by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | airport, Bits and Pieces, Member Stories
By Chris Strube, EAA 738689; Lillooet, British Columbia; CYLI, Member, BCGA Shortly after becoming a pilot in 1981, I got a lesson in diplomacy. Coutts/Ross International Airport (CEP4) was an unfenced grass and dirt strip, straddling the U.S./Canada border. A friend...
by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | flying, Member Stories
Story by Heidi Axum, EAA Lifetime 1462447; Photos courtesy of Tucker Axum, EAA Lifetime 1418919 You would think with all the talking pilots do with air traffic controllers and with their buddies at the hangar, that they’d be better communicators. While I’m not a...
by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | AirVenture, Bits and Pieces, Member Stories
By Dave Stanchuk, EAA 1141923, and Doug Daverne, EAA 1161768; Chapter 154 Regina In the process of building our RV-10, there are many decisions to make on avionics and other equipment. And, of course, the best place to make these informed decisions is at EAA...
by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | flying, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Kevin Szalapski, EAA 792226 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. All winter long, I had envisioned a long cross-country flight with my weight-shift trike. I meticulously planned the route and had the perfect co-pilot...
by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | aircraft maintenance, checkpoints, Column, Flying Tips, Member Stories, Sport Aviation
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written some product reviews in my columns, specifically regarding items I chose to install in...
by EAA | Feb 28, 2025 | airplane building, Member Stories, Sling Aircraft, youth, Youth & Young Eagles, youth build
Story and photography by Devin Wilson In 2019, Naples Youth Aviation Project was launched by EAA Chapter 1067. Nineteen of us, including myself, joined as youth builders to construct a Sling 2 experimental aircraft. The entire project was funded solely through...
