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17 JULY 2024

Fellow Chapter 29 Members and Friends:

Display Day this weekend at HWD

This Saturday (July 20th) should be very nice for our regularly scheduled Display Day. As usual, hours are from 9am to 1pm. Come on out and enjoy some sunlight, aircrafts and good company with fellow chapter members.

Newsletter Help Needed!

Last month, our friends at the HWD Control Tower were kind enough to host a group of us on a tower tour. Our youths had the opportunity to witness live-action radio calls from ATC and ask plenty of questions from our very own and very knowledgeable Air Traffic Controllers. We would like to be able to share more of these experiences with the Chapter, but we need your help!

Monthly, Bimonthly, Quarterly... any contribution would be appreciated. If you have writing skills and availability, please let us know. An occasional article with a few good pictures, might be a good opportunity for a student trying to develop their skills or possibly wanting to earn a few school credits. Your Chapter enjoys having these types of activities and hearing about them. Please reach out if you would like to help.

Young Eagles!
We have several youths interested in taking their first Young Eagle flight at HWD. We are grateful for all of those who responded to the call to volunteer on the ground, however, we need more pilots. PILOTS: if you have an aircraft and would like to fly for Young Eagles, please reach out to our YE Coordinator, Deena Ene at msdeena@protonmail.com or (707) 530-9769.

Oakland EAA Chapter 1686

The new EAA Chapter (1686) in Oakland has meetings each 3rd Thursday of the month, from 6pm-8pm at the Oakland Aviation Museum.

For more info, you can visit their website: Chapter 1686 (eaa.org).

Tim Roberts (acting President): tim.roberts at squadron188 dot org

Harry Shin (VP): harry_shin at hotmail dot com

Ian Marsh (Secretary/Treasurer): ianmarsh at gmail dot com

Future Chapter Plans

Many Hayward airport community members have expressed interest in continuing VAA 29's various activities including: lunches, airport activities, lunch time flyouts, and Young Eagles.

Display Days are scheduled to continue on the third Saturday of each month.

Looking forward to seeing you soon.

For monthly meetings:

Location: Meridian Aviation Hangar

Vintage Aircraft Association Chapter 29

Whether you fly, build, restore or simply enjoy vintage airplanes and aviation, you are welcome to attend our events and join our chapter. We are a group of aviation enthusiasts, aircraft restorers, and pilots who get together with like minded people to share ideas, exchange information, encourage safety, serve the local aviation community, and have a lot of fun doing so. Please come to our next meeting or event as our guest.

Located in Hayward, California, this Chapter was originally created as an EAA Antique/Classic chapter. In 1999 EAA changed the name of the Antique/Classic division to EAA Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA). Although this is a Vintage chapter, our members consist of pilots and non-pilots, singles, couples and families. Our pilots fly homebuilts, warbirds, light sport and production aircraft.

Our chapter is part of the worldwide network of Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and Vintage Aircraft Association (VAA) chapters. VAA brings together people from around the world who share an interest in the aircraft of yesterday. Since it was established in 1971, VAA has been working to keep aviation history alive.

EAA embodies the spirit of aviation through the world's most engaged community of aviation enthusiasts. EAA's 160,000 plus members enjoy the fun and camaraderie of sharing their passion for flying, building and restoring recreational aircraft. To find out more about EAA and our programs and services, please visit the EAA home page at eaa.org

For more information about the Vintage Aircraft Association, visit our website at http://www.vaa29.org