by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Larry Fleming This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The sun had risen on an early summer morning, as I prepared Nancy Anne, my new Aeros nanolight trike (a powered hang glider) for a distance flight. The roar of...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | aviation repair, EAA, EAA member, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I know there’ve been a few different columns interrupting this story on maintenance for reliability, but hopefully...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, Honoring The Past, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Brian Hart, EAA 1457879 The Old Man was not always old; he had once been young and dreamed of flight. And when he was young, he had an Old Man of his own that dreamed of flight before him. That Old Man, the first of his line to reach boyhood in the aviation age,...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | EAA member, Honoring The Past, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 “Mine was born with feathers,” I emphasized to settle the dispute between my two pilot buddies who joined me for their maiden pilgrimage to Oshkosh. One evening, after surpassing 15,000 steps from touring the amazing EAA...
by EAA | Oct 19, 2024 | chapter, Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Member Stories
EAA Chapter 838 in Racine, Wisconsin, is excited to announce several significant achievements and events marking a vibrant period for the chapter. The chapter has proudly welcomed its 500th member, a testament to its growing influence and community engagement in the...
by Emme Hornung | Oct 19, 2024 | chapter, Chapters, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
If you ask anyone in the aviation world what aviation means to them, you’re likely to hear something along the lines of how important the aviation community is to them. You may hear how their fellow pilots or aviation enthusiasts are like family. Heck, we even refer...