By Rick Hayes, EAA Lifetime 262014 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. John Moody is widely regarded as the “father of ... Read more
By Malcolm Brubaker, EAA Lifetime 428307 This piece originally ran in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Stabilized Dacron is the easiest, fastest, and least expensive ... Read more
By Shiv Ram Krishna, EAA 1549613 The Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada (UPAC) welcomed aviators, builders, and enthusiasts from across the country to its 2025 convention. Under sunny skies and ... Read more
By Paul Hamilton, EAA 694707 This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An ultralight is different things to different people. I will give ... Read more
By Bill MacKay, EAA 1190268, Chapter 115 Treasurer, Plattsville, Ontario EAA Chapter 115 meets at Edward’s Air Base (Plattsville Aerodome, CLB2) every Saturday for breakfast with a formal meeting ... Read more
By Mark Murray, EAA 394554 This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. What you’ve dreaded so long, practiced for, and feared, just ... Read more
By Jon Eisele, EAA Lifetime 739102 This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As winter loosens its grip and the days begin ... Read more
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Folks, I am going through a most difficult time. I ... Read more
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 ... Read more
By Kevin Szalapski, EAA 792226 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. All winter long, I had envisioned a long cross-country flight with ... Read more
This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask, “George, how ... Read more
By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the ... Read more
By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? ... Read more
By Nathan Finneman, EAA 1459460 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Setting records has always been an interest of mine, being good ... Read more
By Larry Fleming This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The sun had risen on an early summer morning, as I prepared Nancy ... Read more
By David Smith, EAA 1298935, and Ronald Smith This piece originally ran in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Following much reporting on the Hang Loose hang ... Read more
By Sabu Sivaraman, EAA Lifetime 709426 Though India has a very long aviation history and is now considered the fastest growing aviation market, experimental aviation or recreational aviation is almost ... Read more
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The song “Don’t Let the Old Man In” by Toby Keith ... Read more
By Angela Satterlee On June 28, the EAA Aviation Museum welcomed back the Mauro Solar Riser aircraft, the world’s first crewed ultralight powered by solar energy. It is on display ... Read more
By Kenneth Florence, EAA 1509968 This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In March 2024, I purchased a fine example of a Leonard ... Read more
By Abigail Oleniczak Alina Scott is a 15-year-old who is chasing her dreams with hopes to inspire other youths. After flying into EAA AirVenture Oshkosh solo in 2023, she returned ... Read more
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Last fall, my wife ... Read more
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
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray talks about concepts to review and practice prior to a potential in-flight engine failure.
Larry Fleming, an experienced hang glider pilot, steps into the world of powered flight with his Aeros Nano Trike. Follow along his adventure of learning to fly the ultralight trike ... Read more
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor George Karamitis discusses some of the health issues that sidelined him for AirVenture 2023 as well as flying his beloved Quicksilver. ... Read more
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray discusses ways to avoid engine failures, and how to prepare yourself if one does occur.
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray discusses some points for ultralight pilots to consider when contemplating earning your sport pilot certificate.
After 42 short hops in six days, 14-year-old Alina Scott made her first trip to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh all the way from South Carolina in her Aerolite 103 ultralight!
After earning his pilot certificate, John Limbach, EAA 602992, took a 13-year “sabbatical” from flying. As happens to so many folks, life got in the way and fly-ing fell by ... Read more
“Right now, I’m so tired of flying. It’s so great to be here on the ground … and I know by the time the whole convention’s over, I’ll be just ... Read more
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray discusses ultralight flight instruction and some of the difficulties associated with finding an instructor.
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Tom are joined by Mike Beck, owner of Calm Sky Adventures in Omro, Wisconsin, to speak about the history of hot ... Read more
Mike Beck, owner of Calm Sky Adventures, will speak about his experiences flying hot air balloons on Thursday, November 17, at 7 p.m. as part of the EAA Aviation Museum ... Read more
This year marks the 40th anniversary of FAR Part 103, the FAA regulation that formally established ultralight vehicles in the United States. Only two pages long, Part 103 enabled a ... Read more
Jean Preckel flew her eGull, an electric ultralight, from West Virginia to Oshkosh for EAA AirVenture. The 808-mile journey took her 12 days and 24 stops.
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor George Karamitis discusses the joys of ultralight flying and what you’re missing if you don’t give it a try.
Lee, EAA 355459, and Paula Crevier, EAA 477989, began volunteering with EAA in 1991 and have helped out in a variety of areas, including Pioneer Airport, the Ultralights area, convention ... Read more
Skonkwerks’ Project First Flight is a natural and intuitive step to give back to the ultralight community, nurture the culture, and provide opportunities for prospective pilots, including interested youths and ... Read more
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we changed things up a bit as longtime host Hal Bryan welcomed former guest and EAA staff member Rick Larsen to co-host a ... Read more
With the increasing number of airstrips in Canada being closed or under threat, the distance between active aerodromes is increasing and with it the risk to safe passage continues to ... Read more
Even though this is Jase “The Ace” Dussia’s fourth year performing at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, the 3D RC flyer acknowledges he still gets a bit anxious.
