by EAA | Jun 19, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories, What our Members are Building
By Jeffrey Orear, EAA 529128 This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I became interested in building a Hatz biplane after seeing Chuck Brownlow’s (EAA 323477) Bronze Lindy winning Classic many years ago. I’ve always had a soft...
by EAA | Jun 19, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Stick and Rudder
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The run-up was okay, but just barely. The magneto check was right at limits with a 150 rpm drop. While it wasn’t as...
by EAA | Jun 7, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, EAA volunteers, volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight, volunteering, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. For many EAA members, the weeklong escape to Camp Scholler each summer is something they look forward to all year. Andrew Rezmer can relate; he started coming to AirVenture Oshkosh in 2001...
by EAA | Jun 7, 2025 | EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the May 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Even with spring around the corner, it was cold and drafty in the hangar. I pulled the collar up on my jacket and shivered....
by EAA | Jun 1, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Jon Eisele, EAA Lifetime 739102 This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. As winter loosens its grip and the days begin to grow longer, pilots across the ultralight community eagerly await returning to the sky. After months...
by EAA | Jun 1, 2025 | checkpoints, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I started to title this column “Why?” as that seems to be the same question that everyone asks when bad judgment comes...
