THE MAY MEETING WILL BE AT DOWNTOWN ISLAND AIRPORT When we meet again in May, we will meet at the Knoxville Downtown Island Airport (DKX) on the first Monday in May. Again we will meet at 6:30 PM for some social gathering and will begin the mee ng at 7:00 PM. This will be a
Alex Shore is stepping down after 3 years as our Treasurer. Alex is still going to finish up the tax work with the IRS, but will turn over the normal duties to John Haynes ASAP. He has been working to update some chapter legal requirements to keep our government papers up to date to retain
While at the Second Saturday Omelet Breakfast at Madisonville (MNV) it was announced that CLYDE MULLINS has been appointed by Mayor Yates as Chairman of the Monroe County Airport Board. Mr. Mullins runs the airport maintenance shop at Madisonville, and having an experienced airport representative on the city council is an advantage for the aviation
Members of the Tennessee Aviation Museum meet to discuss adding Kiffin Rockwell to Hall Professor Marc McClure, Jules Bernard and Jeff Sardella from the TENNESSEE MUSEUM OF AVIATION met to discuss adding World War One Tennessee Volunteer Kiffin Rockwell to the TENNESSEE AVIATION HALL OF FAME. Kiffin Yates Rockwell was born in Newport Tennessee and
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. T he EAA Tri-Motor arrived from Manassas, Virginia, with Pilots Cody Welch and Bob Siegfried to fly passengers in Knoxville with Chapter 17 providing support. On Saturday, we had
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 have perfected the YE program and streamlined the process with printed forms and tickets to keep track of the many youngsters and the pilots that
Builders to present projects at June meeting NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY June 6, 2016 Come early to visit and the meeting starts at 7 P.M. The June meeting is planned as a Builders Meeting. EAA is about building and restoring. We will have two builders each spending about 15 minutes to tell their story, Jim Pearce will talk about his
After our president gave his inspirational presentation at the May meeting, the chapter officers met to explore some options for creating a plan to keep our chapter solvent and growing. Everybody has made some significant insights and we need to make a 5 or 10 year plan. The primary objective is to keep our chapter solvent
THE SWIFT M– USEUM FOUNDATION OFFERS A CHANCE TO WIN $30,000 CREDIT Foundation offers opportunity to win credit toward either a Continental or Lycoming engine. Make a $100 tax deductible donation for a chance to win. A cash option of $20,000 will be available to the grand prize winner in lieu of engine, if desired. Second
BEECH TALK FLY-IN AT DOWNTOWN ISLAND Max Grogan hosted another BEECH Fly In on Saturday May 21st at the Knoxville Downtown Island Airport. Weather was windy and clear below 1700 feet but required IFR for those traveling over any high terrain, but I was able to sneak in at pattern altitude. Tyson was talking to numerous