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December 18, 2024October 17, 2025

Part 61 or Part 141?

Learn to Fly
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Learning to fly under FAR Part ... Read more
December 18, 2024October 17, 2025

How to Say “Thanks” for the Gift of Flight

Learn to Fly, Member Stories
By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, EAA Chapter 96 A Ray Aviation Scholarship is the best Christmas gift ever. I recently received the Ray Aviation Scholarship from EAA. When I went ... Read more
December 16, 2024October 17, 2025

Ray Scholar Lola Waldrep Solos

Milestones, Youth Outreach
By Gary Brossett, EAA Lifetime 375866, EAA Chapter 677 President Lola Waldrep, EAA 1399617, soloed a Cessna 172N on November 24, 2024, at Lanett Regional Airport in Alabama. When she ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — California Mooney M20

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Richard Brown, EAA 1266320 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My wife and I were sitting in an Oklahoma City hotel ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 20, 2025

An Uphill (and Downhill) Struggle

Tips
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For a newly minted ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 20, 2025

Lt. Tanner Matheny and Olivia: A Pilot and a Plane

Member Stories
Story and photography by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 A young man’s dream began at age 14 after his first ride in a T-6 Texan. Under the ... Read more
December 12, 2024October 17, 2025

Velocity to Become New EAA Welcome Sign

EAA Museum, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Paul Barber, EAA 139692, got plenty of joy flying his Velocity that he built over a four-year period more than 20 years ago. Now that airplane will ... Read more
December 5, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Kyle Breon

Member Stories, Volunteers
This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Kyle Breon, EAA 1335139, has been coming to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh pretty much since he was ... Read more
December 5, 2024October 20, 2025

Plansbuilt or Kit?

Homebuilding, Tips
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. If you were one of the ... Read more
December 5, 2024October 17, 2025

Sharing His Passion!

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
By Gary Brossett, EAA Lifetime 375866 On October 26, Hudson Williams, EAA 1618429, joined the ranks of EAA Chapter 677 youths that have flown Young Eagles, introducing six area young ... Read more
December 4, 2024October 20, 2025

High River Build Group: Osprey Amphib

EAA Canada, Homebuilding
By Dennis Fox, EAA 1030810, EAA Chapter 1410 EAA Chapter 1410 in High River, Alberta, has been a hotbed of homebuilding for many years, and it continues today. Every chapter ... Read more
December 4, 2024October 20, 2025

Mountain Destinations: Stave Lake, British Columbia

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent discussion about flying through British Columbia’s mountains from the Coastal Range to the Rockies brought to mind somewhere that is a little ... Read more
December 4, 2024October 20, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Avoid “Blushing,” but Don’t Be Shy

EAA Canada, Homebuilding, Tips
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal I think the thing that impresses me about EAA is that most everyone is a DIYer. There literally isn’t any subject in ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 17, 2025

Rarified Air

Member Stories, Ultralights
By Nathan Finneman, EAA 1459460 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Setting records has always been an interest of mine, being good ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 17, 2025

Becoming a New Amateur-Built Aircraft Owner

Homebuilding, Tips
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I mentioned I would continue with ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 31, 2025

Young Eagles Take Flight at Wings of Hope

Chapters, Youth Outreach
By Carol Enright, Wings of Hope At a hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) in Chesterfield, Missouri, EAA Chapter 1675 and aviation nonprofit Wings of Hope have forged ... Read more
November 25, 2024October 17, 2025

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 3

Member Stories, Volunteers
Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of this series, we made a 75-pound blank, and in Part 2 we made a propeller duplicating ... Read more
November 21, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — EAA 1969 Sport Aviation Convention Pennant

Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it ... Read more
November 21, 2024October 16, 2025

Frustrations and Questionable Training

Member Stories, Tips
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. AirVenture is a time for me ... Read more
November 21, 2024October 31, 2025

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 2

Chapters, Member Stories, Volunteers
Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of making this BIG propeller, I wrote about the purchase of 271 pounds of cherry wood and ... Read more
November 14, 2024October 31, 2025

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant: Part 1

Chapters, Volunteers
By Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In the title you may notice two things. First, the word “BIG,” and second, “Part 1.” Well, these two ... Read more
November 13, 2024October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Washington Van’s Aircraft RV-7

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael “Z” Zyskowski, EAA 669825 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When the August issue of EAA Sport Aviation landed on ... Read more
November 13, 2024October 20, 2025

Bad Choices

Tips
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every now and then ... Read more
November 13, 2024October 31, 2025

Flying Blind

Chapters, Youth Outreach
By Ginger Jabour, EAA 1465016, EAA Chapter 288 Newsletter Editor “What is an airplane? I hear them and someone tried to explain it to me, but I don’t get it.” ... Read more
November 13, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Director of Flight Proficiency Jeremy Desruisseaux

Learn to Fly, Podcast
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by Jeremy Desruisseaux, EAA’s director of flight proficiency programs, to talk about EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center, which opened ... Read more

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