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  1. July 2020 · Builders and Projects

    Paul Kuntz’s Pipistrel Sinus 912

    David LeRoux submitted this photo and note to the Pulse of Aviation (General Aviation News)

  2. July 2020 · Builders and Projects

    Project Update

    My project is a high-wing Fisher Super-Koala on conventional gear. While I haven't a clue why the designer named his creation after a small animal that lives in a tree, I can still take comfort that the plane's basic...

    By Lee Does

  3. July 2020 · Fly-Outs

    A Fun Day in Concrete

    Photos from a chapter day in Concrete: a group at the airport sign and lunch at outdoor tables.

  4. June 2020 · President's Column

    Chapter Chatter

    June is the month that signals summer; however, in the PNW, July 5th is typically our first day of summer.

    By Ken Brown

  5. June 2020 · Builders and Projects

    RV-12 Project Update

    My wife gave me an anniversary card that read, “They say love is blind. But marriage… now there’s an eye opener!

    By Dave Moffitt

  6. June 2020 · Getting to Know You

    Getting to Know Emily Westcott (Woman Aviator)

    GETTING TO KNOW EMILY WESTCOTT (WOMAN AVIATOR) Emily Westcott, volunteer extraordinaire, first became interested in flying when, after making several many-hour trips to Orcas Island to visit friends, she chartered a...

  7. May 2020 · President's Column

    Chapter Chatter

    The question this month is all about our EAA chapter. Do we want to be A PERSON OF INCLUSION Versus One who supports separation, disconnection, isolation, remoteness, indifference and exclusion?

    By Ken Brown

  8. May 2020 · Member Stories

    Airplanes R Us: Airplanes I Have Known (Transport Category), Part 2

    In 1983, my employer, United Airlines, was on the cusp of becoming an international air carrier.

    By John Meyers

  9. May 2020 · Builders and Projects

    Sling 2 Project Update

    My Sling 2 E/A-B quick-build project has been progressing in slow, but deliberate steps. The end of the structural metalwork is almost in sight.

    By Richard Howell

  10. May 2020 · Member Stories

    Dave Woodcock’s Piper 1944 L-4H

    I am very proud to be the owner of Piper L-4H, N9217H (43-30430), a veteran of WWII in Europe.

  11. May 2020 · News and Announcements

    EAA Chapter Member Survey Summary

    A few months ago, a survey was sent to all EAA chapters. The following is a brief summary of the questions asked and the answers given for Chapter 430.

  12. April 2020 · President's Column

    Chapter Chatter

    Here we are in April. Normally this would be the time we are setting out an active flying agenda, event planning and preparing for a busy summer Instead, we are talking to friends from a distance of 6 feet, and being...

    By Ken Brown

  13. April 2020 · New Members and Milestones

    Welcome New EAA 430 Member: John “Wally” Wallace

    The reason I’ve joined EAA Chapter 430 is to find a potential aircraft ownership partner (s) in a light sport two seater.

  14. April 2020 · Member Stories

    Airplanes R Us: Airplanes I Have Known (Transport Category), Part 1

    I have searched some old photos and came up with these images of an “exotic” airplane that I “flew.”

    By John Meyers

  15. April 2020 · From the Editor

    Women in Aviation: From the Editor

    According to a Women in Aviation International (WAI) study, there are gender gaps, not only in the pilot population but throughout the aviation workforce, with women accounting for less than 10 percent in key roles.

    By Mary (Skip) Brown

  16. April 2020 · Getting to Know You

    Woman Aviator Rachel Sallee

    My love affair with aviation started right here among EAA Chapter 430’s ranks. As a young impressionable thirteen-year-old, I was offered a first flight birthday gift by dear family friends, Ken and Mary Brown.

  17. April 2020 · Getting to Know You

    Woman Aviator Renee Brilhante

    I want to forewarn the future pilot: You will find challenges, disappointing times, and you will find yourself choosing routes that you did not expect.

  18. March 2020 · President's Column

    Chapter Chatter

    March… “Beware the ides of March” (the time of bad luck) as referenced by Shakespeare in his play “Julius Caesar” about the assassination of Julius Caesar circa 44BC.

    By Ken Brown

  19. March 2020 · New Members and Milestones

    Al Gross

    Aviation interests, full scale and model aviation all forms. Latest is FPV, first pilot view piloting models and drones on board as if in the aircraft.

  20. March 2020 · Builders and Projects

    Project Update: Building a Sling 2 Experimental Aircraft

    Building a Sling 2 Experimental Aircraft First Project: Building my metal workshop with Mary Ann from a custom kit .