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December 7th 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.
December 10th 2022 - Saturday 9:30 AM
Chapter Breakfast
Where: Kava’s Pancake House on 100 Muldoon Rd.
Come enjoy our monthly 2nd Saturday breakfast at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. See you there!
January 4th 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.
January 14th 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!
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!
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!
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Board Meeting Las Margaritas |
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Chapter Meeting TBD |
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