EAA Chapter 229
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First Flight, Full Smile: Natalia Takes to the Sky as a Young Eagle
Read Article →: First Flight, Full Smile: Natalia Takes to the Sky as a Young EagleOn a clear August afternoon at Gilbert Field, Natalia climbed into a Mooney for her first flight as an EAA Chapter 229 Young Eagle.
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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…
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Nine Days on the Ramp: EAA Chapter 229 at Sun ’n Fun 2026
Our members spent nine days at Sun ’n Fun 2026 in Lakeland selling tie-downs, working the flight lines,…
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Dog Legs to Alabama: How Steve & Angie Are Saving Shelter Dogs, One Flight at a Time
Seventeen puppies. One 1970 Cessna 182. Two and a half hours each way. That’s the math behind one…
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Order Placed at Oshkosh ’91: Dave Hurd’s Twenty-Two-Year Glasair Build
Dave Hurd ordered his Glasair II SL kit at Oshkosh in 1991. Twenty-one years and eleven months later,…
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Ordered at Oshkosh, Built in Okeechobee: Norm Isler’s ELA Eclipse Evo
Chapter Vice President Norm Isler walked AirVenture 2024 looking for a gyroplane. A year and 100 hours later,…