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February 19, 2018February 14, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 33 – Checkride: Passed!

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady passed! It’s been a roller coaster of emotions: fun, challenging, exciting, exhausting – but in the end, extremely rewarding.

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February 18, 2018February 14, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 31 – Final Review for Checkride

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady went flying with his instructor twice in this session to do some final checkride prep.

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February 17, 2018February 14, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 30 – Solo Review

Earning Wings Video Blog
Brady went up by himself to review ground reference maneuvers and took special care to keep his altitude within the plus or minus 100 feet guidelines of the practical test ... Read more
February 16, 2018February 14, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 29 – Practicing Short, Soft Field Landings

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady is on the homestretch of his training in this lesson, so he is focusing on areas where he needs a little more practice.

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February 15, 2018October 29, 2025

EAA Skiplane Fly-In at Pioneer Airport

EAA Museum, Why We Fly

Guests flocked to Pioneer Airport for the annual EAA Skiplane Fly-In, one of the more colorful events of the winter season

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February 15, 2018November 6, 2025

Ben Van Handel – Private Pilot Checkride Milestone

Member Stories, Milestones, Youth Outreach

Ben gave a special Young Eagles flight after passing his checkride.

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February 14, 2018November 7, 2025

EAA Air Academy grad shares aviation with the next generation

Member Stories, Youth Outreach

An Air Academy grad now shares aviation with youth at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

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February 14, 2018November 6, 2025

Five Aviation Lessons from “Fate is the Hunter”

Tips

Lessons learned from Ernie Gann’s “Fate is the Hunter,” published in 1961, still hold true for pilots today.

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February 12, 2018February 14, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 28 – Feeling the Heat

Earning Wings Video Blog
It was in the high 90s in Oshkosh in this lesson and well over 100 degrees inside the cockpit. Brady knew the heat would have an effect on airplane performance, ... Read more
February 11, 2018February 8, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 27 – Solo Landings and Heavy Traffic

Earning Wings Video Blog
In Brady’s last few flights, he noticed the Remos flew differently without a passenger so he wanted to go up to practice, practice, and practice some more solo landings. So, ... Read more
February 10, 2018February 8, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 26 – First Solo Cross-Country

Earning Wings Video Blog
Leaving Oshkosh for the first time with no one else in the airplane is a big milestone, and was downright nerve racking for Brady. Those nerves were good though, because ... Read more
February 9, 2018February 8, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 25 – Second Solo

Earning Wings Video Blog
Brady had only soloed once before, five months before this lesson, so in many ways this felt like a first solo all over again. Even though it had been a ... Read more
February 8, 2018October 28, 2025

Dick Campbell to Present on Battle of Midway

EAA Museum, Honoring The Past, Speaker Series

Historian Dick Campbell will present on the Battle of Midway, which was a critical victory for the U.S. during World War II.

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February 7, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 24 – On the Numbers

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady sticks a couple of good short-field landings.

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February 7, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Sean D. Tucker

Aerobatics, Podcast

The Green Dot team speaks with aerobatics air show performer Sean D. Tucker about his career, the people who influenced him, and his community work.

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February 6, 2018November 5, 2025

EAA Member Leads Heritage Flight Over Super Bowl 52

Warbirds, Why We Fly

An EAA member led the Super Bowl flyover honoring U.S. air power history.

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February 6, 2018November 6, 2025

Full Immersion

Why We Fly

Dive into the culture and community at Spruce Creek, the world’s best-known residential airpark.

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February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 23 – Class C Airspace

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady flew to Green Bay and landed at his first Class C airport.

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February 5, 2018October 17, 2025

Last Place Won Concorde Flight for Air Academy Grad

Member Stories

An EAA Air Academy graduate recalls how he won a coveted flight on the Concorde.

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February 1, 2018November 5, 2025

Unchecked Aggression

Homebuilding, Member Stories, Why We Fly
Everyone customizes their homebuilt a little. Bill O’Neil, EAA 367019, doesn’t know the meaning of the word “little.” Get the full story of the truly unique Berkut 360 that he ... Read more
February 1, 2018

Chapter 1572 in Peru Hosts Aerobatic Pilot

Chapters

Peruvian aerobatic pilot Micho Velickovich did a private show for Chapter 1572 during a break in his performance schedule.

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February 1, 2018October 31, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot – Keegan Chetwynd

Podcast, Warbirds

EAA’s The Green Dot crew talked to the CAF curator mere hours after its historic C-47 That’s All, Brother took its first post-restoration flight.

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January 31, 2018January 29, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 22 – Short, Soft Field Landings

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady is introduced to short and soft field landings.

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January 30, 2018November 5, 2025

Georgia Sonex

Homebuilding, Member Stories
While serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003, I promised myself that I would start on my lifelong dream of building my own airplane ... Read more
January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

Earning Wings: Flight 21 – First Cross-Country

Earning Wings Video Blog

Brady leaves Oshkosh and navigates to two other airports for his first cross-country flight.

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