Young Eagle Day Registration

Through some diligent work on the part of President John we seem to be getting a handle on how to use the new Young Eagle Day website to register pilots and volunteers. If you are willing to help out as either a Young Eagle pilot or a ground volunteer PLEASE REGISTER ASAP using the website. Go to “https//:yeday.org/?yesignup” and fill in and submit the form. Then go to the main website using the address “yeday.org” and follow the instructions to volunteer for our event. If you have a problem contact President John at 541-729-1217 or me at 541-914-8605.

Please plan to attend the meeting on Wednesday, July 3 when we will set up the clubhouse and discuss the specifics for Young Eagle Day on July 4th. Although this meeting will take place on the evening of our regular monthly meeting we will NOT HAVE A DINNER to allow us more time to get everything accomplished without having to stay late into the evening. 

Please try to make it to the meeting and the event. Your participation will help make this the best Young Eagle event we’ve every had!!

VP Gary

EAA 31 June 2019 Meeting Announcement.

On Wednesday June 5th 2019 our meeting will consist of a number of items:
Paul Messer, wife and kids are doing both the meal [Chicken thighs, Curry chicken, Rice, Brown rice, Salad and Dessert] AND
Our Program. The ins and outs of Flight Simulator X Plane 11. (The ultimate Adult Pilot Toy!) We will be able to take off from Hobby field in a 172 or a 195 (and many others) and land same or elsewhere. Lots of fun and possibilities. You DON’T want to miss this one.
Pilot, volunteer, AND Young Eagle on-line registration through YEDAY.ORG will be a major topic. Gary Ludeke will fill us in on the details.
Mike Anderson (Creswell Schools) would like EAA 31 to fly 15 -20 Kids sometime soon. He is also interested in some sort of regular (like once a month) exposure to aircraft maintenance. We will discuss possibilities.
May Chapter video, time permitting.

6:00 PM Dinner. Only $8.00 bucks.
7:00 PM Meeting. At the south end of Hobby Field/Creswell Airport, Creswell OR.
Bring a friend – see you there.
Pres John

Young Eagles Day – July 4th!

Our Annual Young Eagles Day is only a month away! Please plan on attending our next chapter dinner and meeting this coming Wednesday, June 5. We need to get everything and everyone in place to have a successful event. EAA has developed a new on-line tool to help us run YE events. John and I have watched the recording of a webinar that EAA conducted to explain the use of this new tool. It is very comprehensive. It will do a lot for us in helping make the event run smoother once we thoroughly understand how to use it. All pilots and other volunteers should register on-line ASAP so I can not only see how many people we will have, but also find out if I even have the site set up properly. Please go to YEDAY.ORG to register. If you have any problems there are helpful videos available through EAA.ORG. If you’re really stuck give me a call or email and I’ll try to help you out. Of course, this will be a major topic discussed at Wednesday’s meeting. Those who are members of Chapter 1457, please pass this information on to them. Thanks!

VP Gary

EAA 31 BREAKFAST reminder.

9:00 AM Saturday May 18th
In addition to our Chapter Breakfast we were planing on a work party at the Memorial, but it looks like it will be too wet/muddy on Saturday. In case it dries out some before then, wear your grubbies and bring a shovel.
We should have enough Pancakes, Butter, Syrup, Bacon, Scrambled eggs, Sausage, Coffee, Orange juice, Hot chocolate, Milk. If not we can pick up whatever we need. Airplanes and flying. An EAA pancake breakfast is where you get this stuff. At the EAA 31 Hangar. S end of Hobby Field, Creswell Airport, Creswell OR. And only $8:00 bucks! Bring a friend.
Pres John

Meeting Minutes from the 5-1-19 meeting

EAA Chapter 31 Meeting, May 1st , 2019

The dinner portion of the meeting started at 6:00 PM hosted by John Kuehl. There were Costco Hot Dogs, great big hamburgers, cookies, chips and a drink for only $8. Don’t miss her next great meal!! Paul Messer will host that event.

The meeting started with the pledge of allegiance at 6:59 PM President John Kuehl and Secretary/ Treasurer Randy Stout were present. The business and entertainment portion of the meeting was called then to order. There were 13 members and guests in attendance.

