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January 18, 2022October 20, 2025

Density Altitude

Learn to Fly, Tips

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Steve Krog discusses the importance of understanding and accounting for density altitude in his latest column.

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January 14, 2022October 29, 2025

Chapter 974 Flies Young Eagles Build and Fly RC Model!

Chapters, Youth Outreach

EAA Chapter 974 Young Eagles RC Build and Fly crew, Camden, Milo, and Myan, recently got a chance to spread their wings.

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January 14, 2022October 29, 2025

Cascade Warbirds Pilots Salute Lost Naval Aviators

Chapters, Warbirds

EAA members in the Pacific Northwest took time recently for a very special flight.

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January 14, 2022October 29, 2025

EAA Chapter 1218 Hosts Successful Flying Start Event

Chapters

EAA Chapter 1218 hosted a standing room-only Flying Start event on November 7, with a total of 17 participants.

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January 14, 2022October 29, 2025

Chapter 932 Young Eagles Build and Fly Program Off to Great Start!

Chapters, Youth Outreach

Chapter 932 is introducing radio-controlled model aircraft building to some of their younger members.

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January 13, 2022October 16, 2025

Peace Was Their Profession

Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Recently I had the chance to visit the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Nebraska. They had a few of my favorites like the B-58, B-36, and B-47, and ... Read more
January 13, 2022October 29, 2025

U-2 Pilot Carl Trout to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series
Carl Trout, who flew the legendary Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft for a dozen years, will present about his career and experiences in the cockpit of the Dragon Lady on Thursday, ... Read more
January 13, 2022

A BigFoot Replica for Christmas

Member Stories

Jay Jolley received an exciting surprise Christmas morning, an RC replica of his Carbon Cub, BigFoot, built by Daniel Baggett.

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January 13, 2022October 17, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Christopher Gauger

Member Stories, Milestones
On December 17, 2021, I officially became a pilot. Fittingly, it was the 118th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight of a powered airplane. I have a personal ... Read more
January 12, 2022October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Robert “Hoot” Gibson and Charlie Precourt

Podcast
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris were joined by Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a five-time space shuttle flight veteran, and Charlie Precourt, a veteran of four spaceflights ... Read more
January 11, 2022October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — New Jersey Mooney M20E

Member Stories, Vintage

EAA member Paul Papasavas takes us through the process of upgrading his 1965 Mooney M20E.

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January 11, 2022October 20, 2025

Preflight Pointers

Tips

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Robert N. Rossier gives some tips for performing preflight inspections on your aircraft during the winter in his latest column.

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January 5, 2022November 4, 2025

Blueprint for a Build

Homebuilding, Tips

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Lisa Turner discusses a few key fundamentals for a successful homebuilt project in her latest column.

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January 5, 2022October 22, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Douglas Conciatu

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
For nearly 30 years, Douglas Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, has been an active member of EAA, flying Young Eagles every year, mostly from his home airport in Ray, Michigan. He ... Read more
January 4, 2022November 5, 2025

Bits and Pieces: Relief Flights to the Interior

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

General aviation pilots stepped up to help out communities in need during recent flooding in British Columbia.

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January 4, 2022October 17, 2025

Bits and Pieces: The Story Behind the Photo

EAA Canada, Vintage

A beautiful image of a Fokker Super Universal and the tale about how this particular photo was captured.

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January 4, 2022

Bits and Pieces: Hangar Flying

Member Stories
As winter settles in, we currently have much more time to indulge in telling stories of our flying experiences. What aviation enthusiast hasn’t indulged in that pastime? It’s a great ... Read more
January 4, 2022October 17, 2025

Bits and Pieces: Milestone — EAA Chapter 63’s Ray Scholar Is a Pilot!

EAA Canada, Milestones

Congratulations to EAA Chapter 63’s first Ray scholar, Megan Lokstet, on earning her pilot license!

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January 4, 2022November 5, 2025

Bits and Pieces: Aerial Artistry With a Heart

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly

Canadian pilot Dimitri Neonakis has taken to creating inspiring aerial art in Nova Scotia.

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December 16, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA Chapter 501 Hosts Second Young Eagles Workshop

Chapters, Youth Outreach

A look inside the recent Young Eagles Workshop hosted by EAA Chapter 501 in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.

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December 16, 2021October 29, 2025

Utah’s Chapter 23 Flies 11,000th Young Eagle on 9-11 National Day of Service

Chapters, Youth Outreach
In support of the National Day of Service, and in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001, Utah’s EAA Chapter 23 held a Young Eagles ... Read more
December 16, 2021October 29, 2025

Creative Ideas From Chapter 91

Chapters
EAA Chapter 91, located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, honors its past members using a memorial brick sidewalk running from the chapter hangar across the lawn to a nearby flagpole and ... Read more
December 16, 2021October 17, 2025

Life From Below a Bomber

Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Wartime reflections from a B-17 Flying Fortress ball turret gunner.

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December 16, 2021October 29, 2025

EAA Chapter 420 Members Assist in Discovery of B-24J Crash Site

Chapters, Honoring The Past, Warbirds

Members of EAA Chapter 420 recently helped discover the wreckage of a B-24J Liberator that crashed in the mountains of Wyoming on New Year’s Day, 1945.

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December 16, 2021October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Mike Patey

Homebuilding, Podcast
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, hosts Hal Bryan and Tom Charpentier welcomed friend of EAA Mike Patey, EAA 1118534, to the show to talk about his latest custom-built ... Read more

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