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Our meetings and events are open to everyone, so please join us!
Our next meeting is Feb 8, 2012 -
7:30pm
We will
have a very special guest speaker. Bob Hood is the lead
test pilot for Grumman
in Melbourne. Mr. Hood will
entertain us with what it takes to be a test pilot
and some very
good stories.
The next
Young Eagles Day is April 28, 2012.
Update:
**** We will be meeting in our NEW meeting room, located on
the south end of the South Parking lot for Merritt Island
Airport ****
*** PLEASE NOTE:
OUR NEW MEETING ROOM DOES NOT HAVE ANY
RESTROOMS***
Early birds 7:00
meeting starts at 7:30, Airport Road, south side of the Merritt Island airport.
Here is a map
of the new EAA 724 Meeting Room on the south side of Merritt Island Airport:
2012 Meeting Dates and Speakers
February 8, 2012 - Grumman Test Pilot - Bob
Hood
March 14, 2012 - Aircraft fiberglass presentation - Ron
Lueck
Early birds 7:00 meeting starts at 7:30
We may change our meeting location and time.
Please check back before going to the meeting.
(We normally meet on the second
Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm)
Upcoming Events for the Merritt Island area Pilots for 2012:
- Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation EXPO - Jan 19-22,
2012 - Sebring, Fl.
-
Valkaria Airfest - Feb 18, 2012 - Valkaria, Fl.
- TICO
Air Show - March 9-11, 2012 - Titusville, Fl.
- Sun-N-Fun Fly-in -
March 27 - April 1, 2012 - Lakeland, Fl.
- EAA
724
- Young Eagles Day - April 28, 2012 - Merritt Island
- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - July 23-29, 2012
- Oshkosh, Wis.
Here is our new
meeting room on the south side of Merritt Island
Airport.
Past Events
- EAA AirVenture Oshkosh - July 25-31, 2011 -
Oshkosh, Wis.
- Blessing of the Fleet - July 31, 2011 - Merritt
Island Airport - 2pm South Side.
- Young Eagles Day - May 7, 2011 - Merritt
Island
- Valkaria Airfest -
Valkaria Airport, Fl - February 19, 2011
- TICO Warbird Airshow
- Titusville, Fl - March 11-12, 2011
- Sun-n-fun - Lakeland, Fl
- March 29 to April 3, 2011
- U.S. Sport Aviation Expo - Sebring, Fl -
January 20-23, 2011
- AOPA Seminar -
Say it Right
- March 23, 2010 7-9pm
Coronado Springs Resort, 1000 West Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Fl
-
BAA (Brevard Aircraft Association) Picnic
- Voyager Aviation - March 27, 2010- 10am - 3pm
- Blessing of the Fleet - Voyager Aviation - RSVP Required - 321-454-3090 - 11am
- Sun-n-fun - Lakeland, Fl. April 13 - 18, 2010 -
***
Young Eagles Day
- Merritt Island, April 24, 2010 ***
- On our October 13, 2010 meeting,
our guest speaker is Michael D. Powell, Executive Director of the
Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority.
- On our November 10, 2010
meeting, our guest speaker is John
Piowaty.
- Young Eagles Day - November 20, 2010 - Merritt
Island
- On our December 8, 2010 meeting, our guest
speaker is John Kalinowski.
- Toys for
Tots - December 11, 2010 - Merritt Island
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Recent News & Events:
Richard Collier will be
our guest speaker on Feb 9, 20011. He is a
retired
Delta airlines Captain pilot and ex-military and he as some wonderful
storys to share with us.
Justin Wesley was elected Vice President
at the October 14th 2009 meeting.
Justin is a pilot for Baer Air, Aviation Mentor and former Young Eagle.
Don White was elected President
at the September 9th 2009 meeting.
At the September 9th meeting Catherine announced that after seven years as President,
she was retiring from the position and she nominated Don White as her replacement.
August 12th 2009
Catherine briefed the Chapter on her tour
of the Airbus 380, test aircraft #004 at Oshkosh.
And, Jack reviewed the Chapter's new tax-exempt status.
Dwayne Waters, Demonstration Pilot and Maintenance
Trainer for Liberty Aircraft was our speaker July 8th 2009.
He had a terrific presentation on how Liberty constructs it's aircraft.
(click here to view larger images)
The June, 10th meeting
was devoted to
project updates.
