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...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA member, Honoring The Past, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 452533; Chapter 266, Montreal Before I finished the preflight briefing with the crew today, I casually asked them if they had any resolutions going into the new year. It was my way of breaking the ice, differing slightly from the standard briefing...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta What can I do to tickle the minds of future generations to focus on bettering their goals in life? The thought of creating a small step in that direction is worthwhile to me, and...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
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 more local, at least for us here on the West Coast. This is about a...
