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, 2025November 4, 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

February 27, 2025October 16, 2025

Was I Wrong?

Member Stories, Tips

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Are straight-in approaches good or bad? ... Read more

February 19, 2025October 16, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Mooney M20F

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By John Keating, EAA Lifetime 765326 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   In March 2006, it was time to buy my ... Read more

February 6, 2025October 17, 2025

The Ultralight

Member Stories, Ultralights

This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask, “George, how ... Read more

February 3, 2025November 4, 2025

My Old Stits in Bits and Pieces

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Ray Sheffield, EAA 1599, Saluda, South Carolina I was surprised to see a picture of my Stits Playmate in the January issue of Bits and Pieces in the “From ... Read more

February 3, 2025November 4, 2025

Becoming a Pilot and Enjoying the Shores of the St. Lawrence River

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Jacques Rivest, MD, Montmagny, Québec My sister Jocelyne asked me recently to write something about the origins and evolution of my passion for all things aviation, at the heart ... Read more

February 3, 2025October 20, 2025

Two of Us Went to Oshkosh, and Three Came Home: Our Third Passenger, Lindy

EAA Canada, Homebuilding, Member Stories

By George Huntington, EAA 469341, St. Andrews, Manitoba, Three aircraft departed from St. Andrews, Manitoba, for Duluth, Minnesota, to clear customs on July 24, 2024. Our group included a 170, ... Read more

January 23, 2025October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Connecticut Legal Eagle

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the ... Read more

January 23, 2025October 16, 2025

Fuelish Behavior

Member Stories, Tips

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Unfortunately, for nearly all ... Read more

January 20, 2025October 31, 2025

CLI and EZS: Uniting for a Shared Vision in Aviation

Chapters, Member Stories

By Mathieu Labs, EAA Lifetime 678257 In 2020, Caz Muske, EAA 1491126, took on the role of airport manager at Wisconsin’s Clintonville Municipal Airport (CLI), stepping into the world of ... Read more

January 20, 2025October 17, 2025

A Ray Scholar’s Flight Training Journey

Learn to Fly, Member Stories

By Greg Alberti, EAA 1225585, EAA Chapter 196 Ray Aviation Scholar As an 18-year-old, recently minted private pilot, I have been flying airplanes for over half of my life. The ... Read more

January 16, 2025October 17, 2025

Aviation History Made: First FAA-Approved Aerial Laser Show Illuminates Desert Sky

Member Stories

By Story and photography courtesy of Christi Masi Aviation history was written in August 2024 when veteran air show performer Milne “CC” Pocock, EAA 1144988, and the Black Rock City ... Read more

January 16, 2025October 16, 2025

Simple Maintenance? Maybe Not

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Technicians were deep into their chores ... Read more

January 16, 2025October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Christina LaVicka

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Christina LaVicka, EAA Lifetime 1547942, can’t quite pinpoint when she became an aviation enthusiast, but she ... Read more

January 9, 2025October 17, 2025

A Model Citizen

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? ... Read more

January 9, 2025October 17, 2025

Alaska Once More

Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A large driver for my focus ... Read more

January 7, 2025October 17, 2025

What’s Your (Flying) New Year’s Resolution?

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Clark Morawetz, Captain Porter Airlines Happy New Year! 2025 is upon us and many of us take this opportunity to make goals and plans for the year ahead. If ... Read more