EAA Sport Aviation

A PUBLICATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION FEATURES

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Flying as in Dreams Cluster balloons soar Taking flight–and setting a record–in a tower of color. By Jonathan R. Trappe

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Shooting Air-to-Air How we capture those award-winning images Getting the perfect shot. By Jim Koepnick

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Lil Flip Flop

Restored homebuilt flies again Version “three dot oooh” of Elmendorf Special truly is. By Budd Davisson

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Crossing the Pond What you need to know before you go Learn the routes and the planning it takes, and you could do it. By Tom Benenson

P. 49 Loud and Clear Selecting the right headsets EAA’s online spreadsheet lets you comparison shop. By Peter Lert

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BONNIE KRATZ

“The little airplane was completely disassembled and had been damaged when it fell off a trailer and into a ditch...It still had the big Chevy V- 8 with it that it had the last time I saw it at Oshkosh in ‘ 72.” KIM KOVACH

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