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February 11th 2023 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Chapter Breakfast
Where: Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd.
Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there!
February 28th 2023 - Tuesday 7:00 PM
Chapter Meeting
Where: Bernie Willis' home - Wasilla
For our February meeting Bernie will show his PA-18 and discuss pre-covering thoughts.
Lars will discuss what NOT to do when covering.
Address: 1501 S. Sylvan Rd Wasilla, AK 99654
About 1 hour from Merrill Field. (But well worth the drive!)
From the Parks Highway Take Sylvan Rd. south at the intersection with Pittman Rd. (which goes north).
Scroll down for maps to his home.
March 1st 2023 - 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 maybe do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.
March 11th 2023 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Chapter Breakfast Get-Together
Where: Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd.
Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there!
Jan 24th, 2023 - January Meeting at the Alaska Aviation Museum
Chuck hosted our January meeting at the Alaska Aviation Museum. He briefed us on the Museum's project to restore this Norseman for static display, along with the Alaska history of this aircraft. Lars added to the presentation with his own experiences flying other Norseman aircraft.
18 were in attendance and had a wonderful time. We subsequently voted to contribute $500 to the project.
Chuck invited EAA members to come out to help with this project on weekdays.
The Director of the Eagle River Boys and Girls Club visited with her colleague, Jayden and recruited volunteers for this year's annual Summer Solstice Young Eagles Rally at Birchwood Airport.
Oct 25th, 2022 - October Meeting to visit Ed White's RV-4
At this month's meeting 15 of us, including new faces and friendly FAA faces visited Ed White's new RV-4. Ed captivated us with fascinating details of his 13.5 yr. build and current testing.
We wish Ed all the best during the rest of his flight testing.
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!
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Chapter Breakfast Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. |
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Chapter Meeting Bernie Willis' home - Wasilla |
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| Wed Mar 1 7 PM |
Board Meeting Las Margaritas |
| Sat Mar 11 9:30 AM |
Chapter Breakfast Get-Together Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. |
| Tue Mar 28 7 PM |
Chapter Meeting TBD |
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| Nautical Twilight Begin: | 07:24 | ||
| Civil Twilight Begin: | 08:16 | ||
| Sunrise: | 09:03 | ||
| Transit: | 13:13 | ||
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