Checkpoints
Vic Syracuse’s “Checkpoints” column featured in EAA Sport Aviation, sharing tips and expert advice on all things building, maintaining, and flying homebuilt aircraft.
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Why Is It Doing That?
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The title of this month’s column is one of the most oft-asked… Read more
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Carburetor vs. Injection System
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I work with many owners and buyers who are adamant as… Read more
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Carburetor vs. Injection System
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I often get asked during prebuy inspections which is the better choice:… Read more
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Too Much Dependency?
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. From my last few columns, you’ve probably figured out I’m on… Read more
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Why Risk It?
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A few months ago on a Sunday afternoon, when most FBOs are… Read more
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Bad Judgment Reckoning
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I started to title this column “Why?” as that seems to… Read more
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Out With the Carb and in With Injection
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. One of the most often asked questions I get from buyers… Read more
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Surviving Bad Judgment
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation, I penned a… Read more
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So Many Choices
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written some product reviews in my columns,… Read more
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Are We Looking Out the Window Enough?
This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 I know what you are thinking — here’s another column on… Read more