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...
by EAA | Dec 19, 2025 | Chapters in Action, Member Stories, Ray Scholar, Youth Outreach
By Joel Kersting, EAA 882109, EAA Chapter 412 Holly Sylvester, EAA 1579274, is EAA Chapter 412’s 2025 Ray scholar. Holly had started her flight training before being awarded a $1,000 chapter scholarship in 2024, and then last February she was awarded the Ray Aviation...
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...
