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Our monthly chapter meeting will be via ZOOM on Thursday April 8th at 7:00PM. This month's featured speaker(s) will be author and aviation writer Eileen Bjorkman.
Eileen is a retired Air Force colonel, freelance writer, and author of two books. She is a lifetime EAA member. She was a flight test engineer in the Air Force, flying 700 hours in 25 different aircraft, mostly the F-16, F-4, C-130, and C-141. She holds ATP and CFI ratings and has 2,100 hours of civilian pilot flying time. She owns a Super Decathlon and is very slowly building an RV-8. Her magazine articles have appeared in Air & Space/Smithsonian, Sport Aviation, Aviation History, Vietnam, Portland and a wide variety of other magazines and technical publications. Her first book, The Propeller under the Bed: A Personal History of Homebuilt Aircraft was published by University of Washington Press in 2017 and her second book, Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin: A Story of the Military's Commitment to Leave No One Behind was published by Potomac Press in 2020. She is currently working on a book about the story of the women aviators who kicked open the doors for women to fly in combat aircraft in 1993. Follow her on Twitter at @AviationHistGal and at http://www.eileenbjorkman.com
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Following Ms. Bjorkman's presentation there will quick updates from our committees (with continuing progress on the Barn AKA Williamsburg International, home of the beautiful cub pictured above).and and big news regarding young eagles.. We'll follow the presentations with an IMC Club discussion (The Walls Around Berlin).
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Hope to see you there, here's the link to the meeting:
Time: Apr 8, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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EAA Chapter 234 Summer 2021 Schedule
So here's our plans for the summer, mark your calendars now to save the date. Remember social distancing and masks will be required at all times! All of our events are listed on our website calendar page:
Our Calendar (eaa.org)
Saturday 8 May 9:00 - 11:00 Build Event Sat Morning Pancake Breakfast
8369 Elk Lake Rd, Williamsburg, MI 49690, USA (map)
We've been working for a long time to create a build site for our airplane build project, now it's ready and we're inviting you to join us for pancakes, coffee and juice to celebrate this milestone event. Bring an appetite and some muscle because we're going to move the airplane (parts) in to "The Barn".
Saturday 15 MAY 8am – 12pm Chapter Pancake Breakfast & Fly-in KTVC
Giving Wings Aviation, KTVC
1170 Airport Access Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
Join us for breakfast in the hangar! Check out Giving Wings new facilities (WOW are they growing!). Show off your airplane and share your stories with your friends. Meet the folks who will be hosting the Chapter Young Eagles programs and talk/learn about airplane stuff.
Saturday 19 JUN 9am – 1pm Chapter 234 Young Eagles Flights
Giving Wings Aviation, KTVC
1170 Airport Access Rd, Traverse City, MI 49686
This is it folks! Our first Young Eagles event in a while , this is an all hands on deck event as we're expecting a fairly good sized turnout. Contact Colleen Gaydash @ coleengaydash@gmail.com to volunteer. We're going to need guides, hosts, admittance staff and demonstrators (flight sim, etc) to manage this event.
Saturday 17 JUL 8 – 11am EAA 234 Pancake Breakfast & Fly-In (Empire)
William B. Bolton Airport, 13264 S Benzonia Trail, Empire, MI 49630, USA
It's Saturday in July in Empire (voted America's most beautiful place) Join us for pancake breakfast (with Gluten free options), stay for visits to local secret hangouts or stop by on the way to Oshkosh!
Saturday AUG 21 9 – 11am Chapter Fly out - Denton Farms (MI1)
http://www.airnav.com/airport/MI1
Bob and Sandy Denton have invited us to the "Farm" for a fly-in and visit. See an actual Ag Plane operation.(I'm curious to know how Ag Planes fly in and around all those wind mills!)
So that's the summer schedule as we see it now, however Grace Yakuber suggested Friday or Saturday fly-outs to Lakes of the North Airport (AirNav: 4Y4 - Lakes of the North Airport) and dinner or lunch at the golf club there. Sounds fun to me! Keep your eyes open for an impromptu email blast!
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