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Agenda: Welcome, Intros & Projects Chapter Elections - Nominees: President - Chris Gill Co-VPs - Scott McEwen & Anson Moxness Secretary - Mark Frischkorn Treasurer - Ed White Director 1 - Lars Gleitsmann Director 2 - Vickie Domke Director 3 - Chuck Hosack Vickie and Dan Domke will provide a tour of their hangar and aircraft projects Sunset at 23:15 June 5th 2024 - Wednesday 7:00 PM Board Meeting Where: Las Margaritas Join us at Las Margaritas Mexican & Italian Restaurant at 541 W Dimond Blvd (on the north side of Dimond between Arctic and C Streets). When you walk in, turn left into the front room that is separated from the main dining area and we’ll be on the right. So come, get your margarita and nachos and we will talk about aviation and maybe do some Chapter business. As always, all Chapter 42 members are invited and encouraged to attend. Sunset at 23:29 June 8th 2024 - Saturday 9:30 AM Chapter Breakfast Where: Kava’s Pancake House Our monthly Saturday breakfast is at Kava’s Pancake House at 100 Muldoon Rd. Great food and great conversation. See you there! Sunset at 23:34 News Apr 23rd, 2024 - April Meeting @ Lake Hood SimCenter 18 of us enjoyed a marvelous time at the Lake Hood SimCenter. Daniel Mendez (CEO) was a great host, sharing about his background, his formation of the SimCenter & sourcing the sims, expounding on services provided by the new SimCenter, and serving a tasty array of snacks and beverages. If you missed it, check out the SimCenter at www.aksimcenter.com Apr 20th, 2024 - EAA Chapter Trailer Maintenance Thanks to all who showed up to perform maintenance on the clubs trailer this past weekend. Bearings were packed, contents were inventoried, trailer was washed inside and out, and we’re ready for our next adventure! All this was done under Spring sunshine at Ed’s hanger in Birchwood. Chris Gill Apr 20th, 2024 - Trailer Maintenance Day 6 of us met at Ed White’s hangar in Birchwood four about an hour & a half to check tires & bearings, inventory BBQ grill & supplies, inventory banners, and clean the trailer inside & out. The trailer is roadworthy. We need NOT buy any more cups, plates, napkins, forks, spoons, or knives for at least 1, if not 2 years. Thanks to all who helped! Apr 13th, 2024 - April Breakfast 10 of us enjoyed another fine breakfast @ Kava’s! Not in pic: Tim, Andrew, and Scott. Mar 26th, 2024 - March Meeting - Dave Gillespie Dave Gillespie was superb, sharing lots of Herc teckie details. One attendee later responded: "Great show last night! Gonna be tough to top that. Or even equal it." There were 16 in attendance. Mar 6th, 2024 - March Board Meeting Chuck and Ed discuss Chapter matters Feb 27th, 2024 - February Meeting - Bob Edison Our own Bob Edison shared stories with photos and video of his experiences flying charter flights in the Philippines and around Denali. All 18 of us really enjoyed Bob’s great, entertaining presentation! Chuck Hosack brought a survival kit and an Icom handheld transceiver for our drawing. Winners were Anson Moxness and Jim Moss, respectively. We recognized and thanked several Chapter 42 officers & volunteers who were present, handing out EAA certificates and service pins: Chuck Hosack - former Secretary. Current Technical Counselor and Flight Advisor for many years. Meeting host at Alaska Aviation Museum for Huey and Norseman tours Chris Gill - current Secretary, emcee, meeting planner, and meeting host Ed White - current Treasurer since 2015. Young Eagles Coordinator and Eagle Flight Coordinator for many years. Chapter asset storage. Meeting host at his Birchwood hangar. We also recognized Walter Yankauskas for building our wonderful website containing all sorts of info about our Chapter, from upcoming events to past events with photos; a repository for Board minutes and Chapter documents, an inventory check-in/check-out system for our assets (scales, engine hoist, chapter trailer, grill, banners); Chapter member profiles (planes, projects, skills), and Young Eagle volunteer status. Thanks, Walter! We’ll follow suite for other officers and volunteers, as well as for Young Eagle pilots & ground crew, at subsequent meetings. [click here for] Denali video YouTube video of flying through "747 Pass" Jan 23rd, 2024 - January Meeting - Chris Gill’s Smith/BBI SuperCub Build Chris Gill hosted our January meeting in his garage ... er ... SuperCub Factory, complete with a great custom-made edge roller. Chris and Lisa were great hosts, providing water and sweet snacks. And heat! Chris’ plane review included a 6-page handout of notes and "deets" (i.e., details). Chris has the wide-body kit from BBI Aviation (Nick Smith Jr. & Sr.) out of Thorndale, Ontario. He has the seaplane package, including left door. Chris just hung an Aero Sport O-375 (195 hp) and will use the Catto 84x43 prop. He covered details about project history & goals, build issues & helpful resources, build log organization & dating photos, fuel system, instruments ("Don’t buy early"), covering plan, etc. An organized, very informative meeting, indeed, for both homebuilders and all of 10 of us present! Dec 9th, 2023 - December Breakfast December 9, 2023 at Kava’s Nov 28th, 2023 - November Meeting - Northern Lights Avionics Gary Bennett, with son, Cody, hosted our November Chapter meeting at his business, Northern Lights Avionics, located on Merrill Field. Gary briefed 14 of us on features, options, and pricing of Garmin avionics relevant to experimental aircraft. He talked in detail about the: GI 275 - An electronic, touchscreen instrument, fitting into a 3 1/8" cutout, that can be configured as a Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI), Course Deviation Indicator (CDI), Multi-function Display (MFD), Engine Information System (EIS). G5 - An electronic flight instrument system (EFIS), fitting into a 3 1/8" cutout. G3X - An EFIS with display options in 10.6", 7" landscape, or 7" portrait. And many interface options. May 2024 LG MD SM XS Member Login Login or Forgot Password Event Calendar 5 - May 2024 S M T W T F S - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - Tue May 28 7 PM Chapter Meeting Domke’s Hangar @ Merrill Field, Slipstream Hangar A-2, 1812 E 5th Ave, Anchorage 6 - June 2024 S M T W T F S - - - - - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - - - - - - Wed Jun 5 7 PM Board Meeting Las Margaritas Sat Jun 8 9:30 AM Chapter Breakfast Kava’s Pancake House Tue Jun 25 7 PM Chapter Meeting TBD Anchorage, Alaska 2024-05-13 Nautical Twilight Begin: 14:00 Civil Twilight Begin: 04:02 Sunrise: 05:12 Transit: 13:55 Sunset: 22:39 Civil Twilight End: 23:49 Nautical Twilight End: 14:00 Total Daylight: 17:27 Feedjit Live Blog StatsThese businesses have paid to sponsor the activities of EAA Chapter 42. Please remember our friends when you do your shopping. Eagle Enterprises Safety Solutions 5849 Old Seward Hwy, Anchorage 907-562-2331Northern Lights Avionics 940 Merrill Field Dr, Anchorage 907-277-4811 EAA Chapter 42 — Anchorage, AK © 2024 Updated on : 2024/05/13 17:55...