by EAA | Jan 29, 2026 | Member Stories, volunteers
This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Tim, EAA Lifetime 317633, and Liz, EAA Lifetime 1486815, Popp are a dynamic husband-and-wife team who have played a crucial role in the EAA community since their first Oshkosh fly-in...
by EAA | Jan 24, 2026 | Member Stories, Vintage
By Chris Demopoulos, EAA 753405 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I began flying in 1999 to satisfy my lifelong curiosity and built-up desire. Recently retired from decades of national competition in the...
by EAA | Jan 9, 2026 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Rich Grue, EAA 1397125 This piece originally ran in the November 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. About five years ago, I saw an ad on a social media post for RV-14 parts. As it turned out, he had almost an entire airplane in parts. I bought what I could...
by EAA | Jan 6, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Member Stories, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560, Manitoba “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Pilots need a mission. Try this! Starting and finishing at the centre of the continent in Manitoba, Canada, you have 5 days/4 nights to journey 3,500 miles, see Niagara Falls, the...
by EAA | Jan 3, 2026 | learn to fly, Member Stories, Ultralights
By Anibal Michel, EAA 643160 Reading Paul Dye’s commentary “Without a Checkout” about first flights in a single-seater in the November issue of Sport Aviation reminded me of the dilemma I faced after having bought a single-seat Quicksilver GT400 with my son a few...
by EAA | Dec 22, 2025 | advocacy, General Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Michael Chang, EAA Lifetime 1109992 I started learning to fly in 2012 at Trade Winds Aviation flight school in San Jose, California. I spent most of my hours learning to fly in a Remos GX light-sport aircraft. I earned my sport pilot certificate in 2015. I built a...
