Why We Fly

Heather Penney Discusses 9/11 Experience, Beliefs ...

Aug 22, 2019 |

EAA’s The Green Dot — DTG Pyrotechnics President D...

Aug 29, 2019 |

Feeling helpless on my second solo cross-country

Aug 22, 2019 |

AirVenture 2019 Photo Favorites

Aug 15, 2019 |

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Former Thunderbird Pilot Releasing Book, Speaking at EAA Museum

Sep 12, 2019 |

Former U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot Col. Chris Stricklin will be speaking and signing copies...

EAA’s The Green Dot — Air Force One Pilot Col. Mark Tillman

Sep 12, 2019 |

On a somber special edition of The Green Dot, the crew was joined by Col. Mark Tillman on the 18th...

Hintons to Headline 2019 Wright Brothers Memorial Banquet

Sep 12, 2019 |

Father and son Steve and Steven Hinton, both national championship air racers, will be the keynote...

2018 One Week Wonder EAA Chapter Tour Kicks Off

Sep 11, 2019 |

EAA staffers David Leiting and Serena Kamps picked up the 2018 One Week Wonder in Aurora, Oregon,...

AirVenture 2019, the Lockheed LC-130, and a Chance for Closure

Sep 11, 2019 |

Little did Brandon know when he showed up at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 that a chance encounter...

A Nefarious Foe: The Seasons of Fog

Sep 11, 2019 |

Driven by air and water temperatures, humidity levels, and winds, dreary conditions of dense gray...

Flying an RV-12 Across the Country

Sep 5, 2019 |

The 2018 EAA One Week Wonder will be taking a tour across the West Coast and central United...

EAA’s Attic — Air Adventure Museum Sign

Sep 5, 2019 |

Learn more about the EAA Air Adventure Museum sign in this installment of EAA’s...

Doug Conciatu — 2,400th Young Eagle Milestone

Sep 5, 2019 |

Congratulations to Doug Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, of Macomb, Michigan, for flying his 2,400th...

The Story of a WASP Flight Instructor

Sep 5, 2019 |

The EAA Aviation Museum was recently entrusted with items from Ethel Jones, a WASP in WWII who...

Antique Airplane Heaven in Iowa

Sep 5, 2019 |

EAA staffers Hal Bryan, Alden Frautschy, Kyle Ludwick, and Connor Madison attended the annual...

New Holstein Super Cub Fly-In Photo Roundup

Sep 5, 2019 |

Pilots and aviation enthusiasts alike gathered in New Holstein July 19-23 to share their passion...

Former Air Force One Pilot to Speak at EAA Museum on September 11

Sep 5, 2019 |

Former Air Force One pilot Mark Tillman to speak at EAA Aviation Museum on anniversary of...

How Being a Ray Scholar Helped Me

Sep 5, 2019 |

The Ray Aviation Scholarship has helped me in ways I never imagined. This summer I worked long and...

U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command at AirVenture 2019

Sep 4, 2019 |

We were thrilled to have three U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command jet demonstration teams perform...

Samuel VanderJagt’s Front Row Seat to History

Aug 29, 2019 |

Samuel VanderJagt was a radio operator and gunner in a Martin B-26 Marauder. His B-26 Hot Rock was...

Name These Airplanes!

Aug 29, 2019 |

Put your aviation knowledge to the test with this short multiple choice...

EAA’s The Green Dot — DTG Pyrotechnics President Dion Diehl

Aug 29, 2019 |

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by DTG Pyrotechnics President Dion...

Top Three Causes of Aircraft Build Errors and How to Avoid Them

Aug 28, 2019 |

Even if you consider yourself to be advanced, an extra pair of eyes from someone highly...

Heather Penney Discusses 9/11 Experience, Beliefs in TEDx Talk

Aug 22, 2019 |

EAA board member Heather Penney, EAA 1266991, told her story of being scrambled on September 11,...

The Value of Good Training — Don’t Be Too Proud to Learn

Aug 21, 2019 |

The experience and supervision of a good powered paragliding instructor will not only mitigate...

(Where the Fun Is) Creampuff: Debbie Cheney’s Cessna 140

Aug 15, 2019 |

Well, you’re finally there. After wanting to fly all your life, and having to delay your...

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring: Arkansas Piper J-3 Cub

Aug 15, 2019 |

This story started in August 1938 on a 40-acre cotton field near the Hempstead County line in...

EAA’s The Green Dot Live — Legendary Designer Burt Rutan

Aug 15, 2019 |

The Green Dot crew sat down with legendary aircraft designer Burt Rutan at a live episode of the...

Take a Trip Through the North 40 and South 40 at AirVenture 2019!

Aug 15, 2019 |

If you’ve never walked the length of the North 40 or South 40 areas at EAA AirVenture...

EAA Sport Pilot Academy – 2019 Summer Class

Aug 15, 2019 |

Earlier this summer, the four students who took part in the EAA Sport Pilot Academy all had one...

AirVenture 2019 Photo Favorites

Aug 15, 2019 |

Check out some of our favorite photos from the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 photo...

Visiting the Museum of Flight

Aug 14, 2019 |

Planning your trip to the Museum of Flight in Seattle,...

