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The Chapter 17 Annual Banquet
With special guest Dale Klapmeier - CEO of Cirrus Aircraft was a big
success. Thanks to everybody who attended, and special thanks to
Mark Scheuer, who "landed" the Cirrus boss for the event. 
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Time to Fly?
EAA
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NOAA Aviation
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Next Meeting!
February 6, 2012 at Skyranch
Unless otherwise posted on this
site, by email, or on
Yahoo Group
Pictures from January 2011 banquet are here.
Click here for more local
aviation activities, including upcoming Chapter 17 meeting topics
and FAAst events
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To see Walt Lounsbery's recording of Burt Rutan
presentation at AirVenture 2011,
click here |
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Fly/Drive aviation spot in Del-Mar-Va area is worth
checking out
here
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The EAA Ford Trimotor visited Knoxville September 24-26, Hosted by
Chapter 17 (Volunteer Don Miller shown
above)
More pictures from the
visit here.
Click for Information about 1929 Ford Tri-Motor 4-AT-E – NC8407 |
Click for some images captured by Gary Picou
Visit Ed Dumas images
here, as
well as his pictures from previous shows,
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The June 1 meeting's special guest was Linwood "Steve"
Stevenson, Sailplane pilot who recently set the distance record from
Tennessee, 1072 km.
Click here to see a video of the flight.
Pictures from May 4 meeting, at Russ Lewis'
home/workshop, taken by Ed Dumas.
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Chapter 17 Leaders for 2011
Visit the
Officers Page for
contact information |
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Young Eagles
Event
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New EAA Webinars
Announced
March 4, 2010 —
After a successful launch to its new webinar series
this past Wednesday night, EAA has four more of the
interactive, online programs lined up in the coming
weeks. The debut webinar (“web-based seminar”)
focused on the B-17 bomber and drew more than 150
people. Host Sean Elliott, EAA director of flight
ops, commented that was far more than have attended
similar forums he’s given at AirVenture Oshkosh.
You can attend any of the upcoming EAA webinars
currently scheduled by clicking on the link below.
All sessions start at 7 p.m. Central time. Here’s
the current slate of webinars scheduled.
May 20 – “Design
and Flight Characteristics of the Spirit of St.
Louis,” by Sean Elliott, EAA.
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Announcing a
Free online aviation magazine -
AV8Magazine.com
AV8Magazine.com has just launched Reach For The Sky- a New series!
In this brand new series they look at home built aircraft from around
the world. This month they have a collection of stunning Vans RV
aircraft and a Harmon Rocket.
They would like to invite EAA members to submit
photos and a description of their airplane (around 150 words) for
inclusion in this series. You can either email Steve Wood, the North
American editor directly at
av8editor@gmail.com or via the magazine to
info@ab8magazine.com
You can subscribe to this free magazine by going
to the homepage -
www.av8magazine.com - scrolling down to register and following the
simple instructions - it's totally free and there's no catch!
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Chapter 17 History Lesson
Don Miller created a presentation to celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of Chapter 17, in 2006.
Click Here to see
the presentation in Adobe Acrobat PDF |
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Aluminum Overcast Visit
October 14-15 2008-- Thanks to all who volunteered to help bring history to
Knoxville
B-17 Repositioning Flight October 16
Chapter 17 - Keeping Tennessee skies free from the Huns!
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New book features
Evelyn Bryan Johnson, and local pilot Sandy Sowders Mercandetti
from Prez. Jim Roberts
Fellow flight enthusiasts: I've just enjoyed a copy of "A Hunger For The
Sky," written by a lady pilot who is a frequent contributor to "Vintage
Airplane," the publication of EAA's Vintage Aircraft Division. Following
is a description of the book.
A Hunger for the Sky is a collection of women pilot biographies,
authored by Sparky Barnes Sargent and published by DGA Enterprises, Inc.
The book features the personal stories of nine women who are
irresistibly drawn to the sky.
These women range in age from 98 to 28, and they include a professional
skywriter, airline first officer, DC-3 captain, Guinness World Record
holder, and owners/operators of a gliderport and an aerobatic school.
Each chapter is devoted to one woman; the reader will have the rare
opportunity to learn who these women were as young girls, follow them
into adulthood, learn about their attraction to aviation, and discover
the ensuing “skyways” they have chosen.
For more information, or to order a copy, go to
home.windstream.net/av8terz/book.html
Evelyn "Mama
Bird" Johnson, enters the National Aviation Hall of Fame! |
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Another Chapter 17 Success!
From Ken Carpenter
Finally flew last week. No major problems. It flies
hands off straight as an arrow running smooth. Our prop may be a little
flat since it will turn up 2400 RPM in climb. It is 57 pitch. We are
flying with fake English registration G-ATDK and US N # 80660. The TDK
stands for Tom, Dale and Ken.
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Helpful EAA Videos Online
HINTS FOR HOMEBUILDERS' VIDEOS NOW ONLINE
In
keeping with EAA's efforts to offer knowledge and information in the
most user-friendly and readily available ways, EAA has created Hints for
Homebuilders, a series of short videos that are now available online.
Subjects for these initial videos were selected and developed by EAA
staff and member volunteers.
"EAA has always been about sharing knowledge among members, and
these new video tips are just another way of doing that, taking
advantage of the opportunities the Internet provides," said Charlie
Becker, director of EAA's member programs. "We're hoping to develop
an entire catalog of tips, tricks, and alternative methods that will
be valuable to EAA members."
Read the story
See the Hints for
Homebuilders
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A new media outlet for aviation takes flight:
Milford Shirley, president of Chapter 193 in Jacksonville, Florida and
fellow EAAer Brian Kraut have started Flight Time Radio which
airs Saturdays at 9 am on AM 1320 WBOB. You can listen over the web by
going to
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Chapter 17 welcomes a new Aviation database.
Check out what is available at
FunPlacesToFly.com for a whole bunch of interesting stuff.
Jim Smith is the webmaster for Chapter 1246 in
McKinney Texas (North of Dallas), but he has created a fun and powerful
website for aviators everywhere. |
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Photo
Coverage of the June 12th
Tour of the Knoxville 134 ANG Base,
Click Here |
"Official"
Chapter 17 name tags offered. Permanent EAA Chapter 17 Nametags are
available to all members. A small one (3 x 1" shown) and larger
one (3 1/2 x 1 3/4"), are available, both will cost $7.50 each.
Before ordering your nametag, Jim needs to know what size you prefer.
Please contact him to order the small, or the large size tag. Your tag will,
of course, have your own name on it. The nametag features the logo of the
original nametags (of 50 years ago). To order, mail to:
PO Box 11744, Knoxville, TN 37939and give your name as you want it to appear
on the nametag. (Assuming your name is not Gary Picou.).
And then there is the ever-popular Round 2 IT SD (Some Day)