Tom Cunningham then told the group that he has sold his airplane and therefore we will need a new “float” for the 4th of July Creswell parade. This plane displayed a banner that told everyone of the Young Eagle rides available at the airport after the parade. Rusty Bartell noted that he had a tractor and trailer for us to use and that the Mini Coupe airplane would be a good choice to put on it. Tom also noted that this weekend will be the first OAHS breakfast in Cottage Grove.

Next Chapter breakfast is Saturday, May 18th. Come out to the clubhouse in the AM and pay $8 for an “all you can eat” breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, OJ, coffee and camaraderie!! Starts at 9:00 and runs to about 10:30 or so. Our volunteers for this breakfast are (hopefully) the same group as last time Tom, Bill, Rod and John, who will coordinate getting the breakfast ready to serve. Thanks in advance guys!

Bill Dewey then spoke about replacing the patio cover that was damaged by the snow this winter. He now suggests that we just clean it up and leave it at 2/3rd the size. It would save several thousand dollars and he was having a hard time getting help on the project. Bill, John, Tom and Paul volunteered to help clean up the mess and pull the bad posts. Cleanup party scheduled for this Saturday the 4th. Thanks guys!!

Bill also asked everyone to help with the Memorial Garden after the breakfast on the 18th.

Paul Messer also noted that he will bring in the simulator that he purchased (for his very aviation minded kids) to the next meeting in June. Thanks Paul!

There being no other business, the meeting was turned over to Randy Stout, who played a short movie on the challenges of taking off and landing at a short grass strip (Jasper Ridge 36OR). He also displayed several WW-1 and WW-2 artifacts that he brought in. He then mentioned that all pilots need to renew their EAA national approval to fly YE’s before the July event.

President Kuehl then showed the EAA National Monthly Chapter Video Magazine. As always, this was informative and helpful.

There being no other business, the meeting was then adjourned at 8:15 PM
Respectfully submitted,

Work party at EAA 31 Clubhouse Sat May 4th

I know this is late notice, but for those of you who couldn’t make the monthly meeting May 1st, we are having a “tear down” of the 1/3rd of the patio cover damaged by the not-do-recent snow storm.  It was decided that this would be the best option (Repairs perhaps later).  So – the 2/3rds of the patio cover is what we will have for now. Wear your grubbies.  The Southernmost vertical timber will be removed along with all the wood associated with that part of the covering, We will cut up the lumber in firewood sized chunks and haul it away. The more that show up – the sooner we will finish.  Show up around 9:00 AM.    See you there.  Pres John.

EAA 31 May 2019 Meeting Announcement.

On Wednesday May 1st 2019 our meeting will consist of a number of items:
We need to have a discussion about getting our patio canopy finished before the 4th of July. Same for work to be completed for the memorial garden.
Our own “Mr Dependable” Randy Stout will show us some very interesting Aviation artifacts along with Go-Pro videos of various flights. Looking forward to seeing that.
May Chapter video, time permitting.
This month we will return to our standby Burgers, Dogs & salad. WE NEED A VOLUNTEER “GRILLMASTER”. Please show up a little ahead of time.
6:00 PM Dinner. Only $8.00 bucks.
7:00 PM Meeting. At the south end of Hobby Field/Creswell Airport, Creswell OR.
Bring a friend – see you there.
Pres John

EAA 31 Breakfast Reminder

9:00 AM Saturday April 20th 2019

Your President is s-l-o-w-l-y recovering. At the point where I can drive and have developed
“Cabin Fever” and ready to go do something (but not much). So – I hope to be there for our EAA breakfast on Saturday. I need to catch up on our patio cover repairs progress etc.
We should have enough Pancakes, Butter, Syrup, Bacon, Scrambled eggs, Sausage, Coffee, Orange juice, Hot chocolate, Milk. If not we can pick up whatever we need. Airplanes and flying. An EAA pancake breakfast is where you get this stuff. At the EAA 31 Hangar. S end of Hobby Field, Creswell Airport, Creswell OR. And only $8:00 bucks! Bring a friend.
Pres John