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 | 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 | May 23, 2025 | Attic, EAA Attic, EAA Sport Aviation, Sport Aviation
By: EAA This piece originally ran in the April 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every pilot wants to have clear vision when flying, but would you wear these hard contact lenses circa the 1940s? Donated to the EAA Aviation Museum by Rick Chamberlin, these...
by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | aircraft maintenance, checkpoints, Column, Flying Tips, Member Stories, Sport Aviation
By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Over the years, I have written some product reviews in my columns, specifically regarding items I chose to install in...
by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Column, flight instructor, flying, Flying Tips, Sport Aviation
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. While I was sitting at the picnic table visiting with my hangar neighbor and dear friend, Tom Hegy, EAA 6849, recently,...
by EAA | Sep 28, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Learning to Fly, Member Stories, Sport Aviation
By Steve Krog, EAA 173799 This piece originally ran in Steve’s Classic Instructor column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I remember when learning to fly was a true and practical learning experience. It doesn’t seem to be that way now. I...