(click here to view larger image)
Young Eagles fly, Saturday,
May 16, 2009 from Merritt Island
(click here for enlarged images)
At our May 13th
2009 meeting
,
Don McLendon
gave
a presentation about Aires.
Thanks, to Bobbi Lasher for setting up this presentation
(click here to view larger images)
Great new Aviation sites:
http://www.aviationage.com/
http://www.aviatorringtones.com/
At our Apr
il 2009 meeting
CarolAnn
Garratt was
our speaker,
she talked a
bout her record
2008 around the world flight
with Carol Foy, for
ALS. It was a great presentation!
(click here to
visit her ALS Dash for a Cure website)
(click here to view photos and copy of her 2004
presentation to us
about her first around the
world flight)
(click here to visit her website)
(click here to view larger images)
The 32nd Annual Warbird AirShow
at the Titusville airport
March 13, 14 and 15, 2009,
was a huge success
for Valiant.
(TICO Warbird web site link)
(Valiant Air
Command web site link)
The March 11th. 2009 meeting was devoted
to project
updates.
(click here to view enlarged
image)
The Valkaria Air Fest
February 21, 2009 drew a record crowd.
(click here to view enlarged
image)
(Valkaria Air Fest web site link)
For the February
11th. 2009 meeting
w e
attended the AOPA/FAA Wings Seminar,
GPS From the Ground Up,
at the Harris Customer Briefing Center, Melbourne.
(Click here to read the flyer from AOPA)
(click here to view enlarged
image)
CBS News, Washington Post Writer
and Spaceflightnow.com contributor,
William Harwood
was our speaker,
January 14th. 2009.
Photographs by Roger Scruggs
(click here to view enlarged
image)
At our
meeting, December 10th. (Wednesday) 2008
Catherine presented her inside look
at the Aerion
Supersonic Business Jet
Toys For Tots
Pancake Breakfast, December 6, 2008
Merritt Island Airport, at Space Coast Aviation
was a great success.
(click here to view enlarged
image)
Michael Chaplin was our feature
presenter
at the November 12th. 2008 meeting.
He explained, when and how to use the NASA
report;
to avoid a sanction when we make a
mistake.
Additionally, details about inadvertent
violations
that we all can commit were covered.
Mike has a very impressive bio, about four pages,
click here for the condensed one page version.
Thanks to John
Watkins for setting this up.
Young Eagles flew,
Saturday,
November 1, 2008 from Merritt Island
(click here
for enlarged image)
New Young Eagle flew
with former Young Eagle, Justin Wesley,
now a
commercial pilot with Baer Air,
October
15th.
2008
(click here
to view enlarged image)
At our meeting October 8th 2008 our friend,
John Palliser from Monaco was here to tell us
about jumping through hoops at Customs and TSA
because he is taking flying lessons.
(click here to view all the
enlarged photographs of the meeting by Roger Scruggs)
Catherine had a slide show of NBAA.
Steve Borowski Valkaria airport manager,
and J. Roger Shealy running for County Commission,
District 1 were at the meeting.
Tony reviewed plans for our Young Eagles rally Nov.
1.
Tony sold trinkets from NBAA to raise gas money
for Young Eagles.
And, we took orders for EAA 2009
calendars.
Comp Air 9 departs for it's debut at NBAA October
6,7,8 2008
September 13th 2008 Ted Yon Flight Test
Photograph by Roger Scruggs
Photograph by Roger Scruggs
click here to view all
the enlarged photographs from the flight by Roger Scruggs
Photograph by Ric Lasher
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs from the flight by Ric Lasher
At the September 10th 2008 meeting, Catherine
presented
a sneak peek of an AirVenture 2008 video
she is producing.
Additionally, we viewed a video of Ted Yon's
taxi test September 6th. 2008.
click here to view the
enlarged photograph by Roger Scruggs
Also, Francis Herr and
Hershel Walls
briefed us September 10th 2008 on
the
Valkaria Air Fest 2009
and asked for our support.
(web
site link)
Our August 13, 2008, was
a busy night, beginning with a memorable
show and
tell by Larry Olson of his, one of a kind, electric truck.
click
here to view all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger
Scruggs
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger Scruggs
click
here to view all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger
Scruggs
Valkaria Airport Manager, Steve Borowski
brings us up to date and asks for your
support.
Kip Anderson with more Sonex show and tell
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs of Kips' project
Our speaker August 13,
2008 was,
Art Ladd, Chief of Airspace for Cape
Canaveral AFS
His talk centered on our air space,
which he controls.
