Where: Piper's at Lake Hood

We have a new, quieter, roomier location for our Board Meetings: at Piper's Restaurant and Lounge: 3450 Aviation Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502. This is at the corner of Spenard and International Airport Road in the Coast Inn at Lake Hood.
We will be in the Don Sheldon meeting room which is slightly right as you come in the entrance door. (The lounge is to the left).
So come, get your food and drink and we will talk about aviation and also do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava’s Pancake House

Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there!

Where: Tom Lawhorn's Hangar on Merrill Field

Tonight’s Meeting has been moved to February 3rd

Where: The Peanut Farm

Please consider joining me along with Walter and Rande to thank Walter for all his years building and supporting the chapter website. We will meet for lunch at the Peanut Farm at 1 PM on Wednesday the 28th of January.
Walter and Rande will be moving to the lower 48 in February.

Chris Gill
907-227-9352

Where: Tom Lawhorn’s Hangar at Merrill

UPDATE: January Meeting moved to February 3rd.

Enhanced Meeting Update!: Tom Lawhorn has graciously volunteered to have a pot of hot chili at our next meeting so come warm up this Tuesday, February 3rd at 7 PM. Have some food, and get a look at the construction of Tom’s hand fabricated belly pod. A map is attached showing the location of Toms hanger. Call Chris or Tom for gate codes.

Thanks to Tom Lawhorn for hosting our January Chapter meeting. The meeting was made even better since we were treated to Tom’s homemade chili, cookies, cornbread and other yummies. Tom is well along the way to completing a fuel/cargo pod for his Glastar. Watch the chapter website for construction updates.

Where: Piper's at Lake Hood

We have a new, quieter, roomier location for our Board Meetings: at Piper's Restaurant and Lounge: 3450 Aviation Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502. This is at the corner of Spenard and International Airport Road in the Coast Inn at Lake Hood.
We will be in the Don Sheldon meeting room which is slightly right as you come in the entrance door. (The lounge is to the left).
So come, get your food and drink and we will talk about aviation and also do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava’s Pancake House

Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there!

Where: Alaska Airmen's Association Bldg, 4200 Floatplane Dr, on Lake Hood

Winter Safety Double-Header

Dave Young and Tom Palmer will present winter safety tips from both the aircraft airworthiness and flight ops perspectives. Both gentlemen are frequent participants at our monthly Chapter meetings.

Dave Young, FAASTeam Program Mgr – Airworthiness, FAA Anchorage FSDO Tom Palmer, FAASTeam Program Mgr – Operations, FAA Anchorage FSDO

All Alaska Airmen's Association members are invited to join us for this informative meeting.

Where: Piper's at Lake Hood

Join us for our Board Meeting at Piper's Restaurant and Lounge: 3450 Aviation Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502. This is at the corner of Spenard and International Airport Road in the Coast Inn at Lake Hood.
We will be in the Don Sheldon meeting room which is slightly right as you come in the entrance door. (The lounge is to the left).
So come, get your food and drink and we will talk about aviation and also do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava’s Pancake House

Our monthly Saturday breakfast get-together is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there!

Where: Commemorative Air Force Hanger on Merrill Field

We’ve moved our meeting to Wednesday, March 25th at 7 PM to accommodate the CAF schedules. The location is the Wings of Freedom Hangar, 2400 E 5th Ave, Anchorage.

Ed Kornfield will share the story of the Wing's benefactor, Col. Mike Hunt, who donated his two WWII trainers to start the Wing, and whose legacy and warm, charming character continue to inspire all who knew him.

The tour will include the Wing's 1943 AT-6D Texan and 1942 Consolidated BT-13. Also in the same hangar is a 1946 L-13 Dragon Fly. In a nearby hangar, the Wing's 1952 Harvard Mk IV (T-6G) is undergoing its annual inspection.

Ed Kornfield has been an active member of the CAF Col Hunt Alaska Wing www.cafalaska.org since its inception in 2007, along with Sara Maurer and Cliff Belleau (who was the Wing's first Maintenance Officer). Ed is an instructor & check pilot for the Wing. Ed is also a key member of the Iditarod Air Force and a recipient of both the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award and the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award.

Here's a map for tonight's EAA Chapter 42 meeting, hosted by the Alaska Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. Overflow parking is to the east of Reeve circle at Alaska Gear Company; they close at 5p.

Ed Kornfield shared the story of the Commemorative Air Force Wing's benefactor, Col. Mike Hunt, who donated his two WWII trainers to start the Alaskan Wing, and whose legacy and warm, charming character inspired all who knew him. The tour included the Wing's 1943 AT-6D Texan,1952 Harvard Mk IV (T-6G) and a 1946 L-13 Dragon Fly.
Ed, you did an awesome job! Thanks to Jeff Sever, AJ Bartel, and Cinimin Alsworth—all from the Wing—for great support and convos!
More information on the CAF can be found at CAFAlaska.org