Where: Elim Cafe on Dimond Blvd

Rescheduled due to New Year's

You can pay your 2014 dues online

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, January 11th.

Latest news for the Merrill Field Master Plan

Seems like my retirement is simply a license to work more than I did before. Really can't complain, though...there are worse jobs.

I will be flying the amphib Caravan for Huma Island Resort until April. Although it is a very enjoyable job, I really can't wait to be back home in Alaska with Laurel (and Chapter 42).

I want to thank Chuck Hosack for the job he's doing. One can easily lay back and have the chapter just roll along but he has taken the bull by the horns and, from what I can see from a few miles away, is doing a great job.

The Caravan will be down for a while to be re-registered with a Philippine number. After that we will have to abide by Philippine Air Regulations. This means it will no longer be a single pilot airplane as Caravans in this country are required to have a first officer. I will be training a local pilot in our Cessna 206 starting Tuesday. I am working on getting him up to speed to take my place when I leave in April. I will also be training a relatively low time pilot to be his first officer.

Please email when you have the chance...love to hear how everyone's doing.

Best to all, Bob

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Our featured guest will be Dr. Petra Illig, the President and Medical Director of Aviation Medical Services of Alaska LLC. She is a highly experienced Aviation Medical Examiner. This is sure to be an interesting meeting.

The Door prize is a $75 gift card to Northern Lights Avionics. If you don't show up, you can't win. If you are not a current paid Chapter 42 member, you can't even enter for the door prize.

You can pay your 2014 chapter dues online.

We will accept credit cards for dues at the meeting.

Where: Las Margaritas

The Elim Cafe is not open in the evenings any more.

For this meeting we will try Las Margaritas which is just to the east of Elim's in the same strip mall. When you go in, to the left is a front room that is separated from the main dining area. So come, get your margarita and nachos and lets do some business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, February 8th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Flight of the Pearl: Cornelia Fort Celebration Fund raiser for Aero Femme Non-Profit Organization & Scholarship Fund was founded in 2010 by Ariel Talen-Keller to educate the next generation of women and keep the aviation community strong–not only for general aviation but in our country’s military as well. The aviation career field is so diverse with pilots, air traffic controllers, maintainers, to safety inspectors–the opportunities are endless for women.

Where: Hotel Captain Cook

Alaska Air Carriers Association Annual Convention

February 18 - 20 2014

More info at the AACA web site

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Day of the week change this month, on Monday...

This month we are bringing back something that we have not done in a few years, Movie Night!

If you have a favorite video, bring it in on a DVD or thumb drive. We will show a selection of the most popular videos. We might have an official EAA video. There might be popcorn. There will be fun.

Put your EAA name badge in the car so you don't forget it. There will be another drawing for the $75 Northern Lights Avionics gift card, so make sure that your dues are paid up.

See you there on Monday.

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

We are now meeting at Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd. When you go in, to the left is a front room that is separated from the main dining area. So come, get your margarita and nachos and lets do some business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, March 8th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Folks,

Looks like I am first up on the lecture series a new feature at the Alaska Aviation Museum. Hope you can make it…also it turns out that Donnie from Delorme will be in town that week with some of the InReach folks and that might make a good presentation for the upcoming meeting.

I will be talking about flying on the Iditarod trail in the early days of the race when I used to cover it using a Cessna 180 on wheel skis with a friend as PIC and some of the antics on the trail among the pilots.

Admission is free for Alaska Aviation Museum members, $5 for everyone else.

Rob Stapleton

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Aircraft Electric Systems.

We will have the tag team of Jonathan Fant and Chuck Hosack giving a presentation about aircraft electric systems. Jonathan is an electrical engineer, and Chuck is a serial airplane builder.

Chuck is finishing his fifth plane and thinks that putting together electrical systems is much easier today than it was when he worked on his first plane.

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

We are now meeting at Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd. When you go in, to the left is a front room that is separated from the main dining area. So come, get your margarita and nachos and lets do some business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

The Alaska Professional Hunters Association and the Alaska Aviation Museum are hosting their 5th annual Guns, Grummans and Grapes fundraiser.