Thanks to V.P. Mike Teders for setting up this
presentation.
click
here to view all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger
Scruggs click here to view all the
enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger Scruggs click
here to view all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger
Scruggs
Additionally, Catherine presented a slide show of
AirVenture.
She will have an AirVenture video for
the September 10th meeting.
The Boeing Dream Lifter pictured below at
AirVenture
is one of three and soon to be four.
They are passenger version 747-400s that have been
"slightly" modified,
into the
largest volume aircraft in the world.
Note the new pressure bulkhead just aft of the
forward door.
I'll have much more on this amazing
aircraft at our September 10th meeting.
I
click here to view the enlarged
photograph
And, Tony showed off his
EAA Chapter Coordinator Award, August 13, 2008
presented to him at Oshkosh Airventure
two weeks ago. Great job Tony!
"This would not
have happened, without Bobbi Lasher's
and Catherine's dedication to the Chapter "
said Tony.
Tony went on to say the award
belongs
to the members of the Chapter;
without them our Young Eagles program would not
exist.
click here to view the
nomination produced and written by Bobbi Lasher
By
EAA writer, Barbara A. Schmitz Tony Yacono
said he simply is enjoying what he’s doing.
But
others don’t see it that way, and that’s why he is receiving
the Chapter Coordinator Award.Yacono has been a Young Eagles
coordinator for 12 years, and he personally has flown more
than 500 youth. In fact, under his leadership, EAA Chapter 724
has flown 3,704 Young Eagles.Yacono said he became involved in
the program because someone cared enough to give him his first
airplane ride at 12. Now 80, he has accumulated about 6,000
hours’ flight time."My opinion is that I need to give
something back to the youngsters; that’s why I am doing this."
Yet "the biggest kid in the airplane is the one behind the
controls," he said.Still he can tell countless stories of the
real kids who became excited by their flights, like a family
of three girls, who the mother said wouldn’t say a word in the
sky. "They wouldn’t stop talking because they were so
excited," he said. "I had to ask them not to say anything when
I was getting ready to land."Yacono said it takes a lot of
work to put on a Young Eagles rally. "A lot of people run
their tail off, and everyone deserves a great deal of credit.
While I am appreciative of the award, I am going to accept it
for all the people who help."
click here to read more about the awards
on the EAA site
EAA
Photo
click here to view
the enlarged photo
And finally at the August 13, 2008 meeting,
Tony and Catherine auction off cool stuff,
including an AeroShell, flying cow poster,
from AirVenture to benefit the Young Eagles.
click here to view
all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger Scruggs
Female pilots gather, set record,
at Oshkosh AirVenture August 1, 2008
The most female pilots gathered in one place. At the
front of the group were
Women Air force Service
Pilots, aerobatic pilots like Patty Wagstaff and Julie Clark and
Women in Aviation International (WAI) President Dr.
Peggy Chabrian. Photo by EAA Bonnie Kratz
Photo by Bonnie Kratz
click here to view the
enlarged photograph
July, 9th 2008 our speaker was,
Glen Gray,
Director of Aviation Services for
WxWorx, the most
powerful in-flight weather system .
click here to visit the
WxWorx web site
June, 11th 2008 Ron Lueck, Comp Air Aviation, President and CEO
invited us over to inspect progress on his new Comp
Air 9
click here to
visit the Comp Air Aviation web site
click here to view photos of the Comp Air 9 under
construction
May 14, 2008: EAA Chapter 724 flew 172
Young Eagles,
at Merritt Island, with the help of
the local Civil Air Patrol.
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs
The April, 16th 2008, meeting
was devoted to
project updates and a recap of Sun 'n Fun.
V.P. Mike
Teders presented a slide show from Sun 'n Fun
V.P. Mike Teders gave a very interesting
presentation
at our March, 12th 2008 meeting about
his research
into LSA electrical systems.
click here
to view his data
The Valkaria Air Fest February, 17th 2008
was a huge success!
F
or more
information:
click here to visit the valkariaairfest.org website
February,
13th ( Wednesday) 2008
our speakers were:
C. King
Evans- ATP, CFI, II, MEI, Former Airline Pilot, Life Insurance
General Agent for Pilots.
And, Frank
O. Evans III, JD, LLM, Post doctorate in Tax Law, New York
University,
Life Insurance General Agent
for Pilots.
