December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

Mountain Destinations: Stave Lake, British Columbia

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent discussion about flying through British Columbia’s mountains from the Coastal Range to the Rockies brought to mind somewhere that is a little ... Read more

December 4, 2024December 4, 2024

Ruffled Feathers: Avoid “Blushing,” but Don’t Be Shy

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal I think the thing that impresses me about EAA is that most everyone is a DIYer. There literally isn’t any subject in ... Read more

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

Rarified Air

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Nathan Finneman, EAA 1459460 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Setting records has always been an interest of mine, being good ... Read more

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

Becoming a New Amateur-Built Aircraft Owner

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I mentioned I would continue with ... Read more

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

Young Eagles Take Flight at Wings of Hope

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

By Carol Enright, Wings of Hope At a hangar at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) in Chesterfield, Missouri, EAA Chapter 1675 and aviation nonprofit Wings of Hope have forged ... Read more

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 3

Member Stories, Volunteers

Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of this series, we made a 75-pound blank, and in Part 2 we made a propeller duplicating ... Read more

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

EAA’s Attic — EAA 1969 Sport Aviation Convention Pennant

AirVenture, EAA Museum

This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “AirVenture” goes by many names: Some call it “the convention,” others simply “Oshkosh,” locals call it ... Read more

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

Frustrations and Questionable Training

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. AirVenture is a time for me ... Read more

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant – Part 2

Chapters, Member Stories, Volunteers

Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In Part 1 of making this BIG propeller, I wrote about the purchase of 271 pounds of cherry wood and ... Read more

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024

The Making of a BIG Propeller for EAA’s Pheasant: Part 1

Chapters, Member Stories, Volunteers

By Story and photos by Paul Adams, EAA Chapter 675 President In the title you may notice two things. First, the word “BIG,” and second, “Part 1.” Well, these two ... Read more

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Washington Van’s Aircraft RV-7

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Michael “Z” Zyskowski, EAA 669825 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When the August issue of EAA Sport Aviation landed on ... Read more

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

Bad Choices

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every now and then ... Read more

November 13, 2024November 22, 2024

Flying Blind

Chapters, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

By Ginger Jabour, EAA 1465016, EAA Chapter 288 Newsletter Editor “What is an airplane? I hear them and someone tried to explain it to me, but I don’t get it.” ... Read more

November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA Director of Flight Proficiency Jeremy Desruisseaux

EAA Museum, Learning to Fly, Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Tom are joined by Jeremy Desruisseaux, EAA’s director of flight proficiency programs, to talk about EAA’s Pilot Proficiency Center, which opened ... Read more

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Linda Thorn

AirVenture, Member Stories, Volunteers

This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Linda Thorn, EAA 842022, was honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 as the Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer ... Read more

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

Wishful Thinking or Great Ideas?

Flying Tips, Homebuilding

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The history of flight is rooted ... Read more

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

Grumman F8F-2/G-58A Bearcat: An Air-to-Air Photo Mission

History, Member Stories, Warbirds

Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 ... Read more

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024

Zenith: My Very Limited History With the Company

Bits and Pieces, Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with ... Read more

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024

The Dumbing Down of the Flight Deck

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal There is a dynamic to two people working in a cockpit. For a long time now, the modern airliner has only had ... Read more

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

An Evil Headwind

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Larry Fleming  This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The sun had risen on an early summer morning, as I prepared Nancy ... Read more

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

Maintenance for Reliability

Flying Tips, Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I know there’ve been a few ... Read more

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024

The Old Man and The Kid

Honoring The Past, Learning to Fly, Member Stories

By Brian Hart, EAA 1457879 The Old Man was not always old; he had once been young and dreamed of flight. And when he was young, he had an Old ... Read more

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

‘Recognize the Moment’ With Record-Breaking Race Pilot at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, History, Speaker Series

Skip Holm – a highly-accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race pilot, and movie pilot – will be the final speaker for the 2024 ... Read more

October 24, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — AC-208 Pilot Dan Jackson

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by AC-208 pilot Dan Jackson, who flew the experimental Combat Caravan as a member of the 6th Special Operations Squadron, ... Read more

October 24, 2024October 24, 2024

EAA’s Attic — Steve Wittman’s Pan Am Passenger Certificate

EAA Museum, History

This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Back when a commercial flight was still an event to dress to the nines for, Pan ... Read more