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My First Time Leaving the Ground

By Charan Kandula I remember the sound more than anything else. Not the loud and constant engine but it was my headset clicking into place and sealing myself from the outside world. I could feel everything become more serious as I put my headset on. I could feel the...

Commemorative Air Force Pilot to Present at Museum Speaker Series

By Emme Hornung The EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series continues to bring the many facets of aviation to life, and our next speaker is no different. On Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m., join us to learn about the art of flying historic warbirds and vintage aircraft with...

Use it or lose it: the instrument rating is not an insurance policy

Use it or lose it: the instrument rating is not an insurance policy Air Facts Journal One of the saddest things in aviation is a pilot with an instrument rating who’s afraid to use it. They look at a 1500-foot overcast and realize their $15,000 investment has become...

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Colorado Cessna O-2A

By Rick Allen Basiliere Jr., EAA 517981 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I have all, as best I can tell, of Oscar’s military history. Thirty pounds of paperwork. He must have been ordered by the U.S. Air Force in...

EAA’s Attic — A-27 Horizontal Stabilizer

This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The relatively unknown North American A-27 was a ground attack variant of the AT-6 Texan, built specifically for Thailand. It differed from the AT-6 by swapping the R-1340 radial...