by EAA | Feb 13, 2026 | Member Stories, Ultralights, Why We Fly
By Jenna Rose, EAA 1576771 This piece originally ran in the December 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Like many people, I spent many years dreaming about taking part in the world of aviation before I ever laid my hands on the controls of an airplane. After...
by EAA | Jan 6, 2026 | Bits and Pieces, EAA Canada, Member Stories, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Curtis Penner, EAA 1103560, Manitoba “Your mission, should you choose to accept it…” Pilots need a mission. Try this! Starting and finishing at the centre of the continent in Manitoba, Canada, you have 5 days/4 nights to journey 3,500 miles, see Niagara Falls, the...
by EAA | Dec 28, 2025 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, Why We Fly, Young Eagles, Youth Outreach
Story and photos courtesy of EAA Chapter 582 In early October, EAA Chapter 582 hosted a special Young Eagles rally for youths from The Program Inc., a community organization dedicated to mentoring young men from fatherless homes. In the organization’s own words, they...
by EAA | Nov 28, 2025 | Chapters, Chapters in Action, Recreational, Why We Fly
By Aidan Lara and Ray Ballantyne, EAA 808555, EAA Chapter 430 President “By 2100z on Sunday, Oct. 26th, the TAFs were looking good for the flyout to Roche Harbor for Monday, Oct. 27th, so I sent out the ‘flyout is on’ announcement. By this time, I had 16 confirmed to...
by EAA | Nov 28, 2025 | Homebuilding, Member Stories, Military and Veterans, Why We Fly
By David Paradis, EAA 877365 My RV-8, N814DP, was donated to the Western Antique Aircraft and Automobile Museum in December 2024. I convinced the founder Terry Brandt and his board of directors that even though this aircraft is not an antique, any aircraft museum in...
by EAA | Nov 28, 2025 | Why We Fly, Young Eagles, Youth Outreach
By James Clark, EAA Lifetime 466543 11-year-old Margaret Clark, my daughter, is working on her communications and aviation merit badges for Scouting America, and she would love to share the following: “My dad has been in EAA since he was a kid, and his dad, my...
