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The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has announced that the Pilot Proficiency Center will be moving to a new spot next to the EAA Aviation Museum for AirVenture 2022. The Center was previously located in a tent at the Four Corners on the AirVenture grounds. Pilot Proficiency Center programming during the show will include half-day clinics […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Young Eagles program at AirVenture Oshkosh this year. Founded “to introduce and inspire kids in the world of aviation,” Young Eagles gives free introductory flight to youth ages 8–17. Introduced in May 1992, the program’s first flights took place on July 31, 1992, […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) will be hosting a webinar-based event next month focusing on ultralights. EAA Virtual Ultralight Days will take place Feb. 22-24 with five live webinars held each day. Topics addressed will include how to get started in ultralights and how-to instructions on a variety of ultralight aircraft along with maintenance, airport […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) have announced that their members will now get free admission to the other association’s museum. The arrangement applies to the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and the National Model Aviation Museum in Muncie, Indiana. EAA noted that the groups already “coordinate on […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), announced Wednesday (December 1) it has “has surpassed 250,000 members for the first time.” EAA membership has spiked 25 percent over the past five years. The association attributes the growth, in part, to people turning to flight training and aircraft building during the Covid 19 pandemic “as the fulfillment of […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has formed a team to study 180-degree turn-backs to the runway following engine failures on takeoff. Designed to improve aviation safety by looking at turn-back responses, the study will focus on how pilots react to an engine failure on takeoff, stall awareness, recognition and prevention after loss of power in […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Ultralight and Light-Sport Aircraft (ULSAC) Council has named Jim Pfarr as its new chairman. A U.S. Air Force veteran with more than 1,300 hours of navigator time logged in C-130 and C-141 aircraft, Pfarr has also served as president and vice president of EAA Ultralight Chapter 1 and as a […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Ray Aviation Scholarship fund has now awarded scholarships to 276 young aviators over the last three years, 133 of whom have now earned their pilot certificates. The scholarship fund, which provides $10,000 per award to young people ages 15-19 for flight training expenses, is supported by the Ray Foundation. To […]

EAA officially launched AeroEducate at AirVenture. An ambitious program aimed at steering young people toward aviation careers, AeroEducate is meant as a follow-on to the association’s Young Eagle program, which has helped provide some 2.5 million student-age children with their first airplane ride. Supported by industry partners, the program targets 5- to 18-year-olds, parents, EAA […]

The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Pilot Proficiency Center will be offering remote simulation exercises and scenarios for people unable to attend AirVenture 2021. As with onsite instruction, remote training will be provided by flight instructors who are members of either the National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) or the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators […]