I think we're all a bit confused regarding EAA and "Sport Aviation". EAA was and still is about local Chapters, people who get together to have fun with aircraft...all kinds of aircraft! EAA HQ started out as a focal point for information. Sport Aviation, in the early days was the tool to share information with a growing membership that spread all over the USA and then around the world. As EAA grew larger HQ got bigger, richer, and with more resources was able to do more, like the whole complex at OSH. "AirVenture" is more than a fly-in, it's an introduction of aviation to the general public. Lots of folks on these threads are concerned about the shrinking pilot population, well the "convention" covers all the bases! If your passion is low and slow, home builts, kits, and classics then go to the many local and regional fly-in's, and join a local EAA Chapter. There are many more avenues available to communicate today then what was available in 1950 and the audience is much larger. Sport Aviation reaches a broader more diverse audience, then it's earlier versions. I used to get 4 magazines, S/A , AOPA Pilot, Flying, and Kitplanes. I had a hard time reading all that in a month and there was always some duplication. Today I get 2 S/A and AOPA I can read most of it and still find some duplication. I'm not troubled by articles from writers from "Flying" or other magazines, it all informative aviation related, and holds my interest.

Joe