Mike Parry

April Membership Meeting

Monday April 4th, 2022

Gather at 6.30pm at the Chapter Hangar & Meeting Room for coffee, snacks, side-bars and hangar flying. Monthly Meeting commences promptly at 7pm in the Chapter Meeting Room.

Guest Speaker and topic this month:

Thorne Harkin – Delaware National Guard C-130H Pilot

Thorne started flying at 12 years old.  He went to school at Marywood University for Aviation Management.  After college, Thorne ran Reading Air school of flight and FBO.  While at Reading, he became the youngest airshow promoter and learned the airshow business.  Thorne was fortunate to get selected as a pilot in the Delaware Air National Guard and currently serves as a C-130H pilot, recently returning from a deployment overseas.

Presentation: Upset Recovery Training

The presentation will help alleviate those fears you may have of those dreaded spins or clear up some misconceptions about slips, skids, and spins. We will be covering many different topics, but will specifically identify how and when we could get into a spin, discuss preventative measures to keep us away from that point, and how to recover from a spin. This one will be a very fun and interactive evening.

Visitors & guests welcomed. We’ll be complete around 9pm.

Questions? Really? Try here

Mike Parry

Chapter Fly-Out to Cape May

Calling all chapter members!  

Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 2nd as we have a Chapter fly-out to Cape May, NJ (Cape May Airport – KWWD) for breakfast at The Flight Deck Diner followed by a tour of the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum. Meet at the Chapter hangar 8:30, for wheels up at 9am.

After breakfast, be ready to step back in time!  Jet aircraft (including a MIG-15), propeller aircraft, helicopters and much, much more are on display.  Adult museum admission is $14.  Veterans earn a $2 discount (bring ID).  By the time you finish the tour, it may just be time for lunch!  

A potential bonus – The Forgotten Warriors Vietnam Museum (open on Saturday; admission is a donation) on Essex Rd, is just behind the NASW Museum.

KWWD is a ~28 minute flight (approx. 60mi) to the south-east from N57.  Meet at the EAA240 hanger at 8:30am, for wheels-up at 9am.  

We need pilots, planes, and healthy appetites!

Please let the Flight Leader know via email (events@EAA240.org) if you’ll be piloting a plane (open seats and max weight please) or coming along as a passenger (weight estimate please).  

Let him know if you are available to fly Saturday, Sunday, or both days…pilot or passenger.

Join us!  Partcipate!  Contribute!

Please register for this event with an email to us, we need to reserve tables etc.

Questions?  Email the Events Team: events@eaa240.org