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Member Stories

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January 7, 2025October 20, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Taking Stock

EAA Canada, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 452533; Chapter 266, Montreal Before I finished the preflight briefing with the crew today, I casually asked them if they had any resolutions going into the ... Read more
December 18, 2024October 17, 2025

How to Say “Thanks” for the Gift of Flight

Learn to Fly, Member Stories
By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, EAA Chapter 96 A Ray Aviation Scholarship is the best Christmas gift ever. I recently received the Ray Aviation Scholarship from EAA. When I went ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — California Mooney M20

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Richard Brown, EAA 1266320 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My wife and I were sitting in an Oklahoma City hotel ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 20, 2025

Lt. Tanner Matheny and Olivia: A Pilot and a Plane

Member Stories
Story and photography by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 A young man’s dream began at age 14 after his first ride in a T-6 Texan. Under the ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 17, 2025

Velocity to Become New EAA Welcome Sign

EAA Museum, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Paul Barber, EAA 139692, got plenty of joy flying his Velocity that he built over a four-year period more than 20 years ago. Now that airplane will ... Read more
December 5, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Kyle Breon

Member Stories, Volunteers
This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Kyle Breon, EAA 1335139, has been coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh pretty much since he was ... Read more
December 5, 2024October 17, 2025

Sharing His Passion!

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
By Gary Brossett, EAA Lifetime 375866 On October 26, Hudson Williams, EAA 1618429, joined the ranks of EAA Chapter 677 youths that have flown Young Eagles, introducing six area young ... Read more
December 4, 2024October 20, 2025

Mountain Destinations: Stave Lake, British Columbia

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent discussion about flying through British Columbia’s mountains from the Coastal Range to the Rockies brought to mind somewhere that is a little ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 17, 2025

Rarified Air

Member Stories, Ultralights
By Nathan Finneman, EAA 1459460 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Setting records has always been an interest of mine, being good ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 17, 2025

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 3

Member Stories, Volunteers
Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of this series, we made a 75-pound blank, and in Part 2 we made a propeller duplicating ... Read more
November 21, 2024October 16, 2025

Frustrations and Questionable Training

Member Stories, Tips
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. AirVenture is a time for me ... Read more
November 21, 2024October 31, 2025

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 2

Chapters, Member Stories, Volunteers
Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of making this BIG propeller, I wrote about the purchase of 271 pounds of cherry wood and ... Read more
November 13, 2024October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Washington Van’s Aircraft RV-7

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael “Z” Zyskowski, EAA 669825 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When the August issue of EAA Sport Aviation landed on ... Read more
November 5, 2024October 20, 2025

Zenith: My Very Limited History With the Company

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with ... Read more
October 31, 2024October 16, 2025

Maintenance for Reliability

Member Stories, Tips
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I know there’ve been a few ... Read more
October 31, 2024October 17, 2025

The Old Man and The Kid

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Brian Hart, EAA 1457879 The Old Man was not always old; he had once been young and dreamed of flight. And when he was young, he had an Old ... Read more
October 24, 2024October 16, 2025

Are You an Airplane Hack or a Smooth Operator?

Learn to Fly, Member Stories, Youth Outreach
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Sitting at the picnic table and ... Read more
October 24, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA Chapters 26 and 441 Join in Peter Bowers Tribute

Chapters, Member Stories
By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, EAA Chapter 26 & 441 Newsletter Editor Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, just south of Seattle, has been painting large murals on the end ... Read more
October 17, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s Family Values

Chapters, Member Stories
If you ask anyone in the aviation world what aviation means to them, you’re likely to hear something along the lines of how important the aviation community is to them. ... Read more
October 17, 2024October 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Washington Murphy Rebel

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Tim Fiedler, EAA Lifetime 256056 This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This was started in 1992 by Jim LePard, an A&P/IA ... Read more

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