by Christina Basken | Apr 8, 2021 | Member Stories, Pilots N Paws, Why We Fly
Christina Basken, EAA 1299943, and David Leiting, EAA Lifetime 579157, participated in their first Pilots N Paws mission on Friday, March 26, to transport an injured owl. Read...
by Chris Henry | Apr 8, 2021 | Celebrating Women, experimental, military, U.S. Army, Why We Fly, women in aviation
Lourie DeBoer grew up no stranger to aviation – flying was always something discussed in her house growing up. Even she couldn’t have predicted where her career would take her. Read...
by EAA | Mar 29, 2021 | Chapters, Podcast, The Green Dot, Why We Fly, Youth & Young Eagles
The Green Dot crew sat down with EAA CEO and Chairman of the Board Jack J. Pelton to look back at 2019 from an EAA and general aviation at large perspective. Read...
by EAA | Mar 27, 2021 | Homebuilding, homebuilt, Member Stories, Why We Fly
By email interview with Dale Lamport of Smiths Falls, Ontario, we put together the following this first in a series of articles about amazing Canadians who have built several aircraft. Read...
by EAA | Mar 25, 2021 | cessna, cessna 120, Member Stories, Why We Fly
I turn 65 in May and I know my aviating days could be over at any time. Although I’m in good health, anything can crop up and change that in an instant. Like so many of my fellow aging aviators I have a story and thought I would share. Read...
by EAA | Mar 20, 2021 | flying, rc, warbird, Why We Fly
On Friday, August 19, several EAA staffers spent the afternoon immersed in RC models at Warbirds and Classics Over the Midwest, an annual event held at Wellnitz Field near Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Wellnitz Field features a putting-green smooth grass runway that’s 1,320...