EAA Chapter 430 Newsletter, June 2025

EAA 430 FLYER Serving Northern Olympic Peninsula JUNE 2025 From the Left Seat With President Ray Ballantyne What great flying weather we’ve had! I hope you’re out commi8ng avia9on during these nice days. If not, I hope you’re doing what you can to soar above the horizon soon. The first chapter Young Eagle rally will be in the books by the 9me you read this. I trust we impacted a lot of youth*. The coolest thing is one of our former Young Eagles and recent Ray founda9on scholar is joining us as our newest young Eagle pilot. Way to go Gunner Rogers! Another young eagle graduate giving rides is Aiden Lara. And watch out for our current Ray scholar, Jazmin Stamper who has started her flight training. We had a very successful fundraising dinner, and the building commiNee is back to nego9a9ng land leases at either W28 or KCLM. More to come. My son Dan flew his Sportsman up from Dallas recently and we’ve enjoyed flying to FHR, TIW, and RNT.He’s also been very helpful fixing my new avionics woes. We recently shot the RNAV – GPS RWY27 approach at Pt Angeles and watched the autopilot do the whole thing including ver9cal naviga9on. It’s preNy amazing. Now it’s 9me to go camping in the mountains. I’ll miss you at the June Gathering as I’ll be in the Idaho backcountry. Wishing you blue skies and tailwinds! We sure did - over 50 took flight on Young Eagles Day!! Sincere thanks to all volunteers and pilots!! You make a difference!

Page 2 EAA 430 Flyer IN THIS ISSUE From the Left Seat (Ray Ballantyne) Calendar of Events June Young Eagles For Sale Aviation Art Summer Fun! June Fly-Out Minutes of March Gathering Board and Directors PAGE 1 2 2 2 3 4 5-6 7-8 9 BOD Meeting June 20 Mariners Cafe 0900 Next Gathering June 28 Hangar 15 W28 VMC/IMC July 9 Mariners Cafe 1900 BOD Meeting July 18 Mariners Cafe 0900 AirVenture KOSH July 21-27 See Page 4 For other upcoming Airshow Events We s]ll have a complete DreamClassic ultralight with a “0”]me Rotax 447 engine. $6,000. Contact Ernie Hansen ernesdhansen@gmail.com if interested. June’s Young Eagles Rally WAS A HUGE SUCCESS We flew 62 kids!!!! Weather was gorgeous for once and everyone had a great time. BIG THANKS to our 11 pilots including 3 from other chapters. Our Ray Scholar, Gunnar, was paying it forward too. He rented a plane from Citizen Air just to participate. Our hardworking ground volunteers kept things moving. NEXT EVENT - AUGUST 23 Watch for announcements in a few weeks.

Page 3 EAA 430 Flyer John Meyer assembled a group of EAA430 aviators who not only love avia9on, but they also love to make art. He led us through amazingly diverse selec9ons of artwork. John reached back to his early days and showed pain9ngs and posters from his early years all the way to the 3D aircrai panels he is crea9ng today. He also showed the Halsted Hangar mural that was painted by Mellisa Klein. ColleNe Miller (shown here) described her various portraits and the group pain9ng of fliers of Diamond Point. Joan Miller described her special quilt making process and techniques while demonstra9ng her beau9ful quilts. Tom Roorda displayed some of his airborne photographs that he has taken for the past 60 years of flying. AVIATION ART AT EAA 430

Page 4 EAA 430 Flyer SUMMER FUN https:// bremertonairshow .com/ 814 Casselary Rd , Port Townsend, WA, 98368 2025 Olympic Field Fly-In Sat, 21 Jun, 2025 at 12:00 pm Arlington Airport Hometown Fly-In Friday, July 11, Saturday July 12, and Sunday, July 13, 2025 Located on the east side of the Airport, near the Airport Office, 18204 59th Avenue NE.

June 10 Fly-Out to Tacoma Narrows I woke up to a sunny morning sky, perfect for our June flyout to Tacoma Narrows with a 12:15 lunch at The Hub restaurant. Seven people had advised they would par9cipate but the day was so gorgeous I advised the restaurant we would likely have ten or so arriving about 12:15. I sent out the e-mail confirming the flyout was on, and then another no9ng the airport’s Vintage Air Museum would be a great stop aier lunch. Then I found that the museum was open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Oh well. The flight was smooth and people in our group began arriving about 11:30. The Hub is located next to the tower and I had advised plenty of parking would be available right there. The first four aircrai parked without difficulty but more followed and the next row brought out personnel from the adjacent facility which apparently did not want people parking there; they had reserved that area for aircrai that might visit their business. I found out later that the tower told our guys trying to park there that such parking was not permiNed. And even more of our guys were arriving. Oh well. We shoved airplanes in places that required sequencing for taxiing aier lunch. In total twelve airplanes with 18 people aNended this flyout. So much for my asking the restaurant to plan on sea9ng for ten… They had set us a table. So we arrived and took photos and headed for food. ScoN Alair saw tables outside the restaurant and a quick change was made. The temperature was perfect, food was great and the service was excellent. The social aspect of these gatherings is a lot of fun and this day was excep9onal. We had members from EAA Chapter 430, two pilots from other areas who regularly join us, and neighbors and guests, too. ANending were Pat BarreN (from Bremerton), Ken Brown with his neighbor Clif, Dave Gardner with his wife Karen, Jeff Smith (who gave a ride to Sid Vandiver), Richard Howell with his friend Rob, ScoN Alair (who had offered to bring someone needing a ride but other rides had accommodated), Rick Stoffel, Harry Cook, Ray Ballantyne (with his son Dan). Tim Alen9ev came from the Norman Grier airport across the Sound brought a friend (Vinnie) who spends 9me working for Van’s Aircrai in Oregon and the Philippines. And me. I came with an empty seat which I offered but others had accommodated. Bud Davies arrived late having come from work. With lunch over three of us taxied down the field to the Avionics Shop (yup, that’s its name) for some transponder certs and other issues. As usual they provided excellent service and soon we were all on our way. Page 5 EAA 430 Flyer

Page 6 EAA 430 Flyer And a few more June Fly-Out Group Some of the many airplanes that were in our Fly-Out

Page 7 EAA 430 Flyer EAA Chapter 430 Membership Gathering Minutes May 31, 2025 ● Chapter President Ray Ballantyne called the Membership Gathering to order at 1000, hangar #15 at Sequim Valley Airport. ● Ray led The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag with 42 members and 1 guest aNending. ● Ray led thank-you’s and applause for our hospitality directors - Charlene and Kevin Tracy and our other volunteers, including Joan Miller. ● April Gathering Minutes were approved as wriNen. ● Correspondence - EAA HQ, Port of PA (airport management), Sequim Valley Airport Board and local EAA Chapters. Old Business ● Treasury Tracy Halsted - (Ray) Our financial picture reflects funds of approximately $4800 for scholarship, $4400 opera9ng and now over $200,000 in our building fund. Our fundraiser dinner raised over $19,000. ● Membership Tracy Halsted - Paid membership now stands at 108. ● Fly-out Barry Halsted - Our May des9na9on was Harvey Field (S43), Snohomish WA with 8 aircrai. ● Rick Vaux Ultralights Dona9on - Ernie Hansen is con9nuing efforts to sell the The Dream Classic w/engine that has been moved to storage at Diamond Point. ● Scholarship Dave Miller - (Ray) Jazmin Stamper has been awarded the $12,000, 2025 EAA Ray Founda9on Avia9on Scholarship that she and Chapter EAA 430 applied for. o Nathan Nelson and Jazmin will be aNending EAA Avia9on Academy this summer. o Our 2024 Ray Founda9on Scholar - Gunner Rogers - spoke briefly about his ongoing studies at UND. Gunner has just recently achieved his Instrument Ra9ng and he expects to have his Commercial, Mul9-Engine and CFI ra9ngs by this 9me next year.

Page 8 EAA 430 Flyer EAA Chapter 430 Membership Gathering Minutes, Con’t ● Young Eagles Bud Davies - The June 14th event is scheduled at Sequim Valley Airport (W28). Pilots are needed!! 60 kids are registered to fly and we need enough pilots and planes to have a successful event. Pilots - please contact Bud or any chapter board member to sign up for this rewarding opportunity. o The July event has been canceled, as there are numerous avia9on ac9vi9es in our area that are also scheduled that same Saturday. August is s9ll scheduled and we may decide to ac9vate our alternate date in September. No decision on that yet. ● Flying Start Harry Cook - The May 17th event “wasn’t preNy, but it was effec9ve.” There were some AV issues (and Harry made the best of the situa9on). Ray Ballantyne and Richard Howell were able to fly 3 of the 6 aNendees, despite blustery condi9ons. Arrangements will be made to fly the remaining 3 aNendees. New Business ● Ground School Discussion Group - (Ray) the conference room is available at Port Angeles terminal building. And, we could also meet at someone’s home. A large show of hands by those who would like to aNend. Mee9ng dates TBA. ● Arlington Hometown Fly-In (July 11-13) - Ray recounted a bit of history for Arlington Fly-Ins. We’re an9cipa9ng free airplane camping and even the possibility of a free meal or two for aNendees. hNps:// www.arlingtonwa.gov/894/Hometown-Fly-In

Page 9 EAA 430 Flyer 2025 BOARD AND DIRECTORS Name Position Phone Ext. Email Address Ray Ballantyne Rick Vaux Richard Howell Tracy Halsted No Candidate Tracy Halsted Linda Priddle David Miller Bud Davies Harry Cook Rick Stoffel Andy Sallee Richard Howell Eric Peterson Barry Halsted Harry Cook Barry Halsted Ernie Hansen Rick Vaux Mike Niewiarowwicz 1 2 3 4 president@eaa430.org vicepresidenttt@eaa430.org secretary@eaa.org treasurer@eaa430.org programs@eaa430.org membership@eaa430.org newsletter@eaa430.org scholarship@eaa430.org youngeagles@eaa430.org vmc@eaa430.org toolcrib@eaa430.org webeditor@eaa430.org build-n-fly@eaa430.org communications@eaa430.org flyout@eaa430.org techhc@eaa430.org techbh@eaa430.org techeh@eaa430.org techrv@eaa430.org techmn@eaa430.org President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Class II Directors Programs Membership Newsletter Scholarship Young Eagles VMC/IMC Tool Crib Web Editor Build-n-Fly Communications Fly-Out Tech Advisor Tech Advisor Tech Advisor Tech Advisor Tech Advisor