We are back in AvTech!
Thanks to the Southern Illinois Airport Authority, we had a venue, during the pandemic, in their emergency services conference room. Now that things have calmed down, we are back at...
Author: Sam Hoskins
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John Williams has gone West.
We are very sad to report the death of John Williams. He passed on January 14, 2021 at the age of 93. John was one of the founding members of...
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May Meeting Notes – First ZOOM for the chapter
Since the COVID-19 shutdown is still in place, we gave a shot at having a virtual chapter meeting. We had more participants than shown in the attached screen shot, my...
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Meeting Notes March 9, 2010
This month’s program featured Mike Chelewski of Care Trak and Wildlife Materials, two partner companies in Murphysboro. Mike gave us a wide ranging talk about their locating products, both for...
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Ray Foundation Recipients Wrap-up
Scott and Janet Hartwig hosted Coffee & Doughnuts and provided the space to officially recognize our 2019 EAA Ray Foundation recipients, Maggie-ann Bathgate and Ben Morris. Both Ben and Maggie...
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October Meeting Notes
Congratulations to high school senior Maggie-ann Bathgate on getting her private ticket. With the support of Chapter 277, some anonymous donors, and her own perseverance she blasted through the whole...
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Meeting Notes September 9, 2019
In attendance: 37 Angelina Kapp thanked the chapter for helping with her aviation education Larry Flesner talked about the upcoming KR gathering in Mt. Vernon . Larry suggested you fly...
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Meeting Notes – August 12
We shared some Oshkosh reports, always interesting Ben Morris will be taking his private pilot’s check ride soon. As our first Ray Foundation scholarship winner, he has made fantastic progress....
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“This is a slick field, you have a real sporty field here” July meeting notes
Doug Kimmel gave an excellent talk about the history, present and future of Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois.. Here are his notes from the talk. H.E. Barber came to Marion...
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May Meeting Notes
Bill Hunter presented the EAA’s Ray Foundation award to Ben Morris. Congratulations! We are looking forward to your progress reports. Mike Fleming gave an excellent presentation on the basics of...
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April Meeting Wrap-up
Bill Hunter gave an update about the EAA’s Ray Scholarship winners. Congratulations to Ben Morris! In addition, Maggie-ann Bathgate was the very close runner-up. There are a couple of items...
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Here are some notes from the January EAA Chapter 277 meeting.
A memorial for Curt Welge will be held at Hanger 1, at the Southern Illinois Airport this Saturday January 19, 2019 from 1-3. The Chapter welcomes Don Morris as our...
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Flight Report – Missing Man
On December 16th, Larry Flesner, and I did a two-plane missing man formation for a World War II veteran who just passed away at the age of 98. Thomas Engram...
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Larry Flesner’s Life Story Comes to the Big Screen.
Larry recently did an interview on home built airplanes for the local PBS station. The video is 26:46 minutes long. His interview is 4:30 long and starts at the 12...
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Plan on the Christmas Party
Yes, the Chapter will be serving Turkey at this year’s Christmas party. You are invited to bring a pot-luck dish, but it’s not mandatory. Dinner starts at 1:00 on December...
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Curt Welge Has Gone West
We are sorry to report that chapter member Curt Welge passed away on Wednesday November 7, 2018 in St. Louis. Curt’s early love of flight lead him into a long...
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Chapter 277 Hosts EAA Ford Tri-Motor
Chapter 277 did a great job of hosting the Tri-Motor this fall. Scott Hartwig organized the volunteers in four-hour shifts and it all went smoothly. There was a good media...
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July Meeting Notes, Including Non-Tower Operations
We had a go-around-the-room to catch up on member’s flying activities and projects. Mike Fleming is waiting for his Cozy spar, Vic Vicari invited trouble by declaring his Waiex was...
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Chapter member has gone west – Paul Smith
We are sorry to report the death of Paul Smith. Paul was an active member of the chapter and flew a C-172. You can see his obituary here: Paul Smith...
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Nemisis stops at KMDH for an overnighter
Sunday afternoon, John Sharp flying Nemisis, stopped in at Carbondale on their way to Washington, D.C. where the aircraft will be donated to the Smithsonian. Pretty cool, wish I had...
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Mike Fleming gets a shiny new toy.
Mike had an opening party, 295-205 hp Titan engine- ordered during Air venture in Oshkosh last summer- Mike has not started the wing construction yet of this project. Click the link...
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The AOPA Regional Fly-in to be held at KMDH in October.
The fly-in is scheduled for October 5th and 6th 2018. These events often see 5,000-6,000 persons in attendance over two days! That said, there is much to do to prepare for...
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Curt Welge describes being a UPS pilot
At the January Chapter 277 meeting Curt told tales of being a career UPS pilot. He really flew a lot of different aircraft to places all over the world. Thanks...
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Chapter 277 Has a New Website!
Thanks to Evan Youngblood for hosting this website. We intend to use this page as the new 277 newsletter, calendar, membership bios and password protected contact list.