Author Archives: Cliff Gerber

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Airway Science for Kids has many programs

   
Fall 2022 Events & Opportunities Update  
There will be a chance to sign up for our fall programs and competitive teams as well as meet some of the organizations that will be joining us.  
Are you a company looking for employees or an Aviation organization that wants to spread the word about what you do? Join us as a vendor! Register here (it’s free!).
 
ACCESS   (Aerospace College & Career Exploration and Selection Series)
Interested in Learning about Aerospace Careers? Join us for ACCESS.   ACCESS Phase I is a 10-hour self-guided introduction to careers in Aviation, Drones, Robotics, Commercial Space, and the Solar System. Over the course of 3 months, we also meet in person 3 times to hear from industry professionals about their careers. Join us for our October Cohort, starting Oct. 13, and receive a $100 Visa Gift Card at each in-person meeting!

ACCESS Phase I is limited to 15 participants. Apply now!
Have you completed ACCESS Phase I or are you participating in TeenFlight? If so, you are eligible for ACCESS Phase II.

Our first course is for people interested in learning to fly.
Sign up for our Ground School starting October 13th.

If you haven’t had a Young Eagles Flight please let us know at info@airsci.org  
 
  Interested in our next TeenFlight plan build program? We are taking applications for the next program which will be in the Fall of 2023.

Interested? Please email us at info@airsci.org
 
Planes and Pancakes!
The EAA-105 Chapter sponsors a monthly pancake breakfast, open to everyone! It’s on the first Saturday of every month at Twin Oaks Airpark. The event begins at 8:00 am (breakfast is served until 10). Begun by the Chapter in 1994 to raise funds for the construction of a hangar, our monthly breakfast has become a local tradition. Folks from all over the Northwest come by car and by air to enjoy our breakfast, walk the flight line, and talk airplanes. When good weather prevails it’s common to have over thirty aircraft fly in including a heavy contingency of RVs.
The menu is simple:  scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, strips of bacon or breakfast sausage, grits, orange juice, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate.
 
Airway Science for Kids Inc
3710 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, Oregon 97227
United States
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EAA105 Chapter Gathering – Thursday, September 8th at 7pm, at the Twin Oaks FBO hangar

(the same hangar as the 1st Saturday breakfast)

We are planning to have a special guest – Van’s Aircraft and the RV-15 Prototype aircraft.

You can see the official RV-15 videos on the Van’s RV-15 webpage.

We’ll likely have a large turnout for this gathering.

We typically have food/refreshments from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and ask for a small donation to cover food costs. The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. The plan is weather dependent. Some details are still being worked out. We will send an update if the above plan changes significantly.

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The next EAA105 Monthly Breakfast is on Saturday, October 1st, at Twin Oaks Airpark. Open to the public, serving from 8 to 10 am. $7/adult & $3/child

PLEASE VOLUNTEER! – CLICK THIS to SIGN UP ONLINE

Click this to learn more about the EAA105 Monthly Breakfast at Twin Oaks.

“Our breakfast is well thought of by the community around Twin Oaks. It really helps “just plain folks” to appreciate the pilots and flyers as a group. The workers finish the day with a real sense of accomplishment and a feeling of inclusion. I like to think this is a way I can contribute to the chapter without spending a lot doing it. The chapter has the breakfast machine well-oiled. Last month we did 200 breakfasts and we had the hangar cleaned up better than new by about 10:30. I’m penciled in as a shift supervisor for ALL the breakfasts. It can actually be fun to work with your friends and get things done! All while helping pay for our chapter expenses and adding to the EAA105 flight scholarships.”

– Bill Jepson

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Celebration of life for Amy and Dennis Jackson

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Dear chapter members, There will be a celebration of life for Amy and Dennis Jackson on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Salem Convention Center, 200 Commercial St SE, Salem, OR 97301. You can leave memories, or send flowers by visiting the announcement on Dignity Memorial’s website. The following photo and eulogy were provided by Brent Anderson On August 21, 2021, Denny Jackson and his wife Amy were out flying his RV-8 in the local area near Scio, Oregon where some of Denny’s relatives live. There was an accident and the plane went down in a field. Denny was pronounced dead at the scene. Amy survived the crash with life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a Salem hospital. She succumbed to her injuries later in the day. This news link contains the basic facts. More will be known as the NTSB does its investigation. I (Brent Anderson) came to be friends with Denny through our membership in EAA Chapter 105 around 1990. During the 90’s we both built RV-4s as did a few other chapter members. He finished his first and logged many enjoyable hours in it. When the RV-8 was introduced, Denny decided to build one, which he completed in 2004. He sold his RV-4 and flew the RV-8 exclusively from that point on up until the accident on August 21, 2022. Denny was an avid supporter of chapter activities and events throughout the duration of his chapter membership. He flew a total of 120 young eagles. He was a regular attendee and volunteer worker in chapter breakfasts, often bringing Amy with him. He made a number of trips to Airventure. He and I flew together with a few other chapter members on a couple of these trips. Denny was an outspoken champion of the American spirit of liberty and freedom in his thinking and in his activities. He was relentless in uncovering and sharing the real truths about important issues of our time and distributed his writings via email. I enjoyed having many discussions with him on broad-ranging topics over the years. Denny was a man of strong convictions, but also very kind and generous to his family and friends. He was a lover of animals, especially dogs, and was often seen with one around the grounds of his home at the Independence Airpark. We will greatly miss Denny and Amy. Our hearts go out to their families as they grieve the loss of their loved ones.