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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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June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Minnesota Fisher Dakota Hawk

Homebuilding
By Tim Wheat, EAA 372811 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Why wood construction? Well, why not? When I was first shopping ... Read more
May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Michigan Zenith CH 750

Homebuilding
By Mark Pensenstadler, EAA 9030636 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My newest creation is a Zenith CH 750 Super Duty that ... Read more
May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Montana Seawind 3000

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Henry “Matt” Johnson, EAA 1118798 This piece originally ran in the March 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I have been following the Seawind saga since my first ... Read more
May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

What If I Get Hit By a Gravel Truck?

EAA Canada, Homebuilding
By James Slade, EAA 1435575 Whenever my brother needed a fast excuse for why he was late (he is a last-minute or later kind of guy), his go-to was that ... Read more
April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — California Sling TSi

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Edward Hefter, EAA 1363384 This piece originally ran in the March 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Building an airplane is the dream for many pilots, but it’s ... Read more
April 16, 2026April 16, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Oregon Glasair GlaStar

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dennis Rose, EAA 228133 This piece originally ran in the February 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. GlaStar N387DR — Blue Bird — earned its airworthiness certificate in ... Read more

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June 3, 2026June 3, 2026

Common Mistakes in Ultralighting

Ultralights
By Jenna Rose, EAA 1576771 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Flying is fun. It’s even better when it’s done safely enough ... Read more
May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

Mike and Diana’s Excellent Adventure to SUN ‘n FUN 2026

Member Stories, Ultralights
By Mike and Diana’s Excellent Adventure to SUN ‘n FUN 2026 “Mike, you need to take your plane to SUN ‘n FUN; you’ll have a good time flying there, and ... Read more
May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

Hard Landing, Happy Ending

Ultralights
By Barry Broughton, EAA 1513703 This piece originally ran in the March 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. You’ve probably heard the adage, “Any landing you can walk away ... Read more

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June 11, 2026June 11, 2026

A Record Year at Marginal Aviation’s First Ditch Fly-In

Vintage
By Sam Sasin, EAA 1463840 Photography by Sam Sasin, Connor Madison, and Alden Frautschy Founded in the 1970s in Minnesota, Marginal Aviation has been home to many antique airplane enthusiasts, ... Read more
May 29, 2026June 1, 2026

Analog vs. Digital

EAA Canada, Vintage
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia Luddite — Modern definition: a technophobe, one who avoids modern technology. Being more than a little challenged by the digital inroads into society in ... Read more
April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

Flying Without a License: A Cub Love Affair

Member Stories, Vintage
By Jeffrey Drews, EAA 1191530 How many of you made model airplanes as a kid? Let’s see a show of hands. Come on, don’t be shy, let’s see those hands ... Read more

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May 27, 2026May 27, 2026

Go Behind the Scenes of Baa Baa Black Sheep at Museum Speaker Series

Speaker Series, Warbirds
Stephen Chapis, EAA 449485, author of the new book Poor Little Lambs: The Baa Baa Black Sheep Story, will be the next presenter of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series ... Read more
February 20, 2026February 26, 2026

Commemorative Air Force Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series, Warbirds
The EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series continues to bring the many facets of aviation to life, and our next speaker is no different. On Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m., ... Read more
February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Cessna O-2A

Member Stories, Warbirds
By Rick Allen Basiliere Jr., EAA 517981 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I have all, as best I can tell, of ... Read more
February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

EAA’s Attic — A-27 Horizontal Stabilizer

Attic, Warbirds
This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The relatively unknown North American A-27 was a ground attack variant of the AT-6 Texan, built ... Read more
December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

Celebrate in the Lower 48

Homebuilding, Warbirds
By Tim Tarris, EAA 1226913 I’m a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and airline captain. In 2019, I returned a Douglas C-53D, D-Day Doll, to Normandy for the 75th anniversary ... Read more
December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Army Helicopter Pilot Dick Hanusa

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Connor are joined by Dick Hanusa, EAA Lifetime 295217, a retired U.S. Army helicopter pilot who flew the UH-1 Huey and ... Read more

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Recent Posts

  • EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Young Eagles Chairman Jimmy Graham

    June 11, 2026

  • Ready, Set, Respond: West Coast Pilots Prepare for Disaster

    June 11, 2026

  • A Record Year at Marginal Aviation’s First Ditch Fly-In

    June 11, 2026

  • What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Minnesota Fisher Dakota Hawk

    June 11, 2026

  • Common Mistakes in Ultralighting

    June 3, 2026

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