Airworthiness Inspection & Certification Video

Chapter 17’s Technical Officer, Jim Auman, recently completed an airworthiness inspection and certification for one of our member’s homebuilt RV-14 aircraft.  Here’s a quick video of the certification process to help those who are about to go through...

How safe is safe?

So many times you watch a pilot approach his plane, make a big circle around the craft and within a two or three minute time frame, varoom, the engine roars to life. How important is your life and to the others that depend on you to be there for many years to come? So...

Young Eagles Event Update

2017 is a special year. It is the 25th anniversary of the EAA Young Eagles Program. This program is the perfect opportunity to inspire and educate the next generation about the possibilities of aviation and the joy of flight. Please consider volunteering to help EAA...
Ford Tri-Motor Visits Knoxville

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 from Manassas, Virginia, with Pilots Cody Welch and Bob Siegfried to fly passengers...