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

Note: the video recording of the March 8 Airport users meeting is now available on the chapter’s Event Videos page.

Saturday, March 8, 9:00 am to 11:00 am

(pancake breakfast at 8:00 am)

Presented by Representatives from the City of Lincoln

Hosted by EAA Chapter 1541

Come to EAA Hangar S-12

Any and All Airport Users Welcome

EAA Chapter 1541 is hosting representatives from the City of Lincoln, our airport operator, for an Airport Users Meeting on Saturday, March 8. This will be our chapter’s Second Saturday Gathering for March, so we will start by offering a pancake breakfast at 8:00 am at the chapter hangar. The Users Meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 am and we expect to be concluded by 11:00 am.

We hosted a very successful Airport Users meeting early last year, and we are happy to do so again. All airport users are encouraged and welcome to attend this opportunity to interact with the City about ongoing plans, issues, and concerns for the Lincoln Regional Airport. So, please mark your calendars and spread the word to others about this important meeting

A few points of note:

• Due to the chicken situation…no eggs for breakfast. It will be pancakes and sausage and all the other normal stuff. Price will be just $5.00 for all comers.
• If you want breakfast…get in line by 8:30 because the grill will be shutting down by 8:45 to allow time to prepare for the meeting. You want to eat? Best show up at 8:00 am.
• We expect a presentation by Sean Scully, the city manager, and other city representatives, as well as an opportunity to ask questions and have an open discussion. We also may have representatives from the William Jessup aviation program and for the new hangar initiatives underway at KLHM.
• We expect to tape the meeting and post it on YouTube (as we did the last meeting) for those who are not able to attend.

Spread the word…see you then.

Our online Zoom pilot education meeting for March will have two “What Would You Do?” scenarios. The IMC scenario involves an IMC flight into deteriorating weather very close to your intended destination airport.  The VMC scenario involves an evening departure with wildlife in the vicinity of the runway.

To register for Wings credit for this event, click this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Nxs1m9HpRLu7e3j4gXablA

All are invited to attend.

Fly safe!

Our February pilot education meeting will have two “What Would You Do?“; scenarios. The IMC scenario involves a night time IFR approach in a mountainous area where a terrain warning interrupts the approach. The VMC scenario involves a student pilot attempting to make a landing at a busy towered airport where an opposite direction traffic conflict suddenly appears.

To join the meeting, click the link below at 7 pm PST on Thursday, February 6th:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82530396367

All are invited to attend.

Fly safe!

On Saturday, January 11th, we will be doing something a bit different for our first Second Saturday Gathering of 2025. We’ll still meet rom 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’re going to let the pancake griddle cool down this month and give our great cooking team (Scott Whelan) a bit of a break. Instead, we’ll have muffins, orange juice, and hot coffee to greet the new year. We’ll also fire up the propane space heater to keep it relatively warm and toasty.

This will be a social time but we will have our flight simulators up and running for anyone to try. We’ll also have a welcome table...perfect for those wanting to pay their dues for 2025. Annual chapter dues, either single or family, remains at $30 per calendar year. Otherwise, we’ll ask you to throw a buck into the jar if you want to enjoy the muffins, etc. That’s right: $1.00 for something that would cost, like, $15 at Starbucks.

We’ll also have some announcements and a short presentation by our chapter’s Ray Scholar graduate Anthony Duran on his flight experiences in the San Jose State University Aviation program.  The program will begin at 9:30.  Hope to see you there!