by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I read a statement the other day that really made me think not only about my primary training but also the student training...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Ian Brown, EAA 657159, Bits and Pieces, member of EAA Canadian Council I was fortunate enough to catch a ride from Orillia-Rama Regional Airport (CNJ4) in an amphib when Mike Wiebe gracefully took me and demonstrated his expertise landing on the lake where my...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Royal Canadian Air Force, snowbirds
By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599 Art is a truly subjective topic that can completely elude some, while simultaneously embraced by others. Great art is highly abstract, possessing mythical powers. Through colours, lines, shapes, light, shadows, and patterns, great works...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102, Langley, BC A trip to the Campbell River, British Columbia, annual fly-in on Sunday, July 14, displayed many exceptional aircraft for visitor’s scrutiny. Greg Booker and his Zenith CH750 provided me with transportation and the opportunity...
by EAA | Jul 30, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, flying in, International Pilots, Member Stories
By Andrea Venturini A nonstop Atlantic crossing, from Scotland to Canada, a trip that typically can only be done via airliner, was achieved on June 14, 2024, in a two-seat, Rotax-powered Risen SuperVeloce. It all started last December, with a phone call I received...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, volunteers
By Robbie Culver “RV with the wig-wags a half mile before Fisk, rock your wings!” To a pilot, the words “rock your wings” are almost sacred. They mean we are approaching the small town of Fisk, Wisconsin, on the approach to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and are about to...
