March 19, 2024October 29, 2025

Ray Aviation Scholar at EAA Chapter 534 Earns Private Pilot Certificate

Chapters, Milestones

Luke Nunez recently passed his checkride and received his private pilot certificate. Luke has been involved with EAA Chapter 534 for four years. While a member of the aviation youth ... Read more

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

An Aviatrix’s Legacy — Joan Trefethen Alford

Member Stories

Joan Trefethen Alford, EAA 1019, was a trailblazing aviator – she was the first woman to build and test fly a homebuilt aircraft, and the first woman to fly in ... Read more

March 14, 2024October 29, 2025

Round ’n Round It Goes

Tips, Ultralights

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray talks about planning for engine failures while in the pattern. ... Read more

March 14, 2024October 17, 2025

Understanding CHTs and EGTs

From The Hangar Floor

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses exhaust gas temperatures and cylinder head temperatures and when to be concerned about them. ... Read more

March 7, 2024October 28, 2025

EAA’s Attic — American Airlines Stewardess Uniform, 1969

Attic, EAA Museum

Complete vintage stewardess uniforms are hard to come by, and the EAA Aviation Museum is lucky to have this recent donation in its collection. From 1969, this is the American ... Read more

March 7, 2024March 12, 2024

Bounce, Bounce, #$%&*

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses bounced landings and how to handle them. ... Read more

March 7, 2024

Young Eagles Milestone — Tom Trumble Flies 1,000

Youth Outreach

Tom Trumble, EAA 103048, really didn’t think too much about the number of Young Eagles he flew over the years as the experiences and smiles from the kids were the ... Read more

March 5, 2024

Werner Griesbeck Obituary

Member Stories

Most Canadians work quietly at their jobs, not requesting or expecting acknowledgement of any kind. However, there are those who must be recognised as their efforts far exceed the norm, ... Read more

March 4, 2024November 4, 2025

RPAS in Canada: A Time for Reinvention

EAA Canada

Bits and Pieces contributor Michael J. Martin discusses drones and the proposed regulation changes coming soon. ... Read more

March 4, 2024November 4, 2025

That Fatal Night 60 Years Ago

EAA Canada, Honoring The Past

Remembering a Canadian aviation pioneer on the anniversary of his tragic death six decades ago. ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Missouri Wittman W-10 Tailwind

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Michael D. Wilson takes us through the three-decade build of his W-10 Tailwind. ... Read more

February 29, 2024October 17, 2025

The Bigger Picture

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the importance of examining the airplane as a whole during the preflight. ... Read more

February 29, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Polaris Dawn Commander Jared Isaacman

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by pilot, astronaut, and entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, EAA Lifetime 876775, who commanded the SpaceX Inspiration4 spaceflight in 2021 ... Read more

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

Soaring After My Dream

Youth Outreach

It all began on May 30, 2012, when I stepped onto a United Airlines Airbus A320 for the first time. At the time I was only four years old going ... Read more

February 26, 2024October 29, 2025

A-1 Skyraider Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Retired Lt. Col. John Larrison, a pilot of some of the first A-1 Skyraider missions over Vietnam, is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. John, EAA 23138, ... Read more

February 22, 2024November 4, 2025

Building Your Airplane

Homebuilding, Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses some items to consider when planning out your aircraft build. ... Read more

February 22, 2024

ORD Airport Watch

Member Stories

Come behind the scenes at O’Hare International Airport and discover how planespotting inspires The Spirit of Aviation in the “avgeeks” of the ORD Airport Watch, a nonprofit group dedicated to ... Read more

February 15, 2024February 15, 2024

My Dream of Flying

Member Stories

One EAA member shares her inspiring path from sleeping on the streets to flying high in the sky in her homebuilt Midget Mustang. ... Read more

February 14, 2024October 29, 2025

A Challenging Summer

Ultralights

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor George Karamitis discusses some of the health issues that sidelined him for AirVenture 2023 as well as flying his beloved Quicksilver. ... Read more

February 14, 2024October 16, 2025

Galesburg

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his favorite event of the year — the National Stearman Fly-In. ... Read more

February 14, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Blue Angels Panel

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Hal are joined by Capt. Greg Wooldridge, the Blue Angels’ commander in 1991-92, and Mat Garretson, who is the print historian ... Read more

February 7, 2024October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Clyde Lee Flight to Oslo Commemorative Postcard and Photo

Attic, EAA Museum

Printed in 1932, this postcard shows the proposed route that Oshkosh native Clyde Lee planned to take from the United States to Norway. Lee campaigned for his red 1928 Stinson ... Read more

February 7, 2024November 5, 2025

Checkrides

Learn to Fly, Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses some of the issues designated pilot examiners are coming across during checkrides. ... Read more

February 7, 2024October 20, 2025

Becoming Corie

Member Stories, Why We Fly

One EAA member chronicles her unique path to aviation – a story of overcoming a lifelong illness and receiving her medical certificate, and how an internet scammer unknowingly inspired it ... Read more

February 7, 2024October 28, 2025

Air Show Performer Matt Younkin to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, Speaker Series

Matt Younkin, an aerobatic air show extraordinaire, makes a return to Oshkosh for a different kind of show — this time on stage rather than in the sky. As the ... Read more