by Emme Hornung | Jan 11, 2025 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? I’m sure many of our members who have been around long enough would immediately think of...
by EAA | Jan 11, 2025 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. A large driver for my focus on maintenance reliability earlier this year was due in part to a planned trip to Alaska....
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By Clark Morawetz, Captain Porter Airlines Happy New Year! 2025 is upon us and many of us take this opportunity to make goals and plans for the year ahead. If you’re like me, those goals and plans include what you will be doing in your life to advance your aviation...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | aviation history, Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, History, Honoring The Past
By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102; Vancouver, British Columbia Canadians as a group tend to not “blow their own horn” but have a way of just making things happen. One overachiever and the subject of this story is Jerry C. Janes. Janes was in many ways a larger-than-life...
by EAA | Jan 8, 2025 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta What can I do to tickle the minds of future generations to focus on bettering their goals in life? The thought of creating a small step in that direction is worthwhile to me, and...
by Dick Knapinski | Dec 21, 2024 | aviation, EAA, EAA Aviation Museum, EAA Museum, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Pilots usually aren’t very fond of turbulence. This time, though, pilots will be eager to see it. The phenomenon this time is Turbulence, the Mike Patey-built and record-setting airplane that officially became part of the EAA collection on December...
