Sport Aviation Magazine

Home » Sport Aviation Magazine

Sport Aviation Magazine

Expert tips and inspiring stories from EAA Sport Aviation, our premier monthly magazine. See more at EAA.org/SportAviation, or become a member at EAA.org/Join to get new issues in your inbox each month and gain full access to the digital archives dating back to 1953.

Filter by our various columns, each offering a different expertise area.

  • Chasing Airspeed

    Chasing Airspeed

    By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   One of the most common mistakes seasoned pilots and student pilots… Read more

  • EAA’s Attic — M-18 Dromader Banner

    EAA’s Attic — M-18 Dromader Banner

    This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   This banner celebrates an aircraft that is perhaps not as well-known stateside. The PZL M-18 Dromader is a single-engine agricultural aircraft… Read more

  • What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio RANS S-21 Outbound

    What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio RANS S-21 Outbound

    By Randy Brooks, EAA Lifetime 165320 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine.   It all started with my dad taking me for my first airplane ride when I… Read more

  • Don’t Get Goosed

    Don’t Get Goosed

    By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The shroud of morning fog had just lifted as I… Read more

  • Common Sense Applied to Maintenance and Airworthiness

    Common Sense Applied to Maintenance and Airworthiness

    Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Steve Krog’s “Common Sense” commentary in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport… Read more

  • Early Days of Ultralight Flight

    Early Days of Ultralight Flight

    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 a high school student in the… Read more

  • Surviving Bad Judgment

    Surviving Bad Judgment

    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 EAA Sport Aviation, I penned a… Read more

  • Approach and Landing

    Approach and Landing

    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 seminar. The topic was “Stabilized Approaches… Read more

  • What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Panther Sport

    What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Florida Panther Sport

    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 Performance Aviation kit and completed in… Read more

  • Elements of Survival

    Elements of Survival

    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 pilot training, we’re trained to deal… Read more