Mike Parry

Canceling Kids Flights : Postponing Pancake Breakfast – new date!

The forecast adverse weather for the weekend has forced the cancelation of the planned Young Eagle Flights and postponement of the Pancake Breakfast to Saturday 30th, to coincide with the Airport Open Day. Our very popular Breakfast requires us make space in our Chapter Hangar for our dining tables by temporarily moving the three aircraft under construction and position them outside the main hangar. The forcast weather will prevent us from doing that, hence the postponement. 

We have a new Pancake Breakfast date:

Saturday, September 30th.

This date coincides with the Airport Open Day, which we’ve all been looking forward to! We hope you’ll plan to join us for a great day of local aviation, and a great breakfast!

Sadly, we’re unable to reschedule a new date the Young Eagles Flights at this time. Should we identify an opportunity to organize further flights we will announce them at the Chapter web site.

We’ll also look for a new date for our planned Chapter Fly-Out of September 30th, more to come. Busy times at EAA240!

More information, or questions? email us

More information on the Airport Open Day here

Thanks for your understanding!

Mike Parry, President EAA Chapter 240

Mike Parry

Pancake Breakfast & Kids Flying!

The final ‘Increasingly Famous’ Pancake Breakfast of 2023 is happening Saturday, September 23rd and we’re serving from 8am to late morning. We hope you, your family and friends and your neighbors can plan on joining us for a freshly cooked breakfast, with coffee and OJ.

These popular events are fund-raisers for the Chapter operations and help with the maintenance of our facility and contribute to our aviation programs.

We’re also offering Free Flights for Kids during Saturday morning, part of the EAA’s Young Eagles national program. Kids 8-17yrs are welcome to join our pilots for an exploratory local flight and some education on the basics of how planes fly! Much more information here, including registration instructions.

Please share this invite for Breakfast and for Kids flights with your family and friends, we hope to see you all at this final local aviation Breakfast event of 2023.

More information on the Breakfasts – here

Mike Parry

Pancake Breakfast & Young Eagles Rally

Pancakes and Kids are flying at EAA240!
Saturday, September 23rd
The final ‘Increasingly Famous’ Pancake Breakfast of 2023 is happening Saturday, September 23rd and we’re serving from 8am to late morning. We hope you, your family and friends and your neighbors can plan on joining us for a freshly cooked breakfast, with coffee and OJ.

These popular events are fund-raisers for the Chapter operations and help with the maintenance of our facility and contribute to our aviation programs.

We’re also offering Free Flights for Kids during Saturday morning, part of the EAA’s Young Eagles national program. Kids 8-17yrs are welcome to join our pilots for an exploratory local flight and some education on the basics of how planes fly! Much more information here, including registration instructions.

Please share this invite for Breakfast and for Kids flights with your family and friends, we hope to see you all at this final local aviation Breakfast event of 2023.
 

Mike Parry

What’s Next for EAA240?

Here’s what the Chapter Board and Events Team are working on for the benefit and enjoyment of Chapter members for the remaining days of summer and into the Fall.

Please add these dates and events to your calendar:

  • Summer Deck Party – Tuesday, September 5th
  • Saturday, September 9th, Chapter Fly-Out to Delaware Aviation Museum GED and lunch
  • Saturday, September 23rd, Chapter Pancake Breakfast & Young Eagle Rally – last of the year, (YE Planes/Pilots needed
  • Members Workshop – Fabric – date tbc, Chuck Shipman leading
  • Monday, October 2nd, Membership Meeting – guest speakers from Dover AFB ATC
  • IMV/VMC Group session – date tbc
  • Members Workshop – Welding, hands-on experience and instruction (date tbc), Jon Martin leading
  • Monday, November 6th, Membership Meeting – Fly-Mart – buy/sell/unload your aviation surpluses
  • Members Workshop – Riveting, hands-on experience and instruction (date tbc), Tom Kenney leading
  • Saturday, December 2nd – Chapter Holiday Party

Updates to and confirmations of the above will come in emails and will be posted at the Events Calendar at the Chapter web site. Questions?

Chapter Workshops have limited capacity and will require bookings (with deposits to cover materials) will be requested.

As a reminder, these events and activities are planned, prepared and run by volunteers from the Chapter membership, for the benefit of members. Please join and support these chapter initiatives.

Chapter Board, Officers and Events Team 2023

Mike Parry

Breakfast & Young Eagle Flights Success

A positive and fun day for the Chapter and for the volunteers whose hard-work ensured it was successful, with teamwork from the three YE pilots and their ground-crew, and from the Breakfast crew, pictured above.

Our pilots – Bud, John and Bob – brought smiles to the faces of 27 Young Eagles. A local TFR brought restrictions but we were able to fly using special codes arranged by Bud, working with the FAA.

Disappointingly, we were not able to fly all the kids due to only three available aircraft and also having to cancel flying at noon due to increasing cross-winds. With one or two more volunteer aircraft we could have completed the groups of waiting youngsters earlier.

Meanwhile, at the Chapter hangar, feedback on the breakfast service and foods was positive, and the volunteer team did an exceptional job and had fun too! We certainly had the capacity to serve more breakfasts but the disappointing turnout of the Chapter members to enjoy a breakfast with us continues to be of concern.

We have one more Pancake Breakfast and Young Eagles event scheduled, for Saturday, September 23rd. Click here to add this date to your calendar, and to remind you to volunteer to join the team, or to fly Young Eagles.

Our collective thanks and appreciation for the entire volunteer team of Saturday June 17th. Well done EAA240 volunteers!

Oh, and we sold 10 mugs!

Mike Parry
president@eaa240.org

Mike Parry

Pancake Breakfast & Young Eagle Flights – Saturday June 17th

Next Saturday – June 17th, from 8am
Pancakes & Kids are Flying!
Join us for a fun morning, hearty breakfast and kids flights!

Support Your local Chapter!

Delicious Pancake Breakfast!

Our Pancake Breakfast and our popular Young Eagle Flights are happening again, on Saturday, June 17th. Please plan on joining us for a great breakfast in support of regional and local aviation.

Bring the family and your friends, share this notice to your buddies in the region. Fly-ins and Drive-ins all welcome. The weather is looking good. It should be a fun morning at the Chapter Hangar and the unique New Garden Airport. More information about this event at our web site. We start serving at 8am. Come and get ’em.

Drop-in! Drive-in! Fly-in! We’ll be looking for you!

Free Flights for Kids!

During Saturday morning (and weather permitting) we offer kids an experience of flight as part of the national Young Eagles program of EAA. Last year we flew over 140 kids! Much more information is available at our web site, including restrictions and how to register. Kids enjoy the marvel and excitement of flight and learn about airplanes and aviation. Smiles are guaranteed!

www.eaa240.org

Our location: EAA240 Hangar, New Garden Airport N57, Toughkenamon, PA

Mike Parry

Chapter Update – May 2023

Quarterly Checkpoint for Chapter Members The Chapter Board members wanted to provide an update of Chapter activities and compiled the following: + First, the really good news! EAA National has…

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Chapter Members Update

What’s Happening?Updates for members of EAA Chapter 240 SCAM ALERT! You may have received unsolicited emails or messages offering aviation-build tools for sale, RV kits, radio and electronics etc -…

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