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Member Stories

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May 5, 2025June 30, 2025

My Cessna of 50 Years!

EAA Canada, Member Stories
By Alan Farrell, Truro, Nova Scotia A 73-year-old vintage Cessna and 1,500 feet of green grass. You turn on your lights and make all the calls, and, so far, no ... Read more
May 1, 2025October 17, 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 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Mosquito Mission

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Gustavo J. Mas, EAA Lifetime 853532 I had just recently moved to Florida’s Gulf Coast and was enjoying some early morning salt water fishing near New Pass on Fort ... Read more
April 17, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio RANS S-21 Outbound

Member Stories
By Randy Brooks, EAA Lifetime 165320 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   It all started with my dad taking me for ... Read more
April 10, 2025October 20, 2025

Filling the Void

Member Stories, Why We Fly
EAA members come in all shapes and forms with diverse backgrounds and reasons for falling in love with aviation. For many members, their background is in military aviation. But what ... Read more
April 1, 2025October 20, 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
April 1, 2025October 17, 2025

Surviving Bad Judgment

Member Stories
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   For the August 2024 issue of ... Read more
March 28, 2025October 20, 2025

The Wizardry of OZ

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560 Wizardry:      (noun) wi-zər-drē; surprising and/or clever accomplishment. Requiring significant skill and expertise. OZ:                 (noun) ˈoʊ zɑrks; an area of low mountains in northwestern ... Read more
March 28, 2025October 20, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2

AirVenture, EAA Canada, Member Stories
AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2 How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; EAA Chapter 154, ... Read more
March 27, 2025October 17, 2025

A Star-Struck Young Eagle

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic ... Read more
March 27, 2025October 16, 2025

Approach and Landing

Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently attended an FAA safety ... Read more
March 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Like Seeing an Old Friend

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
March 20, 2025October 16, 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
March 20, 2025October 16, 2025

Elements of Survival

Member Stories
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As part of our ... Read more
March 17, 2025October 31, 2025

Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body

Chapters, Member Stories
Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body A tale of EAA Chapter 878, 501(c)(3), and two(!!) hangars By Wayne Flury, EAA Lifetime 117059 In 2016, I led the ... Read more
March 6, 2025October 17, 2025

So Many Choices

Member Stories, Tips
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written ... Read more
March 6, 2025October 17, 2025

We’re Out of Gas

Member Stories
Story by Heidi Axum, EAA Lifetime 1462447; Photos courtesy of Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 You would think with all the talking pilots do with air traffic controllers and with ... Read more
March 3, 2025October 20, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back

EAA Canada, Member Stories
By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; Chapter 154 Regina\ In the process of building our RV-10, there are many decisions to make on avionics and other ... Read more
February 27, 2025October 20, 2025

The Red Devil Lives On

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
By Michael Golden, EAA 623692 There comes a time in our lives when we have to move on from one chapter to another as a result of circumstances beyond our control. ... Read more
February 27, 2025October 16, 2025

Youth Aircraft Build Comes Full Circle

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
Story and photography by Devin Wilson In 2019, Naples Youth Aviation Project was launched by EAA Chapter 1067. Nineteen of us, including myself, joined as youth builders to construct a ... Read more

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