6 to 10 PM on Friday April 4th, 2014

Tickets are $65 and include Wine Tasting and Hors d'oeuvres

Silent Auction and live music by A-Natural

Info and tickets: 248-5325

2014 Arctic Thunder Air Show

July 26 & 27

JBER gates open at 9, flying starts at 10, go home at 5.

USAF Thunderbirds

Where: JBER Boniface Gate

John Davis has arranged a trip to the F22 unit at Elmendorf scheduled for April 5 at 2 PM.

We will meet at the Boniface gate of JBER. As you are entering the base, park to the right of the gate and go into the guard shack. Bring a valid government photo ID like your driver's license or passport. We will be driven onto the base by bus. It is about a two and a half hour tour.

This will include an overview of the aircraft and capabilities (except for the super secret classified stuff) and possibly a ride in the F22 simulator.

To firm thing up John needs a count of those who wish to attend. If you are interested please reply directly to John as soon as possible at jdsuen818@acsalaska.net

EAA Chapter 42 Visit to F-22 Squadron

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, April 12th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

The Alaska Aviation Museum monthly lecture series is going to have a presentation by UAF Professor Dr Michael Sfraga about Bradford Washburn.

Bradford Washburn was a pioneering mountaineer, map maker and aerial photographer. What Ansel Adams did for Yosemite, Bradford Washburn did for Denali. There are Bradford Washburn photographs in the big museum downtown, and at the Museum of Science in Boston.

6:30 PM on Monday April 21, 2014

Free for Museum members, $5 for everyone else.

Where: Tom Lawhorn's Skunk Works

Another treat this month. Tom Lawhorn will be hosting us at his workshop in his backyard to show us his Glastar project.

Where: Tom Lawhorn's Skunk Works at 3850 Westminister Way in Anchorage.

This is Tom's other project, his custom design amphib:

For Sale RANS S6, Super Coyote, unfinished kit

Where: OAS Tom Wardleigh Hangar, 4405 Lear Court, Lake Hood

29th Annual Seaplane Safety Seminar

Saturday April 26th - 8:30 AM to 4 PM

At the Department of the Interior OAS Tom Wardleigh Hangar, 4405 Lear Court, Lake Hood. Just past the CAP and the Aviation Museum.

Registration begins at 8 AM. Lunch will be available.

For more information call 262-3872 or 398-6228

Where: Tanalian Aviation Hanger – 2600 5th Ave

Hi Folks,

Tanalian Aviation is having an Open House at their hanger, and they all thought it would be a great idea to invite the EAA42 crowd to join us.

Hopefully we could get a number of EAA airplanes on hand for static display and maybe even a few fly bys. We will have our helicopters there and will have some other aviation folks joining us. I will have my Eagle there and hope to be able to convince Dan to have his Bearhawk and Bob to have his RV (if he is back). But would love to have others also.

Here is the info on the Open House:

Saturday, April 26th - Starts at 10 am

Tanalian Aviation Hanger – 2600 5th Ave. (West of Stoddards – big brown hanger)

We will also be cooking hot dogs if you want to bring your “cooking machine” over. You can also set up a display and membership booth in our office or hanger. It might be a fun day of Merrill Field aviation.

As the time gets closer I will find out how many folks might bring their planes by.

I am also going to invite the Kenai Peninsula crowd.

Give me a call or send me an email if you have questions. Best phone is 242-3660

Mark Barker

Where: FedEx Hangar

17th Annual FedEx Trade Show - Saturday and Sunday

Great Alaska Aviation Gathering

We can always use some help at our booth. Contact Jonathan Fant at 952-9619 Volunteers qualify for a chance at a $75 Northern Lights Avionics Gift Card and qualify for a free EAA Chapter 42 T-Shirt!

Mark Barker says to come and look at Alaska’s BEST Christen Eagle.

Where: Two Locations

THIS WEEKEND: Join Me to Talk About Aviation in Alaska

Dear Friend,

I'll be in Anchorage this weekend for the Great Alaska Aviation Gathering and I want you to know about a couple of upcoming opportunities to let your voice be heard.

