This Morning!
Fly-in, Drive-in, stop-by the Chapter hangar , Saturday July 29th, for a coffee, donut, catch-up, hangar flying….whatever.
See you between 10 and noon.
Several new members name badges have arrived – come and get ’em!
New deck furniture being delivered too – come see!
Family, guests, neighbors all welcome.
Another EAA240 Event!
We haven’t been to this destination in a while!
Join us this Saturday, July 15th, for a fly-out to Gettysburg Regional Airport, PA (W05), located ~70 miles west of N57!
The plan is to kick off our visit by walking the hallowed grounds of Gettysburg National Cemetery and take a moment or two to reflect on those who, as Abraham Lincoln said in his Gettysburg Address, “…gave the last full measure of devotion.”, before continuing our tour of the battlefield. We’ll then stop for lunch at Gettysburg’s oldest and most historic house – Dobbin House Tavern – built in 1776 by Reverend Alexander Dobbin. Notable fact: The House served as a hospital for wounded soldiers from, both, the North and South. After lunch, if weather cooperates and we still have time (and energy), we will visit more of the battlefield and the surrounding area.
Members sign up by emailing events@eaa240.org: Pilots please note your seats available. Passengers please note your weight. As usual, the flight is weather and TFR dependent.
Seat assignments and additional flight details are provided at the Flight Briefing held at the Chapter Hangar prior to departure.
Flight Briefing: 08:30am
Wheels-up: 09:00am
(We’ll plan for an earlier departure if possible, so please be on time for the flight briefing)
When you sign-up please include your contact information so we can reach you if needed.
As the date approaches, any event updates are provided by the Flight Leader and sent in emails, posted to our web site, as well as Facebook and Twitter. Please check for updates or changes.
Planes & pilots are needed! Please advise on open seats when registering.
The Chapter Events Team works hard to prepare, organize and execute on Fly-Outs. Your support and engagement is appreciated.
Questions or more information?
The weather forecast kept us on our toes until the last minute, but in the end three aircraft departed for Tangier Island Saturday morning, with one of our passengers being a 13 year old chapter member on his first ever fly-out.
After an uneventful flight, we arrived on Tangier Island and headed to Lorraine’s Seafood Restaurant to see what the wait times were going to be. At least 30 minutes, we were told. Armed with that bit of information, we put our names on the list and started a quick tour of the island. It was sad to see Fisherman’s Corner, the site of our last Tangier trip, still closed and empty – maybe they’ll find a way to reopen it in the near future.
We came back in about 35 minutes, finding out we still had to wait another 20 minutes or so. Lorraine’s was packed! After looking at the menus for a bit, we got seated and made our final meal choices – the crab cake sandwiches being the choice of most of us. They didn’t disappoint. Between them and plenty of iced tea to rehydrate ourselves after the long and hot afternoon, we spent a little bit of time at the restaurant before heading back to the airport for the flight home.
The flight home had us go around a couple isolated rain showers, including one that placed itself right between us and New Garden, forcing us to fly around it before lining up for our landings. All together, it was a great fly-out, to a popular chapter destination on a scenic route down the Chesapeake Bay.
Our next fly-out is only a week away, scheduled for Saturday, July 15th. We head to Gettysburg Regional Airport (W05) for a trip to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum, followed by lunch at the Dobbin House Tavern. Hopefully the weather and the President’s schedule will cooperate with us for this one. Watch out for the registration e-mails later in the week.
Octavian Codreanu, Chapter VP, Flight Leader
