by Tom Charpentier | Mar 20, 2021 | cross country, Member Stories, vfr, weather, Why We Fly
VFR flying demands a bizarre mix of meticulous planning and a penchant for spontaneity. I learned that over Labor Day weekend when my girlfriend and I set out one morning for a vacation in South Dakota’s Black Hills and instead ended up in Boulder, Colorado. It was...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Air Show, AirVenture, osh16, photography, Why We Fly
Our photographers captured the best moments of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016. Relive some of it with us as we get dream about #OSH17. Share The Spirit of Aviation® this holiday season with tickets to the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration.® Link To...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | chapter, Chapters, flight training, learn to fly, Member Stories, Milestones, pilot, Why We Fly, young eagle, Youth & Young Eagles
By Owen Leipelt, EAA 1102131, EAA Chapter 62 Vice President December 1, 2016 – In 2013, when I was 13 years old, I took my first Young Eagles flight with pilot Tom Hail, Young Eagles coordinator at the Watsonville Airport (EAA Chapter 119, Watsonville, California) in...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | biplane, Vintage, Why We Fly
“Why did I wait so long?” That’s what Kurt Gubert, EAA 441434, said on May 16, 2015, when he made the first flight of his eye-catching Fly Baby biplane, a project that began more than 35 years ago. Find the answer in the January 2017 issue of EAA Sport Aviation...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | Flying Tips, skiplane flying, Why We Fly, winter
Skiplane flying becomes an integral part of life once winter weather begins to encroach on many remote communities in places like Canada and Alaska. There, it can be a lifeline, a vital piece of infrastructure that, in extreme cases, is the only viable form of...
by Katie Holliday-Greenley | Mar 20, 2021 | airport, flight instructor, instrument rating, Milestones, pilot, rc, sporty's, Why We Fly, Youth & Young Eagles
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the EAA Young Eagles program in 2017, we’re featuring 25 Young Eagles whose stories inspire and exemplify the impact of the program. Twenty-year-old pilot Amy White said she’ll fly “anything they’ll let me get my hands on.”...
