by EAA | Aug 8, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Kenneth Florence, EAA 1509968 This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In March 2024, I purchased a fine example of a Leonard Milholland-designed Legal Eagle XL. Three weeks earlier, I had bought the plans for the airplane...
by EAA | Aug 8, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, flying, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When it comes to landing our airplanes at night, it seems as though there is never enough light. Perhaps it is age, but I...
by EAA | Aug 8, 2024 | Chapter 411, Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Member Stories
By Ron Wanttaja, EAA 275698, Chapter 441 Newsletter Editor Like all airports, Dick Scobee Field in Auburn, Washington, depends on the goodwill of the people living in this small town south of Seattle. The airport hosts a yearly open house, inviting all and sundry to...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Attic, aviation history, EAA, EAA Museum, History, museum
This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This XP-51 ammo can is an original component from the EAA Aviation Museum’s North American XP-51 Mustang. The museum’s Mustang is the oldest surviving Mustang in the world, as well as the...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, learn to fly, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I read a statement the other day that really made me think not only about my primary training but also the student training...
by EAA | Aug 2, 2024 | Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Ian Brown, EAA 657159, Bits and Pieces, member of EAA Canadian Council I was fortunate enough to catch a ride from Orillia-Rama Regional Airport (CNJ4) in an amphib when Mike Wiebe gracefully took me and demonstrated his expertise landing on the lake where my...
