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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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
October 29, 2020October 29, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Plane-O-Graph

Attic, EAA Museum

Produced by Plane Facts Inc. of New York in 1942, this two-piece cardboard wheel rotates to display pictures and information about United States Army Air Forces fighters, bombers, and trainers.

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October 29, 2020November 5, 2025

A Non-Builder’s Guide to Buying a Homebuilt

Homebuilding, Tips

The things you need to think about.

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October 29, 2020October 29, 2025

Checkride Milestone — Lily Busenbark

Milestones, Youth Outreach

Congratulations to Lily Busenbark, EAA 1293705, on passing her private pilot checkride on October 20!

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October 22, 2020October 20, 2025

An Aviation Dreamland Nestled in the Ozarks

Member Stories
Meet Todd Banks. Located outside of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, near the Missouri border, exists the Banks Ranch; a private oasis and aviation dreamland built by Todd himself, with a little ... Read more
October 22, 2020October 29, 2025

Damaged by Delta

Chapters

Members and supporters of EAA Chapter 614 are pulling together to try to recover from a natural disaster.

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October 22, 2020October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — C-53 Restorer Jason Capra

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew sat down with Jason Capra, president and founder of Vintage Wings Inc., who is currently working on the restoration of a ... Read more
October 21, 2020November 5, 2025

Low-Buck Fun Flyers

Tips, Vintage

Acquisition do’s and don’ts.

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October 21, 2020October 16, 2025

A Really Fun Day

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

Making Stearman memories.

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October 20, 2020October 29, 2025

Jimmy Stewart Cessna 310 Monument Dedicated in Indiana, Pennsylvania

Chapters
EAA Chapter 993’s team was led by Indiana-resident Harold “Woody” Wood, 85, who recalled meeting the town’s favorite son as a young man back in 1959, when Stewart returned for ... Read more
October 15, 2020October 17, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Van’s Aircraft RV-8

Homebuilding

EAA member Robert Welsh takes us through the build of his Van’s Aircraft RV-8.

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October 15, 2020October 15, 2020

The Technical Counselor Visit: The Builder’s Log

DIY, Homebuilding

EAA Sport Aviation columnist Lisa Turner discusses the importance of keeping a builder’s log.

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October 15, 2020October 29, 2025

16-Year-Old Ray Scholar Solos in Ohio

Milestones, Youth Outreach
Mother Nature provided some challenges for Jeremy, as the winds had been pretty strong. On September 25, Jeremy and his instructor did a couple “touch-and-goes” at the Northeast Ohio Regional ... Read more
October 15, 2020October 29, 2025

Chapter 1267 Creates Airmarked Runway Art

Chapters
Airmarking is painting the name of the airport on a ramp or taxiway, and may also include painting a compass rose on a ramp to “swing a compass.” Members of ... Read more

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