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Experimental Aircraft Association

Chapter 468 South Atlanta

Peach State Aerodrome (GA2), Williamson, GA

http://peachstateaero.com/dotnetnuke

Richard Woodcock, President Jacob Biang, Vice President Harold Spivey, Secretary Terry Watkins, Treasurer

We Want You!

Are you a young person age 8 to 100?

Do you want to learn to build your own airplane?

Are you curious about how airplanes fly? Do you love aviation?

If so, you are invited to join us every 4^th Saturday at 10:00 a.m. for fellowship, presentations, learning opportunities, building assistance, “Hangar Flying”, and a warm welcome from each of our members.

Young Eagle Rallies

Our Chapter is devoted to encouraging in the youth of our community, an interest in aviation. We hold Young Eagle Rallies so young people can experience their first flight in a General Aviation aircraft. These rallies are usually held in April and October and include:

Ground School is where we provide a Safety Briefing, an overview of their flight and a Pre-Flight Classroom presentation covering the basic features of an aircraft and how they fly.

Pre-Flight Briefing presented by the Pilot assigned to them. They will receive specific instructions regarding safely boarding the aircraft they will fly in, as well as how to use the headset and seatbelts.

Flight Times lasting approximately 10-15 minutes and include 1 take-off and 1 landing.

An Official Young Eagle Flight Certificate signed by their pilot, a Young Eagles logbook with the flight entry, and free enrollment in Sporty's Pilot Shop's online ground school. They will also be registered in the EAA Young Eagle Flight Log Book, along with more than 1.5 million other young people who have participated in the program since it began in 1992.

An Official Young Eagle Flight Certificate signed by their pilot. They will also be registered in the EAA Young Eagle Flight Log Book, along with more than 1.4 million other young people who have participated in the program since it began in 1992.

EAA Air Academy Scholarship

Our fundraising efforts throughout the year allow us to sponsor the tuition costs of at least one young person, age 12-18 years old, for the EAA Air Academy in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, during the Airventure Fly-in held each July. Candidates names are submitted to the membership for consideration. If more than one candidate is nominated, the members present at the final submission meeting vote for their choice to receive the Scholarship. When funding has allowed, we have sponsored more than one candidate.

The Air Academy lasts 5-9 days and includes meals and lodging. Age appropriate classroom and shop projects will provide a fun-filled week of aviation knowledge and hands-on experience opportunities. Admission to the Airventure show for 3 days is also included in the tuition for the 16-18 year old attendees.

Technical Counselors and Flight Advisors

You will find offers of guidance and insight for those who wish to build and test fly their own Experimental Aircraft. Many of our members are pilots, builders, instructors and restorers who are committed to assisting others and sharing their wealth of knowledge and experience where needed for aircraft design and construction.

Pancake Breakfast

One thing is certain, pilots like to eat. Our Pancake Breakfasts are one of the fundraisers we hold during the year. Eggs, sausage, coffee or juice are included. Spring and Fall is our regular event schedule and we have a great time meeting new people from all around who drive or fly in for a hot breakfast.

Peach State Aerodrome and the Candler Field Museum are our benefactors and support our goals with total cooperation from the airport, the museum, and its members; and even our meetings are held in the museum library. The Museum itself displays a rotating collection of actively flying aircraft, and recreates the look and feel of Atlanta’s first major airport. They also schedule Fly-Ins several times each year, frequently themed around the 1930’s. Antique cars and aircraft are the Guests of Honor and you are invited to attend.

The restaurant located there, Barnstormers Grill, offers weekend visitors and $100.00 Hamburger flyers a warm satisfying meal (for much less than $100.00).

Come to our next meeting, Pancake Breakfast, Young Eagle Rally, or Fly-In and let us welcome you to our Chapter. There is something for everybody.

See You Soon!

Contact: Richard Woodcock, Stockbridge, GA

(770)-605-3818

EAA_468_president@charter.net

Harold Spivey, Thomaston, GA

(706) 601 7002 or (706) 647 3991

haroldespivey@windstream.net

Jacob Biang, Meansville ,GA

(770) 584 1291

JOB2332@aol.com

PRESIDENT’S WELCOME

Welcome to the EAA 468 website. We are glad you stopped by for a visit.

