by EAA | Aug 24, 2025 | airworthy, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A strange thing happens to a new pilot. Along with the exhilaration and the enthusiasm come a strong desire...
by EAA | Aug 15, 2025 | checkpoints, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. From my last few columns, you’ve probably figured out I’m on a safety kick, and you’d be right! There’s been a few more...
by EAA | Aug 15, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Paul Hamilton, EAA 694707 This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. An ultralight is different things to different people. I will give you two scenarios that illustrate different perspectives of ultralights. First Scenario I’m...
by EAA | Aug 12, 2025 | Classic Instructor, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. One evening after a day of flying, several local pilots and I sat at the hangar picnic table observing the sunset and...
by EAA | Aug 12, 2025 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Sport Aviation
This piece originally ran in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. These seashells were souvenirs collected by Paul C. Shafhauser to remember his time stationed at Tinian Island in the Pacific. Shafhauser was in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World...
by EAA | Jul 19, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Stick and Rudder
This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The pilot of a light twin taxied up to the crowded run-up pad at the end of the runway, well behind but facing a Cessna 172 at a roughly 45-degree...
