by EAA | Nov 9, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Homebuilding, homebuilt
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The history of flight is rooted in creative ideas. The drive to test “what ifs” is fundamental to our nature. We get to...
by EAA | Nov 9, 2024 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, History, Member Stories, vietnam, Warbirds
Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 Central Coast AirFest in Santa Maria, California, this fall. The sky was filled with...
by EAA | Nov 9, 2024 | AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, EAA volunteers, Member Stories, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Linda Thorn, EAA 842022, was honored at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024 as the Dorothy Hilbert Volunteer Award winner. Linda is from a small town near West Bend, Wisconsin, and she started...
by EAA | Nov 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Mike Davenport, Vancouver, British Columbia A recent flight in the Zenith company’s best-selling aircraft to date, the CH750 STOL, reminded me that I have had a small involvement with them for some time. I also discovered a 1973 magazine article that related the...
by EAA | Nov 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Member Stories
By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266, Montreal There is a dynamic to two people working in a cockpit. For a long time now, the modern airliner has only had two crew members. Days gone by it had three or four. Today, on a wide-body airliner, the CARs (regs) stipulate...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA chapter, EAA member, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Youth & Young Eagles
By Joel Kersting, EAA 882109 On August 21, 2024, Emily Ericson and Nathan Ewens both passed their private pilot checkrides, becoming certified private pilots. Emily, EAA 1571675, is a senior at Grand Rapids High School in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Nathan is a freshman...
