Ford Tri-Motor Visits Knoxville
We are proud to have hosted the Ford Tri-Motor last week at Downtown Island Airport in Knoxville. Here’s a gallery of images taken by our members. The EAA Tri-Motor arrived […]
Marvin & Sandy McGraw take over Young Eagles duties
After many years and many successful Young Eagles events, our team of Gordon and Karen Meyer has asked to step down and let someone else take over. Gordon and Karen […]
Message from the President
June has gone down as another good month for our members where lots of aviation activities took place, from fly-ins, to ADS-B seminars. We still need to get more members […]
KMAA Air Show at McGhee Tyson April 15-16
Our EAA chapter will be providing help during the set up before the Smoky Mountain KMAA Air Show as well as the weekend event. Over fifty volunteers have stepped forward to […]
Message from National EAA
EAA FIGHT ON ATC PRIVATIZATION MOVES TO FULL HO– USE Your help needed soon on this bad deal for grassroots aviation The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday […]
Chapt. 17 Members Visit RAM’s New Airport
Members of Chapter 17 visited the Remote Area Medical’s newly-purchased airstrip in East Tennessee this week. EAA Chapter 17 Young Eagle volunteers met with Remote Area Medical volunteers as part […]
60th Anniversary Celebration
EAA Chapter 17 members gather at Sky Ranch Airport to honor its history (Click any image below to launch a lightbox viewer)
Student Pilot Certificate rule changes
Student Pilot Certificate — not a note from your doctor any more The FAA published an update to its student pilot certificate application process in the Federal Register 12 JAN 2016 […]
January Meeting Hosted by MKAA
Trevis Gardner of Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority talked about the Smoky Mountain Air Show coming to the McGhee Tyson airport in April. We were invited to hear the behind the scene […]
Secretary’s Report
January 4, 2016 | Chapter 17 Meeting There was no business meeting conducted. The purpose of the January Chapter 17 Meeting was to learn about the upcoming Smoky Mountain Air Show, […]