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...
by EAA | Sep 10, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the July 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. The song “Don’t Let the Old Man In” by Toby Keith is a big inspiration for me. As I slide into my 83rd year of life, daily tasks become a little more...
by EAA | Aug 8, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By Kenneth Florence, EAA 1509968 This piece originally ran in the June 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. In March 2024, I purchased a fine example of a Leonard Milholland-designed Legal Eagle XL. Three weeks earlier, I had bought the plans for the airplane...
by EAA | Jul 6, 2024 | EAA, EAA member, Member Stories, Ultralight, Ultralights
By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 This piece originally ran in the May 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Every once in a while, someone will ask me, “George, when are you going to learn how to fly a real airplane?” I usually do not respond to that question....
by EAA | Jun 6, 2024 | EAA Sport Aviation, Flying Tips, Ultralights
In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Mark Murray talks about concepts to review and practice prior to a potential in-flight engine failure. The post Engine Failures During Cruise, Part 1 first appeared on Hangar Flying. Read...
