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July 3, 2025October 20, 2025

Times Flies and So Does Howie! Celebrating Howie Cammack’s 90th Birthday

Member Stories, Why We Fly
Howie Cammack, EAA 290592, celebrated his 90th birthday on June 29, surrounded by family and friends. The celebration took place at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum ... Read more
June 30, 2025October 20, 2025

Mabel Lake

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, BC Sometimes we have to make hard decisions. Admittedly, some are easier to make than others. Take a recent case in point. I was at the ... Read more
June 26, 2025October 20, 2025

Girls Can Fly Day

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It is early March as I ... Read more
June 2, 2025November 4, 2025

AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 3

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
AirVenture Adventures: Chapter 3 How Two Idiots and an Airplane Managed to Fly to Oshkosh and Back By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768, Chapter 154 Regina ... Read more
May 22, 2025October 20, 2025

Rick Thorburn: Aviation Junkie

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By: Jay Thorburn Earlier this year while flying back home from Vernon, British Columbia, I reached into my bag and pulled out the latest issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine, ... Read more
April 24, 2025October 20, 2025

Mosquito Mission

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Gustavo J. Mas, EAA Lifetime 853532 I had just recently moved to Florida’s Gulf Coast and was enjoying some early morning salt water fishing near New Pass on Fort ... Read more
April 10, 2025October 20, 2025

Filling the Void

Member Stories, Why We Fly
EAA members come in all shapes and forms with diverse backgrounds and reasons for falling in love with aviation. For many members, their background is in military aviation. But what ... Read more
March 28, 2025October 20, 2025

The Wizardry of OZ

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560 Wizardry:      (noun) wi-zər-drē; surprising and/or clever accomplishment. Requiring significant skill and expertise. OZ:                 (noun) ˈoʊ zɑrks; an area of low mountains in northwestern ... Read more
March 20, 2025November 13, 2025

Like Seeing an Old Friend

Honoring The Past, Why We Fly
Story and photos by Carol Smith Ferlo EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 10-year-old Beckett Dovichi’s glee was uncontainable as he leaned his head toward the openwindow in the rear compartment of ... Read more
March 6, 2025October 17, 2025

Flying the Superior Shoreline

Ultralights, Why We Fly
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
February 6, 2025October 17, 2025

Are We Looking Out the Window Enough?

Why We Fly, Youth Outreach
This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848   I know what you are ... Read more
February 3, 2025November 4, 2025

Becoming a Pilot and Enjoying the Shores of the St. Lawrence River

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Jacques Rivest, MD, Montmagny, Québec My sister Jocelyne asked me recently to write something about the origins and evolution of my passion for all things aviation, at the heart ... Read more
December 4, 2024October 20, 2025

Mountain Destinations: Stave Lake, British Columbia

EAA Canada, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent discussion about flying through British Columbia’s mountains from the Coastal Range to the Rockies brought to mind somewhere that is a little ... Read more
October 31, 2024October 17, 2025

The Old Man and The Kid

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Brian Hart, EAA 1457879 The Old Man was not always old; he had once been young and dreamed of flight. And when he was young, he had an Old ... Read more
August 15, 2024October 20, 2025

The Debbie Franceus Memorial Aviation Foundation Presents 2024 Aviation Spirit Award

Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Mike Franceus In front of a crowd of approximately 300 pilots, friends, and family members, The Debbie Franceus Memorial Aviation Foundation presented its 2024 Aviation Spirit Award to Larry ... Read more

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