April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

Early Days of Ultralight Flight

Member Stories, Ultralights

By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as ... Read more

April 1, 2025April 3, 2025

Surviving Bad Judgment

Member Stories

Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   For the August 2024 issue of ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

The Wizardry of OZ

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560 Wizardry:      (noun) wi-zər-drē; surprising and/or clever accomplishment. Requiring significant skill and expertise. OZ:                 (noun) ˈoʊ zɑrks; an area of low mountains in northwestern ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 31, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Air Cadets — Canada’s Best-Kept Secret, Part 1 of 2

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266 Montreal I’m often surprised how few parents know of the Air Cadet program in this country. That’s a real shame given its history ... Read more

March 28, 2025March 28, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 2 How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; EAA Chapter 154, ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Eagles Aerobatic Team Ferry Pilot Jeff Kilponen

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Jeff Kilponen, EAA Lifetime 71124, who was a ferry pilot for the legendary Eagles Aerobatic Team, which ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

EAA’s Attic — Lafayette Escadrille Pilot’s French and Italian Pilot Certificates

Attic

This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Leonard M. Reno was one of the few Americans who entered World War I before ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 27, 2025

A Star-Struck Young Eagle

Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

Young Eagles rallies can be magical for a number of reasons, but a recent EAA Chapter 17 rally at KMNV in Tennessee seemed to have an extra bit of magic ... Read more

March 27, 2025March 31, 2025

Approach and Landing

Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently attended an FAA safety ... Read more

March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

T-38 Instructor Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Speaker Series

Lt. Col. Olga Custodio, a retired T-38 instructor pilot and the first Latina U.S. Air Force pilot, is the next speaker in the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. Olga will ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

Like Seeing an Old Friend

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds

Story and photos by Carol Smith Ferlo EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2015 The wheels on my dad’s walker grinded to a halt; his stooped form brought to attention as he took ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

EAA Chapter 977’s Successful Young Eagles Workshops

Chapters, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles

By Mark Wiencek, EAA 96072 Here is an update about EAA Chapter 977, located in Lake City, Florida, on Cannon Creek Airpark (15FL). Although we have had great success with ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Panther Sport

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Louis Rosner, EAA Lifetime 422425 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This is my Panther Sport built from a Sport ... Read more

March 20, 2025March 27, 2025

Elements of Survival

Member Stories

By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As part of our ... Read more

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body

Chapters, Member Stories

Stretching…It’s More Than Just Something Good for Your Body A tale of EAA Chapter 878, 501(c)(3), and two(!!) hangars By Wayne Flury, EAA Lifetime 117059 In 2016, I led the ... Read more

March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

Volunteer Spotlight — Dwayne Waters

Volunteers

By Christopher Gauger, EAA 746128, EAA Chapter Field Representative I This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Dwayne Waters, EAA 422289, has ... Read more

March 12, 2025March 18, 2025

The Technical Counselor Advantage

Member Stories

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911  This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Readers of this column know that ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

Flying the Superior Shoreline

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Kevin Szalapski, EAA 792226 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. All winter long, I had envisioned a long cross-country flight with ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

So Many Choices

Member Stories, Tips

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

We’re Out of Gas

Member Stories

Story by Heidi Axum, EAA Lifetime 1462447; Photos courtesy of Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 You would think with all the talking pilots do with air traffic controllers and with ... Read more

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — NASA Flight Director Ronak Dave

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Hal are joined by Ronak Dave, who is a flight director with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back

Bits and Pieces, Member Stories

By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; Chapter 154 Regina\ In the process of building our RV-10, there are many decisions to make on avionics and other ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 5, 2025

Ruffled Feathers: Easier and More Convenient?

Bits and Pieces

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266 Montreal “Just what part of ‘Easier and More Convenient’ do you not understand?” That was the comic strip’s punchline that inspired me to ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 3, 2025

Taildraggers – A Look Back

Bits and Pieces

By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102, Vancouver, British Columbia Like most who were student pilots in the early 1980s, I trained in a Cessna 150. In February of ‘82, I began ... Read more

March 3, 2025March 5, 2025

Border Airports

Bits and Pieces

By Chris Strube, EAA 738689; Lillooet, British Columbia; CYLI, Member, BCGA Shortly after becoming a pilot in 1981, I got a lesson in diplomacy. Coutts/Ross International Airport (CEP4) was an ... Read more