by EAA | Apr 19, 2026 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dennis Rose, EAA 228133 This piece originally ran in the February 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. GlaStar N387DR — Blue Bird — earned its airworthiness certificate in March 2024 and completed its maiden flight shortly after, on April Fool’s Day (no...
by EAA | Apr 4, 2026 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Keith Readner, EAA 1310139 This piece originally ran in the February 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I developed an interest in building an airplane in 2019 and ended up choosing the RV-10. We thought having four seats, an IO-540 for power, and an...
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 | Mar 20, 2026 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Charles “Chip” Mikesell, EAA 1268004 This piece originally ran in the January 2026 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Aviation has been part of my DNA from the beginning — I literally flew the day I was born. My father, an A&P mechanic, has always had me...
by EAA | Mar 17, 2026 | Member Stories, Recreational, Tips
By Todd Westley, EAA 566527 Years before pursuing my engineering degree from Virginia Tech, my Uncle Steve took me to Oshkosh for EAA’s air show. As an adult, I moved to Ohio from Maryland, and he began constructing a plansbuilt Cub in Pennsylvania. I thought I should...
by Emme Hornung | Mar 11, 2026 | aviation history, Honoring The Past, Member Stories, Military and Veterans, restoration
When we think about aviation restoration, we tend to think about tube-and-fabric antiques getting stripped down or warbirds getting dug out of a field. Sometimes, preserving aviation history happens on a smaller scale — like David Teitelbaum’s 1959 helicopter flight...
