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April 5, 2018November 3, 2025

Two-seat Little Toot Introduced to Honor a Father

Homebuilding, Member Stories
To honor his father, Tommy Meyer created a two-seat version of the legendary Little Toot biplane, known as the Big Toot. ... Read more
April 5, 2018November 7, 2025

Braden Hobbs – Private Pilot Checkride Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones
Congratulations to 17-year-old Braden Hobbs, one of the HAWK kids profiled in the April issue of Sport Aviation, on passing his private pilot checkride! ... Read more
April 4, 2018November 5, 2025

Mini-Max Motivation

Homebuilding, Member Stories, Why We Fly
Losing weight, learning to fly, and building an airplane are all difficult things to do. Brian Lloyd did all three at once to follow his dreams of flight. ... Read more
April 4, 2018November 3, 2025

There’s Always a First – Cessna 172

AirVenture, Honoring The Past
The first production Cessna 172 is still flying and visited EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in 2017. ... Read more
April 4, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Jim Payne

Podcast
The Green Dot crew spoke to Perlan Project Chief Pilot Jim Payne about his record-setting glider flight in Argentina last year. ... Read more
April 2, 2018

Chapter 977 Hosts 10th Annual Shamrock Fly-In in New Home

Chapters
More than 65 visiting aircraft attended EAA Chapter 977’s 10th annual Shamrock Fly-In. ... Read more
March 28, 2018October 16, 2025

The Last Helicopter Out of Saigon

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past
Watch Bob Caron, Vietnam War helicopter pilot, speak at the EAA Aviation Museum. ... Read more
March 27, 2018November 5, 2025

Cylinder Work and Courage

Homebuilding, Member Stories
A pilot’s wife shares how she developed the courage to help maintain the couple’s homebuilt RV-7. ... Read more
March 27, 2018November 6, 2025

My BasicMed Journey

Member Stories
An EAA staff member logged his experience enrolling for BasicMed. ... Read more
March 22, 2018October 17, 2025

EAA Air Academy Grad Launches Aviation Business

Member Stories
One success story of how a Young Eagles flight and a journey to the EAA Air Academy launched an aviation career. ... Read more
March 21, 2018November 6, 2025

Aviation Weather – Evolving for the Future

Tips
The Aviation Weather Center rolled out the Graphical Forecast for Aviation to replace the area forecast. ... Read more
March 21, 2018November 5, 2025

EAA’s AirCam Build

Homebuilding, Youth Outreach
EAA’s AirCam, built by volunteers in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Young Eagles program, is nearing completion! Flight testing will begin in spring, and once complete the aircraft ... Read more
March 21, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Mark Harmon

Podcast
What’s Mark Harmon’s connection to the world of EAA? Listen and find out! ... Read more
March 20, 2018November 7, 2025

EAA Member Organizes Bud Anderson Visit for Local Airport

Chapters, Honoring The Past
An EAA member in Fresno set up a first-class experience for legendary triple ace Bud Anderson. ... Read more
March 15, 2018November 5, 2025

Gordon Davis – Airworthiness Certificate Milestone

Homebuilding, Milestones
Gordon’s RV-7A received its airworthiness certificate on March 14. ... Read more
March 14, 2018November 7, 2025

EAA Air Academy Grad Follows in Father’s Footsteps at FBO

Member Stories, Youth Outreach
EAA Air Academy graduate takes over his father’s FBO after a fondly remembered time in Oshkosh. ... Read more
March 13, 2018November 4, 2025

The Ultimate Toy Box

Honoring The Past, Warbirds
Paul Allen’s legendary collection of aircraft and combat armor is on full display in this video, which explores both airplanes and the pilots who fly them at the Flying Heritage ... Read more
March 13, 2018November 5, 2025

Arkansas Tango

Homebuilding, Member Stories
A member shares the story of his homebuilt Tango. ... Read more
March 12, 2018November 6, 2025

Childhood Dreams Come True for the Kutryk Brothers

EAA Canada, Why We Fly
As boys growing up in Whitehorse, Yukon, Joshua and Matthew Kutryk were like-minded in their interests, not the least of which was their shared dream to become fighter pilots. ... Read more
March 8, 2018November 6, 2025

The Vashon Aircraft Ranger 7

Homebuilding, Member Stories
Dynon founder John Torode, EAA 1213461, thinks that most airplanes are too expensive. Instead of complaining about it, he started a new company that has designed and built a brand ... Read more
March 8, 2018October 28, 2025

Vietnam Helicopter Pilot Bob Caron to Present at Museum Speaker Series

Honoring The Past, Speaker Series
Vietnam helicopter pilot Bob Caron helped evacuate Americans during the fall of Saigon. ... Read more
March 7, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Jack J. Pelton

Podcast
EAA’s The Green Dot crew sat down with CEO Jack J. Pelton to celebrate the end of the ATC privatization battle in Congress and discuss what comes next. ... Read more
March 6, 2018May 7, 2018

EAA Chapter Homebuilds a Hangar

Chapters
An EAA Chapter shares how it built its own hangar from steel cargo containers. ... Read more
March 1, 2018March 7, 2018

Chapter 555 Partners with University for Aerospace Capstone Program

Chapters
The chapter facilitated six aerospace engineering students and provided hands-on engineering projects. ... Read more
February 28, 2018October 17, 2025

From One Air Academy to Another

Member Stories
One EAA Air Academy attendee went on to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy. ... Read more

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