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September 19, 2024September 24, 2024

A New Set of Factors

Tips
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. We don’t have to ... Read more
September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Uncomfortable Is Good

Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Matt Ringen, EAA 1304226 “Uncomfortable is good, stay there,” was the response I received from a flying mentor as he recognized I was at the very edge of my ... Read more
September 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Honesty at AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories
By Frank Hemko, EAA 569315 I’m 74 years old and have visited AirVenture six times since I retired. My 29-year career flying as captain on UPS B-727s, B-757s, and B-767s ... Read more
September 12, 2024September 16, 2024

Buying a Flying Homebuilt: The Top Five Mistakes

Homebuilding, Tips
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An unexpressed thought sometimes hides like ... Read more
September 12, 2024September 12, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Craig Olson

AirVenture, EAA Museum, Volunteers
This piece originally ran in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Craig Olson, EAA 116636, is the chairman of the Emergency Aircraft Repair team at AirVenture, a ... Read more
September 12, 2024September 12, 2024

A Pilot, a Passion, a Calling

Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Sharon Puschmann, EAA 1382843 Pilots come in all shapes and sizes with different motivations, drives, and desires. Some are inspired by family members, military ambitions, or dreams of becoming ... Read more
September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

Don’t Let the Old Man In

Member Stories, Ultralights
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The song “Don’t Let the Old Man In” by Toby Keith ... Read more
September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

The Importance of Service Bulletins

Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In May’s column I promised an ... Read more
September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

It Takes a Village (Or Two EAA Chapters) to Raise a Pilot

Chapters, Member Stories
By Gary Ludeke, EAA 199851 This is a story about an 18-year-old young man, Jakin Messer, EAA 1293775, who is very passionate about having a career as an airline pilot. He ... Read more
September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

From Wheels to Wings: A Young Eagle’s Story

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By John Muhle, EAA 1360048, EAA Chapter 289 President It was Wings and Wheels in the summer of 2022, and a young man had made plans to attend the event ... Read more
September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

Uncover the Months Following 9/11 at Museum Speaker Series

History, Speaker Series
By Emme Hornung Returning from the 2023 edition of the 9/11 Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Charles R. Blaich brings with him colleague and friend Dr. Michael ... Read more
September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Fulfilling My Dream of Becoming a Pilot!

Bits and Pieces, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Tristan da Cunha Monday, July 17, 2023, is a day I vividly remember. The VFR flight conditions were textbook perfect. It was on this day that I flew my ... Read more
September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Ruffled Feathers: Dad

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal My father, Bill Wyman, passed away a year ago this past August. He was 87. A year later, I am left with ... Read more
August 29, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Discussing Bazooka Charlie

Podcast
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Jim Busha, EAA’s vice president of publications, membership, and retail, to talk about his latest book, Bazooka ... Read more
August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

EAA’s Attic — Amelia Earhart Hallmark Doll

Attic, EAA Museum
This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In 1979, more than 40 years after she made her historic solo flight across the Atlantic ... Read more
August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

Safe Flight … or Not!

Member Stories, Tips
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Would you consider yourself a safe, ... Read more
August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

From Dust to Display: Creating a Cutaway Engine to Inspire Young Aviators

EAA Museum, Youth & Young Eagles
By Bob Hunt, Technical Counselor, EAA Chapter 13 Imagine finding a forgotten treasure in your garage — an old airplane engine, gathering dust. That’s exactly what happened to our chapter. ... Read more
August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

EAA Air Academy 2024 From the Deuce Lucas Crew

AirVenture, Member Stories
By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, Chapter 76 This summer, Lucas Garcia and I were selected for the Cajun Aviation Camp Scholarship. Every year they choose one guy and one girl ... Read more
August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Missouri Glasair Sportsman

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Keith Eisberg, EAA Lifetime 1136501 This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My SkyRocket, a kitbuilt Glasair Sportsman, is my first kitbuilt ... Read more
August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

A Cloud of Confusion

Member Stories
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was years ago ... Read more
August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

Reintroducing Solar Riser: The World’s First Crewed Solar-Powered Aircraft

AirVenture, EAA Museum, History
By Angela Satterlee On June 28, the EAA Aviation Museum welcomed back the Mauro Solar Riser aircraft, the world’s first crewed ultralight powered by solar energy. It is on display ... Read more
August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Gale Guilette

EAA Museum, Volunteers
This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Gale Guilette, EAA 128629, is helping keep aviation history alive, one sheet of metal at a ... Read more
August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Getting Help

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “Now that you’re a pilot, you ... Read more
August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

The Debbie Franceus Memorial Aviation Foundation Presents 2024 Aviation Spirit Award

Member Stories
By Mike Franceus In front of a crowd of approximately 300 pilots, friends, and family members, The Debbie Franceus Memorial Aviation Foundation presented its 2024 Aviation Spirit Award to Larry ... Read more
August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

Kamp Plakkerfontein: The South African Chapter’s AirVenture 2024 Experience

AirVenture, Chapters
By Athol Franz, EAA 680260 Having spent 23 years attending AirVenture camping with Neil Bowden’s South African group, once again this year I have been like a young boy all ... Read more

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