by Emme Hornung | Nov 7, 2025 | advocacy, learn to fly, Member Stories, Milestones
By Emme Hornung MOSAIC/Sport Pilot 2.0 went into effect just two weeks ago, and we’re already seeing sport pilots coming out of the woodwork because of it. Lorn M. Dennis, EAA 1537823, of Missouri is among the first student pilots to take advantage of the new Sport...
by EAA | Nov 1, 2025 | learn to fly, Member Stories, Milestones
By Sharon Puschmann “Every time I see a plane flying overhead, I tell myself, ‘I will be up there one day. I will be able to do that.’” Once upon a time (as all good stories begin) there was a young man who dreamed of becoming a pilot. Matthew Wolf loved aviation...
by EAA | Nov 1, 2025 | Member Stories, restoration, Vintage
By Kristi Dunks, EAA Lifetime 689578, Vintage 732804 I probably come by it naturally given that my dad was a truckdriver for most of his life, but I must admit that the fun and connections I could find in driving thousands of miles to support my aviation dreams had...
by EAA | Oct 23, 2025 | Member Stories, Milestones, Military and Veterans
On Friday, October 3, 2025, the famous Seth “Egg Boy” Holloway, EAA Lifetime 1058791, received his coveted Naval aviator wings of gold! He has certainly come a long way from his egg selling days back in 2012 when he sold 116 dozen eggs from his family farm to get a...
by EAA | Oct 23, 2025 | Member Stories, restoration, Vintage
By Kent Carder, EAA 676328 This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My Cessna 180 has been in my family since the early 1970s. The 180 came to be a part of the family before my mom and dad even met. My father and two other...
by EAA | Oct 17, 2025 | airworthy, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. We talk about airworthiness, but what is it? We know it when we see it, but do we know it when we...