by Sam Oleson | Jul 3, 2026 | General Aviation, Member Stories
By Sam Oleson Ever since he was around six or seven years old, Joe Lienau, EAA Lifetime 64171, has been completely enraptured by aviation. About 80 years later, not a whole lot has changed — aviation is still one of Joe’s primary passions in life. But it all began by...
by Emme Hornung | Jun 15, 2026 | General Aviation, seaplane, volunteers, Why We Fly
By Emme Hornung The West Coast and its precarious positioning to the Cascadia Subduction Zone and San Andreas fault puts millions of people at risk — there is a massive earthquake, often called The Big One, expected to occur along these fault lines that would...
by EAA | Apr 1, 2026 | General Aviation, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By Matt Ringen, EAA 1304226 There we were, upside down and on fire. Just kidding. But it’s bound to happen, you and whoever else is in the aircraft with you get to talking, and the stories start coming out. However, not every story is about flying and not every...
by EAA | Feb 25, 2026 | General Aviation, Why We Fly, Youth Outreach
By Charan Kandula I remember the sound more than anything else. Not the loud and constant engine but it was my headset clicking into place and sealing myself from the outside world. I could feel everything become more serious as I put my headset on. I could feel the...
by EAA | Jan 18, 2026 | Chapters, General Aviation, Podcast, The Green Dot
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris are joined by Grace Yakuber, EAA chapter field representative, to talk about her general aviation background as well as her work supporting EAA chapters. The Green Dot, sponsored by Crewchief Systems, is a podcast...
by EAA | Jan 12, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, General Aviation
By Scott McFadden, EAA 611467/Vintage 726528, Thunder Bay, Ontario, and KCFC, Grand Marais, Minneapolis For the past few years, I did not fly my Taylorcraft in “mode C” airspace. That changed this past spring, and I had to complete the two-year mandatory...
