by Dick Knapinski | Dec 21, 2024 | aviation, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Pilots usually aren’t very fond of turbulence. This time, though, pilots will be eager to see it. The phenomenon this time is Turbulence, the Mike Patey-built and record-setting airplane that officially became part of the EAA collection on December...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | aviation, flight school, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, student pilot
By Isabella Downton, Northern Manitoba My student pilot journey did not begin with a discovery flight, it began when I was five years old. My family co-owned a floatplane charter business, and I grew up in this environment. On one particular day, we were taking a trip...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | aviation, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA Chapter 203, Member Stories
A Support General Aviation license plate will soon be available for purchase in Florida because of the passionate efforts of three aviators with the support of their local EAA chapter and AOPA. Local Florida pilots Richard (Rick) Golightly, Dr. Ian S. Goldbaum, and...
