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August Meeting -
Flight Deck Restaurant - 8/15/2015
Our
August meeting was held at the Flight Deck restaurant on 8/15/2015
in Lexington, SC.
This meeting was different than most in that members could order
what they wanted from a menu with aviation oriented themes. We had 23
members and 25 guests in attendance today. Two new members joined
the chapter also: David Smith and Tony Urbano. The local BMW club also
joined us for lunch. Owner, Ted Stambolitis, hosted the meeting and
complimented the pilots in attendance after the meal. For photos
from Eddie Price, click the thumbnail above.
July Meeting -
Pelion Airport - 7/19/2015
Our July
meeting was held at Pelion Airport (6J0) on July 19, 2015. It was a
beautiful day until later in the day when the weather began to
deteriorate. Several members had flown to the morning breakfast at
Triple Tree Aerodrome earlier, and then flew to Pelion Airport for
our chapter meeting. We had 23 members, 6 guests, and 7 airplanes in
attendance. First, we enjoyed a meal of sub sandwiches, tea, soft drinks, chips,
banana pudding, and other desserts. Then, we enjoyed a presentation by
John Pipkin. John has commercial, instrument, CFII, and A&P ratings.
John is now retired, but he
was a professional pilot with much flying experience in various
types of aircraft and has worked as an FAA inspector during his
career. His presentation included video excerpts of his challenging
flying experiences in Liberia, Haiti, Alaska, as well as here in the
states. He has flown many missions for Mission Aviation Foundation (MAF)
and other religious organizations. He was in Haiti at the time of
the earthquake there in 2010, which killed around 300,000 people,
and narrowly escaped death himself. His adventures continue, as he
plans to go to Alaska later this year to work with a religious organization there. Thank you, John. For photos from
Eddie Price, click the thumbnail above.
"Young Eagles" Event -
Pelion Airport - 6/27/2015
After a
rather tenuous and slow start due to questionable weather, our chapter "Young
Eagles" event ultimately proved successful. We flew 21 kids today with lots of
support from EAA 1467 pilots/members and several members of EAA 242.
We believe more kids would have come had the weather been a bit
more favorable. Those who did come were rewarded with about a 20 minute
flight in the local Pelion/Swansea/Gaston area. Afterwards, the Lexington County Sheriff's Department
provided everyone attending a lunch of hot dogs.
Thanks to everyone who came and supported the event. A special
thanks goes to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department for
their cooperation, support and lunch and to EAA 242 pilot, Allen
Folger, for flying several kids. The
reward for all of us was the big smiles on the faces of those kids. For photos from Eddie Price from the
event, click the thumbnail above.
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