For those of us who remember Richard Pearl’s crash last year, he’s going to talk about it on Wednesday 17th. We’ll be barbecuing beforehand, as usual.
Monthly Archives: May 2017
Presentation on May 13th
Our first Saturday presentation will take place on Saturday, May 13th, at the EAA Chapter Hangar (Hangar S12) at the Lincoln airport from 09:00-11:00. The presentation will be on Scrapping Our World War II Air Force. If you’ve ever seen those pictures of airfields full of thousands of abandoned World War II fighters and bombers waiting to be scrapped and wondered about the backstory, then come out on Saturday to find out. Or, if you want some free muffins and coffee and a place to sit for a couple of hours, then come on out Saturday. Hangar flying from 09:00 to 09:30, and the presentation will start at 09:30.
We are going to try to provide some interesting programs on a variety of subjects presented on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, working around other ongoing activities. Spread the word and check it out.
First Saturday breakfast / flyout
On May 6th, we’ll be having our first Saturday pancake breakfast from 08:30-10:30.
At the last membership meeting, there was interest in EAA 1541 fly-outs. So, weather permitting, from 10:30/11:00, we’ll fly-out to Sutter (O52) for their monthly Open Hangar and Lunch Day.
[ $5, Sutter, O52, rwy 3050 ft, TPA 1058, CTAF 122.7 ]
We encourage pilots with aircraft to offer seats for those members who wish to join us. We’ll have some sort of signup for aircraft and passengers.
NOTICE: New KTRK Tower, as of 6/01/2017
We wanted to notify you that Truckee Airport KTRK will become a tower operated airport from 07:00 to 21:00, as of June 1, 2017. It is vital to note that the chart will still indicate the airspace as Class E airspace all the way to the ground, not Class D despite the tower.
The chart will also label the tower frequency as a “CTAF.” The frequency is 120.575. There is no ground frequency, just tower. Use the frequency just like a class D airport even though the airspace on the chart indicates class E and the frequency is indicated as a CTAF. After a year, the airspace will be properly promoted to Class D.
As always, check your NOTAMs before each flight and blue skies and tailwinds to you!
More details here.