Aug
03
Meeting reminder & thanks from the OACAC!
Our August meeting will be this Wednesday at 7PM (with dinner at 6PM). With the lovely weather, it should be a nice one!
We received the following thanks from the OACAC:
“On behalf of the Oregon Antique and Classic Aircraft Club, I would like to thank EAA Chapter 31 for bringing their grills down to Cottage Grove and serving breakfast and lunch at our Fly-In on July 17th. It contributed greatly to the success of the Fly-In. I want to especially thank the cooks and servers. They did a terrific job.
Jon Husser
President of OACAC”
Well done, folks! For everyone else, hope you had a chance to make it out. It was a lovely venue and there were some beauties on display.
May
16
May 2009 breakfast
We had a great breakfast today! We started preparation around 7:40, and by 8:00 we had our first visitor. Pretty soon, we had Bob on eggs, Melinda on pancakes, Bill cooking 6lbs of bacon, Bruce on the outside grill making sausage, and more! As we closed in on 9:00, a growing number of planes were arriving outside. We had folks from Independence, OR, Eugene, and even someone from distant Walker Field! It’s true, folks, the Volmer flies! We had a number of interesting LSAs
At just after 9, our first contingent of Marines showed up followed by the second at 9:30. Boy howdy, those folks know how to eat! It was fantastic, these guys and gals have been doing amazing work out at the pavilion and we were pleased to be able to express our appreciation. We would also like to note the extreme professionalism and politeness of every single Marine attending. These young men and women represent America’s finest, and EAA 31 salutes their dedicated service. Semper Fi!
Our next breakfast is June 20th at 9AM. After that, we’ll be hosting breakfast at Cottage Grove Airport in July, so stay tuned for details!
Apr
18
Great breakfast!
We had a great turnout this morning, including three planes from Independence, OR. Bob Severns actually attended twice, though technically the first time he was stuck above the cloud deck, circling and watching in vain for it to burn off. A couple hours later, things got better and he showed up in his Cessna 120.
The Challenger LSA is in the hangar and ready for refurbishment. There’s plenty of work to do on it! It has a Rotax 503, fabric wings, and some interesting wiring that will benefit from attention.
The menu for today was:
- Scrambled eggs
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Biscuits & Gravy
- Pancakes
See you next month!
Feb
21
February breakfast
We had another great breakfast Saturday with a good turnout, including some fly-in visitors from down south! Breakfast was French Toast (thank you Kaydee), scrambled eggs (Bob the Egg Man was on the job again), sausage & bacon (Well done, Bruce) and more. The first half of breakfast was foggy with poor visibility, but as the sun began to burn through, planes started showing up. We heard about five planes above calling in before that, sorry about the weather, guys! We’ll set up a bank of hair dryers next time to try and take out the low clouds a bit earlier. 😉
Afterwards, many of us visited Dale Young in Springfield who graciously invited us into his shop at Gary Ludeke’s suggestion. The RV-9A project is looking fantastic, can’t wait to see how it turns out! With a 160hp O-320, it should really move, and the panel that Gary is helping wire is coming together quite nicely.
The next regular meeting is March 4th at 7:00PM, with dinner around 6:00. The next breakfast is 3/21 at 9:00AM.
Until next time!
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