Articles by ks

For nearly 30 years, Douglas Conciatu, EAA Lifetime 53419, has been an active member of EAA, flying Young Eagles every year, mostly from his home airport in Ray, Michigan. He ranks ninth among Young Eagles pilots across the organization, flying more than 2,400 Young Eagles in that time frame. […]

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Lisa Turner discusses a few key fundamentals for a successful homebuilt project in her latest column. […]

EAA Sport Aviation contributor Robert N. Rossier gives some tips for performing preflight inspections on your aircraft during the winter in his latest column. […]

EAA member Paul Papasavas takes us through the process of upgrading his 1965 Mooney M20E. […]

This time on The Green Dot, hosts Hal and Chris were joined by Robert “Hoot” Gibson, a five-time space shuttle flight veteran, and Charlie Precourt, a veteran of four spaceflights and member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. […]

On December 17, 2021, I officially became a pilot. Fittingly, it was the 118th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ first successful flight of a powered airplane. I have a personal reason to celebrate December 17 from now on. […]

Jay Jolley received an exciting surprise Christmas morning, an RC replica of his Carbon Cub, BigFoot, built by Daniel Baggett. […]

Carl Trout, who flew the legendary Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft for a dozen years, will present about his career and experiences in the cockpit of the Dragon Lady on Thursday, January 20, as part of the EAA Aviation Museum Speaker Series. […]

Recently I had the chance to visit the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Nebraska. They had a few of my favorites like the B-58, B-36, and B-47, and a building full of airplanes sounded like a great way to spend a day. […]

In a recent column for EAA Sport Aviation, contributor Steve Krog discusses aspects of flight training that aren’t generally being taught to student pilots today. […]