May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

The P-51 That Couldn’t Fly

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By John Klassen, EAA 781675, Headingly, Manitoba; Lyncrest EAA Chapter 63 member Who doesn’t like hearing about stories from WWII where the P-51 pilots were the aces that turned the ... Read more

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

A Mission With the “End in Mind” That Has a Plan B Built In: Part 2

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta, Canada Read part 1 here. Challenges hit me hard! One after the other big time, ... Read more

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025

My Cessna of 50 Years!

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Alan Farrell, Truro, Nova Scotia A 73-year-old vintage Cessna and 1,500 feet of green grass. You turn on your lights and make all the calls, and, so far, no ... Read more

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

An Idea for Youth Aviation Education Bears Fruit

Member Stories

By Michael Friend, EAA 51201 Eight or nine years ago, your author and Joel Mapes of EAA Chapter 406 in Bremerton, Washington, had an idea to create something that went ... Read more

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

The Reality

Member Stories, Ultralights

By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Folks, I am going through a most difficult time. I ... Read more

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

Out With the Carb and in With Injection

Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   One of the most often ... Read more

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Race Pilot Skip Holm

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Connor are joined by Skip Holm, a highly accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race ... Read more

April 25, 2025April 25, 2025

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Ret. CW5 Dick Hanusa, an experienced Army helicopter pilot, is the next speaker in EAA’s Speaker Series. Dick will share his experiences from two tours in Vietnam flying the UH-1, ... Read more

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Mosquito Mission

Member Stories

By Gustavo J. Mas, EAA Lifetime 853532 I had just recently moved to Florida’s Gulf Coast and was enjoying some early morning salt water fishing near New Pass on Fort ... Read more

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Chasing Airspeed

Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   One of the most common ... Read more

April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

EAA’s Attic — M-18 Dromader Banner

Attic

This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This banner celebrates an aircraft that is perhaps not as well-known stateside. The PZL M-18 ... Read more

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio RANS S-21 Outbound

Member Stories

By Randy Brooks, EAA Lifetime 165320 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   It all started with my dad taking me for ... Read more

April 17, 2025April 24, 2025

Don’t Get Goosed

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The shroud of morning ... Read more

April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

Filling the Void

Member Stories

EAA members come in all shapes and forms with diverse backgrounds and reasons for falling in love with aviation. For many members, their background is in military aviation. But what ... Read more

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — The La Roche Family

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Andrew La Roche, EAA Lifetime 479669, volunteers at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh working for the trams, ... Read more

April 9, 2025April 14, 2025

Common Sense Applied to Maintenance and Airworthiness

Member Stories

Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Steve Krog’s “Common Sense” commentary in the ... Read more

April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

Early Days of Ultralight Flight

Member Stories, Ultralights

By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as ... Read more

April 1, 2025April 3, 2025

Surviving Bad Judgment

Member Stories

Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   For the August 2024 issue of ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

The Wizardry of OZ

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560 Wizardry:      (noun) wi-zər-drē; surprising and/or clever accomplishment. Requiring significant skill and expertise. OZ:                 (noun) ˈoʊ zɑrks; an area of low mountains in northwestern ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 31, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Air Cadets — Canada’s Best-Kept Secret, Part 1 of 2

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266 Montreal I’m often surprised how few parents know of the Air Cadet program in this country. That’s a real shame given its history ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2 How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; EAA Chapter 154, ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Eagles Aerobatic Team Ferry Pilot Jeff Kilponen

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Jeff Kilponen, EAA Lifetime 71124, who was a ferry pilot for the legendary Eagles Aerobatic Team, which ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Lafayette Escadrille Pilot’s French and Italian Pilot Certificates

Attic

This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Leonard M. Reno was one of the few Americans who entered World War I before ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

A Star-Struck Young Eagle

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 31, 2025

Approach and Landing

Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently attended an FAA safety ... Read more