by Matt Everett | Apr 2, 2016 | 2016-April Newsletter, News
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 offer support. After several notices were sent via email, it was discovered that the National...
by Matt Everett | Feb 13, 2016 | News
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 night narrowly approved HR 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform and...
by Matt Everett | Feb 11, 2016 | 2016-February Newsletter, News
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 of a safety briefing to inspect the runway and staging area in...
by Matt Everett | Feb 11, 2016 | News
EAA Chapter 17 members gather at Sky Ranch Airport to honor its history (Click any image below to launch a lightbox...
by Matt Everett | Feb 1, 2016 | 2016-February Newsletter, News
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 that includes major changes how the certificates are issued. Aviation Medical...
by Matt Everett | Feb 1, 2016 | 2016-February Newsletter, News
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 planning required to invite an estimated 160,000 – 200,000 spectators...
