February 25, 2026February 25, 2026

Volunteer Spotlight — Tina Druskins

Member Stories, Volunteers

Tina Druskins, EAA Lifetime 1060950, has long been inspired by aviation, having grown up with a flight instructor for a mom. Now as a first officer for United Airlines flying ... Read more

February 20, 2026February 26, 2026

Commemorative Air Force Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series, Warbirds

The EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series continues to bring the many facets of aviation to life, and our next speaker is no different. On Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m., ... Read more

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Cessna O-2A

Member Stories, Warbirds

By Rick Allen Basiliere Jr., EAA 517981 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I have all, as best I can tell, of ... Read more

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

Chapter 455 Members Mentor High School Students

Chapters, Homebuilding, Youth Outreach

By John Epley, EAA 1000840, Chapter 455 President In January, members of Enid High School’s Tango Flight aviation program celebrated the completion of its first airplane at a ceremony in ... Read more

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

How One Individual Made a Difference

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Bill Frank, EAA 1059029 John Bone, EAA Lifetime 1229642, a retired Delta Air Lines captain, has a long list of aviation accomplishments and awards. These include numerous type ratings, ... Read more

February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

What Aviators Are Made Of: A Story of Fabric, History, and the Future

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

By Jessica Schaefer, EAA 1284501 Art by Carissa Photopoulos, Photopoulos Family Photography It’s almost 11 a.m. on Friday, and the weekend is still not warming up. My phone has been ... Read more

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Why I Fly an Ultralight

Member Stories, Ultralights, Why We Fly

By Jenna Rose, EAA 1576771 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Like many people, I spent many years dreaming about taking part ... Read more

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

EAA’s Attic — A-27 Horizontal Stabilizer

Attic, Warbirds

This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The relatively unknown North American A-27 was a ground attack variant of the AT-6 Texan, built ... Read more

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Dad’s Diorama

Honoring The Past, Member Stories

By Mike Chiavetta, EAA 1155347 My dad, Frank Peter Chiavetta, and his weathered logbook claimed he flew a B-24 Liberator many times over Iwo Jima. For a Father’s Day gift, ... Read more

February 12, 2026February 12, 2026

EAA Chapter 63 Members Building an Emeraude

Chapters, Homebuilding

By EAA Chapter 63 Members Building an Emeraude Taking over an abandoned project like the Emeraude means taking over unknown problems. So, you do need to ask yourself before taking ... Read more

February 5, 2026February 10, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Illinois Van’s Aircraft RV-6A

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I’m a fourth-generation pilot and third-generation A&P mechanic, so there was ... Read more

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

EAA’s The Green Dot — Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields Website Founder Paul Freeman

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Grace are joined by Paul Freeman, who founded the long-running Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields website, which chronicles vanished or abandoned airfields ... Read more

February 5, 2026February 5, 2026

EAA Chapter 1710 Receives Donated Hi-Max Aircraft Kit

Chapters, Homebuilding

By Mathieu Labs, President, EAA Chapter 1710 On Saturday, January 24, 2026, EAA Chapter 1710 of Clintonville, Wisconsin, proudly received a donated Hi-Max aircraft kit. The generous donor, a long-standing ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

eVTOLs: When Can I Buy Mine?

EAA Canada

By Michael J. Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario Introduction In Canada, the short version is eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) will be treated as real aircraft, operated under Transport ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

My Fabulous Trip to Museums in Speyer and Sinsheim, Germany

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Jim Bell, EAA 543641, EAA Chapter 63, Lyncrest, Manitoba Speyer and Sinsheim are small cities in southern Germany. Speyer has a population of about 50,000 and Sinsheim about 37,000. ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Paused, Not Abandoned

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA Lifetime 1549613, Toronto, Ontario If you walk into my garage today expecting to see a nearly finished RV-10, you may be disappointed. If you walk ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

How I Won a Ray Aviation Scholarship

EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

By Tyler Wurm, Winnipeg, Manitoba Background and Motivation I am 18 years old, and although I did not initially plan to become a pilot, my interest in aviation developed over ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Alberta Air Tours

EAA Canada

By Dina Jammaz, President, Alberta Air Tours; Air Traffic Controller, NAV CANADA; Director of Community Engagement, Elevate Aviation We hope you had a great year of flying and all things ... Read more

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

A Beautiful Stearman Restoration

EAA Canada, Vintage

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia A long time ago and not very far away, there was a tall skinny teenager hanging out at Delta Airpark. Kevin Maher rode his ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Volunteer Spotlight — Tim and Liz Popp

Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Tim, EAA Lifetime 317633, and Liz, EAA Lifetime 1486815, Popp are a dynamic husband-and-wife team who ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

It Comes Back Around

Member Stories, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

By Joshua Tocko, EAA 104822 Most pilots get into flying just for the kicks — the thrill of being up there, chasing horizons. Some turn it into a full-blown career, ... Read more

January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

EAA Chapter 973 Revival

Chapters

Story and photography by Neil Bowden, EAA Chapter 973 EAA Chapter 973, based at Jack Taylor Airfield in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, South Africa, experienced a dramatic and long-overdue resurrection ... Read more

January 26, 2026January 29, 2026

Jolly Green Giant Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

John Duffy, who flew the Sikorsky HH-3E helicopter during the Vietnam War, will present about his experiences in the Jolly Green Giant as part of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker ... Read more

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Indiana Cessna 172

Member Stories, Vintage

By Chris Demopoulos, EAA 753405 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I began flying in 1999 to satisfy my lifelong curiosity and ... Read more

January 20, 2026January 20, 2026

How an EAA Chapter Can Utilize a Local Makerspace

Chapters, Tips

By Mary Baker, EAA Lifetime 731258, EAA Chapter 846 (Wadsworth, OH) Nobody knows how to make the most of every dime better than a nonprofit. When two nonprofits work together, ... Read more