by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every once in a while, someone will ask me, “George, when are you going to learn how to fly a real airplane?” I usually do not respond to that question....
by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | aircraft maintenance, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, maintenance, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. At the end of the Part 1 column on Maintenance for Reliability, I left you wondering what I was going to do with the...
by EAA | Jun 27, 2024 | EAA member, flight instruction, flight instructor, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Last week we began working with a CFI candidate. He has earned his private and commercial pilot certificates and instrument...
by EAA | Oct 15, 2021 | airlines, EAA chapter, EAA member, Member Stories, Why We Fly
There is a category of commercial aviators that appear to be in the business only because it pays the bills. They couldn’t care less about the wonders we are privileged to experience. Am I destined for this as well? Am I already there? Read...
by EAA | Sep 9, 2021 | EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, homebuilt, Member Stories, seaplane, Sport Aviation
EAA member Mark Woodring takes us through the build of his Comp Air and Zenith CH 701. Read...
by Sam Oleson | Sep 1, 2021 | EAA member, Member Stories, Volunteer Spotlight
For nearly the past 40 years, Bob McLaughlin, EAA 188831, has volunteered with EAA in some shape or form. Read...
