March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

EAA Chapter 977’s Successful Young Eagles Workshops

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

By Mark Wiencek, EAA 96072 Here is an update about EAA Chapter 977, located in Lake City, Florida, on Cannon Creek Airpark (15FL). Although we have had great success with ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Panther Sport

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Louis Rosner, EAA Lifetime 422425 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This is my Panther Sport built from a Sport ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 27, 2025

Elements of Survival

Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As part of our ... Read more

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body

Chapters, Member Stories

Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body A tale of EAA Chapter 878, 501(c)(3), and two(!!) hangars By Wayne Flury, EAA Lifetime 117059 In 2016, I led the ... Read more

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Dwayne Waters

Volunteers

By Christopher Gauger, EAA 746128, EAA Chapter Field Representative I This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Dwayne Waters, EAA 422289, has ... Read more

March 12, 2025March 18, 2025

The Technical Counselor Advantage

Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911  This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Readers of this column know that ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

Flying the Superior Shoreline

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Kevin Szalapski, EAA 792226 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. All winter long, I had envisioned a long cross-country flight with ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

So Many Choices

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

We’re Out of Gas

Member Stories

Story by Heidi Axum, EAA Lifetime 1462447; Photos courtesy of Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 You would think with all the talking pilots do with air traffic controllers and with ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — NASA Flight Director Ronak Dave

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Hal are joined by Ronak Dave, who is a flight director with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; Chapter 154 Regina\ In the process of building our RV-10, there are many decisions to make on avionics and other ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 5, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Easier and More Convenient?

Bits and Pieces

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266 Montreal “Just what part of ‘Easier and More Convenient’ do you not understand?” That was the comic strip’s punchline that inspired me to ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

Taildraggers – A Look Back

Bits and Pieces

By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102, Vancouver, British Columbia Like most who were student pilots in the early 1980s, I trained in a Cessna 150. In February of ‘82, I began ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 5, 2025

Border Airports

Bits and Pieces

By Chris Strube, EAA 738689; Lillooet, British Columbia; CYLI, Member, BCGA Shortly after becoming a pilot in 1981, I got a lesson in diplomacy. Coutts/Ross International Airport (CEP4) was an ... Read more

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

The Red Devil Lives On

Member Stories

By Michael Golden, EAA 623692 There comes a time in our lives when we have to move on from one chapter to another as a result of circumstances beyond our control. ... Read more

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Youth Aircraft Build Comes Full Circle

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

Story and photography by Devin Wilson In 2019, Naples Youth Aviation Project was launched by EAA Chapter 1067. Nineteen of us, including myself, joined as youth builders to construct a ... Read more

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Trophy From First Wisconsin Air Race

Attic

This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   On June 15, 1930, 30,000 people attended Wisconsin’s first state-sponsored air race. Events included a ... Read more

February 27, 2025March 5, 2025

Was I Wrong?

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Are straight-in approaches good or bad? ... Read more

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025

C-130 Navigator to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ret. Lt. Col. Anita Mack is the next speaker in the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. Anita will share her experiences as a navigator on the C-130 during Operation Enduring ... Read more

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

Oshkosh to Mission Control

EAA Museum

By Cindi Pokorny, EAA Youth Education Center Educator It’s one thing to be in the place where history happened; it’s another entirely to be in that place with one of ... Read more

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Mooney M20F

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By John Keating, EAA Lifetime 765326 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   In March 2006, it was time to buy my ... Read more

February 19, 2025February 24, 2025

Subtle Distractions

Flying Tips

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was a blue ... Read more

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Judy Knight

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Coming from Alaska every year, Judy Knight is a proud volunteer at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and ... Read more

February 13, 2025February 18, 2025

Not a Mechanic?

Homebuilding

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “Here’s my credit card.” “Thanks. That ... Read more

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

WingSouth and Young Eagles a Winning Team

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

Story and photos by Kelly Jeffries, EAA 660759 EAA Chapter 1067 in Naples, Florida, is a very active chapter focused on the future of aviation, and the cornerstone is our ... Read more