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December 3, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Falck 375 Wings

Attic, EAA Museum
Bill Falck was a legendary race pilot best known for his nearly 30-year career flying the Chester Jeep and his Formula One racer named Rivets. These wings are from another ... Read more
December 3, 2020October 17, 2025

Solo Milestone — Jennifer Miller

Learn to Fly, Milestones
Perhaps Jennifer was always meant to become a pilot. She had the interest, she just needed someone to help ignite that spark. ... Read more
December 3, 2020October 17, 2025

Instrument Milestone — Serena Kamps

Milestones
It’s been slightly more than seven years since I obtained my private pilot’s license. I always knew I wanted to continue my training beyond that and the instrument rating was ... Read more
December 3, 2020October 29, 2025

Finding a Diamond in the Rough

Chapters, Youth Outreach
How an EAA chapter made a difference by adopting an airport. ... Read more
November 24, 2020October 17, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Christina Basken

Learn to Fly, Milestones
EAA staffer Christina Basken earned her sport pilot certificate on Saturday, November 21. ... Read more
November 24, 2020October 20, 2025

5 States and 510 Airports in 55 Days Over 3 Years

Member Stories, Why We Fly
How Michael Haubrich became the first pilot to complete the airport passport program in five Midwest states. ... Read more
November 24, 2020November 7, 2025

Making the Best of Noshkosh

Member Stories, Tips

Local gatherings re-create the spirit of AirVenture.

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November 24, 2020October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — North Carolina Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer

Member Stories, Vintage
EAA member Mark Thoman takes us through the restoration of his Champion 7GCBC Citabria Explorer. ... Read more
November 19, 2020October 17, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Clinton Summers

Learn to Fly, Milestones
After retiring from 24 proud years serving this country as a Marine, it was time to go back and finish what I’d started in high school. ... Read more
November 19, 2020October 16, 2025

Giving the Widow Some Bite

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Re-arming the EAA Aviation Museum’s Huey helicopter. ... Read more
November 19, 2020

Tribute To A Trojan

Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Although Vincent Hill, EAA 1066947, doesn’t come from an aviation background, the aviation bug has bit him hard. Even before he learned to fly, his goal was clear: he wanted ... Read more
November 18, 2020October 20, 2025

Landing Incidents

Tips

Why do they keep happening?

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November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Checkride Milestone — Tim O’Hara-Haworth

Learn to Fly, Milestones, Youth Outreach
On July 30, 2020, Tim became a private pilot at the age of 17 years and 20 days. ... Read more
November 11, 2020October 20, 2025

Going the Distance

Tips

Maximizing range, endurance, and glide.

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November 11, 2020October 31, 2025

H Is For Heirloom

Honoring The Past, Warbirds
As the final production model of the Mustang, the P-51H is the highest-performing Mustang ever built, though it entered service too late to see combat during World War II. ... Read more
November 11, 2020October 17, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Jessica Postle

Milestones, Youth Outreach
Congratulations to Jessica Postle on passing her private pilot checkride on October 9! ... Read more
November 11, 2020October 29, 2025

Chapter 534’s Chapter Achievement Certificate Program

Chapters
EAA Chapter 534 recognizes members who complete aircraft projects with a customized first flight achievement certificate that brings smiles to members’ faces at minimal expense. ... Read more
November 11, 2020November 5, 2025

The Technical Counselor Visit: Reporting

Homebuilding, Tips
The reporting that the TC has to do is minimal, and there’s a form and a method already designated and designed just for you. And, you might not know that ... Read more
November 11, 2020November 5, 2025

Stay Close to Home Flyout

Member Stories, Why We Fly
On July 18, 2020, I organized a small fly-out to explore to some of our local airports. ... Read more
November 10, 2020November 7, 2025

There’s a Zombie at our Airport!

EAA Canada, Member Stories
There has been an incredible amount of activity at our airfield these days. Not so much with pilots and aircraft, but with zombies. Seriously! Zombies. ... Read more
November 10, 2020October 17, 2025

Throwback Thursday

Member Stories, Vintage
Every year after I return from AirVenture I try to get to a small but very interesting aviation event called the Gathering of the Classics held each year in mid-August ... Read more
November 5, 2020October 29, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Mike Sylvestre

Member Stories, Milestones
The day I started training, my checkride was already scheduled — and it was just two weeks later. ... Read more
November 5, 2020October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Firefighting Helicopter Co-Pilot Ashli Blain

Podcast
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew sat down with Ashli Blain, who is currently a co-pilot flying legendary helos such as the CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Blackhawk ... Read more
November 5, 2020October 20, 2025

Noisy Things

Tips

What you should listen to, and why.

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November 5, 2020October 17, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Bob Ross

Volunteers, Warbirds
As an Emmy-winning senior vice president at CBS Broadcasting, Bob Ross, EAA 341315, knows a thing or two about putting on a show. When EAA Warbirds of America needed someone ... Read more

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