September 10, 2025October 17, 2025

Souvenir Aluminum Airplanes for Airport Visitors

Member Stories

By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 I am a serial builder, having completed about 250 Van’s RV-6s and 150 Zenith 750 Cruzers over the past three years. The first weekend of ... Read more

September 4, 2025October 20, 2025

Is There a Welder in the House?

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Joe Scheibinger, EAA 96205 Joe shared a version of this post in a Zenith builders’ group on Facebook, and we thought it was too good not to share. During ... Read more

September 2, 2025October 17, 2025

Steven Geist Goes Solo

Member Stories, Milestones

By Chad Haas, EAA 1265808, EAA Chapter 1551 President Steven Geist, EAA 1503861, our Ray Aviation scholar, made his first solo flight on July 17 at Umatilla Airport (X23). He ... Read more

August 28, 2025November 7, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Beechcraft D35 Bonanza

Member Stories

By Joe Rymer, EAA 760858 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. From an early age, I was always interested in any type ... Read more

August 28, 2025November 7, 2025

Evaluating Aircraft Performance

Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When it comes to ... Read more

August 21, 2025November 7, 2025

How to Optimize Your Engine Choice

Member Stories, Tips

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 4, 2025August 4, 2025

Barney Dunlevy Gone West

Member Stories

By Mike Davenport Barney Dunlevy passed away earlier this year after a long illness that had increasingly affected both his mobility and eyesight. However, this had no effect on either ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

50th Anniversary Celebrated at AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories

Fifty years ago, Jack, EAA Lifetime 69122, and Anne McCombs, EAA Lifetime 78375, honeymooned in the most fitting place imaginable for two aviation lovers: the EAA Oshkosh fly-in. In 1975 ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

From Argentina to AirVenture and Back

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Barbara A. Schmitz As soon as EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 was over, Daniel Giuliani and his son Valentino decided they would come back in 2025. But for the first ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Here Since Day One

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

Before EAA became EAA in 1953, it was just founder Paul Poberezny and a small group of homebuilding enthusiasts that would informally get together, often at the local auto garage ... Read more

July 26, 2025October 22, 2025

Set in Stone

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Larry Rogien All of us have crossed paths with people who influenced us. Over the years at Oshkosh, I have had opportunities to meet and converse with people like ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 31, 2025

Gzhewaadziwin and Mnaadendamowin

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Bob Goulais, EAA 1509922 It is a genuine pleasure to be a part of the greatest spectacle in aviation — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. Without a doubt, it is the ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 31, 2025

Reuniting Under the Rotary Blade

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Paul Petr It’s that time of year again — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The moment my boots hit the tarmac, I felt that familiar mix of excitement and nostalgia. The ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

A Big Trip With a Little Airplane

AirVenture, Member Stories

For most people, flying through 26 countries in a small, single-engine aircraft over the course of 101 days sounds like a feat best left to seasoned explorers or characters in ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Love Takes Flight

AirVenture, Member Stories

Gabe Envani’s love for aviation started when he was just 6 years old, thanks to a family trip to the Kennedy Space Center. “Ever since then, I was hooked on ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

A Poppin’ Good Time

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Barbara A. Schmitz Not many people can enjoy a good movie without popcorn. The Faris sisters certainly belong to that group. So when the sibling entrepreneurs who started Faris ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

70 Years of Airplanes and Fly-Ins

AirVenture, Member Stories

This year marks a remarkable milestone for Lou Seno, EAA Lifetime 31489 — his 70th consecutive year attending the annual EAA fly-in and convention. His journey began in 1956, when ... Read more

July 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Leveling Up at Oshkosh

AirVenture, Member Stories

Despite the geographical distance coming from Canada, Jordan Farrar, EAA 1645318, met his friends Wyatt Drum, from North Carolina, and Cody Ferguson EAA 1647229, Spencer Phillips, and Nolan Elliott EAA ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

From Twelve to Tradition

AirVenture, Member Stories

Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was one of the original group of 12 people who first met in 1981 to start what would become UPS Airlines, now one of the largest ... Read more

July 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Reuniting with Family Aeronca

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Barbara A. Schmitz Ellen Northam, of Tipp City, Ohio, grew up hearing about a 1946 Aeronca 11 Chief her mother purchased before she and her husband were married. She ... Read more