This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, we welcomed Jon Eisele, EAA’s manager of air tours and flight programs, to the show to talk about his experience as a paramotor ... Read more
EAA paid a visit to the SUN ‘n FUN Holiday Flying Festival and Car Show in Lakeland, Florida, on December 4-5. Here are some of our favorite photos from this ... Read more
It’s unusual to have experienced airframe icing — or however this incident would be classified — and then to have laughed about it afterward. But that’s how it went.
The Fun Fly Zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is home to ultralights and light-sport aircraft, not to mention rotorcraft, RC aircraft, and exciting demos of short takeoff and landing (STOL) ... Read more
The Aerolite 103, as its name implies, is a legal ultralight that can be purchased fully assembled or as a kit. Take a closer look at this popular new flying ... Read more
At some point, apparently, I committed to flying my E-Gull electric ultralight from home base (KWVI) to my friend Bob’s home at Pine Mountain Lake (E45), nearly 100 miles away. ... Read more
The Green Dot crew sat down with EAA Ultralight & Light-Sport Aircraft Council Chairman Mark Solper to discuss his beginnings in aviation, why he loves the lighter side of aviation, ... Read more
The Green Dot crew sat down with EAA Ultralight & Light-Sport Aircraft Council Chairman Mark Solper to discuss his beginnings in aviation, why he loves the lighter side of aviation, ... Read more
The experience and supervision of a good powered paragliding instructor will not only mitigate risk and safely guide students through the training process but also teach proper technique, correct faulty ... Read more
Bo Feldman, an 18-year-old pilot, has been flying paramotors for a few years and recently completed a safety training course for potential in-flight issues, so decided he wanted to make ... Read more
Juxtaposed with the stream of big iron arriving and departing Boeing Plaza throughout the week is the Fun Fly Zone, a special runway dedicated to light-sport and ultralight aircraft that ... Read more
In 2003, Norman Surplus, then 40, was diagnosed with bowel cancer. The prognosis wasn’t good. “They gave me a 40 percent chance to live 18 months,” he recalled. As he ... Read more
The thousands of homebuilders at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 know that building your own plane is achievable, but a significant percentage of attendees might not. To shine some light on ... Read more
Ronald Stokes, EAA 250174, is doing his part in keeping aviation alive by teaching young kids about aviation with a little help from his friend, the Eaglet.
At first glance, gyroplanes look like a funky cross between a helicopter and an airplane. While sharing aspects of both, they combine a unique blend of flight characteristics into one ... Read more
The 45th annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo certainly lived up to its name this year with blue skies and plenty of Florida sunshine to go around.
I had my older son, Kevin, in the right seat of my Ercoupe. (This would be my first Ercoupe, the one I had 30 years ago. Kevin was 30 years ... Read more
My spouse observed that my deepening environmental concerns were expressed in my driving behavior but not in my choice of aircraft, which burned 10 gph. I explored electric-powered self-launching sailplanes, ... Read more
The cost of getting into flying has always been important to those dreaming of becoming a pilot. One strategy for would-be sport pilots is to take flight training in their ... 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
The Fun Fly Zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is home to all kinds of flying machines, from autogyros and helicopters to powered parachutes, light homebuilts, EAA’s Twilight Flight Fest, and ... Read more
EAA recently honored six inductees into the Sport Aviation Halls of Fame. Take a look at photos from the ceremony, as well as videos that celebrate the achievements of the ... Read more
The late Eugene Smith, designer of the Back Yard Flyer and more than 20 other ultralight aircraft designs, will be posthumously inducted into the EAA Ultralights Hall of Fame.
The FAA released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that amends a CFR to allow compensated flight training in E-LSA aircraft under certain circumstances.
Powered paragliding expert Jeff Goin will speak to the EAA Aviation Museum Aviation Adventure Speaker Series audience about the appeal of the sport and how to get involved.
Joe Duff joined The Green Dot crew to talk about Operation Migration, the effort to reintroduce Whooping cranes into eastern North America, which inspired the movie Fly Away Home.
YouTuber Peter Sripol got his start in aviation like so many did, with a love of model and paper airplanes. After attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, Peter decided it was ... Read more
Even when the night air show wasn’t going on during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, there was another evening show to be found on the grounds. The Twilight Flight Fest, located ... Read more
Mike Kuehlmuss of Massachusetts came to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017 much like many others — with a love of aviation and an RV. But Mike also brought something not commonly ... Read more
By Whitney Coyle, EAA 736036, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Florida Breezy My Breezy journey began back in 2008 with my first trip to AirVenture as a fresh A&P certificate at ... Read more
Ron Detert used a little ingenuity and a whole lot of EAA Spirit to complete his project. In his 82 years of life, Ron Detert has not gone a day ... Read more
What’s the best way to see the most at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh? By flying, of course! Get a unique view of the AirVenture grounds by flying the ultralight pattern with paramotor ... Read more
November 10, 2016 – EAA’s Ultralight Chapter 1 (Microlite Flyers), has been engaging its community in southeastern Wisconsin in recreational aviation for almost 40 years. This year’s Chilly Chili Fly-In ... Read more
