by EAA | Jan 17, 2025 | airplane building, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Technicians were deep into their chores and barely noticed Tim as he walked through the hangar to the back office. Walt,...
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...
by EAA | Dec 15, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, homebuilt, homebuilt aircraft, Member Stories, WOMB
By Richard Brown, EAA 1266320 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My wife and I were sitting in an Oklahoma City hotel room when I received a text from Brenda with ArtCraft Paint, “Hey! Congratulations, we are here and...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | Bits 'n Pieces, Bits and Pieces, EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dennis Fox, EAA 1030810, EAA Chapter 1410 EAA Chapter 1410 in High River, Alberta, has been a hotbed of homebuilding for many years, and it continues today. Every chapter has some key people that keep the membership motivated, and one of ours is Jack Dueck. Many...
by EAA | Dec 6, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. If you were one of the lucky people wandering the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds this year looking for a project, you...
