With extreme sadness that Ivan Karnezis informs us that last Friday afternoon, while working at the Sacramento Railroad Museum, Hugh Crawford had a massive heart attack and died. Hugh was a great friend, an interesting and fun conversationalist, a dependable Young Eagles worker, master BBQ chef, contributing Board Member, hard working Membership Chairman, and the one who always contacted the Chapter 526 membership. We will all miss him.

Hugh’s wife, Alice has invited all of you and past members and friends to Hugh’s Memorial at the Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento: 17:00, May 2.

A dinner will be served. Please RSVP to Alice.

Bud Anderson (the author of “To Fly and Fight.”), a WWII triple ace (50th highest U.S. ace with 16-1/4 kills), will be honored by the dedication of a statue at Auburn airport on Saturday, May 16 at 15:00.

Tomorrow night, April 1, will be our April Board of Directors meeting. Meeting time will again be at 18:30, with optional dinner at 18:00. As usual, we will be meeting at Pizza Roundup, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln.

Any and all are invited…

“Insurance – Now You See It, Now You Don’t”
Topic: Insurance, Now you see it, now you don’t
On Saturday April 11, 2015 at 10:00 Pacific Daylight Time
Location:
EAA Hut – West side of airport
3025 South Street
Q Hut EAA 157
Redding, CA 96001

Description:
Mr. Charles Finkel, noted aviation attorney will discuss the various aspects of aviation aircraft insurance… and how it may impact how you fly (i.e. the decisions one might make because of what type and quantity insurance you have on the the aircraft, rental or owned).

This will be the 106th monthly CONSECUTIVE safety seminar at Benton airport since the inception of the new FAASTeam concept.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.

Next week, March 18, is our monthly chapter meeting at Cattlemens, Cattlemens Restaurant, 2000 Taylor Road, Roseville, one more time. For those who are interested, dinner will be at 6pm, with the meeting starting around 7pm.

The meeting will be relatively short, but there have been some great developments in the past 2 weeks concerning the Tri-Motor event, and you will get a complete update.

March already!! Wednesday, March 4, we will have dual meetings again.

17:00 – 18:00: Tri-Motor Meeting
18:00 – 18:30: Dinner
18:30: BOD Meeting

Pizza Roundup, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln.

As always, all are invited.

EAA members should get involved NOW with the community’s top priority in GA advocacy. Contact your Senators and Representatives and urge them to co-sponsor and support S. 571 and H.R. 1062, the Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2. EAA helped to draft the newly introduced twin bills, and they already have bipartisan support from top lawmakers. The bill aims to allow pilots flying certain aircraft to operate using a driver’s license in lieu of a traditional third-class medical, and it will build upon the first Pilot’s Bill of Rights in ensuring that pilots and other airman are given due process in enforcement proceedings.

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