July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Ron Liebmann

Volunteers

By EAA This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   Ronald Liebmann, EAA 18367, remembers his aviation infatuation starting in kindergarten, watching Stearmans ... Read more

July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Should You Install a Parachute in Your Homebuilt?

Homebuilding, Learning to Fly

By: Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It’s that perfect spring day when ... Read more

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

The Thinker

Member Stories, Ultralights

By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every once in a while, someone will ask me, “George, when are ... Read more

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

Maintenance for Reliability

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. At the end of the Part 1 ... Read more

July 3, 2024July 3, 2024

How to Become Immortal: My Ticket to Oshkosh and Aviation Scholarships

AirVenture, Learning to Fly

By: Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806 Do you dream about living forever or becoming a legend, like Davy Crockett? I think many people do. There is something instinctive inside of us ... Read more

July 1, 2024July 3, 2024

EAA Chapter 1682 Hosts Rally on International Young Eagles Day

Learning to Fly, Youth & Young Eagles

By: Angela Satterlee For International Young Eagles Day, EAA Chapter 1682, led by Bill Wright, EAA 663877, was busy putting together the first Young Eagles rally at its local airport in ... Read more

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Florida EAA Chapter 203 and AOPA Members Support GA Specialty License Plate

Member Stories

A Support General Aviation license plate will soon be available for purchase in Florida because of the passionate efforts of three aviators with the support of their local EAA chapter ... Read more

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Turbulence and Triumph: Lessons Learned About Flying (and Life)

Member Stories

As pilots, each flight teaches us something new — about aviation, about the world, and about ourselves. I’ve been flying for two years, but in that time, I’ve experienced moments ... Read more

June 26, 2024June 27, 2024

South African EAA Chapter 322 Hosts Young Eagles Rally

Learning to Fly, Youth & Young Eagles

EAA has a long history of engendering the passion for flying amongst its members as well as the youths of the world. EAA is a worldwide organisation with International Young ... Read more

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

EAA’s Attic — Joe Engle’s College Binder

Attic, History

This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even astronauts feel a sense of pride toward their alma mater! NASA astronaut Joe Engle, EAA ... Read more

June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Attitude Flying

Learning to Fly, Member Stories

By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Last week we began working with ... Read more

June 25, 2024July 2, 2024

Snowbirds: Per Ardua Ad Astra

Aerobatics, History, Warbirds

By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are a classic symbol, and they are about as Canadian as one can ever be. The RCAF’s motto is: ... Read more

June 24, 2024July 2, 2024

A Yellow Bird Adventure

Bits and Pieces, Warbirds

By Michael J. Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario Excerpt: Flying in a vintage World War II warbird is an exhilarating experience that combines the thrill of aviation with a deep ... Read more

June 24, 2024July 2, 2024

Barrie Airshow — Celebrating RCAF 100th Anniversary

Air Show, Bits and Pieces

By Ian Brown, EAA 657159, EAA Canadian Council member You might have seen me on TV the weekend of Father’s Day! I was interviewed very briefly for a CTV Barrie ... Read more

June 24, 2024July 2, 2024

My Journey to Becoming a Pilot

Learning to Fly, Member Stories

By Isabella Downton, Northern Manitoba My student pilot journey did not begin with a discovery flight, it began when I was five years old. My family co-owned a floatplane charter ... Read more

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024

A Former Young Eagle Flies a Young Eagle for their First Flight

Eagle Flights, Learning to Fly, Youth & Young Eagles

By Ted Luebbers, EAA 875984 Luke Nunez, now a certified private pilot, flew his first Young Eagle on May 11, 2024, at the Leesburg International Airport in Leesburg, Florida. This ... Read more

June 20, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame

Podcast

This time on The Green Dot, host Chris is joined by Rose Dorcey, John Dorcey, and Dan Silvers of the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame to discuss the organization’s project ... Read more

June 20, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Oklahoma Carbon Cub EX-3

Homebuilding, Member Stories

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Dave Embry takes us through the build, particularly the painting process, of his stunning Carbon Cub. ... Read more

June 19, 2024

Rob Holland AeroSports and the Blue Angels

Aerobatics, Member Stories

Kelley and Todd Whitaker, EAA 1571782 and 1571783, had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to photograph two solo U.S. Navy Blue Angels and aerobatic pilot Rob Holland over Vero Beach, Florida, in ... Read more

June 19, 2024July 1, 2024

AC-208 Combat Caravan Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

EAA Museum, Speaker Series

Maj. Dan Jackson is an active duty U.S. Air Force officer and is the next speaker in EAA’s Aviation Adventure Speaker Series. In his time in the Air Force, Dan ... Read more

June 19, 2024

Fading Into Darkness

Flying Tips

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Robert N. Rossier discusses the impacts aging can have on vision and how that affects you as a pilot. ... Read more

June 13, 2024

Navigating the Skies of Doubt: A South African Pilot’s Journey

Learning to Fly, Member Stories

To all aspiring pilots out there, remember: the journey may be long and arduous, but the view from the cockpit makes it all worthwhile. Keep your eyes on the horizon ... Read more

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

Volunteer Spotlight — Don and Shay Lusk

Member Stories, Volunteers

Don and Shay Lusk, EAA 1475013 and 1495171, of EAA Chapter 586 in Show Low, Arizona, have a passion for sharing the wonders aviation has to offer with people of ... Read more

June 11, 2024

AI in Your Toolkit

From The Hangar Floor, Homebuilding

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Lisa Turner discusses how artificial intelligence could help when it comes to small aircraft maintenance. ... Read more

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024

EAA’s Unknown Alumnus

Homebuilding, Member Stories

The interesting and little-known story of the man who started construction on the first homebuilt Pitts Special. ... Read more