With the party set to start at 6pm, we’ll need 4-5 volunteers to help us get things set-up. If you’d like to give us a hand, stop by the hangar at 5pm to get the party started!
Annual Chapter Deck Party!
The day after Labor Day
TUESDAY, September 2nd @ 6:00 pm
Chapter Hangar Deck
With the Airshow behind us, it’s time to relax and party! A big THANK YOU! to all the volunteers who provided their assistance over the four days of set-up and support. We couldn’t have done this without their help!
You and your family are invited to the EAA240 Annual Deck Party. Come enjoy a late-summer evening of camaraderie and fun. No presentations, no speeches, no Chapter business – just good foods amongst good people. Our newer members will be particularly welcome. The deck party replaces our normal monthly meeting for September. As it is Labor Day weekend we’ll gather:
TUESDAY (NOT MONDAY!), September 2nd at 6:00 pm
The Chapter will serve hot dogs, chili, baked beans, side dishes, sodas, water, coffee, tea.
Please bring a dish (side dishes, salads, desserts, etc) or make an appropriate donation in lieu of a dish. BYOB.
We’ll see you 6pm Tuesday, September 2nd, rain or shine, for one of our most popular and best attended events of the season!
We’ll also be selling excess inventory from the airshow:
Hot Dogs – $5 for a pack of 14 (bring a cooler and ice)
Buns – $0.50 for a pack of 8
Chips – $10 for a box of 45 small bags
We’re a few days away from New Garden’s biggest event of the year: 2025 Festival of Flight Air, Car, & Tractor Show.
A big THANK YOU to the people that have already volunteered! We could use a couple more volunteers for Sunday – any help is appreciated!
For people that have volunteered, the free admission tickets can be picked up Friday afternoon, between 4pm and 6pm at the Chapter Hangar. If you can’t make it, access to the airport will be open until 8 am Saturday morning, you can stop by to pick them up then. Chapter volunteer parking will be in the gravel pit behind the hangar.
NOTE: The airport access road will be closed Saturday morning starting at 8am for the 5k runway race. The road will reopen at the completion of the race. For anyone volunteering for Saturday morning, please ensure that you arrive before 8am.
Here are the volunteer group breakdowns:
Fri 5 PM to 7 PM (clean hangar and set up for breakfast).
Sat 6 AM to 12 Noon ( serve and cook breakfast, clean up, about 10 AM set up Hot Dog stand, sell hot dogs)
Sat 12 Noon to 6 PM ( sell hotdogs)
Sat 6 PM to 11 PM (sell hot dogs, clean up)
Sun 6 AM to 12 Noon (serve and cook breakfast, clean up, set up for hot dogs, sell hot dogs)
Sun12 Noon to 6 PM (sell hot dogs, clean up, move supplies back to the hangar)
One significant perk for our volunteers: they will receive a free airshow pass. That’s a $50 value right there.
Please use the links below to register for the event segment (or segments) you’d like to volunteer:
SUPPLY TRANSPORT
FRIDAY SET-UP
SATURDAY MORNING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SATURDAY EVENING
SUNDAY MORNING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
If you’d like to make other volunteering arrangements, drop us a line at airshow2025@eaa240.org.
Well it was a day fraught with white puffies and lower-than-desired ceilings, again, but that did not keep a couple of good instrument pilots down. Despite having a smaller-than-usual turnout, EAA240 took to the wild blue yonder with IFR flight plans in the works and made the gorgeous trek out to Sky Manor, a stunning general aviation field in the hills of Pittsboro, NJ. Cheap gas and nice views aside, what is the allure of N40 you might ask? Why, it is Sky Cafe, the $100 hamburger joint likened by pilots from Connecticut to DC. And boy did they deliver! Your EAA240 aircrew walked out nice and stuff stuffed and flight planning their next meal at the Sky Cafe. Until next time, Sky Manor! We’ll be dreaming of those omelettes and skillets for quite some time!