On Saturday, May 3, I'm chairing a listening session in my role as a founding member of the U.S. Senate General Aviation Caucus.

General Aviation Caucus Listening Session Saturday, May 3 from 10:00AM to 12:00PM Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport North Terminal (Former International Terminal) Parking at the terminal is free

Presentation topics at the listening session will include:

ADS-B Rollout – new aviation technology in Alaska

Weather reporting needs and challenges

Military Airspace - coordination between the military and civil aviation groups

Bypass Mail

Unmanned Aerial Systems Testing and Rollout

On Sunday, May 4, I'll host a town hall to listen directly to your views on the state of aviation in Alaska.

Aviation Town Hall Sunday, May 4, doors open at 8:00AM Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, 4721 Aircraft Drive

Joining me will be:

Mark Baker, President, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA),

Michael Huerta, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and

Steve Brown, Chief Operating Officer with the National Business Aviation Association

I hope to see you at one of these events. Please share this information with fellow aviators and bring a friend.

Sincerely, Senator Mark Begich

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

We are now meeting at Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd. When you go in, to the left is a front room that is separated from the main dining area. So come, get your margarita and nachos and lets do some business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Valdez

Aerobatics, Poker Fun Run, Flour Bombing, Beach Landings, Demonstrations, STOL Competition, Food, Vendors

More info at:

http://www.valdezalaska.org/events/valdez-fly-in-and-air-show

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, March 8th.

Where: Talkeetna

2014 Hudson Memorial Fly-In

www.abovealaska.com/flyin/

Saturday May 17 and Sunday May 18

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

John Davis will be making a presentation on registering your experimental amateur built As a double act, John will also present a practical hands on demonstration of aircraft aluminum tube bending and flaring.

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

We are now meeting at Las Margaritas on the North side of Dimond Blvd between C Street and Arctic Blvd. When you go in, hang a left to the front room that is separated from the main dining area.

So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will B.S. about aviation and maybe do some Chapter business.

As always, everyone is invited and encouraged to attend

Where: Palmer Airport

Annual Pancake Breakfast that may or may not be hosted by the FAA this year.

Where: Kenai Airport

14th Annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair

June 14th - Soldotna Airport - 8 AM EAA Breakfast Kenai Airport Noon to 3 PM Bar-B-Que and Live Music

Where: Birchwood Airport Pilot's Shack

EAA Chapter 42 will be hosting a Young Eagles Flight at Birchwood Airport.

Where: Merrill Field

In June and July we will have a BBQ at Merrill Field, hosted by John Davis and/or Johnathan Fant.

The webmaster has a few things for sale: Zenith 701 Kit, Sporty's Flight Gear Flight Bag, and a Piper Tri-Pacer. EAA 42 For Sale

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd

There was not a Board Meeting on July 2nd. Chuck Hosack, Walter Yankauskas and Lars Gleitsman were the only people to show up. There were two large groups taking up all of the staff's attention. After half an hour we never had the chance to even order, so we left.

We are meeting at Las Margaritas on the North side of Dimond Blvd between C Street and Arctic Blvd. When you go in, hang a left to the front room that is separated from the main dining area.

From John Davis: I am leaving on a rafting trip for 6 days on Tuesday. I ran by the bank today and the chapters balance is $5707.89 with petty cash at $120.23. The only other item of note is that I have registered the trailer in the Chapters name and it has permanent registration. The address I used was my home address and that is the same as what we use for our banking details.

Bob Edison is weathered in at Denali and won't be able to attend the meeting.

According to the by-laws, we should be thinking about putting together a Nominating Comittee for new chapter officers. We need some people to volunteer for President and Vice-President. Bob Edison feels bad about how many meetings he has had to miss because he was working out of town or outside the country. Chuck Hosack did a great job filling in for Bob Edison, but he has been more than busy studying for his A&P full time at the UAA Aviation Center on Merrill Field.

Last month we did not conduct and official Board Meeting because there was not enough people for a quorum.

Do we have a volunteer to show up at Kava's for the breakfast meeting or should we cancel the announcement?

