It’s probably not a bad idea to bring a folding chair to July’s meeting/gathering as we expect to have a great crowd – also sitting down makes it easier to eat. There will be a couple of grilling sites and we’ll ring a bell when we’re
Red Hunnicutt was 94 years young when he flew west on June 8th. In January, 1993, he joined friends to form the Kiffin Yates Rockwell Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association. 28 years later, we’re thankful to have some of our founding members still flying and encouraging members who
It was really nice to see everyone on the 8th for our second meeting of this post-COVID year .. Attendance doubled from the May meeting, partially due to the internet hackers’ failure to devise a nefarious plan to make us want to stay home. I-26 did it’s thing, though, with
How in the world do you describe a man, obsessed with the complete, true, accurate reconstruction of a World War II bomber? Meet Ray Moore through Tim Higgins’ pictures from our visit to Ray’s shop at the Asheville NC airport. I can go on and on about Ray and
Our current, old patch (which we’re out of or can’t find the stock) is okay, but needs a refresher. Your design might be a winner! You may submit as many entries as you’d like but it would probably best if you take the best part of each
My first view of Oscar Meyer’s airport was probably when my family was driving past on our way to the old fairgrounds south of town. (They used to hold a pretty important regional horse show there every year.) The thing that really caught my attention as we drove past
Hey All, Hope everyone had a good weekend! Just wanted to share a short trip that Jon and I went on today. I hadn’t been flying in forever, and Jon had been grounded with a big work project for the last few weeks that is now finished, so we
It seems that since our pacific trip our chapter meeting BBQ location host, Jon Smith, has been doubly bitten by the flying bug and can’t keep himself on the ground for much longer than 48hrs, leading to the title quoted message I received from him last week to just
Hola! So…onto Day 3 of our adventure flying across America. This is when the trip started to be incredibly cool. TL;DR Warning: This is a LONG post. Feel free to just checkout the pics…they’re worth seeing! If you missed Day 1 or Day 2, take a
Hi All! So I realize that I’m behind on updates, but sleep in the evenings has taken precedence. Trying to get a brief update on Day 2 in today before we get started on Day 4 of the trip! In short, our trip has been nothing but incredible thus
Hey All! As many of you may have heard, Mike, Simon, Jon, & I have been planning a trip to Fly Across America. The goal is simple: Dip our toes in the Pacific ocean, see some great sights along the way (Lake Powell, Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Hoover Dam, Oceanside
Hi all, Given the success of last months chapter gathering/BBQ at 0A7 (Hendersonville), we feel it would be a shame to not do it again!! Therefore this months meet will be a carbon copy of last month; * Arrive around 6ish * bring a side, your own meat/main dish and