October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

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

Aerobatics, History, 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, 2024July 24, 2024

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

June 25, 2024July 2, 2024

Snowbirds: Per Ardua Ad Astra

Aerobatics, History, Warbirds

By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are a classic symbol, and they are about as Canadian as one can ever be. The RCAF’s motto is: ... Read more

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June 12, 2025June 12, 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

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Panther Sport

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Louis Rosner, EAA Lifetime 422425 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This is my Panther Sport built from a Sport ... Read more

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Mooney M20F

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By John Keating, EAA Lifetime 765326 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   In March 2006, it was time to buy my ... Read more

February 13, 2025February 18, 2025

Not a Mechanic?

Homebuilding

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “Here’s my credit card.” “Thanks. That ... Read more

January 23, 2025January 28, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Connecticut Legal Eagle

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the ... Read more

January 16, 2025January 22, 2025

Simple Maintenance? Maybe Not

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Technicians were deep into their chores ... Read more

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May 29, 2025

Out of Hibernation

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Jon Eisele, EAA Lifetime 739102 This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   As winter loosens its grip and the days begin ... Read more

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

The Reality

Member Stories, Ultralights

By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Folks, I am going through a most difficult time. I ... Read more

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

Early Days of Ultralight Flight

Member Stories, Ultralights

By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as ... Read more

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July 21, 2024August 15, 2024

Ladies Love Taildraggers

AirVenture, Celebrating Women, Vintage, Volunteers

Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of remarkable female pilots. They recently returned from their Ladies Love Taildraggers Mississippi River Flying Tour, which ... Read more

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

Galesburg

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his favorite event of the year — the National Stearman Fly-In.

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October 26, 2023October 30, 2023

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Arkansas Cessna 170B

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Paul J. Davis takes us through the restoration of his 1956 Cessna 170B.

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March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

Like Seeing an Old Friend

AirVenture, 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, 2025January 22, 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, 2024November 7, 2024

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

History, Member Stories, 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

July 26, 2024July 26, 2024

The Sound of Freedom

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

By Jim Roberts It’s not every day you get to see and hear an aircraft engine that helped win World War II. Thanks to four dedicated volunteers, a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled ... Read more

July 24, 2024July 25, 2024

From Adversity to Purpose

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

Last summer, Paul Barnett nearly lost his right leg. A little more than a year later, he’s helping folks climb up into the cockpit of the Corsair he flew in ... Read more

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