February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Illinois Van’s Aircraft RV-6A

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I’m a fourth-generation pilot and third-generation A&P mechanic, so there was ... Read more

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

EAA’s The Green Dot — Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields Website Founder Paul Freeman

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Grace are joined by Paul Freeman, who founded the long-running Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website, which chronicles vanished or abandoned airfields ... Read more

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

EAA Chapter 1710 Receives Donated Hi-Max Aircraft Kit

Chapters, Homebuilding

By Mathieu Labs, President, EAA Chapter 1710 On Saturday, January 24, 2026, EAA Chapter 1710 of Clintonville, Wisconsin, proudly received a donated Hi-Max aircraft kit. The generous donor, a long-standing ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

eVTOLs: When Can I Buy Mine?

EAA Canada

By Michael J. Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario Introduction In Canada, the short version is eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) will be treated as real aircraft, operated under Transport ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

My Fabulous Trip to Museums in Speyer and Sinsheim, Germany

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Jim Bell, EAA 543641, EAA Chapter 63, Lyncrest, Manitoba Speyer and Sinsheim are small cities in southern Germany. Speyer has a population of about 50,000 and Sinsheim about 37,000. ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Paused, Not Abandoned

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA Lifetime 1549613, Toronto, Ontario If you walk into my garage today expecting to see a nearly finished RV-10, you may be disappointed. If you walk ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

How I Won a Ray Aviation Scholarship

EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

By Tyler Wurm, Winnipeg, Manitoba Background and Motivation I am 18 years old, and although I did not initially plan to become a pilot, my interest in aviation developed over ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Alberta Air Tours

EAA Canada

By Dina Jammaz, President, Alberta Air Tours; Air Traffic Controller, NAV CANADA; Director of Community Engagement, Elevate Aviation We hope you had a great year of flying and all things ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

A Beautiful Stearman Restoration

EAA Canada, Vintage

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia A long time ago and not very far away, there was a tall skinny teenager hanging out at Delta Airpark. Kevin Maher rode his ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Volunteer Spotlight — Tim and Liz Popp

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Tim, EAA Lifetime 317633, and Liz, EAA Lifetime 1486815, Popp are a dynamic husband-and-wife team who ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

It Comes Back Around

Member Stories, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

By Joshua Tocko, EAA 104822 Most pilots get into flying just for the kicks — the thrill of being up there, chasing horizons. Some turn it into a full-blown career, ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

EAA Chapter 973 Revival

Chapters

Story and photography by Neil Bowden, EAA Chapter 973 EAA Chapter 973, based at Jack Taylor Airfield in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, experienced a dramatic and long-overdue resurrection ... Read more

January 26, 2026January 29, 2026

Jolly Green Giant Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

John Duffy, who flew the Sikorsky HH-3E helicopter during the Vietnam War, will present about his experiences in the Jolly Green Giant as part of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker ... Read more

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Indiana Cessna 172

Member Stories, Vintage

By Chris Demopoulos, EAA 753405 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I began flying in 1999 to satisfy my lifelong curiosity and ... Read more

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

How an EAA Chapter Can Utilize a Local Makerspace

Chapters, Tips

By Mary Baker, EAA Lifetime 731258, EAA Chapter 846 (Wadsworth, OH) Nobody knows how to make the most of every dime better than a nonprofit. When two nonprofits work together, ... Read more

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Chapter Field Representative Grace Yakuber

Chapters, Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Grace Yakuber, EAA chapter field representative, to talk about her general aviation background as well as her ... Read more

January 15, 2026January 19, 2026

The Current Regulatory State of Ultralight Training

Ultralights

This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The release of the final Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) rule in July at EAA ... Read more

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

EAA’s Attic — Clock From TBF Avenger Aboard USS Enterprise

Attic

This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This clock was removed from the cockpit of a Grumman TBF Avenger that was aboard the ... Read more

January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

Returning the Favor of Flight

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

By Emme Hornung Since 1992, EAA’s Young Eagles program has been inspiring kids with the taste of flight through a vast network of volunteer pilots. In 2026, we are pushing ... Read more

January 8, 2026January 8, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Texas Van’s Aircraft RV-14

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Rich Grue, EAA 1397125 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. About five years ago, I saw an ad on a social ... Read more

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Time to Push Back on the Two-Year Altimeter/Transponder Cost?

EAA Canada

By Scott McFadden, EAA 611467/Vintage 726528, Thunder Bay, Ontario, and KCFC, Grand Marais, Minneapolis For the past few years, I did not fly my Taylorcraft in “mode C” airspace. That ... Read more

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Mission: (Im)possible

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560, Manitoba “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Pilots need a mission. Try this! Starting and finishing at the centre of the continent in ... Read more

January 5, 2026January 6, 2026

Two 85s — Confused?

Chapters, EAA Canada

By Ian Brown, Editor, Bits and Pieces, EAA 657159 There has been some confusion lately about two aviation association chapters in British Columbia, both with the same number. How did ... Read more

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Santa Arrives in Lyncrest, Manitoba

EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

By Brooke Van Gelderen, Manitoba 99s, Photos by Jay Ladouceur On the frosty morning of November 29, Santa brought just enough snow to land his airplane at the Lyncrest Airport ... Read more

January 5, 2026January 6, 2026

Emergency Response Exercise: Langley Regional Airport

EAA Canada

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia En route to the airport on a Monday morning in a typical November rain shower, I spotted smoke coming from the north side of ... Read more