Dr. Harry Friedman, one of the foremost experts on famed Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress Memphis Belle, presented at the EAA Aviation Museum on Thursday, January 17 as part of the ... Read more
In some ways, Peter Sripol is just like any other homebuilder. There are a few differences between the average builder and Peter, though. Most EAAers aren’t using foam insulation from ... Read more
One of the warbird highlights at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 was Special Kay, the only flying Douglas B-26K/A-26A Invader in the world. Watch the video.
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Jacob was a high school junior with no idea what he wanted to do after high school. It did not take long for the Youth Aviation Program and its mentors ... Read more
We all wish we could fly as often as possible, but other responsibilities get in the way. When aviation is our recreation and not our work, we can find long ... Read more
Did you ever lay in the grass as a child, staring up at the sky making shapes out of clouds in your mind when all of the sudden an airplane ... Read more
The Green Dot crew sat down with air traffic controller Patrick Harten who was on duty when Chesley Sullenburger ditched US Airways Flight 1549 safely on the Hudson River.
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An awful lot of considerations go into the designer’s choice of stick or yoke beyond its location. Side-stick, yoke (or wheel), center stick — what’s your preference as a pilot? ... Read more
When Sergei Yakovlev, son of legendary Soviet aircraft designer Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, was working on the aerobatic Yak-55 back in 1980, he probably never imagined anything like this.
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I confess I never set out to own a vintage aircraft. However, as fate would have it, my search led me to Bo the Bonanza, also known as N2939A, and ... Read more
If you’ve been flying very long, chances are you’ve had one of those close encounter situations arise where another aircraft materialized seemingly out of the blue, leaving you to wonder, ... Read more
The love for aviation felt all over the dry lakebed at the ninth annual High Sierra Fly-In had quite the EAA convention feel. Get a taste of the event in ... Read more
The Quad City Ultralight Aircraft Corp. was founded 35 years ago, a year after the first Challenger single-place ultralight was designed. The QCUAC celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Challenger ... Read more
Congratulations and thank you to Gerard Putzer, EAA 594840, who retired on Friday, January 11 after a solid 30 years of hard work and dedication.
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