By Judie Mooney, Chapter 1088 Media Coordinator On March 26, the Fredericksburg High School aviation program’s students and teacher Kade Jenschke toured multiple aviation services based at the Gillespie County Airport in Texas.  Bill Lucy, EAA Chapter 1088’s vice...

By Neil Bowden, EAA Chapter 973 President A special buzz filled @Jack’s, the EAA Chapter 973 hangar, on March 28. The much-anticipated prelude to International Young Eagles Day had arrived at Jack Taylor Airfield, Krugersdorp, South Africa, and we were proud to host...

By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia Back when the earth was still flat, a brilliant aircraft designer came up with the idea of an all-metal aircraft that most could build in a home shop or garage. Richard VanGrunsven received a positive response when he...

By Keith Readner, EAA 1310139 This piece originally ran in the February 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I developed an interest in building an airplane in 2019 and ended up choosing the RV-10. We thought having four seats, an IO-540 for power, and an...

By Matt Ringen, EAA 1304226 There we were, upside down and on fire. Just kidding. But it’s bound to happen, you and whoever else is in the aircraft with you get to talking, and the stories start coming out. However, not every story is about flying and not every...