July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Flying Through Generations

The first-generation flyer who started it all for the Reigles was the late Charles Reigle. Flying became a generational habit that trickled down to the family’s newest pilot, Carl Reigle. ... Read more

July 23, 2025October 31, 2025

Campfire Stories at Camp Scholler

AirVenture, Member Stories

Story and Photography By Jessica Schaefer, EAA 1284501 Back on Cottonwood Avenue in Camp Scholler, the sounds of Top Gun echo across the tents, interrupting the rhythm of the campfire ... Read more

July 23, 2025October 20, 2025

Passing the Torch

AirVenture, Member Stories

Story and Photography By Jim Roberts When you spot a sparkling Spartan Executive parked south of the Theater in the Woods, be sure to visit with the young pilots who ... Read more

July 22, 2025October 20, 2025

A Busload of Fun

AirVenture, Member Stories

Since 1988, Kent Shoemaker, EAA 419538, has been bringing a busload of aviation enthusiasts from Western Pennsylvania to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. With the exclusion of 2020 and 2021, he has ... Read more

July 22, 2025October 20, 2025

A Tribute to Tracy Forrest

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Paul T. Glessner, EAA 1270226 I have been interested in aircraft ever since I was a youngster. My father took the family to Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) after some ... Read more

July 21, 2025October 20, 2025

BETA Technologies Electrifies Afternoon Air Show

AirVenture, Member Stories

“This business would not exist if it weren’t for EAA,” said Kyle Clark, BETA Technologies founder and CEO. As one of the participants in today’s Innovations Day activities, BETA’s all-electric ... Read more

July 17, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Velocity Aircraft Velocity SE

Member Stories

By Steve Campbell, EAA 289109 This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When I started my Velocity SE project in 2016, I ... Read more

July 11, 2025October 20, 2025

A Ray Scholar and Her Father Begin Flight Training Together

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Eric Wegner, EAA 329302, EAA Chapter 320 (Watertown, Wisconsin) President EAA Chapter 320’s 2025 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient is Riley Runke, EAA 1655190. Receiving this scholarship is a big ... Read more

July 3, 2025October 20, 2025

First and Last Flight in a T-34 Mentor

Member Stories, Why We Fly

On June 29, Gary Eichhorn, EAA 63653, departed from Tampa, Florida, for his last flight as a passenger in a Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, the very same aircraft type he learned ... Read more

July 3, 2025October 20, 2025

Times Flies and So Does Howie! Celebrating Howie Cammack’s 90th Birthday

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Howie Cammack, EAA 290592, celebrated his 90th birthday on June 29, surrounded by family and friends. The celebration took place at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum ... Read more

June 30, 2025October 20, 2025

Mabel Lake

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, BC Sometimes we have to make hard decisions. Admittedly, some are easier to make than others. Take a recent case in point. I was at the ... Read more

June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Sullivan’s Lucky 13

Member Stories, Milestones

By Shane Vande Voort, EAA 549889 My son, Sullivan Vande Voort, EAA 1239194, celebrated his 16th birthday on May 26 by completing a solo flight in 13 different airplane ... Read more

June 26, 2025October 31, 2025

My Life in EAA

Chapters, Member Stories

By Jim Hoak, EAA Lifetime 29646 At age 87, I am entering the sunset of my life, so I decided to tell my fellow EAA members what this fine organization ... Read more

June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Girls Can Fly Day

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It is early March as I ... 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

June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Missed Opportunities

Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The run-up ... Read more

June 5, 2025October 20, 2025

No Hangar to Park Your Airplane? No Problem, Just Build a New FBO

Member Stories

By: EAA Story and photos courtesy of Phillips 66 Aviation Like the misty vapor trails from aircraft that many youngsters yearn to fly, childhood daydreams often dissipate. But sometimes, maybe ... Read more

June 4, 2025October 20, 2025

From Blue Sky Over Minnesota to the Silver Screen

Member Stories, Vintage

By Wayne Flury, EAA Lifetime 117059 There may not have been tuxedoes and fancy gowns on display among the crowd in attendance at the St. Michael Cinema on Thursday ... Read more

June 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Flight of the Phoenix — Sort Of!

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, BC Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of words have been written about the venerable DC-3, aka Dakota or C-47. Most were built by Douglas, but ... Read more

June 2, 2025November 4, 2025

Bahamas Bucket List: Idyllic Island Hopping

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560 Nearly 10 million people arrived in the Bahamas via cruise ship last year. If conspicuous consumption, crowds, and casinos align with your concept of an ... Read more