 2022 Young ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses a number of common scenarios in which good pilots can make poor decisions.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses the dangers associated with “the normalization of deviance” and how to stay sharp as a pilot.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses the dangers of corrosion and the many factors that can lead to it developing in your aircraft.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses downwind takeoffs and landings and the factors that need to be considered before executing the maneuver.
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor George Karamitis discusses the joys of ultralight flying and what you’re missing if you don’t give it a try.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses some of the factors and variables to account for when restoring a vintage aircraft.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses different methods for entering the traffic pattern and when each is appropriate.
Lee, EAA 355459, and Paula Crevier, EAA 477989, began volunteering with EAA in 1991 and have helped out in a variety of areas, including Pioneer Airport, the Ultralights area, convention ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses aspects of flight training that aren’t generally being taught to student pilots today.
EAA Sport Aviation contributor Lisa Turner discusses the key elements of developing a preflight checklist for your homebuilt aircraft in a recent column.
Stephen Leonard, EAA Lifetime 286293, joined the EAA Aeromedical Advisory Council (AAC) in the 1980s and has been assisting EAA members and pilots, as well as the organization, with medical-related ... Read more
Skonkwerks’ Project First Flight is a natural and intuitive step to give back to the ultralight community, nurture the culture, and provide opportunities for prospective pilots, including interested youths and ... Read more
The ATC-510 Personal Flight Simulator was manufactured in the 1970s by Analog Training Computers Inc. The full unit includes the simulated panel and a pair of rudder pedals.
Are straight-in approaches to land acceptable? The answer is sometimes yes and sometimes no. EAA Sport Aviation contributor Steve Krog discusses in a recent column.
Bill Zierdt, EAA 685278, has been involved with EAA as a volunteer since 2000. As a former Army helicopter pilot who has flown a variety of types, Bill began as ... Read more
EAA Sport Aviation contributor Vic Syracuse takes us through his journey to the National Stearman Fly-In and the weather challenges he faced along the way in a recent column. ... Read more
Before being selected as an astronaut, Joe Engle was assigned to the NASA M2-F1. A small, ungainly craft made of steel tubing and mahogany, the M2-F1 was designed to test ... Read more
EAA Sport Aviation contributor Robert N. Rossier gives some tips for performing preflight inspections on your aircraft during the winter in his latest column.
For nearly 30 years, Douglas Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, has been an active member of EAA, flying Young Eagles every year, mostly from his home airport in Ray, Michigan. He ... Read more
EAA Sport Aviation contributor Budd Davisson writes about backcountry flying in a feature story that originally ran in the June 2021 issue of the magazine.
Developed in the mid-1920s as the successor to the company’s popular D-12, the Curtiss Conqueror was a liquid-cooled V-12 engine with a displacement of approximately 1,570 cubic inches.
EAA Sport Aviation columnist Lisa Turner discusses some of the significant issues that can arise after your airplane goes in for major service, upgrades, and equipment installations, or if it’s ... Read more
EAA Sport Aviation contributor Steve Krog discusses some of the subtle, but important techniques that can help pilots improve their skills in the cockpit.
Flying, especially general aviation flying, should always be safe, fun, and challenging. Otherwise, why do it? There are days, though, when we are a bit lax. We need a challenge ... Read more
As the former volunteer chairman of the EAA Legal Advisory Council, Alan Farkas, EAA Lifetime 681323, has spent many years assisting EAA members on a variety of legal and FAA-related ... Read more
Anyone who has been flying for very long recognizes the potential for a midair collision. No matter how careful we are, there is always a chance that we’ll miss something ... Read more
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2021 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. During the past several months, I ... Read more
For the past decade, Mike Dooley, EAA 834638, has been a mainstay volunteer in the Homebuilts area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, working primarily in homebuilt registration.
In a recent issue of EAA Sport Aviation, we discussed a situation where an acquaintance asked a pilot friend to make a flight to an unimproved airport. We reviewed a ... Read more
Norm DeWitt, EAA Lifetime 179893, has flown Air Force fighters, competition aerobatic aircraft, homebuilts, and nearly everything in between over the past 56 years.
