On Saturday, October 12th, we will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the EAA hangar, S-12 at the Lincoln Regional Airport. If you are not familiar with the airport, navigate to Flight Line Drive and follow the “EAA” signs. All are welcome.
We’ll be cooking pancakes, eggs, and other good stuff from 8:00 am to 9:30 am when the grill shuts down, so come early. Breakfast is $10.00 per person, $5.00 per youth under 17, or $25.00 per family. We’ll also happily renew your chapter dues for 2024. Cost is $30 for individuals or families. We’ll have our flight simulators up and running and attended to help you or your kids take flight.
At 9:30 we will have a presentation entitled “Owning and flying 1930’s military history: the Ryan PT-21 and PT-22” by Will Gottenberg and Mike Anderson.
Mike has the distinction of owning the only airworthy PT-21 left in the world, and flies formation with Will’s PT-22 when Will’s airline pilot day job permits. Both World War II trainer aircraft are hangared at Lincoln, and will be present just outside the EAA hangar on Saturday, October 12th starting at 0930. The Ryans were built in San Diego and colloquially known as “Maytag Messerschmitts” by the cadets in training because of the distinctive sound of their 5 cylinder radial engines. They are truly “historic large jewelry” and a treat to behold up close. Bring your camera for a historic selfie with these famous military trainers on Saturday morning, October 12th.
This pilot education meeting will have three components. First, CFII Scott Thompson will give a talk for both IFR and VFR pilots on the functioning of Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) lights and how they contribute to improved landing safety.
Next, we will have two “What Would You Do?” problem-solving scenarios. The IMC scenario is a flight that involves a VFR departure and an attempt to pick up an IFR clearance enroute which encounters difficulties. The VMC scenario involves a VFR departure at near gross weight from a short runway, where functioning of the flaps is not normal.
On Saturday, September 14th, we will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the EAA hangar, S-12 at the Lincoln Regional Airport. If you are not familiar with the airport, navigate to Flight Line Drive and follow the “EAA” signs. All are welcome.
At 9:30 we will have a presentation entitled “Go Fast, Turn Left. Flying the 2024 EAA AirVenture Cup Race” by chapter member Mark Rieger, who is going to fly his personally hand crafted Cozy Mark IV race plane in for all to see, and tell us about his experience as a rookie race pilot at Oshkosh 2024. (Spoiler Alert: Top Five finish!)
On Saturday, August 10th, we will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the EAA hangar, S-12 at the Lincoln Regional Airport. If you are not familiar with the airport, navigate to Flight Line Drive and follow the “EAA” signs. All are welcome.
Our monthly pilot education meeting for August will have two “What Would You Do?” scenarios. The IMC scenario involves an IFR flight in busy airspace where the cabin door opens and the change overwhelms the autopilots ability to maintain altitude and heading. The VMC scenario involves an engine fire in a twin engine aircraft. Meeting participants will be asked to use their expertise and experience to solve these sudden inflight challenges.
Shown at the left is the original instrument panel of the first aircraft (an RV-7A) that Dan and his wife Linda completed building in 2003. That aircraft is now in the hands of its fourth owner, who contacted Dan in 2023 to get help with upgrading its electrical and avionics systems. After much discussion, many emails and lots of long distance mentoring and troubleshooting by phone, the airplane now has a new owner-installed Garmin GNC touch screen IFR navigator + com, dual Garmin G5 solid state displays, and a fully coupled TruTrak autopilot:
This presentation will use this “Tale of Two Upgrades” to illustrate how owners of experimental aircraft can do their own avionics upgrades, including the skills, knowledge and tools needed, as well as the cost and time required to accomplish the task.