By Sam Oleson Ever since he was around six or seven years old, Joe Lienau, EAA Lifetime 64171, has been completely enraptured by aviation. About 80 years later, not a ... Read more
By Emme Hornung This piece originally ran in the May 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The AirVenture Lindy Awards honor aircraft craftsmanship, recognizing proud builders and owners of ... Read more
By Josh Manring, EAA 1387901 For Cadet 2nd Lt. Carter Froehlich, Civil Air Patrol, aviation started with a trip to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. In 2015, Carter attended AirVenture with his ... Read more
By Scot Cox, EAA 1020156 This piece originally ran in the May 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The construction of Rose Parrakeet N444RP began in October 2009 using ... Read more
By Norm Isler, EAA Lifetime 201308 At EAA Chapter 44 in Brockport, New York, our June meeting is traditionally our annual fly-in picnic dinner and general hangar/ramp flying event. This ... Read more
By Sophia Lafontaine, EAA 1601398 Sometimes, I wonder how I could have made my private pilot training go by faster. While the length of your flight training is dependent on ... Read more
By Emme Hornung EAA’s collection of Steve Wittman aircraft designs can now be considered complete, with a museum-worthy re-creation of the legendary Buster on display in the EAA Aviation Museum ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the May 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. At just 13 years old, Kaylee Krapfl, EAA Lifetime 1484483, is already making a significant impact ... Read more
By Kim Wilson Congratulations to Natalie Wilson, EAA 1535824, EAA Chapter 71 member, for completing her solo flight! Natalie is 17 years old, a high school senior, and a Ray ... Read more
Paul Breed, EAA 1140954, is currently on a tour in his homebuilt Breezy to see all four corners of the United States. The 9,700-mile trip started in his hometown of ... Read more
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and David are joined by EAA Young Eagles Chairman Jimmy Graham, EAA Lifetime 1139302, to discuss his aviation background and experiences through ... Read more
By Emme Hornung The West Coast and its precarious positioning to the Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas fault puts millions of people at risk — there is a massive ... Read more
By Sam Sasin, EAA 1463840 Photography by Sam Sasin, Connor Madison, and Alden Frautschy Founded in the 1970s in Minnesota, Marginal Aviation has been home to many antique airplane enthusiasts, ... Read more
By Tim Wheat, EAA 372811 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Why wood construction? Well, why not? When I was first shopping ... Read more
By Jenna Rose, EAA 1576771 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Flying is fun. It’s even better when it’s done safely enough ... Read more
By Ray Ballantyne, EAA 808555 It was a beautiful morning on May 12, 2026, at Diamond Point Airport (2WA1), which is just a stone’s throw away from Sequim, Washington, on ... Read more
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia Luddite — Modern definition: a technophobe, one who avoids modern technology. Being more than a little challenged by the digital inroads into society in ... Read more
By Jashanpreet Kaur, EAA 1713236 Aviation has been my dream for as long as I can remember, but my journey into this field has not been easy. I grew up ... Read more
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by Jakob Brouillette, EAA’s flight proficiency program manager, to discuss EAA’s Sport Pilot Academy — an immersive, three-week ... Read more
By Patty Fulop, EAA 1049894 EAA Chapter 5, based in Hangar Three at Geauga County Airport in Ohio, has a rich history of fostering youths in aviation. The dormant EAA ... Read more
By Mark Pensenstadler, EAA 9030636 This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My newest creation is a Zenith CH 750 Super Duty that ... Read more
Stephen Chapis, EAA 449485, author of the new book Poor Little Lambs: The Baa Baa Black Sheep Story, will be the next presenter of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series ... Read more
By Samuel Schank, EAA 1678226 I’m not sure exactly how I caught the aviation bug, but it’s safe to say I caught it at a young age. It may have ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the April 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The Martins’ journey with EAA began in the late 1980s when Cindy Martin, EAA 288433, and ... Read more
By Mike and Diana’s Excellent Adventure to SUN ‘n FUN 2026 “Mike, you need to take your plane to SUN ‘n FUN; you’ll have a good time flying there, and ... Read more