Coming up in July: Board meeting, Breakfast Get-Together, Alaska Aviation Museum - Sun Jul 20 Salmon Bake & Fly-By, Chapter Meeting, Arctic Thunder Air Show, Airventure.

One last announcement, the webmaster has a bunch of stuff for sale: Zenith 701 Kit, Sporty's Flight Gear Flight Bag, Sigtronics SPO-22 2 place Intercom, Telex Headphones, Bendix King KX 99 Handheld, and a Piper Tri-Pacer. EAA 42 For Sale

So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will B.S. about aviation and maybe do some Chapter business.

As always, everyone is invited and encouraged to attend

At the Annual Salmon Bake and Fly-By at the Alaska Aviation Museum

Today I was awarded an unusual treat and an exciting experience. Mr. Chuck Hosack gave me a ride in his Searey amphib and the ride was incomparable to anything I have ever done before. The Searey is an exceptional aircraft and Chuck’s attention to detail and all of the extras he has put into the airplane show through in many ways.

On our take off from Wolf Lake the Searey was in the air in a short amount of time and climbing at 500 fpm easily, we leveled out at 1,000 feet and Chuck turned the controls over to me. The Searey is a docile aircraft with solid controls and handled the light turbulence we had with no trouble.

Chuck asked me if I wanted to try a water landing. “Does a fish swim?” Of course I wanted to splash down in the nearest lake, heck I wanted to splash down in all of the lakes. Chuck picked a lake with not much boat traffic, hard to do on the 4th weekend, lined up for landing and touched down in a gentle spray, (ok he bounced it a little, it was a glassy water landing) and when he slowed to a taxi, I opened the window and casually put my hand in the water and joked that it was too cold for swimming.

The take-off on the water was exhilarating, the Searey was up on step in seconds and then Chuck had to maneuver around a canoe and then around an island, all the while the Searey was acting like a very fast boat, then we were In the air. The acceleration once again was amazing, this flying boat really moves.

I wanted to share this with the chapter and thank Mr. Chuck Hosack publicly for making my day.

Thank you Chuck for an experience I will cherish.

Mike Ice

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Annual Salmon Bake & Fly-By at the Alaska Aviation Museum on Lake Hood

Sunday July 20th 3-6 PM

Tickets are $35 at the door, or $30 if you buy ahead of time.

Airplanes, food, beer, live music. It's a great event, and a fundraiser for the museum.

Where: JBER

Arctic Thunder is back in 2014.

Gates open at 9 AM, flying begins at 10 AM, get in line to go home at 5 PM.

The big draw will be the USAF Thunderbirds.

Where: Oshkosh, WI

Airventure! The big convention.

Where: TBA

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, March 8th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

The chapter meeting will be Tuesday, August 26, 7pm at the Aviation Museum. Besides the regular meeting space we will have access to tour the Merrill Field tower cap which will have it's public grand opening on Sept 15 at the museum.

We will have a series of presenters who have a vast knowledge aviation. These surprise presenters are the chapters most valuable resource and that resource is you, the members. After the tower cap tour we will have a good old fashioned hangar flying session. All are welcomed and encouraged but not required to participate.

I would like each member to participate with one or more of the following items:

1. Stories of flying, fishing, or hunting this summer. Embellishment highly encouraged and truthfulness can be ignored to make a good story.
2. An aviation service beneficial to builders that others might not be aware of.
3. A unique tool that may not be widely known that is helpful to homebuilders.

This is the more mature version of "show and tell" so dust out the dark corners of your gray matter and share some of your trade secrets or favorite spots.

See you all on Tuesday. Chuck Hosack

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

We are now meeting at Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd. When you go in, to the left is a front room that is separated from the main dining area. So come, get your margarita and nachos and lets do some business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

It's time to tell some crazy stories about what you did during the summer. Let's celebrate the Coronal Mass Ejection and the full moon.

