by EAA | Apr 7, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Homebuilding
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 EAA | Feb 4, 2026 | aviation history, Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Member Stories
By Jim Bell, EAA 543641, EAA Chapter 63, Lyncrest, Manitoba Speyer and Sinsheim are small cities in southern Germany. Speyer has a population of about 50,000 and Sinsheim about 37,000. Each are typical German towns, with plenty of lovely cathedrals and other older...
by EAA | Feb 1, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada
By Michael J. Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario Introduction In Canada, the short version is eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) will be treated as real aircraft, operated under Transport Canada’s aviation safety system, and integrated into Canadian...
by EAA | Jan 15, 2026 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, EAA Canada
By Ian Brown, Editor, Bits and Pieces, EAA 657159 There has been some confusion lately about two aviation association chapters in British Columbia, both with the same number. How did that happen? Well, it turns out that when the EAA chapter in Delta, British Columbia,...
by EAA | Jan 12, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, General Aviation
By Scott McFadden, EAA 611467/Vintage 726528, Thunder Bay, Ontario, and KCFC, Grand Marais, Minneapolis For the past few years, I did not fly my Taylorcraft in “mode C” airspace. That changed this past spring, and I had to complete the two-year mandatory...
by EAA | Jan 6, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Member Stories, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560, Manitoba “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Pilots need a mission. Try this! Starting and finishing at the centre of the continent in Manitoba, Canada, you have 5 days/4 nights to journey 3,500 miles, see Niagara Falls, the...
