September 18, 2025November 7, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — The Families of EAA

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Volunteer families at EAA play a crucial role in the organization. These dedicated individuals contribute their ... Read more

September 18, 2025November 7, 2025

Getting Attached: Aircraft System Routings

Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An observant EAA Sport Aviation ... Read more

September 18, 2025October 31, 2025

Young Eagles Workshop Project and Keepsake

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By Terry Cusack, EAA Lifetime 213150 A couple of our chapter members recently collaborated on a new metal project for our annual summer campers. We were seeking something with the ... Read more

September 10, 2025November 7, 2025

Sailcloth Covering

Tips, Ultralights

By Malcolm Brubaker, EAA Lifetime 428307 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Stabilized Dacron is the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ... Read more

September 10, 2025November 7, 2025

Carburetor vs. Injection System

Member Stories

Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   I often get asked during prebuy ... Read more

September 10, 2025October 17, 2025

Souvenir Aluminum Airplanes for Airport Visitors

Member Stories

By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 I am a serial builder, having completed about 250 Van’s RV-6s and 150 Zenith 750 Cruzers over the past three years. The first weekend of ... Read more

September 4, 2025November 7, 2025

EAA’s Attic — 1935 Flight Souvenir

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Do you still have a memento from your first flight? A logbook entry, pilot wings, or ... Read more

September 4, 2025November 7, 2025

What’s All the Talk About Proficiency?

Tips

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Proficiency. We all talk about it ... Read more

September 4, 2025October 20, 2025

Is There a Welder in the House?

AirVenture, Member Stories

By Joe Scheibinger, EAA 96205 Joe shared a version of this post in a Zenith builders’ group on Facebook, and we thought it was too good not to share. During ... Read more

September 2, 2025October 17, 2025

Steven Geist Goes Solo

Member Stories, Milestones

By Chad Haas, EAA 1265808, EAA Chapter 1551 President Steven Geist, EAA 1503861, our Ray Aviation scholar, made his first solo flight on July 17 at Umatilla Airport (X23). He ... Read more

August 29, 2025November 4, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: The Devil Is in the Details

EAA Canada, Tips

By John Wyman, EAA 462533; Chapter 266, Montreal   I’ve been thinking about aviation accidents lately, and how it’s often the smaller, overlooked items that can cause the most serious ... Read more

August 29, 2025October 20, 2025

Flying Together: Highlights From the 2025 UPAC Convention

EAA Canada, Ultralights

By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA 1549613 The Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada (UPAC) welcomed aviators, builders, and enthusiasts from across the country to its 2025 convention. Under sunny skies and ... Read more

August 29, 2025October 20, 2025

From Patient to Pilot: How a Teen Aviator Is Using Flight to Inspire Hope Around the World

EAA Canada, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

By Jennifer Langdon and Byron Waller, EAA 1670717, Australia At just 15 years old, Byron Waller is preparing to do something extraordinary: become the youngest supported pilot to fly around ... Read more

August 28, 2025October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Thunderbirds Pilot Michelle “MACE” Curran

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Margaret are joined by Michelle “MACE” Curran, a former U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and F-16 combat pilot, to chat about her ... Read more

August 28, 2025November 7, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Beechcraft D35 Bonanza

Member Stories

By Joe Rymer, EAA 760858 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. From an early age, I was always interested in any type ... Read more

August 28, 2025November 7, 2025

Evaluating Aircraft Performance

Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When it comes to ... Read more

August 22, 2025October 17, 2025

EAA Speaker Series Remembers 9/11

Speaker Series

David Norman, a first responder in New York during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, will speak about his experiences on the scene that day on Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m. ... Read more

August 21, 2025October 29, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Anita Heinzelman

Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Flight tour season at EAA takes our 1929 Ford Tri-Motor to airports across the country ... Read more

August 21, 2025November 7, 2025

How to Optimize Your Engine Choice

Member Stories, Tips

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   A strange thing happens ... Read more

August 21, 2025November 12, 2025

Growing the EAA Chapter 1116 Scholarship Program

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By Angela Satterlee   EAA Chapter 1116 is honoring the legacy of longtime EAA member, Young Eagles volunteer pilot, and Chapter 1116 treasurer Martin (Marty) Davidow, EAA 665941, by giving ... Read more

August 14, 2025October 17, 2025

What Is an Ultralight?

Ultralights

By Paul Hamilton, EAA 694707 This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An ultralight is different things to different people. I will give ... Read more

August 14, 2025October 20, 2025

Too Much Dependency?

Tips

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   From my last few columns, ... Read more

August 14, 2025October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — C-130 Navigator Anita Mack

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Anita Mack, a retired lieutenant colonel who served as a navigator on C-130s during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi ... Read more

August 14, 2025October 31, 2025

Old Ray Scholar Teaches New Ray Scholar

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By Scott Thompson, President, EAA Chapter 1541 Way back sometime in 2018, I had the pleasure of participating in a Young Eagles rally held by our chapter, EAA Chapter 1541, ... Read more

August 7, 2025October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Seashells From Tinian Island

Attic, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   These seashells were souvenirs collected by Paul C. Shafhauser to remember his time stationed at ... Read more