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October 5th 2022 - Wednesday 7:00 PM
Board Meeting
Where: Las Margaritas
Join us at Las Margaritas Mexican & Italian Restaurant at 541 W Dimond Blvd (on the north side of Dimond between Arctic and C Streets). When you walk in, turn left into the front room that is separated from the main dining area and we'll be on the right. So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will talk about aviation and do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.
October 8th 2022 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Chapter Breakfast Get-Together
Where: Kava’s Pancake House on Muldoon Rd.
Join us for our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together - we will be meeting at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. See you there!
October 25th 2022 - Tuesday 7:00 PM
Chapter Meeting
Where: Birchwood - Tentative
We are tentatively planning to visit Ed White's hangar to see his newly-finished RV-4. Details, directions and updates will be posted here.
November 2nd 2022 - Wednesday 7:00 PM
Board Meeting
Where: Las Margaritas
Join us at Las Margaritas Mexican & Italian Restaurant at 541 W Dimond Blvd (on the north side of Dimond between Arctic and C Streets). When you walk in, turn left into the front room that is separated from the main dining area and we'll be on the right. So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will talk about aviation and do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.
November 12th 2022 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Chapter Breakfast Get-Together
Where: Kava’s Pancake House on Muldoon Rd.
Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-togethers are back on and we will be meeting at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. See you there!
Sep 27th, 2022 - September Meeting
Dave Ciocchi – A&P, IA - discussed with us some of his experiences as a design engineer for Boeing and his current working title: "Compromise and the Art of Aircraft Design" with subtitle, "What Were They Thinking?"
We also met our newest member - Mark Frischkorn. Welcome Mark!!
A sincere Thank you to the Alaska Airmen's Association for the use of their facility.
Sep 24th, 2022 - Ed White flies his RV-4!!
Today Ed White flew his new RV-4 N907EW twice, logging 2.4 hours of flight test time at Birchwood airport. This was the culmination of 13 1/2 years of work.
On the second flight Bob Edison "chased" him in his RV to help validate some of his readings and supervise as Ed did full stalls. Stall speed was 46 knots and on the final approaches Ed used 65K (1.4 Vso) as his approach speed.
Rick Henry acted as ground support.
There are videos of his first takeoff and last landing on our FaceBook page:
EAA 42 Facebook page
Congratulations Ed for a job well done!!
Sep 19th, 2022 - Ed White's RV-4 Airworthiness Certificate
Ed White received the airworthiness certificate for his RV-4 from DAR Mark Barker today.
Congratulations Ed!! The many years of hard work has paid off!
Sep 1st, 2022 - Rick Henry receives FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
Today Rick Henry received the FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award for 50 years of safe flying from Scott Norman, Manager of the Anchorage FAA FSDO.
Aug 24th, 2022 - Ed White's RV-4 engine run
Ed White has his RV-4's engine running! "Almost there..."
Congratulations Ed!
Aug 23rd, 2022 - Visit to John Reffett's Fairchild 1952 C-119 Flying Boxcar
The Chapter enjoyed touring John Reffett's Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar at Palmer tonight. Thank you John! And thank you David Baldwin for the pictures!
Aug 6th, 2022 - Young Eagles at Merrill Field
EAA Chapter 42 working with the Alaska Airmens Association and the University of Alaska Anchorage flew 30 new Young Eagles today at Merrill Field.
It was a tremendous success thanks to our VP and Youth Activities Coordinator Scott McEwen and ground volunteers: Cliff Belleau, Sara Maurer, Paul Rupple, Al George, David Baldwin and James Bowers.
The volunteer pilots were: Burke Wick, Al Clayton, Wes Erb, Kayti Beale and Rick Henry.
Thank you volunteers!!
Lots of smiles and a good time for all!
Jun 29th, 2022 - Kitfox Project For Sale
Ken Pysz has a Kitfox project for sale with engine, prop and instruments. See more info on our For Sale page here: Eaa 42 For Sale
Jun 28th, 2022 - Chapter Meeting & BBQ at Bernie's airstrip
Bernie and Jeanette Willis hosted our Chapter’s BBQ and meeting at their beautiful home between their lake and airstrip. We met several new attendees and about a half dozen planes flew in for a perfect evening in a perfect setting.
Bernie showed us his Hatz Biplane project and engine.
Thank you Jeanette & Bernie!
(If anyone caught a photo of the planes there, please forward it to me and I’ll add it to this post.)
Jun 21st, 2022 - Young Eagles and The Boys & Girls Club of Alaska
Our EAA Chapter 42 from Anchorage flew 14 Young Eagles from the Boys & Girls Club of Alaska.
What a great time! Thank you each for setting aside hours of your day, yesterday, to put smiles on 14 faces and "crazy notions of flying" in 14 heads! What a beautiful thing.
Everyone got to see the Knik Glacier in flight.
Pilots were: Edwin White, Bernie Willis, Burke Wick and Rick Henry.
Ground assistants were: Scott McEwen, Charles Hosack, Klaus Markgraf, Tom Lawhorn, David Baldwin, Sandy and Tracey.
Lots of smiles and potential future pilots!
May 24th, 2022 - Sloan's Aircraft Welding
This evening Kyle Sloan hosted our monthly meeting and showed us his shop, gave a welding demo and discussed his welding projects with the Chapter.
Thank you Kyle! (And the homemade muffins were great!)
May 7th, 2022 - Bernie Willis - Master Pilot Award
Today our former Chapter President Bernie Willis received his Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award from the FAA along with another recipient - Al Crane.
Congratulations Bernie on an amazing piloting career!
May 2nd, 2022 - Lake Hood construction
Construction has started at the Lake Hood Strip (2022-05-04) aopa.org - lake-hood-strip-closure-and-workaround For about three weeks starting on May 2, the gravel runway at Lake Hood will be closed for a major rehabilitation project. This project will include removing and replacing a foot of gravel and will also make improvements to electrical systems and drainage on the airport.
Apr 26th, 2022 - New Officers
We welcome our new officers:
President - Lars Gleitsmann
Vice President - Scott McEwen
Secretary - Chris Gill
Treasurer - Ed White
Thank you gentlemen for offering to serve our Chapter!
And to our outgoing officers:
Tom Lawhorn, Cliff Belleau and Chuck Hosack - a very hearty THANK YOU! for the many years each of you have served.
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Chapter Breakfast Get-Together Kava’s Pancake House on Muldoon Rd. |
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Chapter Meeting TBD |
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