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  1. August 2017 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

    Jim Rosenburgh presided (President in Alaska on a family matter)

  2. July 2017 · President's Column

    A Little Hangar Flying: July the Month of Fly Ins

    Boy, I tell ya, the summer is just here and the Fly ins are all over the Northwest. Not only here but all over the USA.

    By Mike Radford

  3. July 2017 · Scholarships

    Scholarship Student Update

    Our Scholarship recipient, Seth Mulhausen has just finished his Commercial Pilot course and flight check.

    By Dave Miller

  4. July 2017 · Builders and Projects

    Traveling Tool Kit: What Do You Carry in Your Airplane?

    It’s a well-known fact: Most mechanical problems occur between Friday night and Sunday afternoon when you’re hundreds of miles from home base.

    By Mike Busch

  5. July 2017 · News and Announcements

    Washington Aviation Specialty License Plate Now Available

    The new Washington Aviation Specialty License Plate is available for purchase beginning July 23, 2017.

  6. July 2017 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

    Introduction of Guests. - Peter Morton (speaker)

  7. June 2017 · President's Column

    A Little Hangar Flying: Decisions, Decisions!

    I got to fly to a river strip up in the Alaska Wilderness. Of course everything five minutes out of Anchorage is wilderness.

    By Mike Radford

  8. June 2017 · Scholarships

    Scholarship Student Update

    Our Scholarship recipient, Seth Mulhausen, has finished his sophomore year at Rocky Mountain College.

    By Dave Miller

  9. June 2017 · Young Eagles

    2017 Young Eagle Update

    Chapter 430 has executed two successful Young Eagle Rallies this season (May 20 and June 17).

    By John Meyers

  10. June 2017 · Builders and Projects

    Savvy Maintenance: The Rotax 912 Is Delightfully Different

    The past 20 years may have yielded more outside-the-box ideas than any other comparable period in history.

    By Mike Busch

  11. June 2017 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

    Introduction of Guests. Tracy Boulton, Rebecca Andros. New members: Chris Widden from Forks has a PA-12 clone

  12. May 2017 · President's Column

    A Little Hangar Flying: If It Flies, and First Potluck of the Season!

    Spring has sprung. Guys and gals are getting out and flying their air machines. The local balloon will be making morning flights over the farm land soon.

    By Mike Radford

  13. May 2017 · News and Announcements

    Charlie King’s Miter Saw

    EAA 430 member Charlie King was being his usual generous self and lent his miter saw to somebody, but now Charlie can’t recall who it was.

  14. May 2017 · News and Announcements

    Fly to the Total Solar Eclipse

    On August 21st Madras, OR will be in the path of the total solar eclipse. The eclipse event starts 0900 local, and ends at 1140.

  15. May 2017 · Builders and Projects

    Savvy Maintenance: Borescope Ascendancy

    The differential compression check has been a mainstay of piston aircraft engine maintenance for 80 years.

    By Mike Busch

  16. May 2017 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

    Introduction of Guests. We had 6 guests introduced by members.

  17. April 2017 · President's Column

    A Little Hangar Flying: Hats, Jackets and Landings

    This month update will be somewhat short as I am busy with getting honey bees to clients that are as excited as a 6-year-old on their first flight.

    By Mike Radford

  18. April 2017 · Member Stories

    W28 Night Light, Revived

    Rotating beacons at airports have been a fixture of the aviation landscape since the 1930’s, and in those early days they were a critical nav aid for both cross country and airport approach navigation.

    By Dan Masys

  19. April 2017 · Builders and Projects

    Why Change the Oil?

    From AOPA blog 2/24/2017 by Mike Busch Continental and Lycoming tell us that we must change the oil in our engines every 50 hours or 4-6 months, whichever comes first—and that’s if we have a full-flow oil filter...

    By Mike Busch

  20. April 2017 · Meeting Minutes

    EAA Chapter 430 Membership Meeting Minutes

    The Pledge of Allegiance - Introduction of Guests