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July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Every Flight Is a Challenge!

Aerobatics, AirVenture
By Robbie Culver Britt Lincoln flew in the IAC demo Tuesday and Wednesday. While she has attended EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in the past, this was her first time flying in ... Read more
October 28, 2024October 17, 2025

‘Recognize the Moment’ With Record-Breaking Race Pilot at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, Speaker Series
Skip Holm – a highly-accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race pilot, and movie pilot – will be the final speaker for the 2024 ... Read more
July 24, 2024October 20, 2025

New Name, Same Great Air Show

Aerobatics, AirVenture
By Barbara A. Schmitz Their name and paint job may be new, but their crowd-pleasing show will remain the same as the TITAN Aerobatic Team in its AT-6 Texans takes ... Read more

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October 9, 2025October 20, 2025

Carburetor vs. Injection System

Homebuilding, Tips
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 ... Read more
September 25, 2025October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Texas Pietenpol

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael Hergenrather, EAA 816306 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This Piet was originally built by Marcus D. Moon from the ... Read more
August 21, 2025August 21, 2025

How to Optimize Your Engine Choice

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   A strange thing happens ... Read more
August 7, 2025October 16, 2025

EAA Chapter 406 Rolls Out Solar-Powered Electric Xenos

Chapters, Homebuilding
By Bremerton Aviation Center for Education The Bremerton Aviation Center for Education (BACE), an independent project that works in partnership with local EAA Chapter 406, rolled out its electric-powered Xenos ... Read more
August 4, 2025August 4, 2025

Heat Shrink Wire Clamps

Homebuilding
By Brad Lawrence In building experimental aircraft, there’s always one or two wires that have to depart from the harness and go across the panel or firewall by themselves. Plastic ... Read more
June 12, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Wisconsin Hatz Classic

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Jeffrey Orear, EAA 529128 This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   I became interested in building a Hatz biplane after seeing ... Read more

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October 9, 2025October 17, 2025

John Moody’s Icarus II

Honoring The Past, Ultralights
By Rick Hayes, EAA Lifetime 262014 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   John Moody is widely regarded as the “father of ... Read more
September 10, 2025October 17, 2025

Sailcloth Covering

Tips, Ultralights
By Malcolm Brubaker, EAA Lifetime 428307 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Stabilized Dacron is the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ... Read more
August 29, 2025October 20, 2025

Flying Together: Highlights From the 2025 UPAC Convention

EAA Canada, Ultralights
By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA 1549613 The Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada (UPAC) welcomed aviators, builders, and enthusiasts from across the country to its 2025 convention. Under sunny skies and ... Read more

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October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

The Connections We Make

Member Stories, Vintage
By Kristi Dunks, EAA Lifetime 689578, Vintage 732804 I probably come by it naturally given that my dad was a truckdriver for most of his life, but I must admit ... Read more
August 7, 2025October 29, 2025

2025 Pietenpol Reunion Photo Gallery

Vintage
By James Lipman, EAA 1235855 The 2025 Pietenpol Reunion at Brodhead Airport in Brodhead, Wisconsin, supported by EAA Chapter 431, took place July 17-20. These homebuilt aircraft and their pilots ... Read more
July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Travel Air Celebrates Centennial

AirVenture, Vintage
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Walter Beech, Clyde Cessna and Lloyd Stearman are three names synonymous with aviation. At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh you can find legions of their aircraft ... Read more

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July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

The Schwalbe

AirVenture, Warbirds
Toward the tail end of World War II, an aircraft emerged from Germany that ultimately made little difference in the war but had a huge impact in the years to ... Read more
July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Happy Birthday, Dragon Lady!

AirVenture, Warbirds
Story and Photography By Jim Roberts Conceived by Lockheed’s C. L. “Kelly” Johnson and built at his Skunk Works, the U-2 first flew in July 1955 and has served faithfully ... Read more
March 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Like Seeing an Old Friend

Member Stories, Warbirds
Story and photos by Carol Smith Ferlo EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 The wheels on my dad’s walker grinded to a halt; his stooped form brought to attention as he took ... Read more
January 16, 2025October 16, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Discussing B-25J Miss Mitchell

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Ike are joined by Amy and Jim Lauria of the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing to discuss the North American B-25J ... Read more
November 7, 2024October 20, 2025

Grumman F8F-2/G-58A Bearcat: An Air-to-Air Photo Mission

Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 ... Read more
September 27, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris discuss the history of MASH, or Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, and their use in the Korean War, as well as ... Read more

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