December 19, 2023October 29, 2025

A Young Eagle “Bookend” Flight

Chapters, Youth Outreach

It was a beautiful day in October 2016 when 10-year-old Dakota Wagner took her first Young Eagles ride. The Greene County Airport host chapter, EAA Chapter 382, assigned her to ... Read more

December 14, 2023October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Jonathon McKenzie

Volunteers

Jonathon McKenzie, EAA Lifetime 1110671, became EAA’s Print Mail Center volunteer chairman in 2022, but he joined EAA and started volunteering more than 10 years ago after he caught a ... Read more

December 14, 2023October 17, 2025

Got Logbooks?

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses some of the top problems found with logbooks during annuals and audits.

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December 14, 2023November 6, 2025

Excellence From Start to Finish

Homebuilding, Youth Outreach

Thanks to a gift from the Michigan Business Aviation Foundation and a matching gift from the Dick & Betsy DeVos Foundation, West Michigan Aviation Academy students began building a Carbon ... Read more

December 14, 2023December 18, 2023

No Need for Speed: The Gordon Bennett Cup

Member Stories

Noah Forden, EAA 539700, and Brenda Cowlishaw spent almost three days in the gas balloon Intrepid, traveling 1,382 miles over the southern United States as part of the world’s oldest ... Read more

December 7, 2023November 7, 2025

Airplanes Have Two P-Factors

Member Stories

In this excerpt from his popular blog, Thinking Out Loud, EAA columnist and contributor Budd Davisson candidly reflects on a rare flight where he almost couldn’t wait to get back ... Read more

December 6, 2023October 29, 2025

Phantom Thing

Ultralights

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor William Berson discusses the restoration and flight testing of his Phantom LSA.

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December 6, 2023November 4, 2025

Kaboom!

From The Hangar Floor, Homebuilding, Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse discusses a recent incident he had with his newly built Hummingbird helicopter.

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December 5, 2023December 6, 2023

Buttonville Airport Closing

EAA Canada

An airport closure rarely happens in Canada. In 2009, the Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport (CYKZ) announced their plans to sell the airport to property developers. On May 31, 2023, the ... Read more

December 5, 2023November 4, 2025

Carbon Neutral Hangar?

EAA Canada, Tips

EAA member Scott McFadden takes us through the installation of the solar system in his hangar.

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December 5, 2023November 4, 2025

Carbon Monoxide

EAA Canada, Tips

The dangers of carbon monoxide leaks and the importance of CO monitors.

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December 5, 2023November 4, 2025

Werner Griesbeck — Eulogy

EAA Canada, Member Stories

Remembering a well-respected British Columbia pilot and restorer.

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December 5, 2023November 4, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Where Are the Mentors in Today’s Flight Training?

EAA Canada, Learn to Fly

In his latest piece, Bits and Pieces contributor John Wyman discusses the importance of mentors to new student pilots.

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December 5, 2023November 4, 2025

Love Is in the Air

AirVenture, EAA Canada

As AirVenture 2023 ended, something different and special was noticed. Love was everywhere! Not such a big surprise as the more than 677,000 visitors who came through the gates had ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Naval Flight Officer Maggie Kohl

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris are joined by Maggie Kohl, a Grumman E-2 Hawkeye naval flight officer who made a brief appearance in Top Gun: ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 28, 2025

Reflections of a Tri-Motor Stewardess (Or Should I Say, Hostess)

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly

100-year-old Ruth Hunter considered the Tri-Motor her home at one point, having been a stewardess on the Tri-Motor in the early ‘50s, and getting to fly in EAA’s Ford Tri-Motor ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Data Tape Reel, Enterprise OV-101

Attic, EAA Museum

Before the miniaturization and adoption of hard disk drives, magnetic tape reels like this were a primary data storage medium in early computers. This reel contained part of the flight ... Read more

November 30, 2023October 17, 2025

Be a Part of the Solution

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses the concept of bringing experienced commercial pilots back into the general aviation flight training world.

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November 22, 2023October 29, 2025

Thank You for the Chapter Leadership Academy

Chapters

EAA Chapter 1098 of Shawnee, Oklahoma, would like to thank the EAA staff for their hospitality at the leadership symposium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on October 18-20, 2023.

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November 22, 2023November 22, 2023

My Young Eagles Flight

Youth Outreach

We write and share a lot of stories about our Young Eagles program and how much those first flights mean to kids, but it’s not often that we get a ... Read more

November 22, 2023October 22, 2025

EAA Chapter 972 Young Eagles Workshop

Chapters, Youth Outreach

EAA Chapter 972 held a Young Eagles Workshop on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Rusk County Airport (KRFI) in Rusk County, Texas. Thirteen youths attended and learned about aircraft ... Read more

November 21, 2023November 6, 2025

Flight Sim to Flight School

Learn to Fly, Youth Outreach

How I used a flight simulator to not only practice comms and maneuvers but also pass my private pilot exam.

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November 21, 2023November 22, 2023

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Washington Just Aircraft Highlander

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Steve Cameron takes us through the build of his Just Aircraft Highlander.

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November 21, 2023October 17, 2025

A ‘Fowl’ Weather Day

Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the dangers of bird strikes and how to avoid them.

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November 16, 2023November 7, 2025

One Last Ride…

Member Stories, Why We Fly

So, with many hands, Dad was in the cockpit again, for one last ride. I sat in the back seat, Dad in the front right, with Greg as PIC. We ... Read more