Tillamook Story and photos by Jerry Thomas unless noted You would not be alone if the word Tillamook conjures up mental images of luscious melting cheese on buttered, grilled bread. Mmmm! After all, Tillamook, Oregon is home to the century-old Tillamook County Creamery Association, the dairy co-op that ships 130 million pounds [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Harmony with the Wind by Jerry Thomas, EAA Chapter 932 Editor It has been said that the best way to learn to fly is in a sailplane, where power is provided only by air currents and gravity, and a pilot learns the fundamentals of flight with an incomparable clarity. In a [...]
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 [...]
Deena & Meira's Misadventure 1st Story by Meira Leonard The most complicated flying decision I’ve ever had to face. Granted I’ve only been a pilot for less than a year so it is not saying much, but I sure hope I don’t find myself in anything remotely similar. [...]
by Ron Friend, EAA Chapter 932 My name is Ron Friend. My wife, Lori and I got involved with aviation relatively late in the game. I was born when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president and it was in September of 2015 when I enrolled in the JB Aviation Ground [...]
President's Report Greetings EAA 932 Chapter members! I hope that everyone is working their way through this cold winter we are having. With all of the extreme weather and snow that we have had, it has been a bit of a challenge to get out and enjoy some good flying [...]
While this Veteran’s Day may not have been a perfect day to fly, inside the Galt Airport Studio building, it was a great day to hear three veterans tell their stories! After an opening welcome to the Veteran’s Day gathering, EAA Chapter 932’s President, Arnie Quast, introduced Parker Johnston, who [...]
The scenery was stupendous! That kind of turning and banking while following the terrain is something we just don’t get in the Midwest. After that, we visited the Alford Desert, a dry lakebed approximately 12 by 50 miles in size. We chose somewhere in the middle to set down, doing the equivalent of a [...]
