November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

EAA and WPA Flyout to Roche Harbor, San Juan Island

Chapters, Why We Fly

By Aidan Lara and Ray Ballantyne, EAA 808555, EAA Chapter 430 President “By 2100z on Sunday, Oct. 26th, the TAFs were looking good for the flyout to Roche Harbor for ... Read more

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Solo Milestone: EAA Chapter 5 Scholars Take Flight

Chapters, Milestones

By Patty Fulop, EAA 1049894, Geauga County Airport Community Outreach Coordinator Two local youths fly their first solo flights! The Geauga County Airport in Middlefield, Ohio, has remarkable groups that ... Read more

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Michal Mastej, EAA Chapter 115’s First Ray Scholar

Chapters, EAA Canada

By Kathy Lubitz, President, UPAC Michal first started coming to EAA Chapter 115 meetings with his dad, Piotr, while he was in high school. At the time, the chapter was ... Read more

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

What We Should Be Asking Ray Scholarship Applicants

Chapters, Youth Outreach

By Clark Morawetz, EAA Canadian Council, Captain Porter Airlines (I thought you might find these questions revealing since we have an article about one of Chapter 115’s first Ray ... Read more

October 20, 2025October 31, 2025

Minnesota EAA Chapters 25, 54, and 1229 in Action

Chapters, Why We Fly

By Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238 The Flying Cloud Airport located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was the site of the 2025 Girls in Aviation Day on September 20, 2025. Three ... Read more

October 3, 2025November 4, 2025

Winnipeg Build and Fly Day

Chapters, EAA Canada, Youth Outreach

By James Slade, President, EAA Chapter 63 On August 16, EAA Chapter 63’s AeroEducate Director Eds Mondares organized a very successful Build and Fly day for Winnipeg Chapter 63. We are ... Read more

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December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Brazil Bearhawk Five

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Charles Albritton, EAA 545463 This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I never had assembling a Bearhawk Five in 12 days on ... Read more

December 4, 2025December 4, 2025

An Oshkosh Regular

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Scott Christiansen, EAA Lifetime 43627 After learning to fly in an Alon Ercoupe, my first tail dragger checkout was in a Piper Super Cub. My flying career started after ... Read more

December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Remembrance Day — Langley, British Columbia, Pilots

EAA Canada, Member Stories

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia For the past number of years, four Langley pilots have flown formation flights over lower mainland cenotaphs as their contribution to area Remembrance Day ... Read more

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Aviation Dreams Reborn

Member Stories, Ultralights

By Mark Solper with Lee Fischer This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Paul Poberezny once said, “Airplanes bring us together, but friendships ... Read more

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

Navy-Inspired RV-8 on Display at WAAAM

Member Stories, Why We Fly

By David Paradis, EAA 877365 My RV-8, N814DP, was donated to the Western Antique Aircraft and Automobile Museum in December 2024. I convinced the founder Terry Brandt and his board ... Read more

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Sling TSi

Homebuilding, Member Stories

By Brian Garrett, EAA Lifetime 871500 This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, building an airplane ... Read more

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November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

EAA and WPA Flyout to Roche Harbor, San Juan Island

Chapters, Why We Fly

By Aidan Lara and Ray Ballantyne, EAA 808555, EAA Chapter 430 President “By 2100z on Sunday, Oct. 26th, the TAFs were looking good for the flyout to Roche Harbor for ... Read more

November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

Solo Milestone: EAA Chapter 5 Scholars Take Flight

Chapters, Milestones

October 31, 2025October 31, 2025

Michal Mastej, EAA Chapter 115’s First Ray Scholar

Chapters, EAA Canada

By Kathy Lubitz, President, UPAC Michal first started coming to EAA Chapter 115 meetings with his dad, Piotr, while he was in high school. At the time, the chapter was ... Read more

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In Action

EAA and WPA Flyout to Roche Harbor, San Juan Island

Solo Milestone: EAA Chapter 5 Scholars Take Flight

Michal Mastej, EAA Chapter 115’s First Ray Scholar

What We Should Be Asking Ray Scholarship Applicants

Minnesota EAA Chapters 25, 54, and 1229 in Action

Winnipeg Build and Fly Day

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Brazil Bearhawk Five

An Oshkosh Regular

Remembrance Day — Langley, British Columbia, Pilots

Aviation Dreams Reborn

Navy-Inspired RV-8 on Display at WAAAM

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Sling TSi

EAA and WPA Flyout to Roche Harbor, San Juan Island

Solo Milestone: EAA Chapter 5 Scholars Take Flight

Michal Mastej, EAA Chapter 115’s First Ray Scholar