Bring your friends and family to Kava's Pancake House. It is located next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, September 13th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

The Alaska Aviation Museum Speaker Series will kick off on Sept 15th, 2014 5:00 – 6:30 Grand Opening, Free Snacks/Drinks 6:30 – 8:00 Free Lecture

George Pappas & Oren Hudson on the topic of “Runway Development: Park Strip to International Airport”

Including the Grand Opening of our newest building, the Historic Merrill Field Tower Cab

This event is free to the public, so join us and have some fun!

Where: Alaska Airframes/Alaska Bushwheels at Birchwood Airport

The September chapter meeting will be held at the Alaska Airframes/Alaska Bushwheels facility at Birchwood Airport. NOTE: The Meeting time has been changed to 6:30pm. That facility is on the west side of the airport almost across the road from the entrance to the shooting range. FAA FAAST team members will give a presentation on light sport and EAB issues. We will also have an opportunity to tour the facilities there.

This program is open to all pilots and mechanics and is parts of the wings program. You will be able to get Wings credit if you participate in that program. If you are in the Wings program it would be a good idea to pre-register on-line. Since the FAAST team is running the program and the program is open to all, we will probably not do our regular meeting format. We will just go with the flow and mingle with the crowd. This will be a good chance to educate our fellow pilots about our organization and do a little recruiting.

See you on Tuesday.

Chuck Hosack

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

EAA Chapter 42 Board Meeting - Wed Oct 1st 7 PM

We are meeting at Las Margaritas on the North side of Dimond Blvd between C Street and Arctic Blvd. When you go in, hang a left to the front room that is separated from the main dining area.

So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will B.S. about aviation and maybe do some Chapter business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, March 8th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Join Marge Ford and the Alaska Polka Chips along with great food and beer!

The Aviation Museum has been wonderful in providing us a place to meet, so let's support them in their fundraiser. Eat a Brat cooked on the EAA chapter 42 BBQ grill.

This is a fundraiser for the Alaska Aviation Museum to continue its mission of restoring vintage aircraft and sharing the bush pilot stores of the past.

Great food, silent/live auction, cash-bar and more!

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Lecture Series: Strange Cargo

A look at the history of the airline cargo industry in Anchorage, featuring speakers Don Brugman and Dave Karp.

Free to the public!

Where: Tanalian Aviation Hanger – 2600 5th Ave

Helicopters!

We have been invited to Tanalian Aviation by our own Mark Barker to learn about helicopters. This is going to be the real thing, active flyable helicopters (like the Robinson R22 Mariner II and R44 Raven II) in a warm hangar. There is plenty of parking.

Don't forget about our door prize of a $75 gift certificate to Northern Lights Avionics. There is also a rumor that Tanalian might have a door prize of their own.

aviationhumor.net

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

EAA Chapter 42 Board Meeting - Wed Nov 5th at 7 PM

We are meeting at Las Margaritas on the North side of Dimond Blvd between C Street and Arctic Blvd. When you go in, hang a left to the front room that is separated from the main dining area.

So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will B.S. about aviation and maybe do some Chapter business.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

Ariel Talen-Keller's father, Timothy Talen is going to be inducted into the EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame. The following is from the October 2014 issue of Sport Aviation (with the polished Electra on the cover), page 119.

VINTAGE: TIMOTHY TALEN, EAA 8615

TIMOTHY TALEN, founder of the Oregon Antique & Classic Air craft Club and founding director of the Oregon Aviation Historical Society, is an aircraft restoration master. In addition to many partial restorations, Timothy has fully restored at least 20 airplanes, including seven Interstates, a Cessna 120, two Cubs, a 1932 Fairchild 22, and many more. His award winning restorations have graced many covers of EAA's Vintage Airplane magazine, and he has an uncanny ability to look at any antique part and name the aircraft it came from. Tim's father taught him to fly in an Aeronca Champ, and Tim earned his private pilot certificate in 1969. Since then, Tim has earned instrument, commercial, multiengine, and CFl ratings and certificates, as well as an A&P certificate. He served as an air traffic controller in Vietnam, and taught aircraft construction and technology at Lane Community College for five years, during which time his classes built a replica of Les Long's Longster.

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, November 8th.

Ariel Talen-Keller, Jonathan Fant, and Walter Yankauskas are serving on a committee to simplify and update the Chapter's bylaws.

