Octavian Codreanu

Membership Meeting – March 2025

Join us Monday, March 3rd for our first regular Monday meeting of the year! 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:

We are excited to have Jim Boxmeyer as our guest speaker for the evening.
He will do a presentation on composite construction, including a hands-on portion in the hangar before moving to the meeting room.

We have also extended an invitation to our 2024 EAA 240 scholarship recipients, so you will be able to meet them and welcome them to the EAA family. 

You can also renew your 2025 Chapter Membership at the meeting.

Visitors & guests are welcome. We’ll be complete no later than 9pm.

Questions? E-mail us

Chapter Events Calendar

Octavian Codreanu

A good chat on a cold day

A cold and snowy evening proved to be no deterrent for a group of enthusiastic aviators, who had a great chat on decision making, sharing a good amount of personal stories in the process.

Even better, we were joined be Eric Sieracki, our local FAA Safety Team Program Manager, who provided all the attendees with WINGS credit for the event.

Thank you all for joining us, and a special thanks to Bob Huxster for organizing these events and providing us with interesting topics. See you all at the next one!

Octavian Codreanu

VMC/IMC Club Meeting – Thu, Feb 20th, 6pm

Join us Thursday, February 20th for another IMC & VMC Club session, starting at 6pm. We’ll discus a few scenarios related to both VMC and IMC flying. All Chapter members – pilots and non-pilots – are invited to attend this session led by Robert Huxster. We’ll go through the scenarios and share flight experiences, with the goal being for all of us to learn something new. The session includes the use of EAA National-provided scenarios and videos. 

Here are a couple questions that will be discussed:

You’re on a VFR cross country flight in your VFR-equipped 1977 Cessna 172, flying by pilotage at about 3,000 AGL, on your way home with a friend. You’re returning later than planned, and your friend asks if he can use his cell phone to call his wife to say he’ll be late. Since you’re flying VFR and not even using any onboard electronic navigation, is it legally permissible to let your friend make the call?

You’re flying a Piper Archer (PA-28-181) on a night IFR flight. Your weather briefing for the flight did not indicate the potential for icing, however, during the flight you begin to notice an accumulation of rime icing on the temperature probe. What actions should you take? Should you declare an emergency?

Questions?: imcvmcclub@eaa240.org

More information about the EAA240 IMC/VMC Group is here

Octavian Codreanu

Soup was flying!

We conducted our “Flying in the Soup” contest on Feb 8th with six contestants preparing a veritable smorgasbord of great tasting delicacies. The soups were complemented with various specialty breads and of course the old standby oyster crackers. The top prize of a fine bottle of wine went to Bud Swenson with his entry of a bean soup.

We had lots of fun judging the soups and discussing all things related to aviation. In attendance were Max Hillegas, our EAA Ray Scholarship awardee and also a future applicant and hopefully an awardee Nicolas, who has been very active in the Civil Air Patrol. We look forward to these young men joining us on fly-outs and other chapter events.

A few announcements were made concerning upcoming events including fly-outs, scholarships, chapter finances, hangar improvements and VMC/IMC meetings. All these events are listed on the chapter website (eaa240.org). Members can also utilize the website to renew their memberships or allow their friends to join the chapter.

We are returning to our regular meeting schedule starting in March, with our next gathering being on Monday, March 3rd. Join us around 6:30pm for hangar flying, with our meeting starting at 7pm.

Dan Gutierrez
President, EAA Chapter 240

Octavian Codreanu

Chapter Fly-Out to Bloomsburg, PA

Join us Saturday, February 15th for a trip to Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (N13) in Bloomsburg, PA. About one hour away, the airport is home to EAA Chapter 1641 and also to Columbia Aircraft Services, a well-known engine repair shop. Once there, we’ll join our friends at EAA 1641 for their Chili Cook-Off, either as judges or as participants. Do you have a good chili recipe? Make it a flying chili and bring it with you! 

Meet at the EAA hangar at 9:30am for briefing and seat assignment, with a planned departure time of 10am. Check your e-mails for any last-minute departure time changes if weather conditions require it. 
Pilots, please let us know how many seats you have available when registering. Passengers, make sure you include your weight. 

You can register for the Fly-Out using the link opposite. 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. 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?

Octavian Codreanu

The Great Hangar Clean-Out!

Dear EAA240 Members, 

April 1st is fast approaching, and while it is most often identified as April Fool’s Day, in the EAA240 community it must be remembered as the deadline for the Great Hangar Clean-Out!  By way of reminder, this is the deadline for removing any personal stuff left in the hangar that you might not want to be disposed of.

1. Hangar Tenants:  Please try to consolidate all your parts, materials and tools so they can be associated with your project.  If you have materials that won’t be needed for months or years, please store them at home or in private storage.

2.  Machine Shop:  We do not want the machine shop area to be used for storage of ANYTHING as it interferes with the safe operation of dangerous rotating machinery, as well as chip and dust clean-up.  We now have a closed cabinet for accessories, bits and cutters for the various machine tools.  Unfortunately we can’t move it into position because the shop is currently cluttered with…STUFF!  If it’s your stuff, please take it home, dispose or store it off-site.

3.  Non-Tenants:  If you have tools, material and equipment that you care about stored in the hangar PLEASE TAKE IT HOME. They may disappear after April 1st. 

4.  If you have made a long-term loan of tools or equipment to the chapter and want it to continue to be available to the membership, please make sure the items are clearly marked with your name and phone number. 

Once again:  We are going to get rid of EVERYTHING stored in the hangar that has no defined purpose or value to the membership.  Anything both in the hangar area and in the conference room space that has been sitting unused or unclaimed by April 1st 2025 will be considered abandoned property and subjected to confiscation, and sale or disposal.

Brian Wheeler
EAA240 Hangar Manager 
hangarmanager@eaa240.org