by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Proficiency. We all talk about it when gathering in informal pilot groups, but what do you do about it when on your own?...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | AirVenture, EAA member, Member Stories
By Joe Scheibinger, EAA 96205 Joe shared a version of this post in a Zenith builders’ group on Facebook, and we thought it was too good not to share. During AirVenture 2025, one of our Zenith builders discovered a serious crack in his exhaust manifold where the pipe...
by EAA | Jun 7, 2025 | EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even with spring around the corner, it was cold and drafty in the hangar. I pulled the collar up on my jacket and shivered....
by EAA | May 23, 2025 | EAA member, Member Stories
By: Jay Thorburn Earlier this year while flying back home from Vernon, British Columbia, I reached into my bag and pulled out the latest issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine, which I had snuck from my father’s hangar. It had been ages since I’d last read one of these...
by EAA | Jan 26, 2025 | EAA, EAA member, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Ray Scholar
By Greg Alberti, EAA 1225585, EAA Chapter 196 Ray Aviation Scholar As an 18-year-old, recently minted private pilot, I have been flying airplanes for over half of my life. The world of aviation has taught me that there are heavy ups and downs in life. It has taught me...
by EAA | Jan 26, 2025 | EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, homebuilt aircraft, Member Stories, Ultralight
By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the Flyin’ Yankee. It was designed by Leonard Milholland, EAA 72307 and the 2015 inductee...
