March 20, 2024March 29, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons

Volunteers

Craig and Bonnie Fitzsimmons, EAA 266725 and 814505, have been together for more than 50 years, having met when they were just 19 years old in Elgin, Illinois. Bonnie opened ... Read more

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

A Beginner’s Guide to Yearly Inspections

Flying Tips, From The Hangar Floor

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner shares some anxiety-saving tips regarding the yearly inspection required for your aircraft. ... Read more

March 20, 2024March 20, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — MIA Recovery Archaeologist Dr. Brett Hoffman

Podcast, Speaker Series

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Dr. Brett Hoffman, a senior member of the University of Wisconsin Missing in Action Recovery and Identification ... Read more

March 19, 2024March 20, 2024

Ray Aviation Scholar at EAA Chapter 534 Earns Private Pilot Certificate

Chapters

Luke Nunez recently passed his checkride and received his private pilot certificate. Luke has been involved with EAA Chapter 534 for four years. While a member of the aviation youth ... Read more

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

An Aviatrix’s Legacy — Joan Trefethen Alford

Member Stories

Joan Trefethen Alford, EAA 1019, was a trailblazing aviator – she was the first woman to build and test fly a homebuilt aircraft, and the first woman to fly in ... Read more

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

Round ’n Round It Goes

Ultralights

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray talks about planning for engine failures while in the pattern. ... Read more

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

Understanding CHTs and EGTs

From The Hangar Floor

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses exhaust gas temperatures and cylinder head temperatures and when to be concerned about them. ... Read more

March 7, 2024

EAA’s Attic — American Airlines Stewardess Uniform, 1969

History

Complete vintage stewardess uniforms are hard to come by, and the EAA Aviation Museum is lucky to have this recent donation in its collection. From 1969, this is the American ... Read more

March 7, 2024March 12, 2024

Bounce, Bounce, #$%&*

Flying Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses bounced landings and how to handle them. ... Read more

March 7, 2024

Young Eagles Milestone — Tom Trumble Flies 1,000

Youth & Young Eagles

Tom Trumble, EAA 103048, really didn’t think too much about the number of Young Eagles he flew over the years as the experiences and smiles from the kids were the ... Read more

March 5, 2024

Werner Griesbeck Obituary

Member Stories

Most Canadians work quietly at their jobs, not requesting or expecting acknowledgement of any kind. However, there are those who must be recognised as their efforts far exceed the norm, ... Read more

March 4, 2024

RPAS in Canada: A Time for Reinvention

Bits and Pieces

Bits and Pieces contributor Michael J. Martin discusses drones and the proposed regulation changes coming soon. ... Read more

March 4, 2024March 8, 2024

That Fatal Night 60 Years Ago

Bits and Pieces

Remembering a Canadian aviation pioneer on the anniversary of his tragic death six decades ago. ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Missouri Wittman W-10 Tailwind

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Michael D. Wilson takes us through the three-decade build of his W-10 Tailwind. ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

The Bigger Picture

Flying Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the importance of examining the airplane as a whole during the preflight. ... Read more

February 29, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Polaris Dawn Commander Jared Isaacman

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by pilot, astronaut, and entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, EAA Lifetime 876775, who commanded the SpaceX Inspiration4 spaceflight in 2021 ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Soaring After My Dream

Youth & Young Eagles

It all began on May 30, 2012, when I stepped onto a United Airlines Airbus A320 for the first time. At the time I was only four years old going ... Read more

February 26, 2024

A-1 Skyraider Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Speaker Series

Retired Lt. Col. John Larrison, a pilot of some of the first A-1 Skyraider missions over Vietnam, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. John, EAA 23138, ... Read more

February 22, 2024February 23, 2024

Building Your Airplane

Homebuilding

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses some items to consider when planning out your aircraft build. ... Read more

February 22, 2024

ORD Airport Watch

Member Stories

Come behind the scenes at O’Hare International Airport and discover how planespotting inspires The Spirit of Aviation in the “avgeeks” of the ORD Airport Watch, a nonprofit group dedicated to ... Read more

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

My Dream of Flying

Member Stories

One EAA member shares her inspiring path from sleeping on the streets to flying high in the sky in her homebuilt Midget Mustang. ... Read more

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

A Challenging Summer

Ultralights

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor George Karamitis discusses some of the health issues that sidelined him for AirVenture 2023 as well as flying his beloved Quicksilver. ... Read more

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

Galesburg

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his favorite event of the year — the National Stearman Fly-In. ... Read more

February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Blue Angels Panel

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Hal are joined by Capt. Greg Wooldridge, the Blue Angels’ commander in 1991-92, and Mat Garretson, who is the print historian ... Read more

February 7, 2024February 7, 2024

EAA’s Attic — Clyde Lee Flight to Oslo Commemorative Postcard and Photo

Attic

Printed in 1932, this postcard shows the proposed route that Oshkosh native Clyde Lee planned to take from the United States to Norway. Lee campaigned for his red 1928 Stinson ... Read more