by J. Rion Bourgeois
Breakfast Report
We served 213 at the July breakfast and 241 at the August breakfast. The weather was good and we cooked three pots of grits at each breakfast. Contact Cliff Gerber at breakfast@eaa105.org if you want to volunteer as a regular or just for the next breakfast as needed. We flew Young Eagles after the breakfasts. The next breakfast Saturday, September 7, 2024, after which will be the final regularly scheduled Young Eagle event for the year at Hangar G1.
Monthly Chapter Meeting
The program for the regular second Thursday of the month chapter meeting on Thursday July 11, 2024 was a presentation and demonstration of the capabilities of the chapter’s 3D printer by Ken Howe and Chad Koehnen. It is part of the chapter tool crib, and can be used under their supervision. This month’s chapter meeting this Thursday August 8, 2024 will be a visit to Jeff Axel’s home at 10780 SW Hawthorne Lane, Portland OR 97225 to visit his AirCam project. A map and further details are on the calendar page of the chapter website. Parking is limited, so car pool if possible. As usual, supper is at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Poker Run
Our annual Poker Run scheduled for Saturday, June 15, 2024, was cancelled due to weather. It has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 14, 2024. Pilots and their passengers can register and pay their entry fee and draw their first card at the FBO office at Lenhardt’s Airpark (7S9) from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. If they are late, they can draw a card at the Whiskey Hill Store a block to the south and pay their entry fees at the white elephant awards presentation at the end of the run at Hangar G-1 at Twin Oaks Airpark. Each player can pull another card from the dealer at each of the following locations in any order: Starduster Café at Independence State Airport (7S5), Corvallis Aero at Corvallis Airport (KCVO), Potcake Aviation at McMinnville Airport (KMMV), Randall Henderson’s hangar at Seaside Municipal Airport (56S), and hangar G1 at Twin Oaks Airpark . Desert will be served at 4:00 p.m. in hangar G1 at Twin Oaks Airpark, and the white elephant prize selection/swap will follow. Participants are requested to bring a wrapped prize for the white elephant event.
Upcoming Fly-outs
The chapter’s fly-out committee has scheduled a couple of flyouts. The first is Saturday, August 17, 2024 to the weekly burger lunch at the FBO at Newport Municipal Airport (KONP). The chapter will serve coffee and donuts at 9:00 a.m. in hangar G1 at Twin Oaks Airpark. The second is Sunday, September 22, 2024 to the annual Gillette Field (OR51) Chicken Dinner Fly-in and Drive-In near Scio, Oregon. Lots of antique and classic car owners drive in and display their cars, so there is lots to see. The food is available for lunch, so the chapter will serve coffee and donuts at 9::00 a.m. in hangar G1 at Twin Oaks Airpark.
Work Party, August 11, 2024
There will be a work party to reorganize the workspace in the chapter’s Hangar G1 at Twin Oaks on Sunday, August 11, 2024 from 10:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., with a barbeque lunch. Please come out and help.