This piece originally ran in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Mary Pennington-Hoyt, EAA Lifetime 1057675, is passionate about empowering young girls and women to participate in aviation, and each year she gets to dive into that passion at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh and WomenVenture. “I’m an Air Force brat. My dad was […] The post Volunteer Spotlight — Mary Pennington-Hoyt first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Lisa Turner, EAA Lifetime 509911 This piece originally ran in Lisa’s Airworthy column in the September 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. I left the FBO and walked out to the porch, where a few seats were left on the benches. It was a bright and crisp spring day. Watching the first flights […] The post A Beginner’s Guide to Propeller Inspections first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Hans J. Storck, EAA 1589326, with thanks to Fred Barber, EAA 8784 Al Williams was kicking his 1000-hp Gulfhawk hard over the Cleveland Municipal Airport at the National Air Races air show in August 1931. Ernst Udet was more than impressed with its awesome powerful display. Both were 35 years old at the time, […] The post The Return of the Curtiss Hawk II first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Dick Knapinski The vintage airplanes out behind the EAA Aviation Museum have always had their stories. Now that their home, Pioneer Airport, has turned 40 years old, that unique group of hangars has reached the point where it has its own stories to tell. Pioneer Airport has in four decades evolved from a vision […] The post Pioneer Airport at 40: The Stories That Can Be Told… first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Michael Martin, EAA 1047599 The concept of electric airplanes in Canada, particularly demonstrated by the Pipistrel Velis Electro at EAA AirVenture 2024, highlights an innovative shift in aviation. This shift not only emphasizes the transition from fossil fuels to electric power but also underscores the broader implications of such advancements in the context of […] The post Canada Is Now Electrified first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By David Smith, EAA 1298935, and Ronald Smith This piece originally ran in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Following much reporting on the Hang Loose hang glider in various media through the fall of 1970 and into 1971, Jack Lambie came back to his home in California from a few months […] The post Hang Loose first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Vic Syracuse, EAA Lifetime 180848 This piece originally ran in Vic’s Checkpoints column in the August 2024 issue of EAA Sport Aviation magazine. Well. That’s a title that should get everyone’s attention. I know by now some of you are wondering if you are going to be in one of my columns, as I […] The post Stupid Pilot Decisions first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Michael Baranowsky, EAA 1381366, Oshawa, Ontario, CYOO Builders like details. A lot of details. Reading an article about a triple redundant avionics panel without knowing the Mil-Spec of the Tefzel cable is … well, it is just wrong. Part 2 was called for, and so was a ghost writer who clearly understood how a […] The post The Power of 3 – Part Deux first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By Mike Davenport, EAA 89102, Langley, British Columbia The Thursday night dinner special at Mary’s Bleue Moon Café was fish and chips. What better reason does one need to take two airplanes and five hungry people to Victoria on Vancouver Island? Five of us mounted a Piper Cherokee and a Cessna Cardinal for the 25-minute […] The post Dinner at Mary’s first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more

By John Wyman, EAA 462533, Chapter 266 Montreal For the longest time, I have been contemplating the hurdles to get a pilot license and FLY! It seems that the endeavour should be straightforward and well mapped out. I realize that it is NOT the same for everyone. No two people seem to have the same […] The post Ruffled Feathers: Once You Start, Don’t Stop! first appeared on Hangar Flying ..read more