This crew installed roll up doors this Saturday.
Roll Up Doors!
Pavilion Work Party – Roll-Up Door Installation+
We’re getting into the home stretch!
A work party has been scheduled for this Saturday, July 13th at 9am to get roll-up doors installed to complete our lock up area. Other work on Saturday is TBD.
Your club needs YOU! If you’re available, please show up!
This effort will help get the club ready for the Oshkosh Food Booth and upcoming Wings of Freedom Tour dates…. our main fundraising events for the year.
Hangin at the Hangar @ Sojourner Field
Every 2nd Saturday of the month (this Saturday) that we at Sojourner field have a “hangin our at the hanger” with donuts/coffee at breakfast & grilled hamburgers for lunch. Also movie night in the evening (Darkest Hour this month). More details can be viewed on the events page of www.sojournerfield.com.
Carl Lane via Email
Hands On! July 2019 EAA Chapter 104 Meeting: Magneto tear-down and rebuild!
EAA Chapter 104’s July 2019 meeting will be held Monday, July 8th at Louie’s Hangar (N38) at KVPZ (Porter County Regional Airport) at 6:30PM. We will be doing a teardown and rebuild discussion on Magnetos!
We’ll also be discussing remaining construction needed for our summer 2019 events. Please think about volunteering!
See our facebook event page.
Pavilion Upgrades – Work Party Saturday June 22nd, 8:00AM
EAA Chapter 104 needs you!
Please show up for the the work party on June 22nd at 8:00 AM. It will involve some excavation plus possible additional work. We are working to arrange for some equipment to do some digging, but we also need volunteers to do some fine digging and grading. Please bring a shovel, earth rake and other earth-moving tools.
Can you only show up for a little while? That’s OK! The more bodies the better.
Come out… volunteer… trade stories.. and possibly even learn something! Plus… there are airplanes right on the ramp! While working you can criticize landings, takeoffs, types of aircraft…. it’s loads of fun!
Please comment here or contact Ed Hanson or Larry Whitlow and let them know you will be there.
KVPZ Aviation Pavilion Progress – Framing
Kudos to these guys for showing up and getting some framing done this weekend.
June 10th EAA Chapter 104 Meeting: Planning for Summer Events (at EAA 104 Chapter Room)
EAA Chapter 104’s June 2019 meeting will be at the chapter room at KVPZ (Porter County Regional Airport) at 6:30PM. We’ll be discussing some construction needed for our summer 2019 events.
Coming Up Next Weekend! Stabilized Approach and Go-Around – FAASTeam Seminar June 15th @ KVPZ
Saturday Saturday June 15th @ 10AM! Stop by for some coffee, donuts and approaches! This seminar is presented by the Greater Chicago FAASTeam and is hosted by EAA Chapter 104. Register online.
Unstable approaches and the reluctance of many pilots to go-around when an approach becomes unstable are precursors to many general aviation accidents. Emphasizing stable approaches and making the decision to go-around are key to reducing landing accidents.
From the FAASTeam website
Presented by Dennis Miller ‘Gold Seal ‘ CFI 2018 FAASTeam Rep. of the Year
Board Meeting to Discuss Aviation Pavilion Upgrades – Thursday June 6th, 2019
EAA Chapter 104 is calling a board meeting to discuss aviation pavilion upgrades that need to be completed prior to the Collings Foundation visit in August, 2019.
This is a board meeting, but all members and interested parties are invited. We will meet at the pavilion at 6:30 PM this Thursday, June 6th, to discuss construction and timing of buildout.
- Commit to dates to get things done by late July.
- Decide on one pancake day or two for the bombers.
See you there!
Aviation Pavilion Update
The Aviation Pavilion is looking good at Porter County Regional Airport! Getting ready for the Valparaiso Tour Stop of The Wings of Freedom Tour this summer! Who’s excited?