by EAA | May 31, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Vintage
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia Luddite — Modern definition: a technophobe, one who avoids modern technology. Being more than a little challenged by the digital inroads into society in the last decade, I find myself more and more confused, and even...
by EAA | May 4, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, learn to fly, Member Stories
By Chris King, Winnipeg, Manitoba My interest in all things aviation first started when I was around 3 or 4 years old, watching and being obsessed with the sky and stars. I used to think airplanes were shooting stars. When I was very young, around 9 years old, I...
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,...
