by EAA | Aug 29, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories
By Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806, Chapter 76 This summer, Lucas Garcia and I were selected for the Cajun Aviation Camp Scholarship. Every year they choose one guy and one girl for this scholarship. Once I saw that they posted our blurbs about ourselves to their website, I...
by EAA | Aug 29, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviaiton, EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, learn to fly, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Would you consider yourself a safe, proficient a pilot? Most of us would answer positively if asked that question. But, if...
by EAA | Aug 23, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories, WOMB
By Keith Eisberg, EAA Lifetime 1136501 This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My SkyRocket, a kitbuilt Glasair Sportsman, is my first kitbuilt aircraft. It is also the first kit sold by Glasair and the first kit flying. The...
by EAA | Aug 23, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, General Aviation, Member Stories, weather
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It was years ago when a group of us instructors and pilots stood outside our vehicles on the outskirts of a local...
by Angela Satterlee | Aug 23, 2024 | AirVenture, aviation history, EAA, EAA Museum, History
By Angela Satterlee On June 28, the EAA Aviation Museum welcomed back the Mauro Solar Riser aircraft, the world’s first crewed ultralight powered by solar energy. It is on display in the Innovations Gallery of the museum, next to many other aircraft that represent key...
by Emme Hornung | Aug 23, 2024 | EAA, EAA Museum, History, September 11, speaker series
Returning from the 2023 edition of the 9/11 Aviation Adventure Speaker Series, retired FDNY Deputy Chief Charles R. Blaich brings with him colleague and friend Dr. Michael Fagel, an emergency management specialist who worked alongside Blaich to ensure the safety and...
