Why We Fly

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Inspiring Our Youth While Honoring Our Heroes

Nov 5, 2019 |

How many second chances do you get?

Oct 21, 2019 |

Honor in the Air — Warbirds at AirVenture 2019

Oct 24, 2019 |

The Ultimate TWA Reunion? YES!

Nov 5, 2019 |

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Vintage at AirVenture 2019

Nov 6, 2019 |

The Vintage area at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is where the early days of civil aviation come to life....

EAA’s The Green Dot — F-117 Pilots Col. Al Whitley, Col. Ralph Getchell, and Col. Greg Gonyea

Nov 6, 2019 |

The Green Dot crew sat down with Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk pilots Col. Al Whitley, Col. Ralph...

Inspiring Our Youth While Honoring Our Heroes

Nov 5, 2019 |

Over the weekend of July 4, I was able to spend some time on the road with the B-17 Aluminum...

Full Circle — A Happy Reunion, 35 Years On

Nov 5, 2019 |

How often is it at age 17 that you get your first ride in a historic 1942 Meyers OTW airplane?...

Rod Lewis’ de Havilland Mosquito

Oct 30, 2019 |

Noted warbird collector Rod Lewis, EAA Lifetime 498155, brought his de Havilland Mosquito to...

The Magic of the Night — Illusion and Confusion

Oct 30, 2019 |

A blanket of darkness can make even familiar terrain completely alien and play tricks on our...

EAA’s Attic — Gee Bee Sportster Model E Wing Section

Oct 30, 2019 |

Granville Brothers Aircraft was founded in 1929 and would eventually go on to produce some of the...

Honor in the Air — Warbirds at AirVenture 2019

Oct 24, 2019 |

The Warbirds area is always one of the most popular places to visit during EAA AirVenture...

Honoring a Father’s Legacy With Aluminum Overcast

Oct 23, 2019 |

After a nasty fight in the hospital Charles started to make a recovery. His wife wanted to take...

EAA’s The Green Dot — Van’s Aircraft Director of Media, Marketing, and Community Greg Hughes

Oct 23, 2019 |

The Green Dot crew sat down with Van’s Aircraft Director of Media, Marketing, and Community...

It Takes All Kinds — Why My Students Fly

Oct 23, 2019 |

Pilots and pilot prospects are all ages and come from all walks of life. To be a good instructor,...

How We Found Our Way

Oct 17, 2019 |

How the post office laid the foundation for modern aerial...

Homebuilts at EAA AirVenture 2019 — The E-ABs of Oshkosh

Oct 17, 2019 |

Check out some of the highlights we saw this year in the Homebuilts area of...

A Special East Coast Journey

Oct 17, 2019 |

The moment I saw this Bowers Fly Baby I was blown away. The craftsmanship was second to none....

Aviation on the Big (and Small) Screen

Oct 16, 2019 |

How well do you know your aviation movie and TV show history? Take this short multiple choice quiz...

16-Year-Old Glider Pilot Gives First Young Eagles Ride

Oct 16, 2019 |

Sixteen-year-old Nick Baker recently gave a Young Eagles ride in his...

Don’t Wait

Oct 10, 2019 |

“I really enjoyed this trip,” I told my wife, Lois, as we flew the last leg home....

How to Select and Use Aircraft Screws

Oct 10, 2019 |

There are several types of screws available for aircraft use; however, two of the most popular are...

F-117 Stealth Fighter Pilots to Speak at EAA Museum

Oct 10, 2019 |

Three former F-117 Nighthawk pilots will be presenting at the EAA Aviation Museum on Thursday,...

EAA’s Attic — Helmco-Lacy Hot Cup

Oct 10, 2019 |

This small electrical appliance is placarded as a “Cup; Food Warmer, Type A-1.”...

Go or No Go: rain over Florida

Nov 12, 2019 |

As the week draws to a close, you have your eye on the weather map. It’s Friday afternoon...

Are single pilot risks real?

Nov 11, 2019 |

Getting a good handle on risks in personal flying is difficult because we have no reliable...

Friday Photo: Sunset over the Columbia Mountains

Nov 8, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: The sun setting behind the Columbia Mountains in eastern...

That other ice

Nov 7, 2019 |

Structural ice is a known flight hazard and there are plenty of forecasting products to help a...

Nine things I know about flying in Iowa

Nov 6, 2019 |

This is another entry in our “What I know about flying in…” series. If...

From the archives: Langewiesche on the weather revolution that mostly happened

Nov 5, 2019 |

Pilots are flying with more weather information today than ever before, and it has made flying...

My visit to an aircraft boneyard

Nov 4, 2019 |

It was supposed to be a routine training flight. You know, the standard stuff. Pre-flight the...

Friday Photo: Monument Valley

Nov 1, 2019 |

The View: Monument Valley The Pilot: Jennifer Kiraly The Airplane: Piper Archer...

Towing a Beaver under sail

Oct 31, 2019 |

A round-engine float plane dropped through a hole in a thick, low overcast to land, banging...

The discipline to say no

Oct 30, 2019 |

Pilots spend a lot of time talking about decision-making, and for good reason. Personal flying,...

Fly like a professional? Yes, we can and should!

Oct 28, 2019 |

Most of us are not commercial pilots nor do we fly as our profession, so it would be very easy to...

Friday Photo: a great-looking panel

Oct 25, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: 1000ft above a myriad of inlets near the Stradbroke...

Nine things I know about flying in Wisconsin

Oct 24, 2019 |

A beautiful state up north with a serious aviation addiction Wisconsin is my adopted summer home...

A rusty pilot takes to the skies again

Oct 23, 2019 |

Flying has always been part of my life. Whether it was building and flying model airplanes as a...

Reader question: in what year did you first solo and what was the airplane?

Oct 22, 2019 |

Each shirt tail has a story to tell…The first solo – a red letter day in the life of...

How many second chances do you get?

Oct 21, 2019 |

It was day six of a seven-day VFR cross-country trip over 2800 miles and nine states. We could...

Friday Photo: Rocky Mountain National Park

Oct 18, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Winter over Rocky Mountain National Park The pilot:...

VFR to Russia? No problem!

Oct 17, 2019 |

This past July, we joined the Alaska Airmen Association and Circumpolar Expeditions on a group...

Read those NOTAMs!

Oct 16, 2019 |

In the waning days of 1987, fellow pilot Bill and I went out to shoot a few practice approaches at...

Volare: the family circle of fliers

Oct 14, 2019 |

The pilot pushed hard to the right, all the way to full power. He knew he was taking a risk and...

Friday Photo: Isla Palomino

Oct 11, 2019 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Isla Palomino beach from 500 ft., off the east coast...

When pilots have too much experience

Oct 10, 2019 |

As pilots we spend our flying careers amassing hours of experience. Our skill and competence, and...

Omaha to Tel Aviv in a Cessna 210

Oct 9, 2019 |

“I don’t trust single-engine airplanes anything farther than I could throw them! But,...

COBRA WARRIOR 2019 Report and photos by Danny Reijnen November 4, 2019 From September 1st until september 20th RAF Waddington was the temporary home of Italien, Israeli and German fighters participating in the COBRA WARRIOR...

Royal Navy International Air Day 2019

Oct 15, 2019 |

Royal Navy International Air Day 2019 Report and photos by Gabriele Rivera October 15, 2019 The Royal Navy hosts her airshow, once a year, at RNAS (Royal Navy Air Station) Yeovilton, in Somerset, just 30 miles north of the...

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