Version 1 of the proposed bylaw changed, consisting mostly of formatting changes and logic corrections: Draft of Bylaw changes 2014V1

Here is a working version of the bylaws containing lots of comments and questions: Working Draft of Bylaw changes

Current Bylaws

Where: Sara and Cliff's Hangar on Lake Hood

Cliff Belleau will show us what he has been building. There are rumors about an experimental Super Cub and a biplane with wooden ribs, lots of ribs.

The Hangar is located at 4261 Floatplane Dr #6. For the GPS challenged, Floatplane Dr is near the West end of the Lake Hood airstrip, The end with the big Aero Fuel gas tank and Porta-Potty near the road. Drive out to the end of Floatplane Dr. To the left is a set of hangars. The one on the left is roughly "L" shaped and hangar #6 is located at the inside corner.

This is an official "membership meeting" and we will be voting for new chapter officers and members of the Board of Directors:

• President: Jonathan Fant
• Vice President: Chuck Hosack
• Treasurer: John Davis
• Secretary: Ariel Talen-Keller
• Board of Directors: Cliff Belleau
• Board of Directors: Tim Coalwell

We are also going to briefly go over some bylaws changes: Draft of Bylaw changes

Current Bylaws

Where: Las Margaritas on Dimond Blvd.

EAA Chapter 42 Board Meeting - Wed Dec 3rd at 7 PM

We are meeting at Las Margaritas on the North side of Dimond Blvd between C Street and Arctic Blvd. When you go in, hang a left to the front room that is separated from the main dining area.

This is the official transition meeting for the new officers.

EAA Chapter Renewal Forms Documents must be returned to the chapter office by January 9, 2015, in order to remain in good standing for 2015.

Bylaw changes

Jonathan, Ariel and Walter are going to start early at 5 PM to discuss some bylaws changes:

• Draft of Bylaw changes

• Working Draft of Bylaw changes containing lots of comments and questions

• Current Bylaws

• EAA Chapter Administration

Definition of "Charter":

• a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

• authorization from a central or parent organization to establish a new branch, chapter, etc.

As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend.

December BOD Minutes

Where: Kava's Pancake House

Kava's Pancake House has great food and fast service. It is located right next to Merrill Field, just northwest of the Northway Mall.

Bring your friends and family and join us at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning, March 8th.

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

The latest lecture in the Aviation Lecture Series at the Alaska Aviation Museum on Lake Hood.

Clothing Development

“From fur lined jackets to bunny boots”

Free to the public!

Where: Alaska Aviation Museum - Lake Hood

Annual Meeting & Member's Party Alaska Aviation Museum Date: 17 Dec 2014 4:00 PM

Come join us for our annual meeting and member’s party!

Dec 17th @ The Alaska Aviation Museum

4-5pm Annual Meeting • 5-7pm Member’s Party

Free Food, Drinks & Fun! Come meet the staff, volunteers and board members. This party is for current members and 2014 volunteers only, so make sure to renew your membership now! You can also renew at the party!

Where: Internet

EAA Webinar

Wed, Dec 17, 2014 4:30 PM - 6 PM CST

Time changed to 7:30 PM - 9 PM CST

Chapter Chat: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Chapters

Presenter: Pat Webb

This webinar identifies the common characteristics of highly effective EAA chapters, as measured by their ability to recruit and retain members, meet fundraising goals, and fulfill their organization’s mission and purpose.

Where: Chuck May's House - 2811 Leeward Pl

6 PM to 10 PM. Once again, Chuck May is having a holiday party, and all EAA members and their spouses are invited. This is not an official EAA function. It is a lot of fun.

Driving directions to Chuck's House..

• From the Seward Hwy
• Exit on Huffman Rd.
• Turn East (Left) then turn South (Right) on Lake Otis which changes name to Westwind at the first 4 way stop.
• The first street after stop is Spinnaker turn Left and then Left again on Leeward
• Chucks house is second from the corner, 2811 Leeward Pl.
• If you get lost call Chuck at 345-4703.