After a run of 63 meetings (5 years and 3 months’ worth in a row) we took a bit of a breather this Spring but are now approaching the departure runway for more “What Would You Do?” pilot education video scenarios.

Our August online meeting will feature two flights that encountered unexpected challenges. The IMC scenario involves an IMC flight into deteriorating weather with increasing turbulence over mountainous terrain in Wyoming.  The VMC scenario involves a sudden problem trying to see while departing for a flight around your home airport’s traffic pattern.  We look forward to a lively discussion!

To join the meeting click this link at 7pm PDT on Thursday, August 7th:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86444677096

Fly safe!

Our next chapter event will be our Second Saturday gathering on August 9. Come out to our EAA hangar, for muffins, juice, and coffee between 8 am and 10 am. 

• Our Ray Scholar working on her private pilot training
• Our two Air Academy summer camp attendees at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
• Our two California Aerospace Museum summer camp attendees
• Our special grant award training recipients

Also available!

• A chance to pay those pesky EAA Chapter 1541 dues for 2025!
• An opportunity to sign up to help at the City of Lincoln Wings and Wheels event on Saturday, August 23!
• An opportunity to purchase one of our new chapter T-Shirts for $20!

If you are unfamiliar with where our hangar is located, come to Flightline Drive at the airport and follow the “EAA” signs.

Our next chapter event will be our Second Saturday gathering on July 12. Come out to our EAA hangar, for muffins, juice, and coffee between 8 am and 10 am. 

Also available!

• A chance to pay those pesky EAA Chapter 1541 dues for 2025!
• An opportunity to sign up to help at the City of Lincoln Wings and Wheels event on Saturday, August 23!
• An opportunity to purchase one of our new chapter T-Shirts for $20!

If you are unfamiliar with where our hangar is located, come to Flightline Drive at the airport and follow the “EAA” signs.

Scott Thompson
Chapter President

Come to our EAA hangar at the Lincoln Airport this coming Saturday, June 14, for muffins, juice, and coffee between 8 am and 10 am. 

Our free flight simulators will be available for all, adults and kids alike.

 

Also available! 

• A chance to pay those pesky EAA Chapter 1541 dues for 2025!
• An opportunity to sign up to help at the City of Lincoln Wings and Wheels event on Saturday, August 23!
• An opportunity to purchase one of our new chapter T-Shirts for $20!

If you are unfamiliar with where our hangar is located, come to Flightline Drive at the airport and follow the “EAA” signs.

Scott Thompson
Chapter President

To all airport users, from the City of Lincoln Public Works:

On Monday (6-9-25), the City will be holding a memorial unveiling for Captain John Sax at the stop sign on Flightline Drive. Because of this, we will be closing the  southbound lane of Flightline Drive at 7am to allow set up and will do a hard closure of Flightline Drive at 9 am at Gate 1 and Gate 3. The attached closure map shows a detour route through the Airport if you need to get to the northern end of Flightline. There will be Lincoln Police Department Citizens on Patrol at Gate 1 and Gate 3 directing people through that need to get through. If you need to go through the Airport while the closure is in place, please do not exceed 10 mph and pay close attention to aircraft and other hazards.

Thank you,
Public Works
City of Lincoln

Temperatures hovering above 100 degrees and a short runway at Lampson Field have forced the cancellation of our planned Fly-Out for next Saturday, May 31. We will reschedule and try again at a later date.

The IFR Mini-Symposium held on March 29th at the EAA hangar is now available online.  There were three sessions at the Symposium:

•  Nuts and Bolts of IFR Approaches, presented by CFII Scott Thompson.
•  Northern California airspace, by NorCal Air Traffic Control Specialist Casey Lyons
•  Pilot questions and ATC answers

See our chapter’s Events Videos page for a detailed list of topics covered.  You can click on just the topics that interest you.

Fly safe!

Special Chapter Second Saturday Program for April: Taigh Ramey and the TV Mini-Series Masters of the Air

Saturday, April 12, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

For our Second Saturday gathering in April, we are hosting warbird pilot/restorer/expert Taigh Ramey for a presentation on his involvement with the well-received 2024 Apple TV+ mini-series Masters of the Air. Taigh spent six months in England as the project’s World War II and B-17 technical advisor to help bring the story about the exploits of the 100th Bomb Group and the Eighth Air Force to life. Taigh was the main guy who taught the actors how to be World War II airmen, how to operate the equipment from starting the bombers to dropping bombs, how to shoot the guns and talk on the radio. His presentation includes behind-the-scenes photos and video of the complicated and lengthy production methods used to replicate the air war over Europe during World War II.

Taigh operates a Beech 18 restoration facility at the Stockton Airport, runs the Stockton Field Aviation Museum, and just purchased an airworthy Douglas A-26 Invader. He also offers a unique Bomber Camp at Stockton every May. Taigh is a recognized expert on vintage aircraft radios, armament, radars, and other systems.

Driving in: follow the “EAA” signs on Flightline Drive at the Lincoln Airport (KLHM) to the EAA hangar, Hangar S-12. You’ll enter the fourth gate to the hangar area…please respect other users and don’t park in front of hangar doors or more than two deep alongside hangars to allow taxiway use. For fly-ins…park at transient parking in the middle of the airport and expect a 10-minute walk to the EAA hangar in the northern hangar area on the airport. Email the chapter for more details.

Come enjoy his presentation at our EAA Hangar at the Lincoln Airport. The chapter will offer a BBQ Lunch at 11:00 am.

The grill is hot from 11:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. when it shuts down, so come early. BBQ Lunch is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for youth 17 or under, and $25 for families.

A short chapter meeting will commence at 11:50, and Taigh’s program will begin at 12:00 noon. Come on out and enjoy a day at the airport.

IFR Mini-Symposium

For Our Local IFR Pilots

(and IFR-curious pilots)

Saturday, March 29, 8:30 am to 12:00 pm

At the EAA Chapter 1541 Hangar

KLHM

• Hour One: The Nuts and Bolts of IFR Approach Procedures presented by Scott Thompson, retired CFII, FAA flight inspection pilot and TERPS specialist
• Hour Two: A presentation by controllers from NORCAL TRACON (NCT) about our Sacramento area airspace….why things are the way they are and how to help make the system work best for us users and ATC.
• Hour Three: An Open Forum with NCT controllers and system users. Bring your questions, comments, and techniques about flying IFR in our complex airspace for a discussion session.

We are welcoming IFR and IFR-curious pilots from all our local area airports to come and gain some knowledge and understanding about how IFR procedures are created and maintained, about how ATC and our own NCT works our airspace, and how to make our operations as safe and efficient as possible.

We’ll start promptly at 8:30 for the first of our three sessions. Driving in: follow the “EAA” signs on Flightline Drive at the Lincoln Airport (KLHM) to the EAA hangar, Hangar S-12. You’ll enter the fourth gate to the hangar area…please respect other users and don’t park in front of hangar doors or more than two deep alongside hangars to allow taxiway use. For fly-ins…park at transient parking in the middle of the airport and expect a 10-minute walk to the EAA hangar in the northern hangar area on the airport.

FAA Wings Credit available; sign up at the event.

The Mini-Symposium will be recorded and available on YouTube for later viewing. See our chapter’s Meeting Video links for availability.

For more information: contact EAA Chapter 1541 at eaa1541@gmail.com