Why We Fly

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Err on the side of safety: how I relearned this le...

Jun 22, 2020 |

The Technical Counselor Visit: Skills

Jun 10, 2020 |

Flying with the famous and infamous

Jun 8, 2020 |

The Biggest Question in Homebuilding

Jun 11, 2020 |

My Rwanda Trip Provided Some Amazing AvGeek Experi...

Jun 23, 2020 |

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EAA’s Attic — Pathfinder Flight Visualizer

Jul 2, 2020 |

Long before ForeFlight, AnywhereMap, or even GPS, a company called Thompson Designs in Addison,...

Faulty Flying or Faulty Instruction?

Jul 2, 2020 |

Teaching more than the minimum.

Chapter 952 Presents 2 Scholarships to Local Young Aviators

Jul 1, 2020 |

Aleana Cricks and Wylie Howe were both presented flight training scholarships from EAA Chapter 952...

EAA’s The Green Dot — Hangar Flying to Favorite Airports

Jul 1, 2020 |

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew goes around the virtual table and takes turns...

What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — Ohio Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk. 1

Jun 25, 2020 |

Steve Koenig takes us through the restoration of his Scottish Aviation Bulldog T Mk....

Milestone: My First Flight Lesson

Jun 18, 2020 |

A Young Eagle turned student pilot shares her perspective on her first flying...

EAA Chapter 1358 Presents Two Flight Training Scholarships

Jun 18, 2020 |

Congratulations to Wesley Rodgers, EAA 1343022, and Anna Pearce, EAA 1362418, of Chapter 1358 on...

EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton

Jun 18, 2020 |

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton sits down for an...

Volunteer Spotlight — Lon Nanke

Jun 17, 2020 |

If you’ve visited the EAA Aviation Museum in the past seven or eight years, there’s a...

Fly Straight

Jun 17, 2020 |

The top five rigging mistakes and how to correct...

Solo and Written Milestone: Hobie Lippold

Jun 11, 2020 |

Congratulations to Hobie Lippold, EAA 1257149, on recently passing his written...

EAA Members Fly for Hospital and Nursing Home Workers

Jun 11, 2020 |

EAA Chapter 631 members from Cumberland, Wisconsin (KUBE), completed an appreciation fly-over to...

EAA’s Attic — South American Pictorial Travel and Trading Game

Jun 11, 2020 |

This board game was released in 1942 by Parker Brothers, the company best known for the iconic...

The Biggest Question in Homebuilding

Jun 11, 2020 |

The answer might surprise you.

One Piece at a Time

Jun 10, 2020 |

Jim and Ken Kreutzfeld, EAA 797045 and 76669, painstakingly restored this 1943 Howard DGA-15P, the...

The Technical Counselor Visit: Skills

Jun 10, 2020 |

Getting your builder to consider their weaknesses and how to get more experience is a big step...

EAA’s The Green Dot — Virtually Visiting Aviation Museums

Jun 4, 2020 |

This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew sat down together, virtually, to share stories and must-see exhibits and aircraft from some of their favorite aviation museums around the...

The Second Westfall Special

Jun 4, 2020 |

When Jeff Paulson, EAA 263515, brought this striking little biplane to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, he found that almost nobody knew what it was.

Meet Miss Montana

Jun 4, 2020 |

Miss Montana started life as a C-47, operated stateside by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, and went on to a proud career dropping smoke jumpers from a base in Missoula,...

Thinking Ahead, Staying Ahead

Jun 4, 2020 |

You’re in charge, not the airplane.

Easy Company Paratrooper Shares His Story

Jun 4, 2020 |

I have conducted hundreds of interviews with veterans and people of interest in aviation and history. So, why was I nervous for this one? I was about to call one of the real-deal, 101st Airborne paratroopers made famous as a...

Your First Aerobatic Airplane

Jun 4, 2020 |

Finding the best bang for your budget.

Give Flight Milestone

Jun 4, 2020 |

Congratulations to EAA Chapter 27 on the completion of their RV-12 build project (part of EAA’s Give Flight program) and first flight.

Video: what’s the real IFR alternate?

