by EAA | Dec 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, homebuilt, Member Stories
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I mentioned I would continue with the RV-10 upgrades, but I have had quite a few requests in the last two months from...
by EAA | Nov 21, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, homebuilt, Member Stories
By Michael “Z” Zyskowski, EAA 669825 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When the August issue of EAA Sport Aviation landed on my desk in 2001, the conundrum for what aircraft I was going to build and fly instantly...
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 | Oct 19, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Tim Fiedler, EAA Lifetime 256056 This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This was started in 1992 by Jim LePard, an A&P/IA mechanic who resides near Spokane, Washington, who substantially completed the airframe...
by EAA | Oct 10, 2024 | aviation repair, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviaiton, Flying Tips, Homebuilding, inspection, Member Stories, propeller
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I left the FBO and walked out to the porch, where a few seats were left on the benches. It was a bright and crisp...
by EAA | Sep 28, 2024 | EAA member, Homebuilding, homebuilt aircraft, International Pilots, Member Stories
By Sabu Sivaraman, EAA Lifetime 709426 Though India has a very long aviation history and is now considered the fastest growing aviation market, experimental aviation or recreational aviation is almost non-existent in the country now. When the country was under British...