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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Of all the phases ... Read more
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Connor and Sam are joined by Hermon “Munster” Cook, a former F-14 Tomcat pilot who was involved in the 1989 Gulf of Sidra ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Volunteer families at EAA play a crucial role in the organization. These dedicated individuals contribute their ... Read more
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An observant EAA Sport Aviation ... Read more
By Terry Cusack, EAA Lifetime 213150 A couple of our chapter members recently collaborated on a new metal project for our annual summer campers. We were seeking something with the ... Read more
By Malcolm Brubaker, EAA Lifetime 428307 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Stabilized Dacron is the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ... Read more
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I often get asked during prebuy ... Read more
By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 I am a serial builder, having completed about 250 Van’s RV-6s and 150 Zenith 750 Cruzers over the past three years. The first weekend of ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Do you still have a memento from your first flight? A logbook entry, pilot wings, or ... Read more
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Proficiency. We all talk about it ... Read more
By Joe Scheibinger, EAA 96205 Joe shared a version of this post in a Zenith builders’ group on Facebook, and we thought it was too good not to share. During ... Read more
By Chad Haas, EAA 1265808, EAA Chapter 1551 President Steven Geist, EAA 1503861, our Ray Aviation scholar, made his first solo flight on July 17 at Umatilla Airport (X23). He ... Read more
By John Wyman, EAA 462533; Chapter 266, Montreal I’ve been thinking about aviation accidents lately, and how it’s often the smaller, overlooked items that can cause the most serious ... Read more