Jul 7, 2020 |

Alternate airports are a required part of an IFR flight plan when your destination’s weather...

Five airplanes every pilot should fly

Jul 6, 2020 |

You don’t get to pick your parents and most pilots don’t get to pick the airplane they...

Friday Photo: New Mexico badlands

Jul 3, 2020 |

Click on image for full size. The view: the badlands of New Mexico near its border with Texas and...

An unwelcome attitude adjustment

Jul 2, 2020 |

My student was working hard on his Private Pilot certificate in a Cessna 172, when we entered the...

Pilot-induced oscillations: are you a sinner or a victim?

Jul 1, 2020 |

You have probably seen this before: a GoPro video showing a pilot struggling with large inputs on...

Goal fixation: when ingenuity overrides common sense

Jun 30, 2020 |

This is not a story about fast jets, elaborate cockpits or major life and death mid-air...

Train like you fly—not really

Jun 29, 2020 |

A number of years ago safety and training experts realized few, if any, crashes were being caused...

Friday Photo: a close encounter

Jun 26, 2020 |

Click on image for full size. The view: A close encounter The pilot: Elliott Meisel The...

Flying 1,500 miles with fumes in the cockpit

Jun 25, 2020 |

I will admit up front, this is the most scared I’ve ever been in an airplane! We were flying...

Adventures of a Canadian bush pilot

Jun 24, 2020 |

I arrive in Fort William-Port Arthur by train in mid-May. Pop has paved the way and I obtain an...

A few of my favorite things from last summer’s trip around the US

Jun 23, 2020 |

With all sorts of time on my hands due to the coronavirus social distancing, I finally found time...

Err on the side of safety: how I relearned this lesson

Jun 22, 2020 |

Flying internationally has its challenges. Culture issues arise, new risks and threats need...

Friday Photo: lunch at the Tin Goose Diner

Jun 19, 2020 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio (PCW)...

The 180-degree turn: a life-saving maneuver for all pilots (even test pilots)

Jun 18, 2020 |

Under certain circumstances, a 180-degree turn is the greatest life-saving maneuver that can be...

Cleared for the visual—really?

Jun 17, 2020 |

A few months back, I was flying a couple from Odessa, Texas (ODO), to Dallas Executive...

Implausible, providential, or dumb luck?

Jun 16, 2020 |

I’ve waited almost a lifetime to fess up to behaving badly. The statute of limitations has...

Sometimes you have to break the rules

Jun 15, 2020 |

We picked up our not-so-shiny new A-10 Warthogs from the factory in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1977,...

Friday Photo: Chicago on a clear day

Jun 12, 2020 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Downtown Chicago, from over Lake Michigan The pilot: Bob...

Twin Beech omelettes: learning the ropes from a freight dog

Jun 11, 2020 |

It was either the third or fourth day and night of almost continuous flying. Ray and I had taken...

What pilots can teach the world about managing risk

Jun 10, 2020 |

When talk around the dinner table turns to Covid-19 these days (and it seems to quite often), I...

Go or No Go: heading to the beach?

Jun 9, 2020 |

After nine weeks in quarantine, your family is ready for a visit to the beach. It might involve...

Flying with the famous and infamous

Jun 8, 2020 |

Flying Boeings and Bells was how I crossed paths with Charles Lindbergh, Mustapha Chafik, the Shah...

Friday Photo: P-38 Lightning

Jun 5, 2020 |

Click on image for full size. The view: Over Hubbard Creek Lake northwest of Breckenridge, Texas...

On the shoulders of giants

Jun 4, 2020 |

Upon hearing of the recent passing of Galen Hanselman, my thoughts immediately turned to the...

Why is it so dark? An important lesson learned

Jun 3, 2020 |

I didn’t realize I had lived such a sheltered life, but obviously in some ways, I had. It...

ENJJPT: The Flying Cowboys of Texas

Jun 15, 2020 |

ENJJPT The Flying Cowboys of Texas Report and photos by George Karavantos June 14, 2020 Right in the heart of Texas, somewhere north of Dallas, stands one of the largest training facilities in the US Air Force. Sheppard Air...

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