November 2024 - The Comeback From Hurricane Helene September 2024 was so nice. Weather was fantastic. Our Young Eagles flew on Saturday the 21st and life was good at 8NC9. Then came the storm. Some called it the Storm of the Century. It came up from the Gulf of Mexico and bashed us good, leaving people hurt or
October 2024: Hurricane/Tropical Storm Helene Aftermath The Day The Sky FellThe Day The Sky Fell.pdf13 MBdownload-circle
September 2024 .. Catching Up After Too Many Moons Away . . . I cannot tell a lie . . . I stepped back a bit from more visible EAA activities to focus more on the acquisition and changeover of Johnson Field (8NC9) from the Johnson family to the Western North Carolina Air Museum. My hangar partner, Mark Cigal, and I worked on this for many
April-May-June-July-August-September 2023, at last! Where can we start? OK, How about April, when the winter fitfully surrenders to spring, the rains come regularly and grass begins to green up a little, or at least that's the way it's supposed to be. Our April EAA meeting topic was "Flying Alaska&
February - March 2023 EAA 1016 kicked off 2023 with an informal non-meeting meeting at Fahrenheit Pizza ... about 20+ of us gathered to enjoy a slice (or two) of Jim's good grub and refreshments from the beer tap ... I'm sure there are incriminating photos but I didn't get
November 2022 - Covered Dish Supper and Elections! What a great gathering! About 45 members and guests converged on the Western North Carolina Air Museum for our annual Covered Dish Supper and it was a smashing success! Great food, great people and a reasonably fair video of the occasion posted on YouTube .. Chapters | Join ChapterLocal EAA chapters allows
October 2022 - Topic: Fuel Systems and Monitoring Steve Murray has done it again! As an engineer and experimenter, Steve has few peers, managing to wring all the energy he can as efficiently as he can from every gallon of 93 octane auto fuel he runs through his family RV-10. A video (our first attempt at recording a
September 2022 Meeting and Triple Tree! What a great month for flying here in Western NC! Well, after the first Saturday, anyway. We like to run over to Morristown TN for EAA 1494's First Saturday breakfast but mother nature intervened for most of us and the morning fog in and around the mountains was
August 2022 Meeting Summary What a great meeting on August 9th! 36-38 members and friends were there to enjoy Jacob's cooking and the WNC Air Museum's hospitality. It seems we enjoy each other's company! Shane Parreco did a super job explaining the latest airfoil theory from NASA and
July 2022 Meeting Recap Hello EAAer! We had a great turnout for the FAA FAAST Team presentation on the 12th .. 42 members and guests were at the Western North Carolina Air Museum in Hendersonville to hear Paul Meyer and Mike Moran from the Charlotte FSDO discuss operations at non-tower controlled fields, the increase in
June at Six Oaks - meeting recap What a treat to have 40-45 Members gather at Six Oaks Airfield for our June Meeting/Gathering! Six Oaks is a private preserve and its owner, Peter Fontaine, an EAA Member, airplane builder and flying enthusiast hosted us in his shop. Members approaching on Cane Creek Road were ushered in
A G R E A T May '22 Meeting! What a perfect ending to a perfect flying day! Our program at the May meeting of EAA 1016 was a recounting of Sun n Fun as never seen before … from cow pasture camping to alligators, rain and, yes, airplanes … Sun n Fun was, indeed a fun fest for all who
April 2022 Meeting Recap The weather couldn’t have been better for a flight over the mountains on April 2nd. Our Aprils are not always so kind, with frequent high and low pressure shifts, warm and cold fronts, and unpredictable winds, but on this day conditions were perfect! Our meeting on the 12th of
Carpe diem - Seize the Day! Looking ahead . . . A lot, and I mean a LOT is going on in our world these days and just what all of it means is beyond the range of my crystal ball. One thing for certain, though, is that our members will continue to think and tinker and tweak in
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Two New Projects! March is Marching in Quick Time! Not rain, not snow, not standing water shall deter our builders and flyers and fixers from their appointed tasks … In the space of a week, two new projects! First, Sid trucked his Aerolite 103 in from Oklahoma with his son, Lee. The breakfast report today: Sid says his Aerolite is
March 2022 Meeting Highlights We started our EAA day with a visit to see Steve Murray’s RV-4 project and boy, did we get an eyeful! Steve bought the wings and tail portions from a fellow who bought it from a fellow who …. well, you get the idea. He said it started in NC,
Pizza Night After Action Report We had a terrific night at Fahrenheit Pizza on Feb 8th .. about 20-25 of us found room for 10 Pizzas of all varieties plus bellywashers and a great time was had by all. There was even enough for some take-home at the end. I wish I had pictures of everybody
It's PIZZA NIGHT! Tuesday, Feb 8th in Skyland! Hello EAAers! It’s been too long away from each other! Join us for PIZZA NIGHT at Fahrenheit Pizza behind the Skyland Fire Station next Tuesday, Feb 8th, beginning at 5:30 or whenever you can get there. This is an informal catch-up gathering – not official. The chapter will score
Happy New Year! 2022! We had some great weather through Christmas and New Year’s Day – temperatures were good for flying or hanging around the airport. Our Fairweather Flyers group even ventured to lunch at the 8NC9 hangar! That’ll likely be the last time until spring as a cold front came barreling through
Winter Meeting Hiatus 12/1/2021 Hello EAAers .. Wow! What a terrific Turkey Night last month to close a tough but optimistic year and kick off the season for holidays … it was a great gathering and fun for everyone. Our thoughts as a Chapter turn to December and the coming winter months. With
November Dinner Meeting Recap What a great night we had! FOOD! There was great home cooked food and a lot of it! About 40ish of us had all we could handle plus some … I don’t know about you, but I had my Thanksgiving dinner plus a LOT .. and we have a lot to
News Flash! November 2021 Meeting Program! Our November 9th meeting will be an especially memorable one! Member of 1016 and Founder of our newest EAA Chapter (1662) at Marion’s Shiflet Field – Brooks Mershon – will be bringing the Timber Tiger Ryan ST-L to the Western North Carolina Air Museum at Hendersonville! The ST-L is a 95%
October Meeting Recap What a great meeting and program October 12th! Around 30 of us turned out to hear a very informative and well-presented program on the Air Traffic Control facility at Asheville (and the airspace we live in) by controller and member Ricky Brown. Thanks, Ricky. There are a lot of appreciative
Looking Ahead to Our October 2021 Meet-up After our great September gathering garnered so much interest in 3D Printing, October is looking like another hit …. We’re meeting again at the Western North Carolina Air Museum in Hendersonville on Tuesday, October 12. Food is available for the princely sum of $5 fresh off the grills by 5:
