Octavian Codreanu

Chapter fly-out to Greenwood Lake, NJ (4N1) – Update!

Chapter Fly-Out – Invitation

Join us Saturday, March 8th, for a trip to Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1) in West Milford, NJ. About one hour away, the airport is home to a Lockheed Constellation (story here), which we’ll take a look at after we arrive. After that, we’ll have brunch at the West Milford Airport Diner (menu on their Facebook page), before heading back to New Garden.

Due to the forecast winds, we’d like to depart earlier than our planned 10am time. Please plan on arriving at the hangar no later than 9am. 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 this link. 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

We picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue!

Joking aside, what a great start to our regular meetings! We were joined by Jim Boxmeyer, who had an excellent presentation on composite lay-up and materials.

Jim started with a practical demonstration in the hangar, where he showed us how a practical composite structure can be put together using simple tools and techniques available to the average builder.

Once the demonstration piece was prepped and left to cure, we moved to the meeting room for a brief chapter business presentation to the membership.

We were also joined by our three 2024 scholarship recipients (two of which have already taken and passed their checkrides), who thanked the membership and the chapter for the opportunity they were given and discussed their flight training experiences and future career plans.

After that, Jim continued with his presentation, including a show and tell of different materials and construction techniques. We were quite impressed by beams using carbon fiber rods in a truss configuration, embedded in a foam matrix. You think you’ve seen everything in carbon fiber? Well, we got to see a few carbon fiber nails, driven into a 2×4.

After the presentation we went back to the hangar to take a look at the finished and cured demonstration piece. This was also a great time for a Q&A session, before calling it a night around 9pm.

Thank you all for joining us tonight, and a special thank you to Jim for delivering a very interesting presentation for us. We have a couple fly-outs scheduled in March, as well as a VMC/IMC session, before we get together again for the April membership meeting. Check our events page and we hope to see you at one of these events!