by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, flying, Partner, safety
By Clark Morawetz, EAA Canadian Council, Captain Porter Airlines During the first week of the year, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Cirrus CX conference in Orlando. This conference is an invite-only, four-day event for staff and contractors to get the...
by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, Canada, flying, pilot
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 of my passage through life. I should say first of all, that I am passionate about...
by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, Stits
By Ray Sheffield, EAA 1599, Saluda, South Carolina I was surprised to see a picture of my Stits Playmate in the January issue of Bits and Pieces in the “From the Archive” section! My aircraft and I were featured in the “What Our Members Are Building” section of the...
by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Air disasters, Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces
By John Wyman, EAA 452533, Chapter 266, Montreal Several years ago, a close friend of mine was kind enough to suggest my name to the producers of Mayday (or Air Disasters, as it is known in the United States) as a consultant on a couple of shows involving an Airbus...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Clark Morawetz, Captain Porter Airlines Happy New Year! 2025 is upon us and many of us take this opportunity to make goals and plans for the year ahead. If you’re like me, those goals and plans include what you will be doing in your life to advance your aviation...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | aviation history, Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, History, Honoring The Past
By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102; Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians as a group tend to not “blow their own horn” but have a way of just making things happen. One overachiever and the subject of this story is Jerry C. Janes. Janes was in many ways a larger-than-life...
