EAA Chapter 229
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Stories, tips, and updates from the flight line at KGIF.
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Hundreds of Airports, 50 Types of Aircraft: Patrick Blackwelder’s Ferry Flight Stories
Read Article →: Hundreds of Airports, 50 Types of Aircraft: Patrick Blackwelder’s Ferry Flight StoriesSynergy Aero’s Chief Flight Instructor Patrick Blackwelder shared ferry-flight stories and hard-earned lessons from hundreds of airports at our Oct 3 meeting.
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Hundreds of Airports, 50 Types of Aircraft: Patrick Blackwelder’s Ferry Flight Stories
Synergy Aero’s Chief Flight Instructor Patrick Blackwelder shared ferry-flight stories and hard-earned lessons from hundreds of airports at…
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Mitch Spring: A Life Built From the Ramp Up
At 14 he swept ramps for 75 cents an hour. Fifty years, three airlines, and one federal fleet…
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Stuffed Animal Flight School Sends Its First Class of Winged Pilots Home
Kids dropped their stuffed animals off for ground and flight training at Winter Haven Regional — and picked…
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Neil Gorman Takes to the Sky with EAA Chapter 229’s Young Eagles
Neil Gorman got his first ride in a general aviation aircraft through our Young Eagles program — headset…
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First Flight, Full Smile: Natalia Takes to the Sky as a Young Eagle
On a clear August afternoon at Gilbert Field, Natalia climbed into a Mooney for her first flight as…
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Behind the Walkaround: Eduardo Guerra on Life as an International Line Mechanic
Delta A&P Eduardo Guerra walked Chapter 229 through BITE checks, MELs, ETOPS, and a few unforgettable turkey vulture…
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Fifty Years Aloft: Norm Isler and Dave Hurd Earn the FAA’s Highest Pilot Honor
Two of our own — Norm Isler and Dave Hurd — received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award,…
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Twenty-Four Thousand Hours and the ABCs of an Engine That Quits
Richard Belford — CFI-I, MEI, former FAA DPE — walked us through six engine failures across his career…
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Inside Bartow’s Remote Digital Tower: The Future of ATC Is Already Here
EAA Chapter 229 toured Bartow Municipal Airport’s Remote Digital Tower facility — a live test of the technology…
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Vero Beach to Panama in a Piper Tomahawk or Bust in 1978!
Robert Taylor flew a Piper Tomahawk from Florida to Panama five times with no GPS, no raft, and…