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  1. August 2022 · Member Stories

    Another Slow and Low Trip to Oshkosh 2022

    We eventually made our way to Hot Springs SD KSHR to spend the night, sleeping bags rolled out in the pilot FBO lounge with air conditioning and a courtesy car, yes!

    By David Orr

  2. August 2022 · Safety and Training

    Update on DART & CERT Training Exercise July 9th

    Michael Sanford, left, assists pilot Ray Ballantyne of Sequim as he loads a cargo of bottled water and food into Ballantyne’s aircraft DART volunteer pilot Ray Ballantyne of Sequim prepares his airplane for a training...

  3. August 2022 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Gathering Minutes July 30, 2022

    Meeting social and sign-in 0930 - Chapter Vice President Rick Vaux, standing in for President Ray Ballantyne, called the Membership Gathering to order at 1001 in Bud Davies’ Sequim Valley hanger #15.

  4. July 2022 · President's Column

    From the Left Seat

    Summer has finally arrived and the flying season is in full bloom. The clouds parted enough in June so that Lisa and I participated in the Stehekin Airport work day.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  5. July 2022 · Fly-Outs

    Hello Pilots and Friends

    Some of this month’s best weather days are just ahead. What an opportunity to visit the airports on the poker run list (Orcas Island, Lopez, Mears Field, Darrington and Eisenburg)!

    By Barry Halsted

  6. July 2022 · Presentations

    The July 30th Presenter Will Be Ned Floeter

    My presentation will center around survival and preparedness. My expertise is training high risk personnel in survival for 33 years.

  7. July 2022 · Chapter Events

    EAA Work Party Laying Bricks for Paving the Way to the Future Recognition Patio

    Thanks to Harry, Richard, Ray, Barry, Ken, Dave for their labor of love. Good job guys!

  8. July 2022 · New Members and Milestones

    Welcome New Member Jesse Nichol

    I've been a student in the area for a while now and I'm still working on getting my license.

  9. July 2022 · Getting to Know You

    Getting to Know Keith Kretschmer

    Keith has been a pilot since 1952 when he was a senior in high school. He grew up in Omaha Nebraska and graduated from Wentworth Military Academy and the University of Nebraska, where he flew a Piper Super-cruiser.

  10. July 2022 · Young Eagles

    Young Eagle Rally July 16, 2022

    Paige Biss, 13-year-old Civil Air Patrol Cadet, was our 4,000th Young Eagle. Her EAA pilot was Gordon Tubesing (also a United Flying Octogenarian).

  11. July 2022 · Safety and Training

    DART & CERT Training Exercise

    Photos from the Disaster Airlift Response Team (DART) and CERT training exercise on July 9th at Sequim Valley Airport.

  12. July 2022 · Aviation From My Rocking Chair

    Aviation From My Rocking Chair: A Healthy Fan Up Front Is a Good Thing

    Howdy, troopers. Welcome to another installation of “Ricks Playground” (none of this airplane stuff qualifies as work!) This month let’s discuss composite propellers; including their operating stresses, advantages, and...

    By Rick Vaux

  13. July 2022 · Fly-Outs

    June Fly-Out to Orcas Island

    Today’s picnic flyout to Orcas Island was attended by Jeff Smith and Richard Howell (in Jeff’s RV8A), Dave Gardner (Stinson), Harry Cook (Piper Pacer), Colette Miller (Citabria), Ginny Wilken (C-172), and Barry/Tracy...

  14. July 2022 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Gathering Minutes June 25, 2022

    Meeting social and sign-in 0930 Chapter Secretary Richard Howell, standing in for President Ray Ballantyne, called the Membership Gathering to order at 1000 in Bud Davies’ Sequim Valley hanger #15.

  15. June 2022 · President's Column

    From the Left Seat

    It’s hard to believe it’s already June and we’re still waiting for Summer. But EAA430 is ripping through our year of events.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  16. June 2022 · News and Announcements

    Ray’s Note on the GlaStar Fly-In

    I plan to fly to the GlaStar fly-in at Smiley Creek, ID on the last weekend of June, which will mean I will be gone for the June Gathering.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  17. June 2022 · Member Stories

    Sam Davies Shares His Local History

    and the history of Big Andy airstrip west of Port Angeles at the EAA 430 Gathering on May 28, 2022.

  18. June 2022 · Presentations

    Bruce Burris, Presenter for June 25, 2022 Gathering

    The solo-shirt tail photo was at Troutdale OR airport July 18, 1963. The instructor’s name is Mike Forsyth and he still flies today at 85 years old.

  19. June 2022 · Safety and Training

    Flying Start Program

    We had nine people attend our first Flying Start program on May 28, 2022 at CLM conference room.

    By Ray Ballantyne

  20. June 2022 · Getting to Know You

    Getting to Know John Meyers

    Editor’s Note: John wrote Airplanes R Us in the monthly EAA newsletter from December 2018—May 2020.