by EAA | Oct 23, 2025 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, Ray Scholar, Why We Fly, women in aviation, Young Eagles
By Mark Kolesar, EAA Lifetime 294238 The Flying Cloud Airport located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, was the site of the 2025 Girls in Aviation Day on September 20, 2025. Three local EAA chapters’ members — South St. Paul Chapter 1229’s Bill Steier, Julie Steier, and...
by EAA | Oct 2, 2025 | chapter, Chapters, Member Stories
By Terry Cusack, EAA Lifetime 213150 A couple of our chapter members recently collaborated on a new metal project for our annual summer campers. We were seeking something with the same simplicity and cost as the current workshop cell phone holder, but more relevant...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | Chapters, Member Stories
By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 I am a serial builder, having completed about 250 Van’s RV-6s and 150 Zenith 750 Cruzers over the past three years. The first weekend of June, Clow International Airport in Bolingbrook, Illinois, puts on Cavalcade of Planes, our yearly...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | Chapters, Member Stories, solo
By Chad Haas, EAA 1265808, EAA Chapter 1551 President Steven Geist, EAA 1503861, our Ray Aviation scholar, made his first solo flight on July 17 at Umatilla Airport (X23). He flew N45156, a Cessna 150M, and did great. Every pilot remembers their first solo — it’s a...
by Angela Satterlee | Aug 24, 2025 | Chapters, Member Stories, scholarships
By Angela Satterlee EAA Chapter 1116 is honoring the legacy of longtime EAA member, Young Eagles volunteer pilot, and Chapter 1116 treasurer Martin (Marty) Davidow, EAA 665941, by giving back to the next generation of aviation mechanics and it hopes other chapters...
by EAA | Aug 15, 2025 | Chapters, Ray Scholar
By Scott Thompson, President, EAA Chapter 1541 Way back sometime in 2018, I had the pleasure of participating in a Young Eagles rally held by our chapter, EAA Chapter 1541, at the Lincoln Regional Airport in Lincoln, California. During that rally, I flew a young lady...
