by EAA | Feb 7, 2026 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I’m a fourth-generation pilot and third-generation A&P mechanic, so there was never a doubt that I would eventually build my own airplane. Sure, I had...
by EAA | Jan 9, 2026 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Rich Grue, EAA 1397125 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. About five years ago, I saw an ad on a social media post for RV-14 parts. As it turned out, he had almost an entire airplane in parts. I bought what I could...
by EAA | Dec 22, 2025 | advocacy, General Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael Chang, EAA Lifetime 1109992 I started learning to fly in 2012 at Trade Winds Aviation flight school in San Jose, California. I spent most of my hours learning to fly in a Remos GX light-sport aircraft. I earned my sport pilot certificate in 2015. I built a...
by EAA | Dec 7, 2025 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Scott Christiansen, EAA Lifetime 43627 After learning to fly in an Alon Ercoupe, my first tail dragger checkout was in a Piper Super Cub. My flying career started after graduating from the aeronautical curriculum at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado. I...
by EAA | Dec 7, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Charles Albritton, EAA 545463 This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I never had assembling a Bearhawk Five in 12 days on my bucket list. I especially didn’t imagine doing it in the Amazon jungle at the age of 74, but...
by EAA | Dec 4, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Homebuilding, restoration, Vintage
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia The Skybolt, designed by Lamar Steen in the 1970s in order to meet the needs of larger pilots than was the case with Pitts of the day, is not only roomier but larger overall. The airplane could even be called an early...
