by Christina Basken | Mar 20, 2021 | Anniversaries, Quad City Challenger, Ultralights
The Quad City Ultralight Aircraft Corp. was founded 35 years ago, a year after the first Challenger single-place ultralight was designed. The QCUAC celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Challenger on September 14-16, 2018, at Erie Airpark in Erie, Illinois. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Learning to Fly, Quad City Challenger, Ultralight, Ultralights
The cost of getting into flying has always been important to those dreaming of becoming a pilot. One strategy for would-be sport pilots is to take flight training in their own aircraft. You only have to pay for fuel and the flight instructor, so the cost of...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Member Stories, Ultralights
“A map is not the territory it represents,” Alfred Korzybski wrote in a scholarly paper in 1931. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | AirVenture, Homebuilding, Ultralight, Ultralights
My spouse observed that my deepening environmental concerns were expressed in my driving behavior but not in my choice of aircraft, which burned 10 gph. I explored electric-powered self-launching sailplanes, but I eventually chose Earthstar’s eGull, because it was...
by Jim Busha | Mar 20, 2021 | Aerobatics, Air Show, Homebuilding, Ultralights, Vintage, Warbirds, Why We Fly
The 45th annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo certainly lived up to its name this year with blue skies and plenty of Florida sunshine to go around. Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | gyroplanes, Ultralights
At first glance, gyroplanes look like a funky cross between a helicopter and an airplane. While sharing aspects of both, they combine a unique blend of flight characteristics into one exhilarating-to-fly package. Link To...