Our Hike Into the British Columbia Bush to the Canso Bomber Wreckage

Aug 14, 2019 |

At 2300 on the night of February 10, 1945, a Royal Canadian Air Force Consolidated PBV-1A*...

A Non-Pilot Spouse’s Perspective on Oshkosh

Aug 14, 2019 |

It has been more than 15 years since my husband, Jack, started attending EAA AirVenture Oshkosh...

Friday Photo: the Twelve Apostles

Sep 13, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Flying over The Twelve Apostles (Victorian coast,...

Memories of flying the Connie

Sep 12, 2019 |

The first big airplane I ever flew was the Lockheed Constellation, affectionately known as the...

The perfect pilot myth is finished

Sep 11, 2019 |

Non-pilot acquaintances who know of my aviation background often ask about the Boeing 737 Max and...

From the archives: Wolfgang Langewiesche on airports in every town

Sep 10, 2019 |

Editor’s note: This inspiring article, first published in the October 1956 edition of Air...

I didn’t look in the right place

Sep 9, 2019 |

I was a 4000-hour Mooney pilot (all in the same Mooney) several years ago when a friend, a...

Friday Photo: chasing the rainbow

Sep 6, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Climbing out of Spirit of St. Louis Airport The pilot:...

Night, over water

Sep 5, 2019 |

No horizon line. No lights. Black below; black above. You’ve left the comforting, glowing...

Night, over water

Sep 5, 2019 |

No horizon line. No lights. Black below; black above. You’ve left the comforting, glowing...

Nine things I know about flying in Maryland

Sep 4, 2019 |

Maryland has mountains, a large bay, and an ocean – as well as airports to enjoy each of...

My “pucker factor” story

Sep 3, 2019 |

“Pucker Factor,” for those unfamiliar with the term, is loosely defined as how tight a...

Friday Photo: Indonesia airstrip

Aug 30, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Koropun airstrip in Papua, Indonesia The...

My excellent Ercoupe adventure

Aug 29, 2019 |

On April 21, 2015, I accomplished something that I could have never imagined doing at the age of...

A fifty-fifty decision in Florida

Aug 28, 2019 |

Spring, 2016. On the last week of my vacation, I did my favorite activity for any vacation: I...

Reader question: what do non-pilots ask when they learn you fly?

Aug 27, 2019 |

You know it’s coming…When meeting someone for the first time, talk often turn to...

Rod Stewart and my first solo

Aug 26, 2019 |

The first solo is an event remembered clearly by most of us. This summer marks the 40th...

Friday Photo: a GoPro view of Argentina

Aug 23, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: GoPro, wing-mounted The pilot: Agustin Rubiños The...

Feeling helpless on my second solo cross-country

Aug 22, 2019 |

My first solo cross-country was mostly uneventful – my instructor flew the route with me on...

Seven things I know about flying in California

Aug 21, 2019 |

California is a huge state and to sum it up in a few bullet points doesn’t truly do it...

Video tip: circle-to-land instrument approaches

Aug 20, 2019 |

Circling approaches are pretty rare these days, but at some airports they are the only option....

Denver to Norway in a Pilatus PC-12

Aug 19, 2019 |

In early 2016, my family was ready to see something new and beautiful. The past year had been...

Friday Photo: the plains of New Mexico

Aug 16, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: The vast plains in the vicinity of the north-south state...

A pilot struggles with bladder control

Aug 15, 2019 |

It was another typical, beautiful, sunny summer day on the New Jersey shore, a Saturday. That...

Pilots make a deal with the devil

Aug 14, 2019 |

Several years ago after the TBM, PC-12 and Piper Meridian were well-established as sales...

Go or No Go: home from Michigan?

Aug 13, 2019 |

Summer is coming to an end, which means your annual family vacation to northern Michigan is coming...

Always read the fine print

Aug 12, 2019 |

The latest AOPA Air Safety Institute in-person seminar, “Peaks-to-Pavement… Applying...

Different Worlds in Romania Report and photos by Paul Gross and Patrick Roegies September 8, 2019 The Romanian Air Force (Fortele Aeriene Romāne, RoAF) is continuing a modernization program that was initiated in the early...

Bulgarian Air Force Triple Anniversary

Aug 21, 2019 |

Bulgarian Air Force Triple Anniversary Report and photos by Gabriele Rivera August 20, 2019 After the revolutions of 1989 that brought to the collapse of USSR, Bulgaria, like most of the eastern European countries, started an...

The ‘Gipper’ flying the flag at Talisman Sabre 19

Aug 16, 2019 |

The ‘Gipper’ flying the flag at Talisman Sabre 19 USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 participates in Talisman Sabre 2019 “Your flight to the ‘Reagan’ is loud, fast, dark and smelly, but you better hold...

Rapid Deployment Royal Netherlands Airforce

Aug 14, 2019 |

Rapid Deployment Royal Netherlands Airforce Report and photos by Danny Reijnen August 13, 2019 In June, based on the Rapid Raptor concept used by the United States Airforce, the Royal Netherlands Airforce, (RNLAF) sent two F-35A...

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