EAA1114 is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that offers something for every aviation interest in central North Carolina: homebuilding, vintage, warbirds, ultralights, fly-ins, fly-outs, workshops, aviation history and good old hangar flying.
*new* -- Our next "regular" meeting is our annual picnic on Saturday 5/20 -- please join us for our annual picnic and pot-luck luncheon at Cox Field, Chapter to provide BBQ and sides, members to provide pot-luck, watch for announcement and please RSVP for planning purposes! Guests welcome.
We're returning to breakfast at 8am -- During the winter as we returned to more consistent in-person meetings for our "regular" meeting on the third Saturday of each month, we were meeting a little later. With spring here, and with more organized programs, it's time to get back to earlier meetings. Breakfast will be served at 8am, and the meeting program with start around 9am. Please join us!
Final YE Rally for 2022 -- Thanks to Rick Mestler and a fine crew of volunteers for making the final Young Eagles Rally for the year a success. Weather turned in our favor after a visit from TS Nichole, and we were able to fly 75 happy kids at the Henderson-Oxford Airport (KHNZ).
Many thanks to Tim Misegades and the fine folks at the GE jet engines plant in Durham - 30ish members of the Chapter had a great tour of the plant on Aug 20th. It's absolutely amazing to see how the most sophisticated jet engines on the planet are built!
Thanks to those who participated in the Young Eagles rally on June 25th at Raleigh Exec. 68 kids flown!
For those at the meeting who were asking about joining the Chapter -> please see the details on the Join Us page.
In recent years, the Chapter has had several successful Ray Aviation scholarship student candidates complete various pilot training. We plan to continue to support and expand this effort. Your tax-deductible contribution can help make that possible. Email scholarship@eaa1114.org for more info.
Thanks to Tom Haley and the Greensboro FAASTeam for presenting the capabilities, limitations and how to comply with the requirements of ADS-B at our Feb 19th virtual Chapter meeting.
IMC/VMC Club will meet via Zoom until further notice - See the FAAST site for scheduled meetings.
Our own Jan Squillace makes the local news! - Chapter member extraordinaire discusses making her childhood dream come true at KTTA.
Our Chapter has again been approved to select a Ray Aviation Scholarship candidate - the process allows us to select a student pilot aged 16 to 19 who will compete for a scholarship of up to $10,000 towards training for a Private pilot certificate. For more information or to propose a student you think is deserving of this fantastic opportunity in the future, contact our scholarship coordinator, Dan Moore.
Our own Tal Holloway makes Sport Aviation - Tal's beautiful Vans RV-10 is shown in the May issue of Sport Aviation (page 119). If you don't have the printed Sport Aviation, click here to see the article online. You may need to log into the EAA site. Since the digital magazine photo is small, click here to see the original photo.
Our own Dan Moore makes Sport Aviation - Dan is featured on pages 100-101 of the Dec 2019 Sport Aviation describing building The Transmogriflier, his Just Aircraft SuperSTOL, with help from his son. Very nice article. Congratulations Dan! Click here to see the article.
Spring is the time for a new Chapter T-shirt or jacket, visit our Cafe Press site
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Guests are always welcome once we're back to meeting in person. Come join us for one of our meetings. See our DIRECTIONS page to find us by plane or car. The CALENDAR page provides a list of upcoming chapter and area events. Have any questions? See CONTACT US.
EAA Chapter 1114 has one of the world's leading Young Eagles programs With over 17,000 kids flown! We have numerous nationally recognized coordinators and volunteers. For details on upcoming rallies, see our YOUNG EAGLES page.
Why wait and miss all the fun? Become a member of EAA1114.
We look forward to seeing you at our next event!