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October 28, 2024October 28, 2024

‘Recognize the Moment’ With Record-Breaking Race Pilot at Museum Speaker Series

Aerobatics, History, Speaker Series
Skip Holm – a highly-accomplished Air Force fighter pilot, Skunk Works test pilot, air show and race pilot, and movie pilot – will be the final speaker for the 2024 ... Read more
July 24, 2024July 24, 2024

New Name, Same Great Air Show

Aerobatics, AirVenture
By Barbara A. Schmitz Their name and paint job may be new, but their crowd-pleasing show will remain the same as the TITAN Aerobatic Team in its AT-6 Texans takes ... Read more
June 25, 2024July 2, 2024

Snowbirds: Per Ardua Ad Astra

Aerobatics, History, Warbirds
By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599, Toronto, Ontario The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are a classic symbol, and they are about as Canadian as one can ever be. The RCAF’s motto is: ... Read more

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February 13, 2025February 13, 2025

Not a Mechanic?

Homebuilding
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the January 2025 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. “Here’s my credit card.” “Thanks. That ... Read more
January 23, 2025January 28, 2025

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Connecticut Legal Eagle

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Vincent Carucci, EAA 1172931 This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I recently completed my Legal Eagle ultralight and named it the ... Read more
January 16, 2025January 22, 2025

Simple Maintenance? Maybe Not

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Technicians were deep into their chores ... Read more
January 7, 2025January 8, 2025

A Mission With the “End in Mind” That Has a Plan B Built In: Part 1

Bits and Pieces, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Sreekumar V Nair P. Eng., EAA Lifetime 1108291; EAA Chapter 1410, High River, Alberta What can I do to tickle the minds of future generations to focus on bettering ... Read more
December 18, 2024December 18, 2024

Turbulence Comes to the EAA Aviation Museum

EAA Museum, Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Dick Knapinski Pilots usually aren’t very fond of turbulence. This time, though, pilots will be eager to see it. The phenomenon this time is Turbulence, the Mike Patey-built and ... Read more
December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — California Mooney M20

Homebuilding, Member Stories
By Richard Brown, EAA 1266320 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. My wife and I were sitting in an Oklahoma City hotel ... Read more

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February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

The Ultralight

Member Stories, Ultralights
This piece originally ran in the December 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. By George Karamitis, EAA 144192 Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask, “George, how ... Read more
January 9, 2025January 9, 2025

A Model Citizen

History, Member Stories, Ultralights
By Emme Hornung, EAA 1463093 This piece originally ran in the November 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. When you think of Oshkosh, what specific airplanes come to mind? ... Read more
November 25, 2024November 25, 2024

Rarified Air

Member Stories, 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 ... Read more

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July 21, 2024August 15, 2024

Ladies Love Taildraggers

AirVenture, Celebrating Women, Vintage, Volunteers
Ladies Love Taildraggers (LLT) is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of remarkable female pilots. They recently returned from their Ladies Love Taildraggers Mississippi River Flying Tour, which ... Read more
February 14, 2024February 15, 2024

Galesburg

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Vic Syracuse talks about his favorite event of the year — the National Stearman Fly-In.

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October 26, 2023October 30, 2023

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Arkansas Cessna 170B

Member Stories, Vintage

In a recent piece for EAA Sport Aviation, EAA member Paul J. Davis takes us through the restoration of his 1956 Cessna 170B.

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January 16, 2025January 22, 2025

EAA’s The Green Dot — Discussing B-25J Miss Mitchell

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Chris and Ike are joined by Amy and Jim Lauria of the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing to discuss the North American B-25J ... Read more
November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

Grumman F8F-2/G-58A Bearcat: An Air-to-Air Photo Mission

History, Member Stories, Warbirds
Story and photos by Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782 Todd, EAA 1571783, and Kelley Whitaker, EAA 1571782, of WhitPics Media had the opportunity to attend the 2024 ... Read more
September 27, 2024

EAA’s The Green Dot — Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals

Podcast, Warbirds
This time on The Green Dot, hosts Tom and Chris discuss the history of MASH, or Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals, and their use in the Korean War, as well as ... Read more
July 26, 2024July 26, 2024

The Sound of Freedom

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds
By Jim Roberts It’s not every day you get to see and hear an aircraft engine that helped win World War II. Thanks to four dedicated volunteers, a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled ... Read more
July 24, 2024July 25, 2024

From Adversity to Purpose

AirVenture, Member Stories, Warbirds
Last summer, Paul Barnett nearly lost his right leg. A little more than a year later, he’s helping folks climb up into the cockpit of the Corsair he flew in ... Read more
July 23, 2024July 24, 2024

Rare WAAAM Biplanes Highlight Training Command at AirVenture 2024

AirVenture, Warbirds
As the storm clouds of war began to form in Europe in the 1930s, the U.S. Army Air Corps found itself in dire need of a primary trainer for the ... Read more

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