Come join us for a buffet style dinner and chapter social! We will enjoy some good food, drinks, and hangar flying. Also celebrate the past year of chapter activities, and look ahead at the coming year. Where – Rustic Room at the Rusty Nail Saloon – Ringwood, IL Cost - $20.00 per person – [...]
Bridging the Gap The Evolution of Flight Training On July 20, 2007, the FAA issued Advisory Circular 91-78. It states that pilots can replace paper charts with an EFB (Electronic Flight Bag - FAA-speak for tablets running flight management apps) for most part 91 operations as long as [...]
Working on your private pilot certificate or thinking about adding a rating? Here's your chance to quiz the examiner! Join us for an informal discussion with Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) and fellow EAA Chapter 932 member, Dave Monroe. Learn first hand how to prepare and succeed with both the oral portion of the exam and [...]
Boy Scout Aviation Weekend Campout at Galt by Paul Sedlacek, EAA Chapter 932 Secretary On the weekend of October 20th, Galt Airport played host to Boy Scout Troop 303 from Burlington, Wisconsin. It was humbling that out of 49 choices presented to the scouts earlier in the year, they [...]
Enjoy the waning days of summer with a cookout and bonfire at Galt’s own pondside resort just off the end of Runway 18. EAA932 families are welcome to join with other Galt folk for a Saturday evening of food, friends and fun. Food will be provided, but liquid refreshments are up to you, so BYOB. [...]
Mom always insisted that we needed a good breakfast before heading off to school. Not wanting to question her directive, Chapter 932 will be cooking up a strapping breakfast for all attendees of our Advanced ForeFlight for VFR class on Saturday morning, September 8. We invite anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of preflight, inflight [...]
Just a reminder: Chapter 932 will be cooking up breakfast for all attendees of our Advanced ForeFlight for VFR class this Saturday morning, September 8. We invite anyone interested in learning the ins and outs of preflight, inflight and post-flight useage with our own ForeFlight guru, Paul Sedlacek. We'll be spinning out pancakes, sausage, eggs and plenty of [...]
Flying Further: Crossing Borders by Deena Schwartz, EAA Chapter 932 For an experienced pilot, crossing a border might not be much of a challenge. But, for a new aviatrix, it’s a very big deal! This past year, I’ve looked for any reason to fly: I took my husband hours away for a pancake [...]
We're planning a chapter fly-out to the Rochelle Municipal Airport, where we'll enjoy lunch and visit the Chicagoland Skydiving Center, hosts for the 2018 US National Skydiving Championships. More details TBA.
It's Crop Dusting Season! At one time or another, most of us airplane types have paused along a rural road to watch a farm field being dusted by an ag plane. Occasionally, our own Galt Airport is used by area dusting operators as a staging area. The tarmac between the runway [...]
