May 19, 2025October 17, 2025

A Reluctant Young Eagle

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Bob Hartunian, EAA 529299 Back in 2021 after the COVID-19 issues, our EAA Chapter 768 in Apple Valley, California, ran a Young Eagles rally on a Saturday morning. I ... Read more

May 19, 2025October 17, 2025

Full Circle at 400: Why I Fly Young Eagles

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Mathieu Labs, EAA Lifetime 678257, EAA Chapter 1710 President & Young Eagles Coordinator On the afternoon of Friday, April 11, I had the privilege of completing my 400th Young ... Read more

May 15, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — California Wag-Aero Sportsman 2+2

Member Stories

By Estevan Roth, EAA 1072339 This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In the early 1990s, in Bolivia, South America, my father embarked ... Read more

May 8, 2025May 13, 2025

Parts Left Over? The Inside Details

Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Lauren stood back and admired her ... Read more

May 6, 2025November 4, 2025

Sean Walker – Glasair Sportsman 2+2

EAA Canada, Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia Sometimes craftsmanship is in the genes. In Sean Walker’s case that may be a factor in his clearly demonstrated skills. Sean’s dad, Colin, was ... Read more

May 6, 2025October 16, 2025

The P-51 That Couldn’t Fly

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By John Klassen, EAA 781675, Headingly, Manitoba; Lyncrest EAA Chapter 63 member Who doesn’t like hearing about stories from WWII where the P-51 pilots were the aces that turned the ... Read more

May 5, 2025November 4, 2025

A Mission With the “End in Mind” That Has a Plan B Built In: Part 2

EAA Canada, Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta, Canada Read part 1 here. Challenges hit me hard! One after the other big time, ... Read more

May 5, 2025November 4, 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, 2025November 4, 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 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