Flying can be unduly complicated when we consider the infinite number of variables that can come into play. To keep aircraft management simple, we can narrow the parameters down to ... Read more
As I’ve visited aircraft build projects as a technical counselor over the years, I’ve noticed one thing that stays the same between the builds. The fit between the builder’s personality ... Read more
Taking place this past September at Byrd’s Adventure Center in the middle of the Arkansas Ozarks, the ArkanSTOL Ozark Backwoods Challenge featured some of the nation’s premier STOL pilots!
Last February, the GoFly Final Fly Off took place at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. Hear from some of the engineers and innovators who are helping to ... Read more
Starting in 1998, Kathy Frey, EAA 1069808, has been a mainstay in Camp Scholler, assisting campers in finding suitable camping sites and helping out with just about anything else that ... Read more
Following many years of service in the Air Force and Wisconsin Air National Guard, along with his current position at American Airlines, Bruce Fischer, EAA Lifetime 1193829, was looking for ... Read more
For the past five years, the husband and wife team of Gordon and Cathy Davis have volunteered in the KidVenture area of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh — helping to inspire the ... Read more
As the final production model of the Mustang, the P-51H is the highest-performing Mustang ever built, though it entered service too late to see combat during World War II.
As an Emmy-winning senior vice president at CBS Broadcasting, Bob Ross, EAA 341315, knows a thing or two about putting on a show. When EAA Warbirds of America needed someone ... Read more
Produced by Plane Facts Inc. of New York in 1942, this two-piece cardboard wheel rotates to display pictures and information about United States Army Air Forces fighters, bombers, and trainers.
Over the past months, we’ve all learned to deal with one form of turbulence or another. If there is one thing that makes flying uncomfortable, it’s turbulence.
With more than 875 Young Eagles flights under his belt, it’s safe to say that Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238, is heavily invested in EAA’s success as an organization, particularly ... Read more
This customized, hand-painted leather flight jacket, a G-1 as worn by U.S. Navy pilots almost continually from World War II to the present day, was owned by Moulton B. “Molt” ... Read more
With a love of history and deep respect for veterans, Eric Rood, EAA Lifetime 192552, is a perfect fit to volunteer with EAA’s Timeless Voices of Aviation oral history project.
This telephone-telegraph dating back to World War I was designed to be used by ground troops in situations where telegraph and phone lines were in poor shape.
Adverse yaw is the tendency for the nose of an airplane to yaw in the opposite direction when an airplane banks its wings for a turn. The increased lift of ... Read more
Doug Greenfield, EAA 377864, has been attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh since the early 1990s and volunteering in numerous capacities, beginning a few years after his first visit.
It starts with a definition, as columnist and regular contributor Budd Davisson explains in this piece that originally ran in the June 2020 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.
Jim and Ken Kreutzfeld, EAA 797045 and 76669, painstakingly restored this 1943 Howard DGA-15P, the winner of the Antique Grand Champion Gold Lindy award at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019.
The UH-1 Huey has a well-earned reputation for dependability over a 65-year history. Now iconic, its image is synonymous with aircraft of the Vietnam era. This example, owned by a ... Read more
Richard Kampeter, EAA Lifetime 1128617, began constructing his Kitfox approximately four years ago. He performed a lot of the build himself, including installing the landing gear, airfoils in the tail, ... Read more
When you look at his airplane, you’d think that Bill Smith, EAA 496718, was obsessed with those classic Cox U-control model airplanes that so many of us played with as ... Read more
It’s unusual to have experienced airframe icing — or however this incident would be classified — and then to have laughed about it afterward. But that’s how it went.
I was over a swamp when the engine started to burble. That’s a scientific word for “make a strange extra noise that strikes unease into a pilot’s heart.” I’m making ... Read more
How often is it at age 17 that you get your first ride in a historic 1942 Meyers OTW airplane? Then you end up owning that same airplane 35 years ... Read more
