by EAA | Dec 7, 2025 | Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Scott Christiansen, EAA Lifetime 43627 After learning to fly in an Alon Ercoupe, my first tail dragger checkout was in a Piper Super Cub. My flying career started after graduating from the aeronautical curriculum at Metropolitan State College in Denver, Colorado. I...
by EAA | Dec 7, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Charles Albritton, EAA 545463 This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I never had assembling a Bearhawk Five in 12 days on my bucket list. I especially didn’t imagine doing it in the Amazon jungle at the age of 74, but...
by EAA | Dec 4, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Member Stories, Military and Veterans
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia For the past number of years, four Langley pilots have flown formation flights over lower mainland cenotaphs as their contribution to area Remembrance Day services. While snow, wind, and rain heavily influenced some...
by EAA | Nov 28, 2025 | Homebuilding, Member Stories, Military and Veterans, Why We Fly
By David Paradis, EAA 877365 My RV-8, N814DP, was donated to the Western Antique Aircraft and Automobile Museum in December 2024. I convinced the founder Terry Brandt and his board of directors that even though this aircraft is not an antique, any aircraft museum in...
by EAA | Nov 28, 2025 | Member Stories, Ultralight World, Ultralights
By Mark Solper with Lee Fischer This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Paul Poberezny once said, “Airplanes bring us together, but friendships keep us together.” Little did I know that a short call to EAA and a subsequent...
by EAA | Nov 22, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Brian Garrett, EAA Lifetime 871500 This piece originally ran in the October 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, building an airplane just seemed like the right thing to do. I’d been flying old certified airplanes for a...
