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  1. October 2022 · New Members and Milestones

    Welcome New Member Jim Westfall

    My name is Jim and here is a little blurb about me: I am currently flying a 1947 Aeronca Champ and have a private pilots license with tailwheel, complex and high performance endorsements.

  2. October 2022 · News and Announcements

    W28 Runway Paving Is Complete

    We are pleased to announce that paving and painting are now complete on the runway at Sequim Valley Airport.

  3. October 2022 · Fly-Outs

    September Flyout to Harvey Field

    Following all the month’s planning changes, we had a very nice flyout to Harvey Field in September.uzz Inn always has good food and our fliers all reported a nice time on their flight there on the 20th.

    By Barry Halsted

  4. October 2022 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Gathering September 24, 2022

    Meeting social and sign-in 0930. - Chapter President Ray Ballantyne called the Membership Gathering to order at 1009 in Bud Davies’ Sequim Valley hanger #15.

    By Richard Howell

  5. September 2022 · President's Column

    From the Left Seat

    This month I would like to highlight some of the great work that the EAA430 Board of Directors has been doing for you and the organization.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  6. September 2022 · News and Announcements

    The Recognition Plaza Is Filling In

    The Recognition Plaza is filling in. There is more space for you to add your brick to the layout.

  7. September 2022 · New Members and Milestones

    Welcome New Member Carl Peecher

    I live near Diamond Point airport and currently own two aircraft, a 1967 Cessna 150G and a 1999 GlaStar.

  8. September 2022 · Getting to Know You

    Getting to Know Gordon Tubesing

    As an eight-year-old, Gordon started making model airplanes, sparking his interest in flying.

  9. September 2022 · Builders and Projects

    RV-10 Update

    Hi all. Still plugging away on my RV-10 project. Right now I’m finishing up a lot of the fuselage interior pieces that close things out.

    By Rick Stoffel

  10. September 2022 · Young Eagles

    Young Eagle Rally August 20 @ Jefferson County Airport

    In spite of the late start due to weather, 7 pilots flew 31 kids! 74% of the YE’s were taking their first flight.

  11. September 2022 · Aviation From My Rocking Chair

    Aviation From My Rocking Chair: What Does ‘Pickling’ Have to Do with Airplanes?

    Howdy to the gang at Chapter 430. This month I’d like to write a little about engine preservation or ‘pickling’ during extended storage.

    By Rick Vaux

  12. September 2022 · Fly-Outs

    Fly-Out to Roche Harbor August 24, 2022

    The flyout to Roche Harbor was a lot of fun. Attending were Keith and Adine Kretschmer, Ken and Skip Brown, Cecelia Aragon, John Ward, and Barry and Tracy Halsted.

  13. September 2022 · Fly-Outs

    UFO Fly-In @ Friday Harbor September 7, 2022

    Forty pilots, partners and friends flew into Friday Harbor for a UFO (United Flying Octogenarians) Regional meeting.

  14. August 2022 · President's Column

    From the Left Seat

    Wow! July provided some great weather to aviate. Thanks, Barry, for putting on the poker run this year.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  15. August 2022 · Fly-Outs

    Flyout to Port Townsend’s Spruce Goose

    July 27th flyout to Port Townsend may have set a record. The Spruce Goose restaurant was able to provide room for one long table to get all 21 of us seated together!

  16. August 2022 · New Members and Milestones

    Welcome New Members

    My name is Kevin Tracy, my wife's name is Charlene. We live in Solmar, right on the Lake. My interest in aviation has been life long.

  17. August 2022 · Getting to Know You

    Getting to Know Jim Bettcher

    Unlike some others, I didn't have more than a passing interest in flying when I was young.

  18. August 2022 · Aviation From My Rocking Chair

    Aviation From My Rocking Chair: Wood, You Say?

    Greetings again, Troopers. As you may have noticed in last month’s column, I completely avoided writing about Wood propellers.

    By Rick Vaux

  19. August 2022 · Builders and Projects

    Denney Kitfox

    The Denney Kitfox is a small side-by-side, two-seat, high-wing, single engine kit aircraft, designed and originally manufactured by Dan Denney and his company Denney Aerocraft of Boise, Idaho.

  20. August 2022 · Member Stories

    Oshkosh 2022!

    I flew a quick trip to the show. I had not been in 12 years so it was about time. Got the RV-4 ready with the majority of my condition inspection complete a month early, then did a decent polish job in order to make the...

    By Rick Stoffel