January 25, 2018November 6, 2025

Chapter 1189 Makes Second Coat Donation Flight

Chapters, Why We Fly

Chapter 1189 helped deliver 450 coats cross-country to students in South Dakota.

January 15, 2018October 17, 2025

Western Odyssey in C-FJNJ

EAA Canada, Why We Fly

One member’s cross-country Canadian flight experience in a CH 750.

January 4, 2018November 6, 2025

Aviation Resolutions for 2018

Why We Fly

Make a resolution that will help spread The Spirit of Aviation in 2018!

January 4, 2018October 16, 2025

Students of the Wing

Milestones, Ultralights, Why We Fly

Follow EAA Staff Writer Megan Esau’s journey to soloing a powered paraglider.

December 18, 2017November 5, 2025

Kyle’s Falco Takes Flight

Chapters, Homebuilding, Why We Fly

An EAA chapter helps make a special scratchbuilt Falco fly.

December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Flying the Yosemite Valley in an Open-Cockpit Gyroplane

Member Stories, Why We Fly

An EAA member shares his memorable flight over one of our country’s national parks.

December 7, 2017November 6, 2025

Tractor Parts and Humble Pie

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A bush pilot revisits a flight that brought with it a memorable learning experience.

November 21, 2017November 6, 2025

From the Lowest to the Highest to the Busiest

Member Stories, Why We Fly

As he was planning to fly his Bonanza to Oshkosh, Tom Snider had an idea.

October 17, 2017November 6, 2025

Lessons From a Hurricane Hunter

Member Stories, Why We Fly

An EAA member uses his passion for aviation to professionally hunt hurricanes and save lives.

October 10, 2017November 6, 2025

See You in C-U-B-A

Why We Fly

Four friends make the first round trip gyroplane flights from Florida to Cuba since 1932.

October 5, 2017November 6, 2025

Just One More Thing

Member Stories, Why We Fly

A little bucket-list flying while finding EAA stories in America’s breadbasket.

October 5, 2017October 28, 2025

International Aerobatic Club – 2017 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships

Aerobatics, Why We Fly

Nearly 100 pilots competed in this year’s competition, in five different categories: Primary, Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, and Unlimited, and each group represents a different level of proficiency in competition aerobatics. ... Read more

September 14, 2017November 6, 2025

Jack J. Pelton Appears on Lars Larson Show

Why We Fly

On September 13, EAA CEO/Chairman Jack J. Pelton was a guest on the nationally syndicated Lars Larson radio show to talk about the dangers of ATC privatization and why general ... Read more

September 12, 2017November 3, 2025

An Act of Kindness, Returned

Member Stories, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach

When 17-year-old Camron Mitchell left an F-4 Phantom model on the wing of a retired fighter pilot’s Mooney M20 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2017, he expected that the random act ... Read more

August 23, 2017November 6, 2025

The Best Seat in the Sky

Member Stories, Why We Fly

Viewing the solar eclipse from an RV-6A at 12,000 feet.

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