King and Frank
(click
here for enlarged images from the meeting)
Visit their new web site: http://wildmanpilot.com/
They
talked about improving safety for pilots including: How safer
flying has changed the way the life insurance industry looks
at pilots.
What can be learned about
air safety from the life insurance industry.
How these recent changes can be
beneficial to pilots both from a safety and economic
standpoint.
(click here to read more)
Josef Bostik
was our January 9th 2008 speaker
Josef talked
about the motor glider and sport pilot aircraft
Check out his website at: www.urbanairusa.com
. 
Thanks, Bobbi Lasher for
the lead on this presentation
(click here for
enlarged images from the meeting)
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By
EAA writer, Barbara A. Schmitz Tony Yacono
said he simply is enjoying what he’s doing.
But
others don’t see it that way, and that’s why he is receiving
the Chapter Coordinator Award.Yacono has been a Young Eagles
coordinator for 12 years, and he personally has flown more
than 500 youth. In fact, under his leadership, EAA Chapter 724
has flown 3,704 Young Eagles.Yacono said he became involved in
the program because someone cared enough to give him his first
airplane ride at 12. Now 80, he has accumulated about 6,000
hours’ flight time."My opinion is that I need to give
something back to the youngsters; that’s why I am doing this."
Yet "the biggest kid in the airplane is the one behind the
controls," he said.Still he can tell countless stories of the
real kids who became excited by their flights, like a family
of three girls, who the mother said wouldn’t say a word in the
sky. "They wouldn’t stop talking because they were so
excited," he said. "I had to ask them not to say anything when
I was getting ready to land."Yacono said it takes a lot of
work to put on a Young Eagles rally. "A lot of people run
their tail off, and everyone deserves a great deal of credit.
While I am appreciative of the award, I am going to accept it
for all the people who help."
click here to read more about the awards
on the EAA site
EAA
Photo
click here to view
the enlarged photo
And finally at the August 13, 2008 meeting,
Tony and Catherine auction off cool stuff,
including an AeroShell, flying cow poster,
from AirVenture to benefit the Young Eagles.
click here to view
all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger Scruggs
Female pilots gather, set record,
at Oshkosh AirVenture August 1, 2008
The most female pilots gathered in one place. At the
front of the group were
Women Air force Service
Pilots, aerobatic pilots like Patty Wagstaff and Julie Clark and
Women in Aviation International (WAI) President Dr.
Peggy Chabrian. Photo by EAA Bonnie Kratz
Photo by Bonnie Kratz
click here to view the
enlarged photograph
July, 9th 2008 our speaker was,
Glen Gray,
Director of Aviation Services for
WxWorx, the most
powerful in-flight weather system .
click here to visit the
WxWorx web site
June, 11th 2008 Ron Lueck, Comp Air Aviation, President and CEO
invited us over to inspect progress on his new Comp
Air 9
click here to
visit the Comp Air Aviation web site
click here to view photos of the Comp Air 9 under
construction
May 14, 2008: EAA Chapter 724 flew 172
Young Eagles,
at Merritt Island, with the help of
the local Civil Air Patrol.
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs
The April, 16th 2008, meeting
was devoted to
project updates and a recap of Sun 'n Fun.
V.P. Mike
Teders presented a slide show from Sun 'n Fun
V.P. Mike Teders gave a very interesting
presentation
at our March, 12th 2008 meeting about
his research
into LSA electrical systems.
click here
to view his data
The Valkaria Air Fest February, 17th 2008
was a huge success!
F
or more
information:
click here to visit the valkariaairfest.org website
February,
13th ( Wednesday) 2008
our speakers were:
C. King
Evans- ATP, CFI, II, MEI, Former Airline Pilot, Life Insurance
General Agent for Pilots.
And, Frank
O. Evans III, JD, LLM, Post doctorate in Tax Law, New York
University,
Life Insurance General Agent
for Pilots.
King and Frank
(click
here for enlarged images from the meeting)
Visit their new web site: http://wildmanpilot.com/
They
talked about improving safety for pilots including: How safer
flying has changed the way the life insurance industry looks
at pilots.
What can be learned about
air safety from the life insurance industry.
How these recent changes can be
beneficial to pilots both from a safety and economic
standpoint.
(click here to read more)
Josef Bostik
was our January 9th 2008 speaker
Josef talked
about the motor glider and sport pilot aircraft
Check out his website at: www.urbanairusa.com
.
