EAA Canada
Stories from our friends in the North. Subscribe to the monthly Bits and Pieces newsletter to catch the latest Canadian aviation happenings.
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My Fabulous Trip to Museums in Speyer and Sinsheim, Germany
By Jim Bell, EAA 543641, EAA Chapter 63, Lyncrest, Manitoba Speyer and Sinsheim are small cities in southern Germany. Speyer has a population of about 50,000 and Sinsheim about 37,000. Each are typical German towns, with… Read more
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Paused, Not Abandoned
By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA Lifetime 1549613, Toronto, Ontario If you walk into my garage today expecting to see a nearly finished RV-10, you may be disappointed. If you walk in expecting to see an active… Read more
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How I Won a Ray Aviation Scholarship
By Tyler Wurm, Winnipeg, Manitoba Background and Motivation I am 18 years old, and although I did not initially plan to become a pilot, my interest in aviation developed over time through the experiences I gained.… Read more
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Alberta Air Tours
By Dina Jammaz, President, Alberta Air Tours; Air Traffic Controller, NAV CANADA; Director of Community Engagement, Elevate Aviation We hope you had a great year of flying and all things aviation in 2025. 2026 is shaping… Read more
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A Beautiful Stearman Restoration
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia A long time ago and not very far away, there was a tall skinny teenager hanging out at Delta Airpark. Kevin Maher rode his bike along the well-known grass strip… Read more
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Time to Push Back on the Two-Year Altimeter/Transponder Cost?
By Scott McFadden, EAA 611467/Vintage 726528, Thunder Bay, Ontario, and KCFC, Grand Marais, Minneapolis For the past few years, I did not fly my Taylorcraft in “mode C” airspace. That changed this past spring, and I… Read more
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Mission: (Im)possible
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560, Manitoba “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Pilots need a mission. Try this! Starting and finishing at the centre of the continent in Manitoba, Canada, you have 5 days/4… Read more
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Two 85s — Confused?
By Ian Brown, Editor, Bits and Pieces, EAA 657159 There has been some confusion lately about two aviation association chapters in British Columbia, both with the same number. How did that happen? Well, it turns out… Read more
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Santa Arrives in Lyncrest, Manitoba
By Brooke Van Gelderen, Manitoba 99s, Photos by Jay Ladouceur On the frosty morning of November 29, Santa brought just enough snow to land his airplane at the Lyncrest Airport (the reindeer were getting ready for… Read more
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Emergency Response Exercise: Langley Regional Airport
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia En route to the airport on a Monday morning in a typical November rain shower, I spotted smoke coming from the north side of the field. The first thought was… Read more