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December 28, 2017December 27, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 8 – Landings

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady goes through eight pattern flights in this lesson, six of which he landed.

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December 27, 2017December 27, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 7 – Practicing Emergencies

Earning Wings Video Blog
This lesson was Brady’s first flight in wintry conditions. The cold air and strong winds made taking off in the Remos feel more like lift off! Brady’s instructor introduced him ... Read more
December 27, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Joe Engle

Podcast

Astronaut and X-15 pilot Joe Engle recounts several fascinating stories from his legendary aviation career.

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December 22, 2017December 18, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 6 – Talking to the Tower

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady navigates to another airport and communicates on the radio for the first time.

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December 21, 2017November 7, 2025

Aviation Vacation

Member Stories

EAA’s staff photographer shares the aviation photos he took on a recent vacation to Texas.

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December 21, 2017December 18, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 5 – Ground Reference Maneuvers

Earning Wings Video Blog

In this lesson Brady was introduced to ground reference maneuvers and brought along a GPS logger.

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December 20, 2017October 29, 2025

P-12 Replica Comes to EAA Museum With Help From Chapter 17

Chapters, EAA Museum

EAA Chapter 17 helps disassemble a family’s P-12 replica for delivery to the EAA Aviation Museum.

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December 20, 2017November 6, 2025

The Journey to Checkride

Youth Outreach

The 2017 Phillips 66 EAA Scholarship recipient shares how the award has helped him achieve his dreams of flight.

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December 20, 2017November 3, 2025

Memory Lane

AirVenture, Honoring The Past, Vintage

Take a stroll down memory lane as we revisit the Vintage aircraft area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017.

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December 19, 2017

Chapter 124 Assists With Wildfire Relief Efforts

Chapters
In times of need, EAA chapters are often one of the first groups to step forward and assist their local community. This was no different following the devastating wildfires in ... Read more
December 19, 2017December 18, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 4 – Stalls, Stalls, and More Stalls

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady covers what it’s like to practice slow flight in a variety of conditions, plus a lot of stall practicing.

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December 18, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 3 – Stalls, Steep Turns, Slow Flight

Earning Wings Video Blog

In this lesson, Brady practiced steep turns, this time trying to hold altitude, slow flight, stalls, and landing.

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December 18, 2017November 5, 2025

Kyle’s Falco Takes Flight

Chapters, Homebuilding, Why We Fly

An EAA chapter helps make a special scratchbuilt Falco fly.

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December 16, 2017November 6, 2025

Southern Hospitality

Chapters, Youth Outreach

Chapter 1494 inspires the next generation of aviators above Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.

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December 13, 2017October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Meagan Flannigan

Podcast, Warbirds

U.S. Navy fighter pilot Meagan Flannigan joined EAA’s The Green Dot podcast to discuss her career in military aviation and more.

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December 13, 2017November 5, 2025

The Businessliner

Honoring The Past, Vintage

Cessna’s 195 Businessliner turned 70 years old this year, and we joined the fly-in celebration at Stearman Field (1K1) in Benton, Kansas.

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December 13, 2017November 5, 2025

Fleet Dreams — Part 2

EAA Canada, Vintage

Geoff Pritchard picked up his Fleet Model 2 in Oshkosh in 2012 and has spent the last five years perfecting this aircraft.

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December 13, 2017October 28, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring – Georgia Baby Lakes

Homebuilding, Member Stories
In the summer of 2016, Bill Walker, owner of Golden Isles Aviation and project organizer, approached the membership of EAA Chapter 905 to see if it would take on the ... Read more
December 12, 2017November 5, 2025

Older Moth!

EAA Canada, Vintage

Someone asked, “Are there any older aircraft in Canada than Geoff Pritchard’s 1930 Fleet Model 2?” Not to discredit Geoff’s gorgeous plane, but I know of at least one.

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December 12, 2017

Earning Wings: Flight 2 – Steep Turns, Slow Flight

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady talks about some fun parts of his flight — especially the steep turns. Banking at 45 degrees was quite the sensation for him!

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December 12, 2017

Chapter 66 Celebrates 50 Years

Chapters

Making dreams come true in Fort Myers, Florida, since 1967.

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December 7, 2017November 7, 2025

SkyRanger Partnership Provides Affordable Way to Fly

Chapters, Member Stories

An EAA member’s airplane partnership keeps costs down.

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December 7, 2017November 4, 2025

Combat Veteran C-47 Flies Again

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

From the Battle of the Bulge to a museum in Florida, this C-47 has seen it all.

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December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Flying the Yosemite Valley in an Open-Cockpit Gyroplane

Member Stories, Why We Fly

An EAA member shares his memorable flight over one of our country’s national parks.

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December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Tractor Parts and Humble Pie

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A bush pilot revisits a flight that brought with it a memorable learning experience.

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