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October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Captain EAAgle Mascot

Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This mascot costume is that of Captain EAAgle, the EAA Aviation Foundation’s mascot during the 1980s. ... Read more
October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

Transferring Knowledge

Learn to Fly, Tips, Uncategorized
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I wrote an article several months ... Read more
October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

The Connections We Make

Member Stories, Vintage
By Kristi Dunks, EAA Lifetime 689578, Vintage 732804 I probably come by it naturally given that my dad was a truckdriver for most of his life, but I must admit ... Read more
October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

Matthew Wolf: Young Eagle to Ray Scholar to Commercial Pilot

Member Stories, Milestones
By Sharon Puschmann   “Every time I see a plane flying overhead, I tell myself, ‘I will be up there one day. I will be able to do that.’” Once ... Read more
October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Lessons From an F-35 Ejection to Be Presented at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series
By Emme Hornung Lt. Col. Tyler Shaver, an F-35 pilot and director of operations at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, will be the next speaker at the EAA Aviation ... Read more
October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Minnesota Cessna 180

Member Stories
By Kent Carder, EAA 676328 This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My Cessna 180 has been in my family since the early ... Read more
October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

All Amped Up

Tips
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Electrical system issues might ... Read more
October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

The “Egg Boy” Saga Continues!

Member Stories, Milestones
On Friday, October 3, 2025, the famous Seth “Egg Boy” Holloway, EAA Lifetime 1058791,  received his coveted Naval aviator wings of gold! He has certainly come a long way from ... Read more
October 20, 2025October 20, 2025

Minnesota EAA Chapters 25, 54, and 1229 in Action

Chapters, Why We Fly
By Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238 The Flying Cloud Airport located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was the site of the 2025 Girls in Aviation Day on September 20, 2025. Three ... Read more
October 16, 2025October 17, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Tom Ewing

Volunteers
This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Tom Ewing, EAA 446994, was surrounded by aviation history since birth, coming from a family ... Read more
October 16, 2025October 21, 2025

The Five Keys to Airworthiness

Tips
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. We talk about airworthiness, but ... Read more
October 16, 2025October 17, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — T-38 Instructor Pilot Olga Custodio

Podcast
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Margaret are joined by Lt. Col. Olga Custodio, a retired T-38 instructor pilot and the first Latina U.S. Air Force pilot, ... Read more
October 16, 2025October 17, 2025

Could Sport Pilot 2.0 Be the Next Red-Hot Revival?

Learn to Fly, Why We Fly
By Emme Hornung Picture it: Your local aviation scene flourishing. Most of the training aircraft at the flight school and the rentable aircraft at flying clubs are suddenly open to ... Read more
October 9, 2025October 17, 2025

John Moody’s Icarus II

Honoring The Past, Ultralights
By Rick Hayes, EAA Lifetime 262014 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   John Moody is widely regarded as the “father of ... Read more
October 9, 2025October 20, 2025

Carburetor vs. Injection System

Homebuilding, Tips
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   I work with many owners ... Read more
October 6, 2025October 17, 2025

Sharing the Life of Aviation Legend Steve Wittman at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series
Jim Cunningham, a published aviation writer and biographer, will share the storied life of Steve Wittman — an Oshkosh native, prolific aircraft designer, and legendary air racer — as the ... Read more
October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Travel to OSH, Me?

EAA Canada
By Brian King, EAA 1647385, Halifax, Nova Scotia Sometimes one gets the opportunity to withdraw a wish from your bucket list, which like many of us, for me, was overflowing. ... Read more
October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Cooling a 230-hp Subaru-Powered Cozy MK IV

EAA Canada
By Phillip Johnson, Chapters, EAA Canadian Council, Ottawa In the early 1990s I started building a Cozy MK IV, and it was not long before I decided to use a ... Read more
October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Vintage Homebuilts: Part 1 of 3 — The Piel 328 Super Emeraude

EAA Canada
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia While time waits for no man, sometimes the aging process seems to be put on hold for several airplanes at the Langley, British Columbia, ... Read more
October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Winnipeg Build and Fly Day

EAA Canada
By James Slade, President, EAA Chapter 63 On August 16, EAA Chapter 63’s AeroEducate Director Eds Mondares organized a very successful Build and Fly day for Winnipeg Chapter 63. We are ... Read more
October 2, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Fabric From WWI German Aircraft

Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This piece of fabric was salvaged from a downed German aircraft from World War I. ... Read more
October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Tailwheel Flying

Member Stories, Tips
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   I’m currently working with several ... Read more
October 2, 2025October 20, 2025

What Makes a Good Pilot?

Learn to Fly, Tips
By James Weiss, EAA 1139532 The following is derived from 30-plus years of reading aircraft accident reports and listening to many FAA safety briefings, as well as incident debriefs. The ... Read more
September 25, 2025October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Texas Pietenpol

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael Hergenrather, EAA 816306 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This Piet was originally built by Marcus D. Moon from the ... Read more
September 25, 2025October 20, 2025

Four Generations of Pilots

Member Stories
By Keith McCutchan, EAA 199951 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, we celebrated four generations of pilots in front of my dad’s favorite aircraft, the P-47. My dad told me if ... Read more

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