by EAA | May 1, 2026 | Member Stories, Recreational, Vintage
By Jeffrey Drews, EAA 1191530 How many of you made model airplanes as a kid? Let’s see a show of hands. Come on, don’t be shy, let’s see those hands go up. We hung them from the ceiling with thread, gathering dust, but it was the start of a love affair, nearly 70 years...
by EAA | Mar 17, 2026 | Member Stories, Recreational, Tips
By Todd Westley, EAA 566527 Years before pursuing my engineering degree from Virginia Tech, my Uncle Steve took me to Oshkosh for EAA’s air show. As an adult, I moved to Ohio from Maryland, and he began constructing a plansbuilt Cub in Pennsylvania. I thought I should...
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 | Nov 28, 2025 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Aidan Lara and Ray Ballantyne, EAA 808555, EAA Chapter 430 President “By 2100z on Sunday, Oct. 26th, the TAFs were looking good for the flyout to Roche Harbor for Monday, Oct. 27th, so I sent out the ‘flyout is on’ announcement. By this time, I had 16 confirmed to...
by EAA | Nov 22, 2025 | aviation history, Honoring The Past, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Marc Breen, EAA 1468014 By 1925, Americans could travel long distances by train or automobile; but the idea of commercial aviation only existed in dreams and imagination. Air travel seemed like an interesting concept, but also was somewhat unreliable at the time,...
