by EAA | Jul 18, 2024 | Chapters, EAA, EAA chapter, Ray Scholar
By William Jagust, EAA Chapter 1387 Ray Scholarship Coordinator Just like other chapters, EAA Chapter 1387 in Troy, Missouri, was hoping to provide a candidate for the Ray Aviation Scholarship offered by EAA headquarters. What an awesome program! It helps a youth that...
by EAA | Jul 12, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA volunteers, volunteer, volunteers
By EAA This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Ronald Liebmann, EAA 18367, remembers his aviation infatuation starting in kindergarten, watching Stearmans fly overhead in the Chicago sky after World War II. His uncle, Ed...
by EAA | Jul 12, 2024 | EAA, Homebuilding, homebuilt, Learning to Fly, Member Stories
By: Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. It’s that perfect spring day when you look around the airport and see a limp windsock, blue air clarity for as far as you...
by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every once in a while, someone will ask me, “George, when are you going to learn how to fly a real airplane?” I usually do not respond to that question....
by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | aircraft maintenance, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, maintenance, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. At the end of the Part 1 column on Maintenance for Reliability, I left you wondering what I was going to do with the...
by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, learn to fly, Learning to Fly
By: Ella Lucas, EAA 1518806 Do you dream about living forever or becoming a legend, like Davy Crockett? I think many people do. There is something instinctive inside of us that craves glory, fame, and to be known. Who wouldn’t want to be remembered forever? It’s...
