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
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
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
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%
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
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:
Members Mike Cola, Jon Smith and Jerry Marstall have been toiling away in their home workshops and have come up with some really nifty gadgets for their airplanes and homes. Here is Mike’s introduction. If you’d like more information on 3D printing, drop a note via our email
Set the date on your calendar/tablet/watch/brain: September 14th – the second Tuesday! The grills will be hot at 5:30-5:45 for you to cook your own or for the measley sum of $5 you can be the proud recipient of one of our delicious hamburgers, hot dogs
Hello EAAers .. What a great evening on the 10th! Rain threatened but never materialized and 45+ of us came together at the WNC Air Museum to enjoy good food, whether brown-bagged or cooked on site, a well organized and presented program by Light-Sport CFI Bill Whitley, and great conversation! After
Our August meeting is shaping up to be a great one! The Program will revolve around Light-Sport flying with Light-Sport CFI Bill Whitley. Bill is qualified to teach in airplanes and has endorsements for Weight-Shift Control. He is also a Ground Instructor. It should be an interesting presentation (plus conversation,
First of all, a big Thank You to Keith for his presentation on July 13th. I’m a flyer, not a builder and to see and hear about someone else’s project is a bit like trying to fathom what goes into building a Golden Gate Bridge. The detail, the
We’re anticipating a great turnout for tonight’s meeting and will have more vehicles than usual. The area between Mark’s and my hangar and Jeff Moore’s will be available for cars – Mark may be flying up to about 6:15 so we need to keep our side