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
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
