by EAA | Nov 9, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, EAA volunteers, Member Stories, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Linda Thorn, EAA 842022, was honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 as the Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer Award winner. Linda is from a small town near West Bend, Wisconsin, and she started...
by EAA | Nov 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with them for some time. I also discovered a 1973 magazine article that related the...
by EAA | Nov 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal There is a dynamic to two people working in a cockpit. For a long time now, the modern airliner has only had two crew members. Days gone by it had three or four. Today, on a wide-body airliner, the CARs (regs) stipulate...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By Joel Kersting, EAA 882109 On August 21, 2024, Emily Ericson and Nathan Ewens both passed their private pilot checkrides, becoming certified private pilots. Emily, EAA 1571675, is a senior at Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Nathan is a freshman...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, History, Member Stories
By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, EAA Chapter 26 & 441 Newsletter Editor Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, just south of Seattle, has been painting large murals on the end of the hangar rows, celebrating local aviators and groups. Artist Myron Curry’s mural...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | Classic Instructor, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Sitting at the picnic table and observing airport activity, I’d swear at least 50 percent of the pilots mistreat their...