EAA South Atlanta Chapter 468 was formed in 1974 at Berry Hill Airport , Stockbridge, Georgia. We moved our chapter home to Peach State Aerodrome, Williamson, Georgia in April 2007. Peach State Aerodrome is the home of Candler Field Museum, has a traditional grass runway and fully supports the activities of Chapter 468. More information is available through the links above.

The members of the chapter support the National EAA Young Eagles Program, with rallies in the Spring and fall, and at other times, and also sponsors youngsters to the EAA Air Academy in Oshkosh. Regular and family membership is $20 per year, and we also have a Junior Membership for boys and girls age 10 through 17. This Junior Membership requires only a simple application with no annual dues. Funds are also raised at our events such as the Spring and Fall Pancake Breakfasts and are used primarily for our youth activities.

We have aircraft builders and restorers who are busy with their projects as well as all those interested in aviation at all levels. Our members enjoy assisting with the various flying events at Peach State Aerodrome and Candler field museum as volunteers. This is in the tradition of EAA members throughout the world. We have an Annual Picnic and Christmas Party as well occasional special events such as assisting with the annual Aircraft Spruce East Open House.

Our regular meetings are held at the Museum library at 10:00 AM on the 4th Saturday of each month, (except December), and everyone is welcome. Our Schedule of Events and Dates appears elsewhere in the website pages. We invite you to come visit with us at Peach State Aerodrome and enjoy an Airport Day.

Richard Woodcock, President
265 Helen Lane
Stockbridge;GA 30281

email; EAA_468_President@charter.net

cell: 770-605-3818

Fellow EAA 468 Members and Friends,

EAA CHAPTER 468 MEETING MINUTES 26JUN10

> 10am President Rich Woodcock started the meeting by asking Terry Watkins for the treasurers report.

> Terry recounted the details of our pancake breakfast and Aircraft Spruce event event incomes, and that all deposits had been made.

> Samantha Hutton and Brad Hatcher have finally gotten all requirements met for their Air Academy trips and will leave soon for Oshkosh.

> Young Eagle Coordinator, Bill Hutton, has been in contact with Major John Church regarding the proposed program to fly dependents of deployed soldiers. All information has been presented to his commander and we are awaiting his decision.

> Our Young Eagle rally was a huge success. We flew more than thirty youngsters, and had a dozen pilots working. Thanks to all of you, and especially to the ladies who "manned" the registration site on such a hot day. Some changes will be made in processing the youngsters and pilots before and after the flights so that there won't be congestion in the registration area.

> 17th July is the date set to fly the Warner Robbins Museum campers. Again, we have no exact numbers of participants.

> We've been asked to help the Boy Scouts earn their Aviation Merit Badge. The day is 11 September, and we will conduct classes related to airplane maintenance and flying. Ross Scroggs has experience and information needed to set up the program, so he will guide the preparations. More later.

> The library bookcases are finished and in place except for one smaller version that we have the materials to complete. Bob Lindley did an excellent job putting the finish on all the cases that are in the library.

> Don Arrington of Aircraft Spruce has donated a large filing cabinet for our records. It will be kept in the museum restoration shop so that we will have easy access to the files.

> Our annual picnic will be on August 21st. Still no decision on location at this posting.

> 28th of August is the Peach State Aerodrome Vintage Day event. We've been asked to supervise tha CAP cadets for automobile parking, and for our experienced people to work parking aircraft. Volunteers are needed for other jobs on that day, your work will be appreciated by the museum leaders.

> Welcome to Harry Joy. He's our newest member and lives in Jonesboro.

> 11am. Our newsletter editor and airline pilot, Dave Moffett, opened today's program about flying to England in today's air traffic environment. We should have made a video of the hour Dave used to give us a "behind the scenes" verbal tour of the history of navigation and the routes and procedures used today to allow safe flights to and from Europe. Such complex and crowded routes are modern marvels. Thanks, Dave.

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