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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, 2024November 6, 2025

ORD Airport Watch

Member Stories, Why We Fly
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
February 5, 2024November 4, 2025

Aging Pilots

EAA Canada, Member Stories
Bits and Pieces contributor Mike Davenport reflects on the challenges he’s experienced as an older pilot. ... Read more
February 5, 2024November 4, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Close Calls — Expect the Unexpected

EAA Canada, Tips
Bits and Pieces contributor John Wyman discusses a couple of the more precarious situations he’s found himself in over the years. ... Read more
February 1, 2024February 1, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Texas Van’s Aircraft RV-10

Homebuilding
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA Lifetime member Steve Lutte takes us through the build of his RV-10, which he completed in an impressive 30 months. ... Read more
February 1, 2024November 6, 2025

Into Thin Air

Tips
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses high-altitude flying and how to combat the dangers it can pose. ... Read more
February 1, 2024November 6, 2025

Reaching for the Sky

Chapters, Youth Outreach
Since 1992, more than 2.3 million youths have taken their first ride in an airplane through the EAA Young Eagles program. At the Wausau Downtown Airport in Wausau, Wisconsin, dedicated ... Read more
February 1, 2024November 6, 2025

Hundreds of Happy Kids

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach
Dorinda Morpeth, EAA 637600, can’t get enough of flying Young Eagles. We wrote about her a few years ago after her 300th Young Eagles flight, and now she’s back, celebrating ... Read more
January 25, 2024October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Museum Creative Director Ami Eckard-Lee

Podcast
This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Ami Eckard-Lee, who is the creative director at the Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin, to chat about the ... Read more
January 25, 2024October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Cliff Chetwin

Member Stories, Volunteers
Cliff Chetwin, EAA Lifetime 429238, is a retired aviation program manager for the National Park Service and continues to educate others and spread The Spirit of Aviation through volunteerism. ... Read more
January 25, 2024January 31, 2024

Aging Aircraft

From The Hangar Floor
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses tips for preflighting older aircraft. ... Read more
January 25, 2024November 6, 2025

A Challenge for Chapters

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth Outreach
My grandpa introduced his family to EAA Chapter 377 because of his passion for aviation. With that, he brought another three generations into the fold! If one man who was ... Read more
January 18, 2024October 29, 2025

Take Off Like a Boss

Tips, Ultralights
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray relays some tips for takeoff and depar-ture to mitigate potential risks. ... Read more

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