Help us make this fundraiser a successful one!
We’re 10 days away from New Garden’s biggest event of the year: 2025 Festival of Flight Air, Car, & Tractor Show.
A big THANK YOU to the people that have already volunteered! That being said, we’re still a few people short, especially for our Saturday evening and Sunday shifts, so we really need your help. Even if you don’t think you could stay the whole shift, a helping hand will still be welcome!
NOTE: The airport access road will be closed Saturday morning starting at 8am for the 5k runway race. The road will reopen at the completion of the race. For anyone volunteering for Saturday morning, please ensure that you arrive before 8am.
Here are the volunteer group breakdowns:
Fri 5 PM to 7 PM (clean hangar and set up for breakfast).
Sat 6 AM to 12 Noon ( serve and cook breakfast, clean up, about 10 AM set up Hot Dog stand, sell hot dogs)
Sat 12 Noon to 6 PM ( sell hotdogs)
Sat 6 PM to 11 PM (sell hot dogs, clean up)
Sun 6 AM to 12 Noon (serve and cook breakfast, clean up, set up for hot dogs, sell hot dogs)
Sun12 Noon to 6 PM (sell hot dogs, clean up, move supplies back to the hangar)
One significant perk for our volunteers: they will receive a free airshow pass. That’s a $50 value right there.
Please use the links below to register for the event segment (or segments) you’d like to volunteer:
SUPPLY TRANSPORT
FRIDAY SET-UP
SATURDAY MORNING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SATURDAY EVENING
SUNDAY MORNING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
If you’d like to make other volunteering arrangements, drop us a line at airshow2025@eaa240.org.
Join us this Saturday, August 16th for a fly-out to Sky Manor Airport (N40). Due to complications with Eagle’s Mere we are bringing this destination back! Located ~60 miles, or about 40minutes north-east of N57, Sky Manor is a popular chapter destination and always a good flight.
Located on the field, and with a great view of the runway, is the Sky Café, a popular breakfast and lunch place. There’s always a lot of eyes watching the runway, so make your landing a good one!
Meet at the hangar at 8am for briefing and seat assignments, with departure planned for 8:30am. Planes and pilots are always needed.
Please register using this link.
Pilots, when registering, please specify number of seats and useful load available. Passengers, please provide an accurate weight.
Passengers, if able, please chip in for fuel costs and/or buy your pilot a meal.
EAA240 VMC/IMC Club Meeting
Thursday, August 14th, 6pm
EAA240 Chapter Hangar
Sharing ideas, concepts and experiences in better flying
Join us Thursday, August 14th 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.
Our topics for the evening will be ‘Smoky Departure’, smoke in the cabin and ‘Rocky Road’, un-commanded descent in turbulence.
Some additional homework for you, in the form of the following question:
You’re flying on a hot, summer day. The outside air temperature is 100 degrees, but fortunately the relative humidity is only about 30 percent. In these conditions, should carburetor icing be a concern?
Questions?: imcvmcclub@eaa240.org
More information about the EAA240 IMC/VMC Group is here
It was a great day to go flying and exploring!
Five airplanes and twelve people waited for the fog to lift over the Shenandoah Valley to make our way to the Luray airport. It was a smooth flight there, and the fantastic people at the Luray airport shuttled us to the caverns.
After a tour of the impressive caverns, we made our way to the café for a lunch before returning to the airport for the flight back. It was a bit bumpier, but still an easy flight back. Two of the younger passengers enjoyed flying, and several of us commented how nice it was to have autopilots. For one, it was his first time on any airplane at all, and he flew most of the way.
Thanks to everyone for another great flyout! We’ll definitely go back to Luray again in the future.
Our next scheduled fly-out is scheduled for Saturday, August 16th, with Eagle’s Mere (4PN7) as the destination. We’ll plan to depart at 9am, and we’ll visit the Air and Auto Museums when we get there.