Hello Galt community, my name is Adam Varrassi and I’m one of the instructors at JB Aviation. I live in Twin Lakes with my wife of 9 years, Kristen, and our three awesome kids, AJ, Lukas, and Emersyn. My aviation journey has been a winding road. I completed my flight training and became a [...]
WHY 'N'? – Jeff Hill Sr. Have you ever been sitting around an airport checking our airplanes and have wondered how to decipher the origins and registration numbers on a specific airplane? There is a little bit of history behind how aircraft registrations came about. Here are a few tidbits of information to perhaps [...]
Cold Weather Quiz from Sporty’s Flight Training Central Well, we are well into the onset of our cold weather flying season! Mother nature unwrapped much of her wrath of cold weather over the holiday season!!! In November we had a great presentation at our chapter gathering on “Ice and Winter Flying”. Here is another [...]
I was very excited to complete my solo flight at Galt Airport on Monday, December 19. I began my flight instruction with Adam Varrassi of JB Aviation in June 2022. Since then, I have been working hard on the training to obtain my private pilots license and I am on course for this coming August! [...]
Mike Land, Young Eagles Coordinator The Young Eagle Build and Fly sessions are progressing quite well. The Flite-Test Tudor models have their fuselage built, and we are working on the wings. We also have presentations at each session covering various subjects about flying models and full scale aircraft. The program is being accomplished with the [...]
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Doug Graham and I have been a member of EAA 932 since 2014. As a child I suffered from SNS. For those unfamiliar, that stands for Stiff Neck Syndrome. The cause was determined to be the irresistible urge to tilt my head upward at every passing aircraft. [...]
January has arrived, and we will have a fresh start at EAA 932! First off, Arnie Quast has decided to turn over the reins of chapter leadership. While he may not be our president any longer, I am sure he will remain a very active part of Chapter 932. I will do my best [...]
Hello! My name is Ron Friend. My wife, Lori, and I own a 1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk. I had a great fear of flying all my life, couldn’t do it. In 2015 my Uncle Randy, who has been flying professionally and for fun his entire adult life, taught me why I shouldn’t fear flying. [...]
by Jeff Hill Sr. AIRPORT (STATION) IDENTIFIERSIn the early days of aviation, airport identifier codes had a lot to do with radio station identifiers and teletype addresses. (Anybody remember teletypes?) Three letter codes were descriptive, like MDW = Midway, MKE = Milwaukee, RFD = Rockford.As our airways structure developed, more airports, navigation aids, weather reporting [...]
November Chapter Gathering Recap On November 12 we had a really neat chapter gathering. Our guest was Lou Wipotnik, CFI. Lou is a really neat guy. He is 83 years old, and still very active in flying. With over 16,000 hours of experience, he holds an impressive array of pilot ratings, and was recognized [...]
