Coming this Saturday (August 12): Pancake Breakfast

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We will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. in 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 child under 12, or $20.00 per family.

Something new: our chapter is now accepting payment via credit or debit cards, and also Venmo and PayPal. We will be trying out our new systems in preparation for the August 26 Airport Open House.

Our chapter Board of Directors will be having its monthly meeting directly after the pancake breakfast, so you are welcome to stick around for that also.

Come on out and enjoy some

good food and hangar flying too.

 

IMC/VMC club online meeting on Thursday, August 3 at 7 pm PDT

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Our IMC/VMC online club meeting will be from 7 to 8 pm PDT on Thursday, August 3rd.  Our program will feature a combined IFR+VFR “What Would You Do?” scenario involving a night flight from a Southern California airport that has been in the news recently, over the SoCal mountains to Arizona.  Mid-flight something happens and the flight instruments don’t make sense any more.

In addition to our group discussion, there will be a brief tutorial presentation on the factors that caused the unexpected challenges that the pilot experienced.  We look forward to a lively interchange and all are invited to participate.  To join the Zoom meeting, click here at 7 pm on Thursday 8/3.

Fly safe!

July 22 BBQ Lunch and Program cancelled due to heat forecast

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We’re sorry to say that the BBQ Lunch and Program scheduled for this coming Saturday needs to be cancelled due to the excessive heat forecast for the day.

The program will be rescheduled for our October BBQ Lunch meeting on October 21.

For anyone involved with the Young Eagle Rally planned for this Saturday from 8 am to 10 am, that also will need to be cancelled.

Our next chapter events will be the Zoom Online IMC/VMC Club on Thursday, August 3rd, and the 2nd Saturday Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 12.

BBQ Lunch and Program on Saturday, July 22: Scrapping Our World War II Air Force

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For our Saturday, July 22, BBQ Lunch meeting, Scott Thompson will present on a widely-known but less-understood topic: Scrapping Our World War II Air Force.

Rows of aircraft engines removed from surplus bombers at the Kingman boneyard

Almost everyone has seen pictures of the endless rows of surplus warplanes gathered at remote desert fields after the end of World War II. Why were these bombers and fighters seemingly abandoned? What happened to them? Did we just scrap them and turn them into pots and pans? This presentation provides the details of what we did with a massive air force no longer needed.

War weary B-17's at Kingman AZ, waiting to be destroyed : r/WWIIplanes

Scott Thompson is the author of several books and numerous articles on different aspects of American aviation history. He has specialized in the post-war civilian use of World War II aircraft and thus has extensively researched the process of how the U.S. disposed of surplus warplanes. He maintains an historical aviation website at aerovintage.com.
BBQ Lunch starts at 11:00 at our hangar at the Lincoln Regional Airport. If you are not familiar with our hangar’s location, come to the airport and just follow the “EAA” signs.

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 kids 12 or under, and $25 for families.

And, for your convenience, we are now accepting credit and debit cards, plus other methods of electronic payment, for our meals, t-shirts, dues, and donations. Please join us on Saturday.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawks stacked on their noses to save space at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas after World War II

 

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Pancake Breakfast This Saturday (July 8)

We will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. in 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 child under 12, or $25.00 per family.
Our chapter Board of Directors will be having its monthly meeting directly after the pancake breakfast, so you are welcome to stick around for that also.

Come on out and enjoy some good food and hangar flying too.

Saturday, June 24th BBQ lunch and Program

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On Saturday June 24th we are having our BBQ Lunch, Meeting, and Program beginning at 11:00 am. For our program this month we have a special guest, Mr. Phil Speck, a Vietnam-era USAF pilot who flew KC-135s and later flew in the first Gulf War in the early 1990s. He will present his experiences as a military pilot. 
 Lunch starts at 11:00 at our hangar at the Lincoln Regional Airport. If you are not familiar with our hangar’s location, come to the airport and just follow the “EAA” signs. 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 kids 12 or under, and $25 for families. We’ll have a short business meeting at 11:45 a.m. and then Capt. Steck will present at 12:00 noon.

Pancake Breakfast This Saturday (June 10)

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We will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. in 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 child under 12, or $20.00 per family.
Our chapter Board of Directors will be having its monthly meeting directly after the pancake breakfast, so you are welcome to stick around for that also.
Come on out and enjoy some
good food and hangar flying too.

IMC/VMC club Thursday, June 1 at 7 pm

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Our online IMC/VMC club meeting for June will be held from 7 to 8 pm PDT this coming Thursday, June 1.  The IMC “What Would You Do?” involves a flight into IMC stormy conditions. The VMC portion of the meeting will have a presentation on Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs), including what to do if you inadvertently fly into a TFR and are intercepted.

FAA Wings credit is available for this event by registering here.

To participate, click this link at 7 pm PDT on Thursday.We look forward to a lively exchange of experience and ideas, and everyone is invited to participate.

Pancake Breakfast Saturday, May 13, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am

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We will be having our Second Saturday Pancake Breakfast from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. in 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 child under 12, or $20.00 per family.
Our chapter Board of Directors will be having its monthly meeting directly after the pancake breakfast, so you are welcome to stick around for that also.
Come on out and enjoy some
good food and hangar flying too.

Learn To Fly Week: May 15-20

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The national Experimental Aircraft Association is hosting the Learn To Fly Week during the week of May 15. The intent is to provide some good information to anyone in the community who is looking to learn to fly.
 
Expert flight instructors and representatives from aviation organizations will present free and interactive webinars to help jumpstart your flight training journey. Topics covered include how to get started in flight training, tips for saving time and money in flight training, preparing for the FAA written exam, examiner tips for passing the check ride, and much more!
 
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This six-day event concludes with chapter hosted Flying Start events on May 20, 2023. These events welcome, encourage, and educate aspiring pilots to a flight training pathway at their local airport. Flying Start events are capped with the FREE introductory Eagle Flight!

In our area, there are three chapters hosting a Flying Start Event on May 20: Reno-Stead, Watsonville, and Camarillo. More information on scheduling the Flying Start Event can be found here.

So, if you or someone you know has always wanted to learn to fly but did not know how to start, please go to the Learn To Fly Week page at the EAA website and review the free online webinars that are available during the week of May 15 and register for those that will help answer your questions.

Any questions, please email our chapter at eaa1541@gmail.com and we’ll try to get you an answer.