Aviation Articles and Books by Sparky Barnes Sargent

Complete Bibliography of Sparky's Aviation Writing

Tales of Timeless Wings July 2011

A Hunger for the Sky June 2008

Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro

“Love is a Many-Bladed Wing—1932 Pitcairn PA-18 Autogiro”
Air & Space Smithsonian, Vol. 25, No. 1, April/May 2010
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Mike Araldi's Antique "Flying Diary" 07/2012	Travel Air: Performance and Dependability 03/2012	The Waco Model C 12/2011
The 'New' Funk on the Field 10/2011	A Handsome 1947 Piper Super Cruiser 09/2011	Making An Old Friend New 08/2011
Curtiss Robin–A Few Barnstormers…and a Young Girl Named Pearl 03/2011	The May Family's Spectacular 1936 Sportster 01/2011	The 1930 Consolidated YPT-6A 12/2010
A Wonderful Prewar Waco 11/2010	One Classy Rearwin Cloudster 10/2010	The Deatons' Beautiful Family Bonanza 09/2010
The Sensuously Svelte Ryan SCW 08/2010	One Gorgeous Taylorcraft 05/2010	The 1930 Kreider-Reisner Challenger 04/2010
Larry Howard's Lovely Laird 02/2010	One Outstanding Stinson Flying Station Wagon 12/2009	The Chastains' 1952 Rawdon T-1 2/2009
The 1928 Boeing 40C 11/2008	The Regal RNF 10/2008	The Robin Alights at Sun 'n Fun 9/2008
Timeless and Triumphant--The Taylorcraft "Twosome" 02/2008	A Honey of a Champion 12/2007	The Remarkable Bücker Bestmann 10/2007
Waldron and Wooldridge's Travel Air 10-D 02/2008	Dashing and Darting Through the Sky 4/2007	Fred Lundeen's First Airplane 10/2007
Follow the Swallow 11/2006	Stinson Gullwing 10/2006	The Flagship Detroit DC-3 9/2006
Follow the Swallow 7/2006	Under the Wing, In the Shade 6/2006	Swingin' Swift Gear 4/2006

	From Derelict to Delight - A Father-Son Tri-Pacer Restoration *** 05/2011 Link to EAA's Photo Gallery
Perk's Time Machine - Affordable Pietenpols Keep People Flying! *** 2/2010	The Grizzly Cub *** 12/2009	Restoring Red Lady *** 11/2009 Link to EAA's Photo Gallery
The Roar of the Lion - An Impressive Cantilever Staggerwing *** 11/2009	Perseverance Rewarded--Nearly Twenty Years of Work Yields a Champion *** 10/2009	Father and Son - Stardusters Too *** 9/2009
Record Dash for a Cure - The ALS Trans-world Flight *** 8/2009	The Wittman W-10 Tailwind - One Fast Homebuilt *** 4/2009	A Work in Progress - Restoring a Cessna 170, Bit by Bit *** 2/2009
Dyke Delta Reborn--Crumpled Beauty Flies After Years in Storage *** 12/2008	Flying Goofy--Life as a Record-Setting Aerial Ambassador *** 10/2008	Radial Revival - Innovations Keep 'em Flying *** 07/2008
*** This article is available online for EAA Members in a current, or archived, digital edition of EAA Sport Aviation.

McKinley's "Cub" 3/2009	Homegrown Ingenuity--The Back Yard Flyer UL 11/2008


Best Aviation Careers! Which one will you choose? 5/2007


On Silent Wings - WWII Glider Pilots Hold Reunion 11/30/2011 Read	Let’s go ‘Back to Blakesburg,’ where the antiques just keep on flying 09/14/2010 Read	A Flight Back in Time--Antique Airplane Fly-in 10/18/09 Read
Dynamic duo; Ohio's Jim and Dondi Miller 3/5/2004 Read	A bit of Southern hospitality 11/14/2002 Read	Take a Sentimental Journey to Cub Haven 7/16/2002 Read


The Legend Cub - A New "Vintage" LSA 8/2005	The CGS Hawk--An Award Winner from Day One (preview of article) 11/2004	Powerplants of the Past: The Dekle Family's Collection 3/2002

On Silent Wings - WWII Glider Pilots Hold Reunion 11/30/2011 Read

Let’s go ‘Back to Blakesburg,’ where the antiques just keep on flying 09/14/2010 Read