by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | Classic Instructor, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Pilot Proficiency
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently attended an FAA safety seminar. The topic was “Stabilized Approaches and Landings.” Based on FAA statistics...
by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | checkpoints, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Pilot Proficiency
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation, I penned a column titled “Stupid Pilot Decisions.” Of all the columns...
by EAA | Sep 7, 2026 | aviation history, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Ultralights
By J.C. Smart, EAA 1593637 This piece originally ran in the February 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While historians will differ, my “golden age of aviation” was as a high school student in the early- to mid-1970s. Growing up in Milwaukee, I was fortunate...
by EAA | Sep 6, 2026 | Airworthy, EAA Sport Aviation, maintenance, Tips
Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Steve Krog’s “Common Sense” commentary in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation made me pause to consider how the same...
by EAA | Sep 6, 2026 | EAA Sport Aviation, Pilot Proficiency, Stick and Rudder, Tips
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The shroud of morning fog had just lifted as I taxied cautiously to Runway 07 at Westerly State Airport (KWST) in...
by EAA | Sep 6, 2026 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Randy Brooks, EAA Lifetime 165320 This piece originally ran in the March 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It all started with my dad taking me for my first airplane ride when I was 5, in a Cessna 120 with my brother. I can still remember the huge...
