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 ... Read more
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Readers of this column know that ... Read more
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written ... Read more
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Are straight-in approaches good or bad? ... Read more
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was a blue ... Read more
By John Wyman, EAA 452533, Chapter 266, Montreal Several years ago, a close friend of mine was kind enough to suggest my name to the producers of Mayday (or Air ... Read more
By Clark Morawetz, EAA Canadian Council, Captain Porter Airlines During the first week of the year, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Cirrus CX conference in Orlando. This ... Read more
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While I was sitting at the ... Read more
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Unfortunately, for nearly all ... Read more
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For a newly minted ... Read more
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. If you were one of the ... Read more
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal I think the thing that impresses me about EAA is that most everyone is a DIYer. There literally isn’t any subject in ... Read more
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I mentioned I would continue with ... Read more
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. AirVenture is a time for me ... Read more
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every now and then ... Read more
This is a video series that details Brady Lane’s experience (EAA 808095) and process in learning to fly and earning his sport pilot certificate. These were recorded in 2008 and 2009, but remain relevant today for anyone learning to fly.
Brady logs one hour in the logbook. His instructor let him take controls for the whole flight (except landing). The instructor led Brady through taxi, takeoff, holding altitude/climbs/descents, turns, traffic ... Read more
Brady talks about how it’s taken much longer to even get started than he ever thought it would. And how he’s using that time to find ways to wait actively.
Brady discusses the process of what it takes to learn to fly. Just trying to figure out what it takes to get a pilot certificate is quite the task in ... Read more
Brady Lane (former EAA employee) shares his exciting moments and the frustrating moments of learning to fly, so you can have a complete picture of what it takes to get ... Read more
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.
Are you one of those people who when walking down the street and hearing an airplane fly overhead, you are compelled to stop and look skyward to see that airplane? ... Read more
3:45 a.m. The sun is down, the sky is dark, my alarm goes off. It’s checkride day. My time to prove all the late nights and early mornings spent studying ... Read more
In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses some tips and tricks that aren’t necessarily taught during standard private pilot training.
After rigorous training, late nights, early mornings, and lots of support, I have officially earned the title of private pilot. Words cannot describe how happy and grateful I am for ... Read more
EAA recently paid a visit to see Lee Fischer and his Project First Flight glider trainer in action at the historic Larson Brothers Airport near Larsen, Wisconsin.