EAA Chapter 229
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Stories, tips, and updates from the flight line at KGIF.
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Inside Bartow’s Remote Digital Tower: The Future of ATC Is Already Here
Read Article →: Inside Bartow’s Remote Digital Tower: The Future of ATC Is Already HereEAA Chapter 229 toured Bartow Municipal Airport’s Remote Digital Tower facility — a live test of the technology headed to our home airport at KGIF by April 2027.
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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,…
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March 2026 Meeting Recap: Big Chapter News and a Builder’s Story Worth Hearing
Chapter 229 is pursuing 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, Dave Hurd presented his Glasair II SL build, and Sun-n-Fun volunteers…