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Read more January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Checkride Milestone — Tabitha Yeomans Congratulations to EAA Chapter 976 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient Tabitha Yeomans, EAA 1204058, who passed her private pilot checkride on ... Read more January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 EAA Chapter Awards Scholarships EAA Chapter 55 has a long-standing commitment to supporting educational opportunities for students seeking aviation careers. Read more January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Impulsive Love — The Art and Science of Choosing a Restoration Project When you get down to it, why are we all flying? Our wonderful secret is that flying is a blast. ... Read more January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 The Vision of Eagles An active pilots group celebrated a successful auction at its annual holiday banquet. Read more January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 Reinforced Dreams I passed my private pilot checkride, ultimately earning my certificate in less than seven months and contributing to the overall ... Read more January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 The Affordable Simplicity of the Aerolite 103 The Aerolite 103, as its name implies, is a legal ultralight that can be purchased fully assembled or as a ... Read more January 15, 2020 January 16, 2020 The Technical Counselor Visit Matrix Structuring your visits from that first call can help you and your builder navigate the sometimes complex landscape of what ... Read more January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 EAA’s The Green Dot — Legendary Aviators Steve and Steven Hinton The Green Dot crew sat down with father and son duo Steve and Steven Hinton to discuss their unique beginnings ... Read more Checkride Milestone — Tabitha Yeomans January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Congratulations to EAA Chapter 976 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient Tabitha Yeomans, EAA 1204058, who passed ... Reinforced Dreams January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 I passed my private pilot checkride, ultimately earning my certificate in less than seven months ... Attitude + Attitude = Fun, Safe, and Exciting Flight January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 More Than Just Wind — Factors in Choosing the Best Runway January 9, 2020 January 9, 2020 Ray Scholar Earns Private Pilot Certificate January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 Anything Can Happen — Preparing for the Winter Flying Season December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019 Recent Posts On the Lighter Side January 22, 2020 Who Is Your Avspiration? January 22, 2020 Checkride Milestone — Tabitha Yeomans January 22, 2020 EAA Chapter Awards Scholarships January 22, 2020 Impulsive Love — The Art and Science of Choosing a Restoration Project January 22, 2020 The Vision of Eagles January 16, 2020 On the Lighter Side January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 The Fun Fly Zone at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is home to ultralights and light-sport aircraft, not to mention rotorcraft, RC aircraft, and exciting demos of ... Read more Who Is Your Avspiration? January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Who is your aviation inspiration? Take a flight of fancy through the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds and watch as the young — and young at ... Read more The Affordable Simplicity of the Aerolite 103 January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 The Aerolite 103, as its name implies, is a legal ultralight that can be purchased fully assembled or as a kit. Take a closer look ... Read more Ballance Restored: A Stunning Stinson Flies Home January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 Sparkling like a jewel in the midsummer sun, a stunning 1934 straight-wing Stinson SR-5A Reliant was proudly poised in front of the VAA Red Barn ... Read more EAA’s Attic — Emergency Sustenance Kit — Type E-3 December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 This World War II escape-and-sustenance kit was developed by the U.S. Army Materiel Command and designed to be hidden in a jacket pocket and carried ... Read more EAA’s Ray Aviation Scholarship Fund December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 Through the generous support of the Ray Foundation, EAA provided up to $10,000 to 100 deserving youths for their flight training expenses in 2019, with ... Read more Urban Air Mobility at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 There’s a lot of talk about — and a lot of money being spent on — what’s being called urban air mobility these days. Read more Blakesburg! November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 Every Labor Day weekend, about 350 airplanes descend on Antique Airfield, about 180 idyllic acres of gently rolling Iowa grass just west of Ottumwa, for ... Read more A Tribute to Bud Anderson and the P-51 Mustang November 14, 2019 November 14, 2019 At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019, we honored World War II triple ace Col. Bud Anderson with a large gathering of North American P-51 Mustangs, the ... Read more An Update to the Great EAA Aircraft Raffle Airplane! November 14, 2019 November 14, 2019 The Great EAA Aircraft Raffle airplane is getting closer to completion, thanks to the hard work being done at C & D Aviation in Alabama. Read more January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 EAA’s The Green Dot — Legendary Aviators Steve and Steven Hinton The Green Dot crew sat down with father and son duo Steve and Steven Hinton to discuss their unique beginnings in aviation, breaking speed records, ... Read more December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019 EAA’s The Green Dot — CAF Tora! Wing Pilot Taylor Stevenson The Green Dot crew sat down with CAF Tora! Wing pilot Taylor Stevenson to talk about his aviation roots, the aircraft and mission of the ... Read more December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 EAA’s The Green Dot — SR-71 Pilot Col. Richard Graham This time on EAA’s The Green Dot, the crew was joined by former U.S. Air Force Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird pilot Col. Richard Graham, EAA 823636, ... Read more November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 EAA’s The Green Dot — BuzzBall Inventor Ethan Brodsky The Green Dot crew was joined by Ethan Brodsky, the winner of the 2019 Founder’s Innovation Prize and inventor of BuzzBall, to talk about how ... Read more Impulsive Love — The Art and Science of Choosing a Restoration Project January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 When you get down to it, why are we all flying? Our wonderful secret is ... Original Builder Inscriptions Found on EAA Travel Air January 9, 2020 January 9, 2020 The mechanics working on the restoration of EAA’s classic Travel Air found something truly incredible ... Ballance Restored: A Stunning Stinson Flies Home January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 The Shoulders of Giants December 19, 2019 December 19, 2019 What Our Members Are Building/Restoring — North Carolina Just SuperSTOL December 10, 2019 December 10, 2019 EAA’s Attic — Emergency Sustenance Kit — Type E-3 December 5, 2019 December 5, 2019 Checkride Milestone — Tabitha Yeomans January 22, 2020 January 22, 2020 Congratulations to EAA Chapter 976 Ray Aviation Scholarship recipient Tabitha Yeomans, EAA 1204058, who passed ... The Vision of Eagles January 16, 2020 January 16, 2020 An active pilots group celebrated a successful auction at its annual holiday banquet. Checkride Milestone — Mateo Colmenero January 8, 2020 January 8, 2020 EAA’s The Green Dot — EAA CEO and Chairman Jack J. Pelton January 2, 2020 January 2, 2020 No More Limits December 18, 2019 December 18, 2019 Milestone — R...