Thanks, Bobbi Lasher for
the lead on this presentation
(click here for
enlarged images from the meeting)
_______________________________________________
Click here to view Recent
News and Events from 2007
Click
here to view Recent News and Events from 2006
Click here to view Recent
News and Events from 2005
Click
here to view Recent News and Events from 2004
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here to view Recent News and Events from 2003
Click Here To Contact Us
By
EAA writer, Barbara A. Schmitz Tony Yacono
said he simply is enjoying what he’s doing.
But
others don’t see it that way, and that’s why he is receiving
the Chapter Coordinator Award.Yacono has been a Young Eagles
coordinator for 12 years, and he personally has flown more
than 500 youth. In fact, under his leadership, EAA Chapter 724
has flown 3,704 Young Eagles.Yacono said he became involved in
the program because someone cared enough to give him his first
airplane ride at 12. Now 80, he has accumulated about 6,000
hours’ flight time."My opinion is that I need to give
something back to the youngsters; that’s why I am doing this."
Yet "the biggest kid in the airplane is the one behind the
controls," he said.Still he can tell countless stories of the
real kids who became excited by their flights, like a family
of three girls, who the mother said wouldn’t say a word in the
sky. "They wouldn’t stop talking because they were so
excited," he said. "I had to ask them not to say anything when
I was getting ready to land."Yacono said it takes a lot of
work to put on a Young Eagles rally. "A lot of people run
their tail off, and everyone deserves a great deal of credit.
While I am appreciative of the award, I am going to accept it
for all the people who help."
click here to read more about the awards
on the EAA site
EAA
Photo
click here to view
the enlarged photo
And finally at the August 13, 2008 meeting,
Tony and Catherine auction off cool stuff,
including an AeroShell, flying cow poster,
from AirVenture to benefit the Young Eagles.
click here to view
all the enlarged photographs from the meeting by Roger Scruggs
Female pilots gather, set record,
at Oshkosh AirVenture August 1, 2008
The most female pilots gathered in one place. At the
front of the group were
Women Air force Service
Pilots, aerobatic pilots like Patty Wagstaff and Julie Clark and
Women in Aviation International (WAI) President Dr.
Peggy Chabrian. Photo by EAA Bonnie Kratz
Photo by Bonnie Kratz
click here to view the
enlarged photograph
July, 9th 2008 our speaker was,
Glen Gray,
Director of Aviation Services for
WxWorx, the most
powerful in-flight weather system .
click here to visit the
WxWorx web site
June, 11th 2008 Ron Lueck, Comp Air Aviation, President and CEO
invited us over to inspect progress on his new Comp
Air 9
click here to
visit the Comp Air Aviation web site
click here to view photos of the Comp Air 9 under
construction
May 14, 2008: EAA Chapter 724 flew 172
Young Eagles,
at Merritt Island, with the help of
the local Civil Air Patrol.
click here to view all the
enlarged photographs
The April, 16th 2008, meeting
was devoted to
project updates and a recap of Sun 'n Fun.
V.P. Mike
Teders presented a slide show from Sun 'n Fun
V.P. Mike Teders gave a very interesting
presentation
at our March, 12th 2008 meeting about
his research
into LSA electrical systems.
click here
to view his data
The Valkaria Air Fest February, 17th 2008
was a huge success!
F
or more
information:
click here to visit the valkariaairfest.org website
February,
13th ( Wednesday) 2008
our speakers were:
C. King
Evans- ATP, CFI, II, MEI, Former Airline Pilot, Life Insurance
General Agent for Pilots.
And, Frank
O. Evans III, JD, LLM, Post doctorate in Tax Law, New York
University,
Life Insurance General Agent
for Pilots.
King and Frank
(click
here for enlarged images from the meeting)
Visit their new web site: http://wildmanpilot.com/
They
talked about improving safety for pilots including: How safer
flying has changed the way the life insurance industry looks
at pilots.
What can be learned about
air safety from the life insurance industry.
How these recent changes can be
beneficial to pilots both from a safety and economic
standpoint.
(click here to read more)
Josef Bostik
was our January 9th 2008 speaker
Josef talked
about the motor glider and sport pilot aircraft
Check out his website at: www.urbanairusa.com
.
Thanks, Bobbi Lasher for
the lead on this presentation
(click here for
enlarged images from the meeting)
_______________________________________________
Click here to view Recent
News and Events from 2007
Click
here to view Recent News and Events from 2006
Click here to view Recent
News and Events from 2005
Click
here to view Recent News and Events from 2004
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here to view Recent News and Events from 2003
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