September 5, 2024October 31, 2025

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

Chapters, Youth Outreach

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, 2024October 31, 2025

From Wheels to Wings: A Young Eagle’s Story

Chapters, Youth Outreach

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, 2024October 28, 2025

Uncover the Months Following 9/11 at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, 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, 2024October 17, 2025

Fulfilling My Dream of Becoming a Pilot!

EAA Canada, 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, 2024October 20, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Dad

EAA Canada, 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, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Discussing Bazooka Charlie

Podcast, Warbirds

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, 2024October 29, 2025

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, 2024October 16, 2025

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, 2024October 31, 2025

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

Chapters, Youth Outreach

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, 2024October 20, 2025

EAA Air Academy 2024 From the Deuce Lucas Crew

AirVenture, Member Stories, Youth Outreach

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, 2024October 20, 2025

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, 2024October 16, 2025

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, 2024October 28, 2025

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

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past

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, 2024October 31, 2025

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, 2024October 20, 2025

Getting Help

Homebuilding, Tips

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, 2024October 20, 2025

The Debbie Franceus Memorial Aviation Foundation Presents 2024 Aviation Spirit Award

Member Stories, Why We Fly

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, 2024October 31, 2025

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

August 9, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — U.S. Coast Guard Pilot Tom Cooper

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris are joined by Tom Cooper, a retired commanding officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, to discuss some of the life-saving ... Read more

August 8, 2024October 17, 2025

Oil in Strange Places

Tips, Ultralights

By Kenneth Florence, EAA 1509968 This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In March 2024, I purchased a fine example of a Leonard ... Read more

August 8, 2024October 17, 2025

The Quest for More Light

Homebuilding, Tips

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When it comes to landing our ... Read more

August 8, 2024October 31, 2025

441 Supports Airport Open House

Chapters, Member Stories

By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, Chapter 441 Newsletter Editor Like all airports, Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, depends on the goodwill of the people living in this small town ... Read more

August 8, 2024October 16, 2025

VerdeGo Aero Drives Hybrid Solutions

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Jim Roberts When most people think about electric aircraft, they think about batteries. But according to the folks at VerdeGo Aero, “Batteries are great at delivering power in short ... Read more

August 8, 2024October 20, 2025

Father and Son Duo Celebrate 30 Years at AirVenture

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Angela Satterlee Barry, EAA Lifetime 151119, and Erwin Jay, EAA 139663, were back for another year at AirVenture! 2024 officially marked the 30th anniversary of the duo attending Oshkosh ... Read more

August 1, 2024October 20, 2025

Canada Is Now Electrified

EAA Canada

By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599 The concept of electric airplanes in Canada, particularly demonstrated by the Pipistrel Velis Electro at EAA AirVenture 2024, highlights an innovative shift in aviation. This ... Read more

August 1, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — XP-51 Ammo Can

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This XP-51 ammo can is an original component from the EAA Aviation Museum’s North American XP-51 ... Read more