by EAA | Nov 1, 2025 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Homebuilding, seaplane, Vintage
By Mike Davenport, Langley, British Columbia This Volmer VJ-22 Sportsman is registered as CF-EBY, a nice touch considering the builder’s last name is Eby. This wooden amphibian was designed by Volmer Jensen in the late ‘60s and was built by Bill Eby over a period of...
by EAA | Oct 23, 2025 | Member Stories, restoration, Vintage
By Kent Carder, EAA 676328 This piece originally ran in the September 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My Cessna 180 has been in my family since the early 1970s. The 180 came to be a part of the family before my mom and dad even met. My father and two other...
by EAA | Aug 12, 2025 | Gallery, photography, Pietenpol, Vintage
By James Lipman, EAA 1235855 The 2025 Pietenpol Reunion at Brodhead Airport in Brodhead, Wisconsin, supported by EAA Chapter 431, took place July 17-20. These homebuilt aircraft and their pilots made for some beautiful visuals as captured by photographer James Lipman,...
by EAA | Jul 13, 2025 | airworthy, EAA Sport Aviation, Member Stories, Vintage
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911/Vintage 724296 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the June 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Becky and Ron exited their camper early on the first day of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The morning air was cool...
by EAA | Feb 4, 2025 | Attic, Curtiss, EAA, Fabric, Robin, Vintage
This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Among EAA’s many activities is restoring vintage aircraft. This fabric comes from the rudder of the EAA Aviation Museum’s Curtiss Robin that lives at Pioneer Airport. Taken off the...
by EAA | Jul 27, 2024 | aeronca, AirVenture, EAA, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2024, EAA member, Member Stories, Vintage
By Jim Roberts From the day the Aeronautical Corporation of America set up shop in 1928 at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati, until it closed the doors in 1951 in Middletown, Ohio, the company built thousands of personal light airplanes. Known simply as Aeronca, the...
