by EAA | Oct 2, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Member Stories, Sport Aviation, Stick and Rudder
By Robert N. Rossier, EAA 472091 This piece originally ran in Robert’s Stick and Rudder column in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Of all the phases of flight, the one where we can hardly go wrong might seem to be the taxi. Aside from learning to...
by EAA | Oct 2, 2025 | AirVenture, Member Stories
By Keith McCutchan, EAA 199951 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025, we celebrated four generations of pilots in front of my dad’s favorite aircraft, the P-47. My dad told me if you surround your children with good people that it will be more likely they will turn out to be...
by EAA | Oct 2, 2025 | EAA Sport Aviation, Homebuilding, Member Stories, Sport Aviation
By Michael Hergenrather, EAA 816306 This piece originally ran in the August 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. This Piet was originally built by Marcus D. Moon from the Fort Worth area. First flight was in 1986. I came out of the Air Force then an airline...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | checkpoints, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories
Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I often get asked during prebuy inspections which is the better choice: a carburetor or an injection system. Since it’s not...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | Chapters, Member Stories
By Rick Ernst, EAA 418493 I am a serial builder, having completed about 250 Van’s RV-6s and 150 Zenith 750 Cruzers over the past three years. The first weekend of June, Clow International Airport in Bolingbrook, Illinois, puts on Cavalcade of Planes, our yearly...
by EAA | Sep 11, 2025 | EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Member Stories
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the July 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Proficiency. We all talk about it when gathering in informal pilot groups, but what do you do about it when on your own?...
