Chapter Events 2023 are listed here and are updated regularly. Please check-back for our latest happenings.
More about EAA240, our location, facility, our meetings and more is here
Chapter Monthly Membership Meetings 2023
Chapter Meeting Room, New Garden Airport – guests & visitors welcome
- Saturday, Feb 11th, 10am – Feb Membership Meeting – Bacon Fest! and Chapter Updates for members
- Saturday, Feb 11th, noon – public FAASTeam Presentation: ‘Airspace & TFR’s’
- Monday, March 6th, 7pm – meet a Wing-Walker!
- Monday, April 3rd, 7pm – Matt Chapman, Captain 787’s trans-Atlantic
- Monday, May 1st, 7pm
- Monday June 5th, 7pm
- July – no meeting, holidays!
- August – no meeting, holidays!
- Monday, September 4th, 7pm
- Monday, October 2nd, 7pm
- Monday November 6th, 7pm
Questions? email us at [email protected]
Increasingly Famous Pancake Breakfasts 2023 – 8:30am to 11:30am
- Saturday, April 22, Pancake Breakfasts served, plus Young Eagles flights
- Saturday, May 20, Pancake Breakfasts served, plus Young Eagles flights
- Saturday, June 17, Pancake Breakfasts served, plus Young Eagles flights
- Saturday, September 23, Pancake Breakfasts served, plus Young Eagles flights
More info? right here!
Free Flights for Kids! – Young Eagles Flights 2023 – 9am to Noon
- Saturday, April 22, Young Eagles flights, plus Pancake Breakfasts served
- Saturday, May 20, Young Eagles flights, plus Pancake Breakfasts served
- Saturday, June 17, Young Eagles flights, plus Pancake Breakfasts served
- Saturday, September 23, Young Eagles flights, plus Pancake Breakfasts served
Dates subject to change, please check-back here and see the Young Eagles web page for confirmations, here.
Flights occur when weather conditions are favorable and there are no Presidential flight restrictions (TFR’s). They commence at 9am, to noon. Join us for our Pancake Breakfast on the same morning (see above) More info – click here
EAA240 Chapter Membership Events 2023
- Chapter visit to Control Tower, Lancaster Airport KLNS – Saturday, February 18th
- Chapter visit to Hagley Machine Shop, Hagley Museum DE. Personalized guided tour, followed by lunch (Date TBD)
- more to come, watch this space!
EAA240 Fly-Outs 2023 – mark your calendars and join us for some fun and adventure!
Below, we’ve set-out our plans for Fly-Outs for Chapter members for 2023. Most Fly-outs are scheduled on Saturday’s, with Sunday as the ‘rain date’, unless otherwise noted. The Flight Leader will determine weather conditions and may opt for an alternative destination on the selected day. The goal is to fly/drive SOMEWHERE on each scheduled weekend, weather and TFR’s permitting. Monitor emails and the web site for updates – dates, destinations and arrangements may change!
- Feb 18 – LNS – Lunch At Fiorentino’s (visit to LNS control tower at 10:30), depart at 9:30am
- Mar 11 – N40 – cancelled – weather & TFR : new plan here
- Mar 25 – MIV – Lunch at Verna’s Flight Line Restaurant, depart at 10:30 – Cancelled – TFR
- Apr 2 – WWD – Flight Deck Diner Breakfast and visit to the NAS Aviation Museum, depart at 9am
- Apr 15 – N30 – Breakfast at the Cherry Ridge Airport Restaurant, depart at 9am
- May 13 – RVL – breakfast at EAA518, (8-11am), wheels-up at 8am
- May 27 – FDK – Lunch at Airways Inn of Frederick, depart at 11am
- June 4 – W29 – Lunch at Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen, depart at 11am
- Jun 24 – SEG – Lunch at La Cocina Del Don, depart at 10am
- July 8 – TGI – Lunch at Lorraine’s Seafood Restaurant plus island tour, depart at 10am
- July 15 – W05 – Visit the National Cemetery and lunch, depart at 9am
- Aug 5 – FFA – Visit the Wright Brothers National Memorial, depart at 8am
- Aug 26 – OXB – Lunch on the boardwalk, depart at 10am
- Sept 9 – GON – Visit the submarine museum and the Mystic seaport, depart at 10am
- Sept 30 – GED – Lunch at Arena’s and visit to the Delaware Aviation Museum, depart at 10am
- Oct 15 – 1N7 – Breakfast at Donna’s Runway Cafe, depart at 9am
- Oct 28 – 4N1 – Lunch at Smoke Shack BBQ and Burgers, followed by a Hudson River scenic tour, depart at 10am
- Nov 4 – LHV – Visit the Piper Museum, depart at 9am
- Nov 19 – HGR – Lunch at The Grille at Runways, depart at 10:30
- Dec 2 – ESN – Breakfast at the Sugar Buns Airport Cafe, depart at 10am
- Dec 16 – RDG – Lunch at Klinger’s at the Airport, depart at 11am
SPECIAL NOTE: If the scheduled destination cannot be made for any reason (weather, TFR etc), we will try to find a substitute date/destination.
To sign-up for Chapter Fly-Outs or to ask questions, Members can email us at [email protected]
New Garden Flying Field Events 2023
- Future Aviator Camps 2022 – July 10 to 14th, and August 7 to 14th more information here
Local Aviation Events 2022 (dates not confirmed)
- May 21-22 – Dover AFB Open House & Airshow
- June 11 – Antique Fly-in, Massey Airport MD1
- June 11-12 – Ocean City MD Air Show
- August 24 – Atlantic City Air Show
- August 27-28 – Wilkes-Barre Airshow
- September 9-11 – Chester County Balloon Festival, Willowdale
Please email corrections/additions to : [email protected]