by EAA | Mar 9, 2025 | flying, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Kevin Szalapski, EAA 792226 This piece originally ran in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. All winter long, I had envisioned a long cross-country flight with my weight-shift trike. I meticulously planned the route and had the perfect co-pilot...
by EAA | Feb 10, 2025 | Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask, “George, how can I fly like that?” And most of the people asking already own an aircraft! That question is...
by EAA | Jan 26, 2025 | EAA, EAA member, Homebuilding, homebuilt aircraft, Member Stories, Ultralight
By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the Flyin’ Yankee. It was designed by Leonard Milholland, EAA 72307 and the 2015 inductee...
by Emme Hornung | Jan 11, 2025 | aviation history, EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, History, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? I’m sure many of our members who have been around long enough would immediately think of...
by EAA | Dec 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Nathan Finneman, EAA 1459460 This piece originally ran in the October 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Setting records has always been an interest of mine, being good friends with Bear Grylls who set an unofficial paramotor altitude record of nearly...
by EAA | Nov 3, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Larry Fleming This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The sun had risen on an early summer morning, as I prepared Nancy Anne, my new Aeros nanolight trike (a powered hang glider) for a distance flight. The roar of...
